Did the earth move for you?

The chess world has been moved internally by its biggest scandal in years.

Russian TV and officials blame the kid 

A chess-playing robot broke a child's finger during a tournament in Russia last week and the media and authorities were rather too quick to blame the child.

Does not like Putin but will accept an autocratic robot overlord

Chess champion Garry Kasparov who is also renowned for his dislike of being told what to do by Tsar Putin, apparently sees nothing wrong with AI.

Swedish double decimation job death

The Swedish phone maker Ericsson has taken the axe to 3,000 jobs or nearly 20 percent of its local workforce.