Two predatory species are added to IUCN Red List of endangered species as pressure from fishing sees their populations fall by half in the last 75 years
Whale sharks and winghead sharks have moved one step closer to extinction, after the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) redefined them both as endangered species on the group's ‘Red List'.
The two predatory species have fallen foul of increased pressure from human activity, especially the fishing industry, with populations of whale sharks the world's largest living fish halving in the last 75 years.
Related: 40% of Europe's sharks and rays face extinction, says IUCN
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The suspected gunman behind the Dallas shootings has been named as US Army Reserve member Micah Xavier Johnson, a US government source told Reuters.
Johnson, 25, is reportedly the shooter who was involved in the standoff with police overnight on Thursday.
The Mayor of Dallas said the suspect died after officers used explosives strapped to a robot to “blast him out”.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said that, during a lengthy standoff with police, the suspect - who he did not name - said he “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers”.
Three other suspects are in custody.
Five police officers were killed and seven others wounded after snipers targeted a crowd during a Black Lives Matter protest.
The demonstration was being held following two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
It is unclear how many shooters were involved in the attack.
The city's police chief said that the suspect who died following the standoff had told officers he was working alone.
The incident is reportedly the deadliest day for US law enforcement since the 9/11 attacks.
Brown told a press conference on Friday: “The suspect said that he was upset about black lives matter.
“He said that he was upset about the recent police shootings. The suspect said that he was upset at white people.
“The suspect stated that he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers. The suspect stated that we will eventually find the IEDs.
“The suspect stated that he was not affiliated with any groups and he stated that he did this alone.”
Reports are circulating that Black Power Political Organisation (BPPO) has claimed that it was behind the attack.
The group's Facebook page, where the post was originally seen, has since been deleted.
President Barack Obama said: “Let's be clear, there's no possible justification for these kinds of attacks, or any violence against law enforcement.”
Gunfire broke out about 8.45 pm Thursday as hundreds of people were gathered to protest fatal police shootings this week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St Paul, Minnesota.
Brown told reporters the snipers fired “ambush style” upon the officers.
Mayor Mike Rawlings said one member of the public was wounded in the gunfire.
Brown said it appeared the shooters “planned to injure and kill as many officers as they could.”
Officer Brent Thompson, 43, has been named as one of the officers who was fatally shot.
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) said in a statement: “As you can imagine, our hearts are broken.
“This is something that touches every part of our organisation.
“We have received countless expressions of support and sympathy from around the world through the evening. We are grateful for every message. Thank you.”
Black Lives Matter protests were held in several other cities across the country last night after a Minnesota officer on Wednesday fatally shot Philando Castile while he was in a car with a woman and a child.
The aftermath of the shooting was livestreamed in a widely shared Facebook video.
A day earlier, Alton Sterling was shot in Louisiana after being pinned to the pavement by two white officers. That, too, was captured on a cellphone video.
Obama told a press conference on Friday morning: “Yesterday I spoke about our need to be concerned as all Americans about racial disparities in our criminal justice system.
“I also said yesterday that our police have an extraordinarily difficult job and the vast majority of them do their job in outstanding fashion.”
Video footage from the Dallas scene showed protesters marching along a street, about half a mile from City Hall, when the shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.
The search for the shooters stretched throughout downtown, an area of hotels, restaurants, businesses and some residential apartments.
The scene was chaotic, with helicopters hovering overhead and officers with automatic rifles on the street corners.
One woman was taken into custody in the same parking garage where the standoff was ongoing, Brown said. Two others were taken into custody during a traffic stop.
This week we looked at the expenses that actually cost more when you're poor, got our hands dirty learning how to change a car's brake pads, tried out a handheld Linux computer, and more. Here's a look back at this week's most popular posts.
Spend less than you earn, save your money, and—poof!—your financial problems are solved. If only it were this easy. Being broke sucks enough on its own, and then there are obstacles that make it extra hard for poor people to fight their way to financial security. For example, here are a few expenses that actually cost more for low-income individuals.
I grew up with a standard, cheap rice cooker my mom bought at a grocery store. Shopping for my own cooker as an adult, I was surprised at how many options there are to choose from and how expensive those options can be. Cooking rice is a pretty straightforward task, so what's with the super expensive cookers? Here's what I found.
Your car is a big expensive machine that, over its life, will cost you a ton in maintenance. If you learn to do some of those jobs yourself, you can save a ton of cash. Replacing your brake pads, for example, is one of those jobs that sounds much harder than it is, and we're going to walk you through it from start to finish.
The variety of wayspeople have found to cram the palm-sized Raspberry Picomputer inside a handheld device are some of my favorite Pi projects. But those projects are usually expensive, and some even require a 3D printer. The PocketC.H.I.P. isn't nearly as powerful as a Pi, but it's still the handheld machine I've wanted for a long time. Plus, it's just $50.
It's easy to find movies to download or stream, but if you're flying straight and narrow or want to support and watch films that are free, public domain, or whose creators want them free and openly shared, here are some great sites to bookmark—and visit when you want something new to watch.
Ambient noise apps drown out distractions so you can focus on your work, or generate serene, peaceful environments that encourage you to fall asleep. But with dozens you can download, it's hard to know which is the best. Noisli, White Noise, and Rain Rain are all at the top of this game, so it's time to crank them up to 11 and see which one creates so much atmosphere you could practically breathe in it.
Alcoholic popsicles are a great concept but, thanks to ethanol's low freezing point, it's not as simple as throwing some booze into an ice pop mold and tossing it in the freezer. But don't let that deter you from making fabulous frozen, boozy pops. All you need to do is pay attention to the ABV.
Things get harder as you get older, and that includes recovering from a night of drinking. If it feels like you don't handle hangovers as well as you used to, here's why.
Few things can ruin a good run like turning a corner and facing a towering hill. You were making good time! You were flying along and everything felt great and the robot lady on your running app was whispering excellent numbers into your ear. Now that all comes to an end. You must trudge.
When you first get a new graphics card, your games run buttery smooth. Over time, you might start to notice that it doesn't run as well, even on the same games. What gives? This video explains what causes performance degradation over time.
Having a partner makes those regular workouts more fun and challenging, and can make them a great bonding experience as well. But that can all backfire if you only rely on the other person to step up. If you're buddying up, you need to pull your own weight too, and here's how.
Hopefully you never have to worry about a grenade going off near you, but it's good to know what to do just in case. This video explains how a grenade works, and how you can lower your chances of being injured if one explodes nearby.
If you don't grill very often that probably means you don't clean your grill regularly either. If your grill grates are covered in burnt food and rust, you can get it ready for a cookout with a few household staples.
SINGAPORE — They're cute and cheery, but are also packed with some of the advanced auto technology we may not be aware of.
This team of 10 robot cheerleaders from Japanese electronics maker Murata was on show here on Thursday. Each robot balances freely on a ball and is able to roll around in formation with the others while staying upright.
Koichi Yoshikawa, the spokesperson for Murata's development team, told Mashable that the cheerleaders each contain three gyro sensors working at a rate of 1,000 calculations per second to keep their bodies upright on the balls and move them in the right direction. Read more...
The horrifying details of Thursday night's mass shooting of five law enforcement officers in Dallas during an otherwise peaceful demonstration includes a startling revelation: Police apparently turned their bomb-disposal robot into an offensive weapon by attaching a bomb to it in order to kill a suspect.
According to Dallas PD Police Chief David Brown, police cornered one suspect in El Centro College and, after hours of negotiation and an exchange of gunfire, they brought in a "bomb robot."
"We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was ... The suspect is deceased as a result of detonating the bomb," he said. Read more...
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Inquirer | Robot brews: How AI could flavor your next beer CNET The idea is that after trying one of IntelligentX's four beers -- named Amber AI, Black AI, Golden AI and Pale AI -- consumers use a Facebook chat bot to give feedback on what they liked and didn't like about the flavor. The algorithm, named ABI ... AI system sifts through drinker feedback to make tastier beerInquirer Robot bar workers could soon be serving artificially intelligent beer… in a computer-simulated world, of courseRobotics and Automation News (press release) (registration) all 17 news articles » |
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"An average human brain contains around 100 billion neurons and each neuron is capable of making around 1,000 connections (synapses) with the other neurons. These 1,000 potential synapses created by each neuron are responsible for data storage inside the brain. Now if we multiply the count of neurons (100 billion) by the number of connections (1000) that each of them can make, then we get a whopping 100 trillion data points -- which can at the very least account for storing about 1000 terabytes or 1 petabyte of information."
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