Month: April 2019
The Atlantic Daily: Line of Succession
What We’re Following(Lucas Jackson / Reuters)Venezuela’s crisis continues, and the opposition leader now calls for an uprising. Juan Guaidó appeared alongside soldiers today to demand the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro—leading to a spate of violent clashes. Economic strife has...
Life-like Gaming is Now Possible (Thanks to A.I.)
A.I. is making its way into gaming, with real-time ray tracing now possible, what other things does A.I. have in store? #Raytracing #unrealengine4 #graphics #AI New Thinking Book: http://bit.ly/NewThinkingbook New Thinking on Google Play: http://bit.ly/NewThinkingGooglePlay Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/9FS8uF Become a...
‘It’s a Glimpse of Things to Come’: A Show of Virtual Reality Art Offers Collectors a Look Into the Future at Frieze New York
Daniel Birnbaum, the former leading museum director and current virtual reality art impresario, is making his New York debut as a curator of the high-tech medium at Frieze New York. The non-selling show within the fair, titled “Electric,” could give collectors of...
Calgary Underground 2019 Review: LOST HOLIDAY Beautifully Combines Boozy Comedy With Character and Crime
For many of us who grow up in comfortable lives, there comes a point when we should probably stop partying with the uncaring narcissistic abandon of those in their early twenties. (Unless, of course, you are a Matthew McConaughey character,...
Zali Steggall takes on Tony Abbott over hospitals-to-tax-haven deal
Tony Abbott has come under pressure from Warringah independent, Zali Steggall, over the Government’s decision to approve the sale of the new Northern Beaches Hospital, and 42 other Australian hospitals, to an obscure company in the Cayman Islands. Steggall, an...
At F8, Zuckerberg Explains Facebook’s Shift Toward Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg once promised Facebook would move fast and break things. Now, Zuckerberg says Facebook is trying to fix the things it broke.Standing on stage before an audience of developers at the annual F8 Conference on Tuesday, Zuckerberg—the same guy...
The 5 Real Questions to Ask Your Potential Web Design Agency
If you’ve been tasked with finding a web designer for your project then you already understand it’s a daunting process. There is often a lot of money at stake and even more to be made if the project is successful....
Two Charged With Running ‘Shadow Banking’ Service for Crypto Exchanges
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has hit two individuals with bank fraud charges in connection to a system for depositing funds to cryptocurrency exchanges. In a statement, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York...
Artist Ruth Asawa’s Hanging Wire Sculptures Are Getting a Google Doodle Today
Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013), known for her intricate looped wire sculptures, will be the subject of the next Google Doodle, as the search engine will change its homepage logo to feature the artist creating her hanging woven works today...
Former DHS Analyst: Trump Administration Not Taking White Nationalist Threat Seriously Enough
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: We turn right now to our last segment. Funeral services held Monday in San Diego, California, for Lori Kaye, a 60-year-old Jewish congregant who was shot...
Seeking Justice at Home
In Virginia, where a daily average of about 200 children are locked up in state-run juvenile correction centers, a remote, rural community voted in mid-April to reject a plan to allot twenty acres for a new sixty-bed such facility. The...
British zookeeper is reunited with elephant he cared for 32 years ago
A British zookeeper has shared a fond reunion with an elephant he cared for more than 30 years ago. Peter Adamson was instantly recognised by his old friend Kirsty, an Asian elephant who lived at a Glasgow zoo in the 1970s...
Football’s mental health crisis: Silence broken but what’s next?
In the months after he left professional football, Christopher Mitchell's mental health deteriorated. A spinal injury had forced the ex-Falkirk FC, Bradford City, and Scotland Under 21 international to retire in January 2016 at the age of 27. He became introverted...
Struggling EV firm Faraday Future gets another financial lifeline with new $225M investment
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on TechNode, an editorial partner of TechCrunch based in China. It may have lost its original founding team, but the wheels are still rolling for embattled electric vehicle (EV) maker Faraday Future. The company, famous...
UNDERCOVER TAXI PRANK IN A SAFETY CAR & FAN RIDES | eVLOG
Hit the link to join us in Monaco for the race on the 11th!! http://bit.ly/MonacoEPrix Subscribe to my channel by hitting this link!! https://www.youtube.com/user/nicorosbergtv?sub_confirmation=1 Super fun day in Monaco ahead of the Formula E-Prix on May 11th. 8 races, 8...
Japanese Emperor Akihito begins historic abdication
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe day's ceremonies began with several private rituals in the Imperial Palace Emperor Akihito is preparing to step down from the throne, becoming the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in more than...
‘It’s a shemozzle’: Trust in politicians at 50-year low ahead of federal election
When Australians head to the polls on 18 May, it is expected that more people will cast a vote than ever before.But while enrollment numbers are at record highs, according to a Grattan Institute report, the trust voters have in...
R.I.P., Anki: Yet Another Home Robotics Company Powers Down
Today brings sad news in the world of consumer robotics. Anki, maker of Vector, a toy-like autonomous countertop robot, is shutting down, and hundreds of people are losing their jobs. It’s a brutal answer to a question we asked last...
US Abandons All Semblance of Rule of Law to Go After Assange
By Joe Jarvis The US government can’t simply charge the man behind WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, with rebel journalism. So they charged him with computer crimes, because he published classified evidence of US war crimes. But before the US could punish...
New York City’s First Public Telescope Is Coming to Dustin Yellin’s Nonprofit Art Space in Brooklyn
Artist Dustin Yellin has big plans for Pioneer Works, his non-profit community space for the arts and sciences in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The space, which opened in 2012, is embarking on a $30 million capital campaign that will involve building...