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investigation
ESPN.com
10 months ago
Real Madrid

Brazil court sets date to hear Robinho rape case

A high court in Brazil will move forward with Italy's case against former football star Robinho, who was sentenced in Europe to nine years in prison for rape.In a ruling late Wednesday, Brazil's superior court of justice set a date of Aug. 2 to decide whether the Italian government must translate Robinho's full case into Portuguese and then send it to Brazilian authorities for further analysis, as requested by the former player's lawyer.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Marketing

US investigates TikTok owner ByteDance's surveillance of journalists

New reports say the US Justice Department is investigating TikTok-owner ByteDance over recent revelations that employees tracked journalists in an attempt to find out who leaked company data to the press.The Justice Department and US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia "subpoenaed information from ByteDance regarding efforts by its employees to access US journalists' location information or other private user data using the TikTok app," Forbes reported yesterday.
ESPN.com
1 year ago
FC Barcelona

MLS: Fountas racism claim 'credible,' but no fine

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Jeff CarlisleU.S. soccer correspondent

CloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.MLS announced it has concluded its investigation into whether D.C. United forward Taxi Fountas directed a racial slur at Inter Miami CF defender Damion Lowe, stating that because it couldn't independently verify what Fountas said, no fine would be levied against the DCU attacker.
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emptywheel
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Down a Mouse Hole with Bill Clinton's Cat, Socks - emptywheel

When I first read this WaPo article yesterday, I was struck by two things: first, the revelation that when Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton appeared before a Jack Smith grand jury early this year, he was asked both about his central role in convincing Donald Trump he could rely on a case he, Fitton, lost, to justify stealing thousands of government documents (that's the testimony we knew about), but also his role in January 6.
emptywheel
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

In March, DOJ Asked Trump for the Iran Document; In April, DOJ Asked for His Saudi Business Records - emptywheel

Remember how I responded to CNN's scoop that DOJ had recordings of Trump bragging about a document describing a plan to attack Iran that he acknowledged remained classified?I suggested that if DOJ knew he had the document in July 2021, but didn't find it in the documents returned in January 2022 or June 2022 or August 2022, then we'd have problems.
www.npr.org
11 months ago
Law

Bride killed and groom injured when driver slams into golf cart after wedding

Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller are pictured at their wedding on Friday in a photo on a GoFundMe page.They were traveling in a golf cart hours later when a driver struck, killing Miller and injuring Hutchinson and two others.Screenshot by NPR A newlywed bride is dead and a groom is in serious condition after a woman who is accused of driving under the influence and more than double the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

UK can deal with spy balloons despite defence under-investment, says ex-diplomat

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A former British ambassador to the US said people should sleep easy in their beds despite the threat of Chinese spy balloons because an awful lot of that goes on everywhere.
www.kqed.org
1 year ago
California law

SF Court Releases 911 Call and SFPD Body Cam Recordings of Paul Pelosi Attack

A court on Friday released graphic video and audio recordings from the night Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer in the family's San Francisco home last year.The San Francisco Superior Court ordered the release of the recordings in response to a legal motion from a coalition of media organizations, including KQED.
Happiful Magazine
1 year ago
Mental health

How to collect memories (without cluttering up your home)

Can you keep personal treasures without allowing clutter to take over your home?We explain more about how you can collect memories, not things
We all have little mementoes that remind us of our lives and shared experiences.Perhaps you collect little trinkets from past holidays, or keep a box full of tickets from shows you have been to with loved ones, to little gifts brought back to show that we were in a friend's thoughts while they were travelling.
ListenData
10 months ago
Python

Complete Guide to Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) Model

In this article we have covered everything about the latest multilingual speech model from the basics of how it works to the step-by-step implementation of the model in Python.Meta, the company that owns Facebook, released a new AI model called Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) that can convert text to speech and speech to text in over 1,100 languages.
Theregister
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

AI can't tell you've got COVID by listening to your coughs

Machine learning algorithms cannot accurately predict whether someone has COVID-19 by analyzing the sound of their coughs, according to a study led by the UK's Alan Turing Institute.Claims that AI could detect the difference in cough sounds between those with and without COVID-19 with up to 98.5 per cent accuracy were first reported in a paper from researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Google plans giant AI language model supporting world's 1,000 most spoken languages

Google has announced an ambitious new project to develop a single AI language model that supports the world's "1,000 most spoken languages."As a first step towards this goal, the company is unveiling an AI model trained on over 400 languages, which it describes as "the largest language coverage seen in a speech model today."
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Still whanging? Dialect hunt aims to update prized English language archive

Was you or were you having your tea, dinner or supper last night?Before it, were you feeling clammish, clemmed, starving, hungry, leary or just plain clempt?
Are you still whanging in Yorkshire?
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Back from the dead? Elusive ivory-bill woodpecker not extinct, researchers say

In terms of elusiveness, it is the Bigfoot or Loch Ness monster of the bird world, so rare and undetectable that the US government declared it extinct last year.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

Lawyer Who Fled to Cuba After Shooting Girlfriend Is Convicted of Murder

NEWARK James Ray III, a lawyer and former New York City police officer, was convicted on Friday of killing his girlfriend of nine years in the home they shared in an affluent suburb of New Jersey.The jury verdict came after just a few hours of deliberation, more than four years after Mr. Ray fired the fatal gunshots in his six-bedroom home in Montclair, a commuter town about 20 miles west of Manhattan.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
11 months ago
Design

Teenage Engineering's latest audio gadget looks like an alternate-universe iPod - Yanko Design

In hindsight, it does seem natural that Teenage Engineering would launch a handheld Field Recorder just a week after debuting their CM-15 condenser microphone.Designed to be a part of their broad range of audio recording, production, and mixing tools, the TP-7 is an incredibly minimalist field recorder that looks like a spiritual successor to Apple and Braun's design language.
CreativeApplications.Net
1 year ago
Design

Klangteppich - Andreas Rau

Description

Klangteppich is an invitation to slow down and feel a sense of home in our fast-paced, mobile world - wherever you may fare.It creates a calming virtual enclosure, and a physical base to rest on.Klangteppich is a woven work that belongs to the physical as much as to the digital world.You can touch it, feel it, hang it on a wall, sit on it, roll it up and take it with you.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

This tiny $305 automated camera/smartphone slider is an absolute social media must-have - Yanko Design

A 300-dollar tool to completely elevate your 1000-dollar smartphone camera's performance.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Circuit Garden offers purely analog electronic sounds that mimic nature - Yanko Design

Synthesizers serve several purposes, including allowing a person to compose music.
time.com
1 year ago
Books

Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here's What to Know

A federal judge sided in favor of the four leading publishers in the U.S. who sued the Internet Archive for scanning and lending out numerous digital copies of copyrighted books for free during the early days of COVID-19.Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House all sued the nonprofit after they offered a National Emergency Library, a temporary book collection created from thousands of ebooks that ran from March 24, 2020 to June 16, 2020.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

International Women's Day Celebration of Holly Near - San Francisco Bay Times

Renowned worldwide for her music and activism, Holly Near returned to her Bay Area musical roots on Wednesday, March 8, for an International Women's Day concert at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.The sold-out event-a celebration of her work over the past five decades-brought together artists Krissy Keefer, Emma's Revolution, Adrienne Torf, Vicki Randle, Terry Garthwaite, Rhiannon, Linda Tillery, Tammy Hall, Jan Martinelli, Michaelle Goerlitz, Mary Watkins, and others.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

International Women's Day Celebration of Holly Near - San Francisco Bay Times

Renowned worldwide for her music and activism, Holly Near returned to her Bay Area musical roots on Wednesday, March 8, for an International Women's Day concert at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.The sold-out event-a celebration of her work over the past five decades-brought together artists Krissy Keefer, Emma's Revolution, Adrienne Torf, Vicki Randle, Terry Garthwaite, Rhiannon, Linda Tillery, Tammy Hall, Jan Martinelli, Michaelle Goerlitz, Mary Watkins, and others.
The Paris Review
1 year ago
Books

On Paper: An Interview with Thomas Demand - The Paris Review

The Review has long been a fan of Thomas Demand's work; our Spring 2015 issue featured a portfolio of his paper sculptures of cherry blossoms.His series The Dailies recreates quotidian objects and images: a coffee cup, a tray of cigarette butts.Only tiny flaws (pencil markings, tape) reveal them as constructions; otherwise his compositions are stripped of everything but their form.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Marketing

South Dakota governor bans state employees from using TikTok on government devices

South Dakota's governor signed an executive order on Tuesday banning state agencies, employees and contractors from accessing TikTok on government devices, citing the growing national security threat posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform.South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us, Gov. Kristi Noem said in a press release.
Podcasternews
1 year ago
Podcast

Nomono Secures Additional 35M NOK (3.6M USD) In Seed Round

Nomono, the pioneering developer of audio recording and collaboration tools that help podcasters and journalists tell immersive audio stories, announced the closing of a NOK 35 Million ($3.6M USD, €3.55M) investment round led by Schibsted Ventures that enable it to scale the market for its podcasting and spatial audio solutions.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Amazon gave Ring doorbell videos to US police 11 times without permission

Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user's permission, despite previously stating it would do so only with consent.
time.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Amazon Handed Ring Footage to Police Without User Consent

Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user's permission, a revelation that's bound to raise more privacy and civil liberty concerns about its video-sharing agreements with police departments across the country.
Engadget
1 year ago
Marketing

FCC Commissioner urges Google and Facebook to ban TikTok | Engadget

"TikTok is not just another video app.That's the sheep's clothing."
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Radio Aryan host goes on trial over highly racist and antisemitic' podcasts

A man accused of stirring up racial hatred through a highly racist and antisemitic podcast station called Radio Aryan has gone on trial.James Allchurch, 50, from Church House, Gelli, Pembrokeshire, is charged with 15 counts of distributing audio material to stir up racial hatred over a two-year period.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

'Toxic' barrister suspended for saying judge was talking 'absolute rubbish'

A barrister has been suspended and fined after she told a judge she was speaking "absolute rubbish."
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

Austin musician Ray Benson to voice intersections on North Lamar Boulevard

AUSTIN, Texas A familiar voice for Austinites will be guiding pedestrians at some crosswalks across the city.Ray Benson from Asleep at the Wheel will now be guiding pedestrians crossing at 18 different intersections across North Lamar Boulevard.The audio recordings at these intersections are meant to help guide those who are blind or visually impaired cross the street safely.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Pets

Kitten boom at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home blamed on cost of living crisis

Parsnip, Cranberry and Sprouts.Not your Christmas dinner, but a festive trio of fluffy black and white kittens, newly arrived at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.Down the corridor in the cattery, another three newborns have just been taken in, along with their parents, in something approaching a feline nativity scene.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Russia-Ukraine War: U.N. Catalogs Russian Killings Early in War

A U.N. report documents 441 killings of civilians around Kyiv in the first weeks of Russia's invasion.Investigators and cemetery workers documenting the dead in Bucha, Ukraine, in April.Credit...Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine  The United Nations released a report on Wednesday detailing extrajudicial killings by the Russian Army during the first month of the war, offering a harrowing, fine-grained examination of the risks to civilians in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.
The Berlin Spectator
1 year ago
Germany news

Made in Germany: How the Germans Invented the Invention

The Germans have invented so much, their complete series of inventions would create a list so long it would have to be invented first.With all of those inventions, it is safe to say the Germans invented the invention.Berlin, April 12th, 2019.Update: Berlin, December 7th, 2022  (The Berlin Spectator) - This is not about the obvious stuff, such as the wall plug or the bratwurst, but more useful things or characters like the Easter Bunny.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Mike Bonin tells City Council he is 'reeling' from colleagues' racist remarks about his son

L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin told those in attendance at Tuesday's meeting that he was outraged at racist and disparaging comments made by his colleagues and recently revealed in leaked audio recordings.
The Verge
1 year ago
Gadgets

The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro double down on Tensor-fueled features

The 7 and 7 Pro rely on Google's second-gen custom chipset to enhance existing features and add a few new ones
Hubspot
1 year ago
Online marketing

10 Ways to Monetize a Podcast (+ Examples)

82% of marketers planned to continue investing the same amount or increase their investments in podcasts and other audio content for 2022.
KQED
1 year ago
Independent films

Crossroads 2022 Celebrates Avant-Garde Film's Pandemic Poets | KQED

The first film in the first program of Crossroads, San Francisco Cinematheque's annual festival of experimental film, wittily probes an animated character's inner despair.
Flowingdata
1 year ago
Business intelligence

Empty school buses as a representation of student lives lost

The NRA Children's Museum from Change the Ref is a mile-long convoy of empty school buses in memory of lives lost to guns:
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Depp-Heard jury has reached a verdict in multimillion-dollar libel case

Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp watch as the jury leaves the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on May 16.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Jurors listen to tense audio recordings at Johnny Depp's libel trial

Actor Johnny Depp testifies at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., on Thursday.
Jim Lo Scalzo/AP FAIRFAX, Va.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case heads to jury with gender relations on trial

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial headed toward its conclusion on Friday as the dueling parties offered closing arguments after a seven-week trial that has gripped public attention and become something of a litmus test for the state of gender relations.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Sheku Bayoh inquiry shown 3D image of scene where police restrained him

A 3D image of the scene where Sheku Bayoh was restrained by police has been shown at a long-awaited inquiry into his death while in custody.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Ian McKellen to play Hamlet at the Edinburgh fringe

Sir Ian McKellen is to play Hamlet for the third time in his career in a production this summer at the Edinburgh fringe.
Nytimes
1 year ago
US politics

Trump Campaign Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million to Omarosa Manigault Newman in NDA case

A court arbitrator has ordered former President Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign to pay nearly $1.3 million in legal fees to Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former "Apprentice" star, White House aide and author of the first tell-all book about the Trump White House.
East Bay Times
2 years ago
Education

San Leandro middle school teacher: "I have shot kids younger than him!"

SAN LEANDRO - A teacher at a middle school has been removed from a classroom following what officials call "inappropriate statements" toward a student.
Nytimes
2 years ago
NYC music

'32 Sounds,' a Film Performed Live, Probes the Power of Listening

Sam Green's documentary about the physics and emotions attached to sound comes to BAM with a live score performed by JD Samson and Michael O'Neill.
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