AI brought a 60-year old music-making machine to life

If you’ve seen Looney Tunes or The Simpsons, you’ve probably heard Raymond Scott’s music — which was adapted for those and other cartoons. But there’s a good chance you haven’t heard of Scott himself. A musician and inventor, Scott was ahead of his…

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Features Its First Hijab-Wearing Model

The Somali-American model appears in the highly anticipated magazine wearing two custom burkinis.

Tech Company Apologizes For Requesting ‘Preferably Caucasian’ Job Candidates

Cynet Systems later apologized and said it had fired the people involved in the racist job listing.

The billion point laser cloud that will help rebuild Notre Dame

On April 15th, 2019 around 6:40 pm, I was walking around the Jardin du Luxembourg park in Paris with some friends when we saw some yellow colored smoke in the sky. We thought nothing of it, but soon discovered, shocked, that one of the most famous la…

Lizzo Loves Being ‘A Fat Bitch’

The singer opened up to V Magazine about loving herself as a plus-size black woman.

Facebook awards grants for social media and elections research

Facebook is making good on its promise to better understand the complicated role it plays in global politics. The social media giant announced the first recipients of a grant that will allow researchers access to its privacy-protected data for the st…

VR turns bumper cars into retro-futuristic steampunk tanks

We’ve seen VR headsets used on rollercoasters and in car-based Mario Kart games, but now Steampunk VR Scooter has brought VR headsets to the world of bumper cars. From the outside, players appear to be sitting in your standard bumper cars and wearing…

As launch nears,SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet gets big change approval

SpaceX’s plans to bring its internet-beaming satellites closer to Earth have been given the go-ahead, paving the way for speedier, less technically complex wireless broadband. The SpaceX Starlink satellite network is due to begin deployment from May, with the first hardware being launched into orbit. SpaceX got permission from the FCC to launch a satellite internet service last year, a … Continue reading

Game of Thrones season 8, episode 3 analysis: The Long Night

After two episodes of build up and tender moments, we finally got to see one of the major battles the entire series has been building toward in season 8, episode 3 of Game of Thrones. Just as the previews suggested, the dead clashed with the living in last night’s episode, and the Battle for Winterfell was truly epic in a … Continue reading

United and Delta Cover Their Seatback Cameras in Bid to Stop Freaking You Out

Evidently registering that no one wants to be stared down by a camera for the entirety of their flight, United and Delta are now covering the tiny in-unit cameras in the back-of-seat entertainment units on their planes. American Airlines may be considering a similar move.

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