Protesters retreat while police officers deploy teargas to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student protesters during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley, California December 7, 2014 (Reuters / Noah Berger)RT

The fifth night of nationwide protests over the widespread failure of the system to prosecute white officers who kill unarmed black men and boys, culminated in hacktivist group Anonymous taking down the Police Department’s website in Oakland, California.   Continue reading “#Anonymous brings down Oakland PD website after cops gas protesters”

A beaver swims in a pond in the forest near the village of Lovtsevichi, 50 km north-west of Minsk, Belarus.The Star – by Yuras Karmanau

OSTROMECHEVO, BELARUS—The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man with razor-sharp teeth, slicing an artery and causing him to bleed to death.

It was the most serious in a string of beaver attacks on humans in Belarus, as the rodents have turned increasingly aggressive when confronted by humans after wandering near homes, shops and schools.
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Bbc News - broadcasting houseThe Guardian – by Tara Conlan

When the BBC moved its newsroom as part of the £1bn hi-tech refurbishment of Broadcasting House in central London last year, everything was meant to be state of the art, including new robot cameras.

Problems soon emerged with incidents of the cameras moving in directions that were not wanted, prompting exasperation from news presenters and humour from viewers.   Continue reading “Rogue computerised cameras plague BBC news presenters”