Riots

Amid unrest in numerous U.S. cities following last week's killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Apple CEO Tim Cook has shared an internal memo with employees (via Bloomberg) addressing the pain that many are feeling and urging others to commit "to creating a better, more just world for…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption US President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed Antifa for rioting amid George Floyd protests The US will designate the anti-fascist group Antifa a terrorist organisation, President Donald Trump says. The president accused Antifa of starting riots at street protests over George Floyd's death.Mr Floyd,…

Live updatesProtests over George Floyd death continue across U.S.Read More

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a citywide curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. after four nights of violent protests. Garcetti said the National Guard would not be deployed. "This is not 1992," he said, referring to the Rodney King riots.Read More

Today, SpaceX successfully launched two astronauts to the International Space Station. WIRED was on site to witness the historic event. Saturday T-4:00It’s Saturday morning and in just four hours astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are expected to become the first humans to ride a Dragon. The veterans of NASA’s…

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TORONTO -- With more than six million signatures, an online petition demanding for the arrest of four police officers involved in the death of George Floyd has become the most signed petition in the history of Change.org. The “Justice for George Floyd" petition that was created three days ago now…

(CNN)Over and over again in 2018, during an apology tour that took him from the halls of the US Congress to an appearance before the European Parliament, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook had failed to "take a broad enough view of our responsibilities."But two years later, Zuckerberg and Facebook are still…

Photo: Olivier Morin (AFP via Getty Images)The White House taunted Twitter on Friday by reposting Donald Trump’s tweet calling for the outright extrajudicial slaughter of Americans protesting police brutality in Minneapolis, which the social media site on Friday hid behind a label for “glorifying violence.” Twitter has now responded by…

Police in Minneapolis released a CNN reporter who was led off in handcuffs along with his film crew while reporting live on television early Friday morning during violent protests in the city.Officers gave no explanation as they escorted reporter Omar Jimenez away. He had just shown a protester being arrested…