‘Air traffic control fault’: Birmingham Airport the latest UK hub to shut down

Birmingham Airport has suspended all services citing an air traffic control fault, becoming the latest British airport to halt its work in days – and heating up conspiracy theories on Twitter in wake of the Gatwick “drone crisis.” A brief statement issued by the airport said it “had to temporarily suspend services due to an […]

X Factor 2018: Dermot O’Leary forced to apologise after MAJOR technical fault stops show

X Factor viewers tuned in to see the first live shows of the series kick off earlier this evening.  However, moments into the show, host Dermot O’Leary, 45, was forced to apologise for a technical fault and epic blunder, which both came within seconds of each other.  The voiceover introduced Danny Tetley as Anthony Russel […]

Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Possibly Not at Fault in Recent Fatality

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Autonomous Uber likely not at fault in woman's death, police chief says

The police chief in Tempe, Ariz., has told the San Francisco Chronicle that a preliminary look at video of the fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber car in Tempe indicates “that the Uber would likely not be at fault in this accident.” Elaine Herzberg, 49, was pushing a bicycle laden with shopping bags around 10 […]

Police chief: Uber self-driving car “likely” not at fault in fatal crash

Enlarge (credit: Uber) The chief of the Tempe Police has told the San Francisco Chronicle that Uber is likely not responsible for the Sunday evening crash that killed 49-year-old pedestrian Elaine Herzberg. “I suspect preliminarily it appears that the Uber would likely not be at fault in this accident,” said chief Sylvia Moir. Herzberg was […]

‘Entirely your fault!’ Assange says Obama AG forced WikiLeaks to counter-attack with truth

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has pinned the blame for the website’s releases ahead of the 2016 presidential election on the Obama administration, as it put him in such conditions where he had “nothing to do but work 24/7.” Assange made the quip on Twitter Friday, responding to a two-week-old anti-Russian post by the former Attorney […]

Android Wear is getting killed, and it’s all Qualcomm’s fault

Enlarge / The LG Watch Sport. (credit: Ron Amadeo) Ars Technica would like to wish a very special second birthday to the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC. While most flagship SoCs have a life cycle of about one year on the top of the market, over the weekend the Wear 2100 will celebrate two years […]

Whose fault? Tesla crashes into fire truck, driver blames autopilot (PHOTOS)

A Tesla Model S has rear-ended a fire truck parked on a freeway in the US. The driver, however, says it wasn’t his fault, blaming the state-of-the-art technology instead. On Monday morning, the Tesla car, going 65mph, hit a parked fire truck, the Culver City Fire Department tweeted. The firefighters were there attending to a […]

Russian Mi-24 helicopter crashed in Syria due to technical fault, both pilots killed – MoD

Published time: 3 Jan, 2018 09:39 Edited time: 3 Jan, 2018 09:50 Russia’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that two pilots died when a Russian Mi-24 helicopter crashed due to a technical fault near the Syrian Hama military airfield, on New Year’s Eve. The incident took place on December 31, when the “Russian Mi-24 helicopter crashed […]