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7 days agoCurrent Event hedman
The effects of Black Lives Matter protests
There’s long been a fierce debate about the effect of Black Lives Matter protests on the lethal use of force by police. A new study, one of the first to make a rigorous academic attempt to answer that question, found that the protests have had a notable impact on police killings. For every 4,000 people who participated in a Black Lives Matter protest between 2014 and 2019, police killed one less person.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis hedman
Far from science fiction, space elevators may be nearing deployment
With one end of a steel cable hovering in Earth's orbit and the other end somewhere in outer space, the concept of a futuristic floating
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event hedman
Jeep is installing EV chargers at off-road trailheads throughout the US | Engadget
The first three will arrive in Utah and California this spring.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event hedman
Beverly Cleary, beloved author who chronicled schoolyard scrapes and feisty kids, dies at 104
Her best-selling children’s books included “Henry Huggins” and “Ramona the Pest.”
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event hedman
Britney Spears officially petitions for dad Jamie Spears to resign as her conservator
Britney Spears files for dad Jamie Spears to quit as her conservator, after his lawyer said she could end her conservatorship by petitioning.
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1 month agoReview hedman
‘Superstore’ Was the Perfect Comedy for Less-Than-Funny Times
This week’s series finale closes out a delightful sitcom that didn’t shy from the challenges faced by America’s low-wage workers, including the current pandemic.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hedman
Robinhood files confidential paperwork to go public, source says
Robinhood has filed confidential paperwork to pursue an initial public offering (IPO), a source familiar with the matter told CNBC on Tuesday.
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1 month agoExpression hedman
This AI Uses Your Brain Activity to Create Fake Faces It Knows You'll Find Attractive
Participants didn’t have to be conscious of why they found a given face attractive; the system found the commonalities between them.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hedman
Facebook shows off mind-reading technology it hopes to use one day with smart glasses
Facebook is showing off its mind-reading wrist device and an augmented reality keyboard that it is working on as it prepares to release its smart glasses.
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1 month agoAnalysis hedman
AI Can Now Debate with Humans and Sometimes Convince Them, Too
Today on the Science Talk podcast, Noam Slonim speaks to Scientific American about an impressive feat of computer engineering: an AI-powered autonomous system that can engage in complex debate with humans over issues ranging from subsidizing preschool and the merit of space exploration to the pros and cons of genetic engineering.
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1 month agoExpression hedman
How Video Games Will Look in 2021
What kinds of games will we be playing in ten years time?
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1 month agoAnalysis hedman
Deeper Dive—How YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and others stack up after Q4
We rank the top U.S. virtual MVPDs by subscriber total following the fourth quarter.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hedman
Twitter planning a feature to let you auto-block and mute abusive accounts
It’s a toggle you’ll be able to turn on.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hedman
Texas mayor resigns after telling residents desperate for power and heat "only the strong will survive"
"No one owes you [or] your family anything; nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this!" said the former mayor.
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2 months agoAnalysis hedman
'New Car Smell' Is The Scent of Carcinogens, And Even Short Trips May Overexpose Us
The average American spends almost one hour each day commuting to work, a number that adds up quickly.
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2 months agoCurrent Event hedman
Tiny graphene microchips could make your phones and laptops thousands of times faster, say scientists | ZDNet
Researchers unlocked the electronic properties of graphene by folding the material like origami paper.
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2 months agoCurrent Event hedman
White House cites 'deep concerns' about WHO COVID report, demands early data from China
The White House on Saturday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has "deep concerns" about the way the findings of the World Health Organization's COVID-19 report were communicated.
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2 months agoCurrent Event hedman
Looks like Star Wars Republic Commando is headed to Switch
Well-received 2005 Star Wars game Republic Commando looks set for a new launch on Nintendo Switch. A tactical first-person shooter, Republic Commando was originally released on PC and the OG Xbox. Set during the Clone Wars, it lets you play as a clone trooper and command the rest of your squad alongside you. Here's how it looked back in the day...