Winners of the 2022 Close-Up Photographer of the Year – The Atlantic
Winners of the 2022 Close-Up Photographer of the Year – The Atlantic
Roblox may arrive on Meta Quest later this year – TechCrunch
AI is the end of writing – The Spectator
The 10 Australian films to look out for in 2023 – The Guardian
Opinion | Watching Movies With Low Vision – The New York Times
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $40 million order to send Ukraine “Vampire” counter-drone systems by mid-year, the company announced Monday.
L3Harris said it will install 14 kits onto vehicles the U.S. government provides Ukraine. Vampire, which stands for Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment, consists of a laser-guided-missile launcher that can quickly be installed in a civilian truck bed.
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Iris Yamashita on Writing a Murder Mystery About an Isolated Alaskan Town ‹ CrimeReads
Iris Yamashita: I had seen a documentary, probably over 20 years ago, about a town where there was no car traffic in. They had a tunnel, but it was only for the train. The setting was always in the back of my mind: wow, this is a crazy town that’s very isolated, you can’t get through except by train or by boat.
KC: What’s the name of the town?
IY: Whittier, Alaska. I thought it would be a great setting for some kind of story, but I didn’t know what it was until I started thinking of…….
Unless you’ve been living under a snowdrift – with no mobile signal – for the past six months, you’ll have heard of the kerfuffle surrounding the new generations of artificial intelligence. Especially a voluble, dutiful, inexhaustible chatbot called ChatGPT, which has gone from zero users to several million in the two wild weeks since its inception.
Speculation about ChatGPT ranges from the curious, to the gloomy, to the seriously angry. Some have said it is the death of Google, because it is so good at providing answers to queries – from instant recipes comprising a…….
A retired sergeant with the New York State Police has been charged with obstruction after allegedly tipping off the target of a criminal investigation into online gambling based in Rochester.
Thomas J. Loewke, who retired in August, was illegally gambling on sports online, according to the complaint filed Jan. 6 in federal court. He faces two charges of obstruction of justice, one federal and one local, with a maximum sentence of at least 20 years.
According to an affidavit attached to the complaint, NYSP had an open investigation …….
Rochester, N.Y. — A former state trooper has been charged in federal court with tipping off targets of an illegal sports gambling ring investigation while he was a police officer, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Thomas J. Loewke, 51, was charged on Jan. 6 and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the charges of obstructing state and local law enforcement investigations into the Rochester-based operation that drove …….
PokerGO announced that there wasn’t a willing participant to pay $1.6 million to enter Round 6 of High Stakes Duel III, which means Jason Koon is the game’s official champion.
The GGPoker ambassador paid $800,000 to enter Round 5 against Phil Hellmuth in place of Scott Seiver, who backed out at the last-minute. Koon dominated the match from start to finish and came out victorious.
High Stakes Duel on PokerGO: A Comprehensive Guide
Why Koon Can Cash Out
Despite winning, he wasn’t permitted to immediately c…….
One of the most famous poker players in the world has moved on from the game. This player is a Poker Hall of Famer, a four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, including one from the Main Event, and has more than $7.6 million in lifetime earnings according to the Hendon Mob.
Do you know who it is yet?
If not, here are a few more hints. This player’s best live cash of a smooth $1 million, his only seven-figure score, came in the 1990s. This player was also a force on Poker After Dark, took down the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship, and won the …….
What do Eric Bana, the Wiggles and a child-stealing spirit have in common? They’re all teaming up to star in a new musical comedy from the director of The Dry! Just kidding. But they are all in Australian films set to come out later this year, both in cinemas and on streaming platforms. Here are 10 to look out for.
Transfusion
The trailer for Transfusion
Where and when: cinemas now; on Stan from 20 January
Aussie star Sam Worthington will ditch the motion-capture suits he wore in Avatar: Way of…….
At the movies, for the first time, close to the giant silver screen, I could see clenched fists, grimaces, smiles, nods and other expressions and gestures. Back in the day, I would have had no idea of what a life hack was. But that’s what movies have been for me.
In real life, I frequently have trouble reading the room because I rarely see facial expressions, gestures or what people are wearing unless I’m very close to them. I frequently miss visual information that gives sighted people clues about the people they date, fall …….
Educational Theater of the Arts of Panguipulli in Chile, Wins the Esenciales X Archdaily 2022 Award
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Designed by architects Tomás Villalón, Nicolás Norero, and Leonardo Quinteros, the Educational Theater of the Arts of Panguipulli has been chosen in Chile as the winning work in the architecture category of ESENCIALES x ArchDaily 2022.
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