A massive new 54-floor skyscraper could be coming to the City of London
Plans for a new landmark 54-storey tower at 99 Bishopsgate in London's Square Mile have been revealed, aiming to double in size.
Developers aim to create a green building with extensive green space, pedestrian routes, and public cultural facilities in the enlarged 99 Bishopsgate. [ more ]
The Hidden Roman Wall In London That Dates Back To 200AD The London Wall
Before London was London, it was in fact named Londinium and the thriving trading capital of Roman Britain.Hidden among high-rise office towers and tourist attractions are the remains of Londinium's fortification wall that once defined the city.The London Wall stretched for two miles around the city, from what we now know as Blackfriars to Tower Hill.
Dezeen Agenda features Helen Barrett on London's views becoming "increasingly controlled and commoditised"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an opinion piece arguing private assets are prioritised over public access, following the Tate Modern ruling.Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.The Supreme Court's ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London's views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, wrote Helen Barrett in an opinion piece for Dezeen.
Ex-detectives share 8 key clues in Nicola Bulley disappearance from fitbit to phone
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Former detectives have shared eight key areas they think police should be investigating in order to gain insights into Nicola Bulley's disappearance.The search for the mother-of-two has entered its third week and despite combing the village of St Michael's on Wyre, opening more than 500 lines of inquiry and looking all the way to Morecambe Bay, police are still at a loss as to what happened to Ms Bulley.
Deadly game of hide and seek' over poorly-signposted defibrillators
The public are being left playing a deadly game of hide and seek because of a lack of signage for life-saving defibrillators, according to a leading resuscitation expert.
Ramblers to recreate 1932 protest over countryside access for people of colour
A group of ramblers will recreate a 90-year-old protest on Sunday to argue the UK Government is doing "nowhere near enough" to improve access to the countryside for people of colour.
Judge will see secret personnel file of Austin police officer charged with murder in Mike Ramos shooting death - Austin Monitor
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 by Nina Hernandez Days before the start of the murder trial of the Austin police officer who fatally shot Mike Ramos, a Travis County District Court judge has denied a city of Austin request to keep part of the officer's personnel file private.At a Monday morning hearing, Travis County District Court Judge Dayna Blazey denied the city's motion to partially quash a subpoena for the personnel records of APD officer Christopher Taylor.
I don't know Portland, sure you have some pretty glaring faults and issues, but you also pretty smart and compassionate and caring, so things aren't looking that bad for you.I mean, you've been pushed through the same social media narcissism machines as everyone else.Here's what I'd have to say, about the cross sections of EGO and TRANSPARENCY.
Monday, November 7, 2022 by Nina Hernandez The Environmental Commission voted Wednesday to recommend the Brodie Oaks planned unit development that would redevelop the 37.6-acre tract of land on the corner of South Lamar and South Capital of Texas Highway.The recommendation, which will be passed up to the city's Planning Commission for consideration, comes with caveats regarding building height, light pollution and bird strike mitigation.
City Hall to rule on Wimbledon's 200million expansion plan
Mayor Sadiq Khan has recused himself from the decision-making process on a planning application to transform the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course.
The deputy mayor of planning, Jules Pipe, has called in the planning application for a full planning hearing after a disagreement between local councils.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) claims to have received overwhelming support for the project, stating that it will secure the long-term future of the Wimbledon championships. [ more ]
Journalists should be looking for undocumented APIs. Here's how to start.
At The Markup, we build our own datasets, a lot.It's one of the core tenets of our newsroom, and how we test our hypothesis-driven journalism.One way we do that is by finding and using undocumented APIs (or application program interfaces), which are hidden in plain sight.These APIs run behind the scenes on websites and do things that are so mundane that most people just take them for granted.
Architects should be "more involved" in abortion access, says AIA Los Angeles panel
Architects and designers should take a more active part in response to the overturn of Roe V Wade, the Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion, according to speakers on a recent AIA Los Angeles panel.
'What else can we do?': trespassers demand right to roam minister's 12,000-acre estate
It's hard to know what access to nature minister Richard Benyon normally finds in his gigantic Berkshire estate when he strolls out on a Sunday afternoon.
Work begins to turn 99,000 hectares in England into 'nature recovery' projects
Up to 99,000 hectares of land in England, from city fringes to wetlands, will be focused on supporting wildlife in five major "nature recovery" projects, the government has said.
'Access is vital': picnicking protesters target Duke of Somerset's woods
On a beautiful Sunday in May a spot under the trees in an ancient woodland would seem like an idyllic location for a picnic for residents of the Devon town of Totnes.
San Jose aims to ban homeless encampments along downtown's Guadalupe River, a first for the city
San Jose officials plan to implement an encampment ban along a half-mile stretch of downtown's Guadalupe River to further address unmanaged homeless sites.
The city used $2 million in state funding last fall to clear the area of roughly 200 people with tents and RVs, and officials hope to prevent the area from being repopulated.
Homeless advocates criticized the proposal as cruel, while some local residents supported it, citing safety concerns and blocked public access to the river trail. [ more ]
Victory! Police Drone Footage is Not Categorically Exempt From California's Public Records Law
Police drone footage cannot be kept entirely secret from the public, according to a ruling by a California appellate court.
The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District made the decision after a journalist sued the Chula Vista Police Department for access to videos created by their drone program. [ more ]
EFF to Court: California's Public Records Law Must Remain a Check on Police Use of Drones
An increasing number of cities are adding drone flights to their law enforcement tool kit.Public access to appropriately redacted video footage from those flights can provide oversight of police surveillance and help ensure cities are living up to their privacy promises.Every second of every drone video should not be categorically exempt from public records laws as an investigatory record.
Contractor left Toyota source code exposed for five years
Japanese automaker Toyota and its tech subsidiary Toyota Connected have been forced to issue an apology after discovering that a contractor had left source code relating to its T-Connect services publicly exposed via GitHub, putting the personal data of almost 300,000 drivers at risk of compromise.
US college VPN credentials for sale on Russian crime forums, FBI says
The FBI on Friday said that thousands of compromised credentials harvested from US college and university networks are circulating on online crime forums in Russia and elsewhere-and could lead to breaches that install ransomware or steal data.
LinkedIn can't use anti-hacking law to block web scraping, judges rule
In a case involving LinkedIn, a federal appeals court reaffirmed Monday that web scraping likely doesn't violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
Worried about your catalytic converter getting stolen? Los Angeles police have new technology to combat that
Responding to a surge of catalytic converter thefts, the Los Angeles Police Department has unveiled new technology that will make it harder for thieves to steal the valuable emission control device.The Los Angeles police have already held events for people to have their cars' vehicle identification numbers etched by hand onto their catalytic converters to make it easier to track the car parts if they get stolen.
The Quiet Few is Opening New Location in South Boston
It always feels good to celebrate a win.And call this a big one: Small Victories - a new bar and restaurant from the team behind beloved East Boston whiskey bar, the Quiet Few - is slated to open late this year in South Boston."Small Victories will be very much aligned with the Quiet Few, only if TQF had a couple Monster Energy drinks," owner Josh Weinstein tells Eater.
Google opens up access to its text-to-music AI | Engadget
AI-generated music has been in the spotlight lately, between a track that seemingly featured vocals from Drake and The Weeknd gaining traction to Spotify reportedly removing thousands of songs over concerns that people were using them to game the system.Now, Google is wading further into that space as the company is opening up access to its text-to-music AI, which is called MusicLM.
Microsoft on Thursday expanded public access to its generative artificial intelligence programs, despite fears that tech firms are rushing ahead too quickly with potentially dangerous technology.The AI-enhanced features of the company's Bing search engine and Edge internet browser are now open for anyone to use, Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president, said in a blog post.
An artificial intelligence dubbed Claude, developed by AI research firm Anthropic, got a "marginal pass" on a recent blindly graded law and economics exam at George Mason University, according to a recent blog post by economics professor Alex Tabarrok.It's yet another warning shot that AI is experiencing a moment of explosive growth in capability - and it's not just OpenAI's ChatGPT that we have to worry about.
Microsoft to retire controversial facial recognition tool that claims to identify emotion
Microsoft is phasing out public access to a number of AI-powered facial analysis tools - including one that claims to identify a subject's emotion from videos and pictures.
Sensitive data is being leaked from servers running Salesforce software
Servers running software sold by Salesforce are leaking sensitive data managed by government agencies, banks, and other organizations, according to a post published Friday by KrebsOnSecurity.At least five separate sites run by the state of Vermont permitted access to sensitive data to anyone, Brian Krebs reported.
A van Gogh landscape to die for.A sacred scene by Botticelli that puts a lump in your throat.One of Jasper Johns's stunningly subtle map paintings.Those were just a few of the treasures on view last week when Christie's auction house broke records by selling more than $1.5 billion in art from the estate of Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft who died in 2018.
Parks board recommends Brodie Oaks development - Austin Monitor
After deductions for stormwater infrastructure, the project will contain 7.6 credited acres of parkland or 20 percent of the gross site area."Right now for an infill urban core project like this we would be capped at 15 percent of the gross site area.Board Member Rich DePalma called the project a "roadmap" for reducing impervious cover in the region.The 76 percent of the remaining parkland requirement will be paid via fee-in-lieu at an estimated $4 million price tag.He said he felt the project avoided becoming another Statesman PUD, which the parks board found did not meet the threshold for superiority.
Victory! Court Unseals Records Showing Patent Troll's Shakedown Efforts
EFF has prevailed in a years-long effort to make public a series of court records that show how a notorious patent troll, Uniloc, uses litigation threats to extracts payments from a variety of businesses.
Ex-Reporter Jailed in Russia for 22 Years on Treason Charges
MOSCOW A former journalist was convicted of treason and handed a 22-year prison sentence on Monday after a trial that has been widely seen as politically motivated and marked a new step in a sweeping crackdown on the media and Kremlin critics.
Taking the lead: dog owners urged to keep their pets in check in the countryside
From scaring endangered birds on their nests to the mountain of excrement they produce each day, dogs with irresponsible owners are a growing problem in UK nature reserves, say conservationists, who are urging owners to keep their pets on a short lead.The Wildlife Trusts, which operate more than 2,300 nature reserves across the country, say loose dogs are a leading cause of plant and animal disturbances in UK reserves and their waste carries diseases for wildlife, with growing evidence that the 3,000 tonnes of faeces and urine produced by dogs each day disturbs the balance of ecosystems at levels that would be illegal on farmland.
Federal judge in Texas hears case that could force a major abortion pill off market
Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on Wednesday.U.S. abortion opponents are hoping to get a national ban on a widely used abortion pill through their lawsuit against the FDA.Moises Avila/AFP via Getty Images Was the FDA wrong to approve a drug that's used in nearly all medication abortions in the U.S. and should the drug, mifepristone, be taken off the market?
Marin homeowners are beginning to take advantage of a new state law that allows them to to split their parcel and build up to four homes on the lot.The California Home Act, more commonly known as Senate Bill 9, took effect on Jan. 2, 2022.The law, which opens the door for more dwellings in areas zoned for detached homes, was passed with the hopes that it would help ease the state's critical shortage of affordable housing.
It's funny how last offseason can feel like it is simultaneously just yesterday but also eons away.By that I mean, the record spending of this winter makes last winter feel like a distant memory, and yet the team is still feeling the acute ramifications of their behavior 12 months ago.Despite the abundance of impact shortstops and lineup-altering bats on the free agent market, the Yankees made their blockbuster of Winter 2022 a trade for Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
Mohamed Hadid's $250M LA mansion heads to bankruptcy
Spec mansion developer Mohamed Hadid's web of financial and legal entanglements continues to grow with the possibility of losing the priciest piece of his portfolio, a partially built Beverly Hills mansion that holds the distinction of being Los Angeles County's most expensive residential listing.
Media outlets urge judge to announce his plans for a hearing in blockbuster medication abortion case
Several media organizations asked a federal judge on Monday to publicly announce his plans to hold a hearing Wednesday in a blockbuster medication abortion case after the judge reportedly moved to keep the hearing under wraps.Across the ideological spectrum, the public is intensely interested in this case, the organizations wrote in their letter to US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.
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Smithsonian Names Founding Director of New Women's History Museum - Washingtonian
The Smithsonian's American Women's History Museum may not have a permanent home yet, but it does has a founding director: Nancy Yao, the current president of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York City.As director of an entirely brand new museum, Yao will unsurprisingly have a lot on her plate as she oversees both conception and development.
California, Washington move to let trans people seal name-change records
Lawmakers in California and Washington state are moving to let transgender people keep petitions for a name change out of the public record.In Washington, a bill that seeks to revise the process for which individuals can request name changes was passed in the Senate earlier this month with bipartisan support.
California, Washington move to let trans people seal name-change records
Lawmakers in California and Washington state are moving to let transgender people keep petitions for a name change out of the public record.In Washington, a bill that seeks to revise the process for which individuals can request name changes was passed in the Senate earlier this month with bipartisan support.
Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons limits building access after threats
The group that regulates the practice of medicine in Ontario says it is limiting public access to its buildings due to safety concerns.The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario says it has been receiving up to 200 emails a month consisting of serious threats against staff and council members.
Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons limits building access after 'serious' threats | CBC News
The group that regulates the practice of medicine in Ontario says it is limiting public access to its buildings due to safety concerns.The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario says it has been receiving up to 200 emails a month consisting of serious threats against staff and council members.
Six-year-old intentionally shot teacher in Virginia school, police say
A six-year-old child deliberately shot a teacher at an elementary school in Virginia on Friday afternoon, according to police.Police said in a statement that they have arrested the boy accused of shooting a female teacher at Richneck elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, a city in the south-eastern part of the state.
St Louis school shooter had more than 600 rounds of ammunition, police say
The 19-year-old gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St Louis high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, the local police commissioner, Michael Sack, said on Tuesday.Orlando Harris also left behind a handwritten note offering his explanation for the shooting on Monday at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school.
Conservation deal protects 7,400 acres in central Vermont
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A conservation deal is going to protect nearly 7,400 acres in Vermont's Addison, Orange, and Windsor counties, the Vermont Land Trust says.The deal includes terrain along the spine and eastern flank of the Northfield Mountains.There are also six significant streams in the area that help form the headwaters of the Third Branch of the White River, a major tributary of the Connecticut River.
This one is simply a result of a need that I had and that was about getting a fully functional, flexible, and secure AWS EKS cluster set up in under half an hour to be able to test anything asap.For that, I did not want to spend too much time developing IaC myself as there are so many great sources out there that are worth supporting rather than reinventing the wheel.
Amazon slashes staff in half at its "reinventing radio" Amp division - RAIN News
The Amazon initiative intending to "reimagine radio," Amp, has hit a roadbump, as the company is making staff cuts, Business Insider reported on Friday, saying that "roughly 150 people," or half of the division, were let go.When the division was launched earlier this year (see RAIN coverage here), Amp VP John Ciancutti said, "A person with their own unique music taste doesn't have to land a job at a radio station to reach an audience.
The long-awaited Crenshaw/LAX rail (K) line will partially open Oct. 7, marking a major milestone for transit in Los Angeles as the region embarks on a massive buildup of infrastructure ahead of the Olympic Games.
Amid pushback over festivals like Lollapalooza and Riot Fest being held on public land, Chicago Park District moves to change rules for large events
As criticism mounts over the use of public parks for large-scale events put on by private companies, leaders at the Chicago Park District are moving to change their code to mandate a board vote to sign off on events with more than 10,000 daily attendees.
Old Duchossois farm near Barrington sold for $10 million for restoration by conservation group
As a blue heron took flight from a pond on a horse farm, Kathleen Leitner described a grand vision for restoring the rolling prairie to its native habitat.
Patriots announce new training camp dates and times
With less than a week to go until the start of their 2022 training camp, the New England Patriots released some new and updated practice dates and times.
Watchdog reprimands EU executive for failing to share Von der Leyen texts
The EU's official watchdog has issued a formal reprimand to the European Commission over its president Ursula von der Leyen's failure to release text messages exchanged with the boss of Pfizer during the pandemic.
Ford's mandate letters could become public today after Supreme Court releases crucial decision on appeal | CBC News
The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision Thursday on whether or not it will hear the Ontario government's appeal to try and keep PC Leader Doug Ford's mandate letters secret.
Ontario NDP promises universal mental health care at a cost of $1.15B a year | CBC News
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is promising universal mental health coverage if her party wins the June election, with an annual price tag of $1.15 billion.