During the on-stage demonstration, Google played calls to a number of businesses including a hair salon and a Chinese restaurant. At no point did either of the people on the other end of the line appear to suspect that the entity they were interacting with was a bot. And how could they when the Assistant…

Frankreich, Deutschland und Großbritannien haben « mit Bedauern und Sorge » die Entscheidung der USA zur Kenntnis genommen, aus dem Atomabkommen mit dem Iran auszusteigen. In einer gemeinsamen Erklärung betonen die drei europäischen Staaten, dem Abkommen weiterhin verpflichtet zu sein. Sie erinnerten zudem daran, dass sich der Iran nach Angaben der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde (IAEA) an die Auflagen…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Tuesday’s primaries in four states (all times local): 9:25 p.m. U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (ruh-NAY’-see) has won the Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio this fall. Renacci had the backing of President Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday’s five-way contest. Also in the race were…

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This is not what the fire crew expected to come back to (Picture: UK News in Pictures)There has been a huge backlash to this picture of a fire engine with a parking ticket nestled on its windscreen. Firefighters were stunned to find they had been given a ticket when they returned to their vehicle after…

This post originally appeared in Money Stuff. Have I apologized yet for how wrong I was about Bitcoin futures? In the weeks before Bitcoin futures started trading at Cboe Global Markets Inc. and CME Group Inc., a lot of people argued that Bitcoin futures would finally provide a convenient way to short Bitcoin, and that the…

Stephen Lam | Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Google put its prowess in artificial intelligence, as well as its commitment to wielding it responsibly, front and center during the keynote of its I/O developers conference on Tuesday. A rotating…

Juventus are expected to use Juan Cuadrado as a right-back in the Coppa Italia Final, with Milan relying on Patrick Cutrone and Manuel Locatelli. It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT). The Bianconeri are missing Giorgio Chiellini and Benedikt Howedes, but Mario Mandzukic, Mattia De Sciglio and…