Tornado leaves widespread devastation in suburban Omaha, Nebraska
A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon. (AP video by Margery Beck)
A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon. (AP video by Margery Beck)
Tornadoes tore through the Midwest this week.
A new sculpture going live on Wednesday in the Flatiron South Public Plaza in New York is not your typical artwork. The Portal itself is an impressive piece of work, weighing in at 3.5 tons, with a footprint of around 11.5 by 11.5 feet. While the concept is cool, the underlying software technology that drives it comes from Video Window, a British company that originally created software and hardware for the purpose of connecting employees in remote locations — at home or in other offices — with an always-on connection.
The brand basically never gets marked down — so head on over to Amazon, stat.
Close to a decade ago, brothers Aviv and Matteo Shapira co-founded Replay, a company that created a video format for 360-degree replays -- the sorts of replays that have become part and parcel of major sports broadcasts. Replay caught the attention of Intel, which acquired the company in 2016 for a reported $175 million, and led Aviv and Matteo to a chance meeting with Rubi Liani, the founder of Israeli's official drone racing league (FRIL). Liani turned the brothers on to drone racing and planted the seed of the idea for their next startup, Xtend, which he helped found.
Bluesky should launch a DMs feature in the next couple months, among other updates.
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Bluesky has launched a new product roadmap for the coming months. The decentralized social network said on Tuesday that it is planning to introduce direct messages, support for videos, improved custom feeds, and new moderation controls. In a blog post, the company said it is developing a direct messaging (DM) service that will be integrated into the Bluesky app, off the decentralized AT Protocol — the protocol that Bluesky uses — initially, and would later develop an on-protocol DM.
Google’s Pixel Tablet is now available standalone without the charging dock for $400. However, we found the charging dock to be one of the best parts of the whole experience.
Apple just announced a new version of its popular video editing suite Final Cut Pro for iPad. There’s also a refresh for Mac and a new Logic Pro app for iPad.
Fujifilm’s X100 VI is a near-perfect update to the X100 V, keeping everything buyers liked while adding some desirable features.
India's Election Commission has issued an advisory to all political parties, urging them to refrain from using deepfakes and other forms of misinformation in their social media posts during the country's ongoing general elections. The move comes after the constitutional body faced criticism for not doing enough to combat such campaigns in the world's most populous nation. The advisory, released on Monday (PDF), requires political parties to remove any deepfake audio or video within three hours of becoming aware of its existence.
Columbia canceled its main commencement ceremony, the University of Mississippi launched a student conduct investigation and Princeton students announced a hunger strike.
This year’s Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting marked a new era for the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. It’s the investing legend’s first without his right-hand man, Charlie Munger.
Ohtani tagged Braves ace Max Fried for a two-run shot in the first inning, then hit a solo shot in the eighth as the Dodgers prevailed in a battle of NL favorites.
Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a Game 7 victory over the Orlando Magic. The Cavaliers will face the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA playoffs.
The Magic and Cavs are giving us the only Game 7 of the playoffs so far.
With the peak of first quarter earnings season in the rearview, stocks got back to their winning ways last week ahead of a slower calendar for corporate and economic news.
Aaron Judge was ejected from a game for the first time in his career in Saturday's game between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers.
Álvarez maintained his dominance, but Munguía proved he's no pushover with a tough performance against a legend.
A small study led by researchers at the University of Glasgow and Northeastern University compared parrots’ responses when given the option to video chat with other birds via Messenger versus watching pre-recorded videos.