A former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Donald Trump claims he tried to PAY her for sex. Karen McDougal made the stunning revelation as she finally broke her silence over the alleged nine-month extramarital relationship. The former Playmate of the Year also fought back tears as she apologised to Trump’s wife…

In the wake of the ongoing Cambridge Analytica debacle, Facebook has now been sued in federal court in San Francisco and San Jose. These new cases claim violations of federal securities laws, unfair competition, and negligence, among other allegations. The pair of cases stem from recent revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a British data firm that…

British Prime Minister Theresa May and EU leaders (Picture: AP)All 28 European Union nations have agreed with Britain it was ‘highly likely’ Russia was behind the poisoning of a former double agent. EU chief Donald Tusk revealed on Twitter the bloc agreed the Kremlin was probably responsible for the nerve-agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal, 66,…

Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon described Barcelona star Lionel Messi as a more complete player than Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. There is not much to separate five-time Ballon d’Or winners Messi and Ronaldo, who are regarded as two of the greatest players of all time. Both are all-time leading goalscorers for Barca and Madrid respectively, having…

Britain’s political parties are poised to grant themselves special powers to use personal data to find out how people are likely to vote, despite the Cambridge Analytica scandal, The Independent can reveal. Legislation set to clear Parliament within weeks will allow the profiling of voters to help infer their political opinions, privacy campaigners have warned. The…

By Risto MiikkulainenVice President Research; Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin [If you are visiting from Hacker News, please be sure to check out the papers responsible for the development of these apps]. At Sentient, we have an entire team dedicated to research and experimentation in AI. Over the past few…

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