AI named after V For Vendetta masks protects photos from being gathered by facial recognition apps
A new AI-powered program 'cloaks' images to ward off facial recognition apps. The tool makes subtle pixel-level changes that distort pictures enough so they cannot be used by online scrapers. Read more...
The Lost Pianos of Siberia, and the Lost Individuals Who Played Them
Sophy Roberts goes on a quest for a rare instrument, and discovers a vast, uncharted history along the way. Read more...
Tui now offers coronavirus cover - as its customers and crew embrace 'new normal' way of travelling
The cover - which UK-based Tui says should be used alongside normal travel insurance - will be applied to all new and existing bookings for holidays until December 31, 2020. Read more...
Trump signs four executive orders on coronavirus aid after Congress negotiations stalled
Trump signed four executive ordersrelated to what he called 'China virus relief' during a press conference at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday afternoon. Read more...
Rafael Nadal Wont Chase a Repeat of His U.S. Open Title
Nadal said he would prefer not to travel to the New York tournament during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
World map based on Google data illustrates where nationalities most want to go on holiday in 2021
On the map - generated using Google search data - country names have been supplemented by its residents' most yearned-for destinations for 2021, when international travel should be much easier. Read more...
Global cooling 13,000 years ago caused by volcanic eruptions
Analysis of chemicals found in the soil atHall's Cave in the Texas Hill Country found the climate cooled due to volcanic activity and not from a meteorite impact. Read more...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation Singing, Dancing, Knife Fighting
When actor training migrated online, our reporter gave herself two weeks to learn as many theater skills and knife skills as she could. Read more...
Finger of suspicion is pointed at the world's most expensive painting
Salvator Mundi sold for 0 million (342 million) in 2017 but art expert Jacques Franck believes it is a 'workshop Leonardo' created by two of the artist's assistants. Read more...
Mysterious 300-million-year-old 'Tully monster' may not be the creature scientists thought it was
A 2016 discovery that the Tullimonstrum had a stiffened rod of cartilage saw Tully classified as a predatory vertebrate - now University College Cork researchers believe the grouping was wrong. Read more...
Who will stop the torturers of Beijing wiping Tibet from the face of the Earth?
NORMAN BAKER At last the world is waking up to the horrors inflicted by the Chinese Communist party upon the people it has colonised. Recently, we have seen chained and blindfolded Uighurs. Read more...
Need to Take the MCAT? You39;ll Still Have to Do It in Person
Admissions tests for many graduate schools have gone online. But not the MCAT, the exam for aspiring doctors. It must still be taken in person, pandemic or not. Read more...
Tyson Fury thanks his team for helping him come back from depression to the top of world boxing
Fury beat Deontay Wilder in February to take the WBC heavyweight title but was previously at a stage where he 'didn't want to be alive'. Read more...
Spain's former king Juan Carlos, 82, 'was banished from the country by his son King Felipe VI'
Spain's former king Juan Carlos revealed on Monday that he had decided to leave Spain to help his son, the current King Felipe VI, 'exercise his responsibilities'. Read more...
Critics savage Shia LaBeouf's new gangland crime thriller The Tax Collector
Movie critics have called the new David Ayer written and directed movie, The Tax Collector, 'incompetent,' 'a bloody mess' and 'one of the most atrocious viewing experiences of the year.' Read more...
Supermodel Elle Macpherson, 56, reveals the secrets to her age-defying looks
Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson has revealed the secrets to her age-defying looks. Read more...
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion stun with their XXX-rated 'WAP' video
Cardi B, 27, and Megan Thee Stallion, 25, released the racy video for WAP Friday. Yet many were unhappy with the cameo from Kylie Jenner, 22, who was accused of cultural appropriation. Read more...
GM unveils its first fully-electric Cadillac SUV
In a major bid to compete with Tesla and other electric vehicle makers, General Motors unveiled the Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV Thursday night. The Lyriq is the first fully-electric Cadillac introduced by GM, which is preparing to unveil a whole new lineup of electric cars, trucks and SUVs. Read more...