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CNN is reporting that a gunman has opened fire at a Madden gaming event in Jacksonville, Florida, with multiple fatalities reported.The Jacksonville Sheriff’s department posted a notification on Twitter this afternoon, saying that the shooting had taken place at Jacksonville Landing, a shopping mall in the city, and warned people to stay away while they secured the scene. The sheriff’s office confirmed that there were “multiple fatalities,” and that one suspect has been

CNN is reporting that a gunman has opened fire at a Madden gaming event in Jacksonville, Florida, with multiple fatalities reported.The Jacksonville Sheriff’s department posted a notification on Twitter this afternoon, saying that the shooting had taken place at Jacksonville Landing, a shopping mall in the city, and warned people to stay away while they secured the scene. The sheriff’s office confirmed that there were “multiple fatalities,” and that one suspect has been

How many people can program a driverless car? How many can program an artificial intelligence? How many can get their head around blockchain (and no, it doesn’t count if you invested €100 in Bitcoin)? And yet, how many times have you read about driverless cars being on the cusp of adoption, or traditional currencies being on the verge of becoming obsolete? The truth is, the pool of individuals who actually know how to build these technologies is very small. We are living in a world w

Artificial intelligence is proving to be a very capable tool when it comes to manipulating videos of people. Face-swapping deepfakes have been the most visible example, but new applications are being found every day. The latest? Call it deepfakes for dancing — it uses AI to read someone’s dance moves and copy them on to a target body.The actual science here was done by a quartet of researchers from UC Berkley. As they describe in a paper posted on arXiV, their system is comprised of

Sometime in April 2003, Paul Ceglia and Mark Zuckerberg did business together and signed a contract. According to Zuckerberg (and eventually, federal prosecutors), it was a simple work-for-hire programming job — but in 2010, Ceglia went to court arguing the contract entitled him to half of Facebook, already worth billions.
With the Winklevoss settlement still fresh, it may have seemed like a quick path to a payoff, but Facebook refused to play ball. The case stalled, and soon Ceglia was c

On Friday, a driver for Didi Chuxing’s rideshare service Hitch killed his 20-year-old female passenger in the Chinese city of Wenzhou. Following the incident, the company says that it will suspend the ride-hailing service while the company examines its practices.This is the second such death associated with the app this year. In May, a driver raped and murdered his 21-year-old passenger in Henan province, using his father’s account, which prompted the company to suspend its service

There are a ton of podcasts out there, but finding the right one can be difficult. In our column Pod Hunters, we cover what we’ve been listening to that we can’t stop thinking about.
Earlier this summer, How Stuff Works released a fantastic podcast miniseries called Drawn: The Story of Animation, which takes a close look at the history of cartoons, and how we went from the classic Warner Bros. stable of characters to the latest hits like Rick and Morty. It’s a well-researched,

Many parents are concerned with their child’s seemingly obsessive video game play. Fortnite, the most recent gaming phenomenon, has taken the world by storm and has parents asking whether the shooter game is okay for kids. The short answer is yes, Fortnite is generally fine. Furthermore, parents can breathe easier knowing that research suggests gaming (on its own) does not cause disorders like addiction. However, there’s more to the story. A comprehensi

Bang & Olufsen is making its Beosound 1 and BeoSound 2 speakers a bit smarter this fall. The company will release new versions featuring Google Assistant in September, which is a nice upgrade for speakers that start at $1,750.
An intelligent speaker is getting smarter
Initially released in 2016, the Beosound 1 and 2 have a distinct tapering, cylindrical design and already support a number of wireless streaming options including Chromecast, AirPlay 2, and Spotify Connect. The Beosound 1 is d

Music GIF provider TuneMoji has announced that it’s integrated within Snapchat, as reported by Business Insider. This means that users with the TuneMoji app installed can send clips to their Snap story, or within a chat.A TuneMoji GIFs adds a layer of music (or spoken audio) that is looped along with the GIF. TuneMoji sort of works like Giphy with a searchable database of GIFs and you can search by words or phrases, or by emoji. Once you select the musical GIF you want, you then choose wh

Women's Equality Day, celebrated annually on August 26, marks the date the Constitution was amended to include women's right to vote.  
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex," the 19th amendment read, as of August 26, 1920. 
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That sentence, my loves, took almost a century of organizing to achieve.
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Anyone who's had to deal with customers recognizes the plight of explaining your product or service over and over again. And sometimes, you encounter customers so difficult that demonstrating something to them is trickier than helping your grandma understand how Instagram works. Don't you think your life would be so much easier if you had a visual presentation to accompany your marketing spiel?
Fleeq is a tool that allows you to easily craft interactive videos and tutorials without any prior pro

If you haven't already cut the cord, chances are you're at least thinking about it — and for good reason. 
Studies show that approximately 14.1 American households access content through streaming services, and that number has only tripled since 2013.
Sure, streaming services help cut down on the number of commercial breaks we have to sit through and make it possible to watch movies and television anytime, anywhere. But you have to admit, it's kind of nice to watch some prog

Summer 2018's brightest star has been the scammer.
Grifters of all sorts have been in the headlines this year, from thieves to embezzlers to animals impersonating other animals. What's bringing on all this Big Scam Energy? We're not sure, but it's made for some fun headlines. Here, our favorite summer grifters, ranked by how much we enjoyed reading about their exploits.
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14. Billy McFarland of Fyre Festival fame
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Origami is the art of using precise folding patterns and sequences to create something beautiful out of almost nothing—a piece of paper. UI design is also the outcome of many small, meticulously assembled elements coming together. So in many ways, building a perfect user interface (UI) is like folding together a perfect paper swan. But have you ever interacted with a product that just doesn’t feel right? That’s because like origami, minuscule design imperfections quickly add u

Sunday is a strong contender for the best day of the week. It has all the weekend freedom of a Saturday without that annoying pressure to get out there and actually do something with your life. Sunday is for rest, relaxation, and recuperation in preparation for another working week. 
However this isn't your average Sunday, is it? A Bank Holiday Sunday is close to perfection. All the chill of a normal Sunday without that dread that arrives around 6pm.
So how do you make a Sunday that is so c

If you bothered to log onto your Twitter account at least once this week, you almost definitely saw the viral video of Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke responding thoughtfully to a question about whether he finds it disrespectful when NFL players kneel during the national anthem. The clip drew wide praise, including from LeBron James, Ellen DeGeneres, and Janelle Monáe. 
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But a CBS News story on the excha

In Donald Trump's eyes, anyone who kneels during the National Anthem is a "son of a bitch." But the 45th U.S. president could apparently use another grade school lesson or two on the American flag.
On Thursday, Trump joined First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar for a photo opp at the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio. During the visit, President Trump spent some time sitting with the kids and coloring. That's when it happened.
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