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Google Workers Sign Letter on Military Drone Project

1,300 employees have signed a letter asking for work to stop on a US military project.

1,300 workers sign an open letter asking for work to stop on Project Maven, which uses artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy of military drone strikes. We speak to Kate Conger of the technology website Gizmodo on what this means for Google's image, and future. Human Rights Watch has just published a report outlining the conditions many children endure while working in the tobacco fields of Zimbabwe. Margaret Wurth led the research and explains the findings. The European Union recently licensed the weed killer glyphosate for another five years, amid heated debate about its safety. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Mike Powell has been investigating the issue and underwent tests for traces of farming pesticides in his blood. Mike’s doctor finds that his urine contains 2 4 D, which is a herbicide once used as part of Agent Orange by the Americans in the Vietnam War and is used today by farmers, the general public and councils to kill weeds in fields, on domestic lawns and on public highways. And London begins hosting a 10 day festival of computer gaming - Jo Twist from the industry body Ukie tells us why the city deserves to be regarded as the gaming capital of the world. (Photo: An Indian man looks at the Facebook app on his smartphone. Credit: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

(Text changed 4th June 2018)

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