We are all familiar with the idea of a library. You go, check out a book, read said book, and return the book when you are done. Yes, there is a bit more mixed in there, such as attaining a library card, due dates, and late fees, but I'm sure you get the general idea. We all know how libraries work.
Policing Minister Sarah Jones visited Merseyside on Tuesday, 7 October, to see first-hand how police and partner agencies are using Virtual Reality (VR) to protect young people from knife crime. The visit concluded at Everton in the Community, an Everton Football Club initiative, where Ms Jones experienced a VR initiative designed to dissuade young people from knife crime. Co-developed by Everton in the Community and Merseyside Police, the 360-degree headset experience has reached more than 1,000 young people to date.
Three years later, the situation has changed completely, and precisely thanks to figures like Bruesewitz. This consultant, barely 27 years old, is an advisor to Donald Trump and was one of the architects of the podcast interview strategy that positioned the current president among young people under 30 during the 2024 election campaign. Between June and October, Trump gave 18 interviews on these platforms, while his rival, Kamala Harris, appeared in only four.
Pope Leo XIV canonized the Catholic Church's first millennial saint over the weekend-a teen computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15 and who used technology to spread his faith, earning him the nickname "God's influencer," according to The Associated Press. Some 80,000 worshippers filled St. Peter's Square in Rome on Sunday to see the canonization of Carlo Acutis, including many millennials and young children with their parents, The Washington Post reported.
Blockchain gaming startup Ex Populus Inc., which registered the XAI trademark in May, is suing Elon Musk's AI company, xAI. Ex Populus says xAI has been trying to bully the company into giving up its rights to the trademark. [SF Business Times] Local community group Black Men United and the East Bay chapter of national nonprofit Live Free held a meeting Thursday night discussing how they'll protect young people if the National Guard is deployed in Oakland.