World News: 01 December 2022

Elon Musk claims Neuralink is about ‘six months’ away from first human trial
During the presentation, Musk said that the company had submitted most of the paperwork needed for a human clinical trial to the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates medical devices in the United States. Previously, Musk had said that he’d hoped for human trials to begin in 2020, and then 2022. Now, that’s slipped to at least 2023.
Neuralink’s goal is to create a device that can be implanted in the brain, and use it to control a computer with brain activity. Back in 2019, Musk revealed that the company was testing its device in monkeys. In 2020, it trotted out pigs with the implants. And last year, Neuralink released a video showing a monkey playing Pong with its brain. This year, the monkeys are back. In a video demonstration, one of them helped “type” the phrase ‘welcome to show and tell’ using their implant by focusing on highlighted words and letters. Another video showed how the monkeys were trained to charge the devices by sitting under a wireless charger.

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Historic Test. Historic Start. England score 4 centuries & 500 runs on day one
On a historic occasion - England's first Test in Pakistan for 17 years - the tourists broke records with some breath-taking batting.
Zak Crawley's 122 included reaching three figures from 86 balls, the fastest Test hundred by an England opener.
Ben Duckett marked his first Test for six years with his maiden hundred, making 107 as the openers shared 233 for the first wicket.
When they fell, Ollie Pope picked up the baton with 108, adding 176 with Harry Brook, who stole the show by thrashing England's third-fastest hundred of all time.
Brook made his first Test ton from 80 balls and took England to 506-4, the most runs any team has ever scored on the first day of a Test.

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A member of the Buckingham Palace household resigns after racial comments
The incident took place at a reception hosted by Camilla, the queen consort, for women working to fight domestic violence.
Fulani said that when she told a household member she was from east London, she was asked, "No, what part of Africa are YOU from?"
The palace said it took the incident extremely seriously and investigated the "unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments.

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Foxconn: iPhone maker offers payments for finding new workers
Employees who successfully refer a friend or family member to work at its plant in Zhengzhou, China will receive a 1,000 yuan award ($141; £117).
It comes after footage circulated widely online last week showed angry protests at the factory.
Apple has warned that shipments of its new iPhone 14 would be delayed due to Covid restrictions.

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San Francisco votes to allow police to deploy robots that kill
The move would allow officers to use ground-based robots to carry out deadly force “when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and officers cannot subdue the threat after using alternative force options or de-escalation tactics.”
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 3 in favor of the highly-debated policy.
None of the police robots in San Francisco will have firearms attached, but they could be able to carry out deadly force in extreme situations, according to Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

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South Africa President Ramaphosa faces threat of impeachment over ‘Farmgate’ scandal
President Cyril Ramaphosa "may have committed" violations and misconduct, a parliamentary committee charged with investigating the murky burglary affair that has embarrassed the president ahead of an election crucial to his political future concluded in a report released late Wednesday.
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) meets in mid-December to choose its next leader. Whoever emerges victorious will become head of state after the 2024 general elections, if the ANC, wins the election.

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