Ex-president of Peru gets 20 years for corruption from the BBC
Prosecutors say Alejandro Toledo took $35m in bribes from a Brazilian construction company.Read More
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China holds live-fire drills on island closest to Taiwan from the BBC
The drills were held for more than four hours in Niushan, an island 105km from Taiwan.Read More
Mega meteorite tore up seabed and boiled Earth’s oceans from the BBC
It was 200 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs nearly three billion years later.Read More
Putin gathers allies to show West’s pressure isn’t working from the BBC
Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcoming more than 20 world leaders to the Brics summit.Read More
Why Trump is courting old friends from the WWE from the BBC
For the only WWE Hall of Famer to make it to the White House, chatting with wrestling icons in a tight election makes sense.Read More
Israel still preventing humanitarian missions to north Gaza, Unrwa says from the BBC
Israeli forces are besieging hospitals and shelters, medics say. The Israeli military says Hamas has regrouped in the area.Read More
iRobot’s budget-friendly Roombas add a self-emptying option from the Verge Andrew Liszewski
The Roomba Combo 2 Essential can clean and mop floors for up to two hours on a single charge. | Image: iRobot The new Roomba Combo 2 Essential and Roomba Vac 2 Essential include a dock for self-emptying their dirt bins — a feature missing from the budget-friendly Essential robovacs that iRobot introduced six months…
The best instant cameras you can buy right now from the Verge Sheena Vasani
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge We found the best cameras for your budget and needs. Continue reading… Read More
Elon Musk sued for using AI-generated Blade Runner imagery at robotaxi event from the Verge Charles Pulliam-Moore
A still from Blade Runner 2049. | Warner Bros. Though it remains very unclear whether any of the self-driving vehicles demoed at Tesla’s We, Robot presentation will ever actually make it to market, one of the production companies behind Blade Runner 2049 thinks Elon Musk ripped off their copyright for the event, and are taking…
Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results from the Verge Emma Roth
Image: Google For years, Google has included an extra search box within some search results, encouraging you to dig further and look only within a specific website. But now that sitelinks search box is going away because “usage has dropped.” Google: It’s been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks search box in…