Houston struggles to save the Astrodome, London vows to make biking safer, L.A. sees light rail succ

Houston struggles to save the Astrodome, London vows to make biking safer, L.A. sees light rail successes, and San Francisco mounts a shitty campaign for its sewers. It’s Christmastime in the city for this week’s urban reads.

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The Army’s Insurgent Tracking Software Is Now Being Used to Track Gangs

The Army's Insurgent Tracking Software Is Now Being Used to Track Gangs

We all know that social media is the criminal’s worst enemy. But this summer, a group of researchers are collaborating with police to test software that can reliably predict whether a person is part of a gang based on their social networks, building on similar software used to track insurgents in Afghanistan.

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