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Arizona Prisons Are Under Pressure After Banning a Book About the Justice System’s Impact on Black Men

First Amendment advocates say the move is censorship

Officials Dispute Mike Pompeo’s Claim That Iran Is Collaborating With Al Qaeda

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim that Iran and Al Qaeda are collaborating is at best an exaggeration that is not supported by any available information, U.S. intelligence officers and officials with the State and Defense Department tell TIME. Pompeo made the claim about the terrorist organization during testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee…

U.S. Judge Says Mississippi Abortion Law ‘Smacks of Defiance’

(JACKSON, Miss.) — A federal judge indicated Tuesday that he is likely to block a Mississippi law that will ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The new law puts a cutoff point for abortion at about six weeks, when many women may not yet know they’re pregnant. U.S. District Judge Carlton…

Dallas Police Investigating Whether Killing of Muhlaysia Booker Is Connected to 2 Other Attacks on Transgender Women

(DALLAS) — Police in Dallas say they are investigating whether the killings of two transgender women and an assault on a third are connected. Maj. Vincent Weddington said Tuesday during a news conference that there are similarities in the three cases. No arrests have been made. The most recent killing occurred over the weekend. Twenty-three-year-old…

HUD Secretary Ben Carson Was Asked About a Common Term Related to Foreclosure. He Heard ‘Oreos’

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson didn’t seem to know what a congresswoman was talking about when she asked a question related to foreclosures during a congressional hearing on Tuesday. Instead, Carson apparently thought she was talking about Oreo cookies. Speaking at a House Financial Services Committee meeting on housing on Tuesday morning, Rep.…

VentureBeat

Steam Chat goes live on iOS and Android

Valve announced that the new Steam Chat mobile app has gone live as a free chat app iOS and Android platforms. The idea is to unite communications for Steam users across mobile and PC platforms. The app includes many key features of the Steam Client desktop chat, including: Friends List – See who’s in game or […]

April 2019 NPD: Mortal Kombat 11 KOs Days Gone for No. 1 spot

Two gory games went head-to-head in April, and Mortal Kombat 11 came out on top. According to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group, the latest game in NetherRealm’s fighting franchise was the No. 1 seller across PC and consoles in April. Overall, games-related spending in the U.S. reached $842 million last month. It’s a 1% increase […]

Facebook open-sources deep learning framework Pythia for image and language models

Facebook’s commitment to the wider dev community remains as strong as ever, if recent developments are any indication. Following the open-sourcing of image processing library Spectrum in January, natural language processing modeling framework PyText late last year, and AI reinforcement learning platform Horizon in November, Facebook’s AI research division today announced that Pythia, a modular […]

Facebook bets on messaging … but where will the money come from?

Guest The Facebook News Feed is a major part of modern culture. The monetization was simple: Users give their attention and advertisers provide the revenue. However, Facebook is evolving. Mark Zuckerberg announced at F8 that the future of Facebook is private messaging. So it stands to reason the company will find ways to monetize its Messenger […]

Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 May 2019 Update

Microsoft announced today the free Windows 10 May 2019 Update is rolling out now. For those keeping track, this update is Windows 10 build 18362 and will bring Windows 10 to version 1903. You can grab it from Windows Update when it’s served to you, or try to download it manually. Windows 10 is being […]

Comcast reportedly expanding into health care with ambient listening device

Comcast is reportedly developing an in-home health monitoring device with a health AI assistant, anonymous sources told CNBC. The expansion into health care is a first for the home cable and internet company that has more than 20 million customers. The ambient listening device will monitor things like frequency of trips to the bathroom and […]

Bosch unveils sensor box designed for autonomous air taxis

Flying taxis aren’t the stuff of science fiction. In fact, Boston Consulting Group predicts that by 2030, intrepid passengers will take over 1 billion flights along fixed routes in drones it expects will fly autonomously, without pilots. In anticipation of this road-free future, Bosch today unveiled a new sensor box for air vehicles that it […]

Activision reveals Call of Duty: Mobile — Battle Royale mode

Activision revealed a first glimpse into the battle royale mode for the upcoming Call of Duty: Mobile game today. It’s being custom-built for mobile, and it features Call of Duty’s signature gameplay, with a lot of first-person shooter action. The battle royale mode features a big map with locations from throughout the Call of Duty […]

Apple updates MacBook Pro with 8-core option, revised keyboard design

Several of Apple’s professional-grade MacBook Pro laptops received some under-the-hood updates today, as the company brought Intel’s latest 8th- and 9th-generation Core-series CPUs to its higher-end 13-inch and 15-inch models. While entry-level MacBook Pros continue to use older 7th-generation Intel Core chips, Apple is offering an eight-core laptop for the first time, and has equipped the […]

Hearthstone: Rise of the Mech event adds a free Legendary, buffs 18 cards, and ushers in Arena rotation

Blizzard Entertainment isn’t taking you to the beach this summer — instead, you’re going to the hot, sweaty, and loud secret lab of Dr. Boom. Get ready for Rise of the Mech, a Hearthstone: Rise of Shadows event that begins June 3 and ends July 1 that gives players a new Legendary Mech, permanently improves […]

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Summit high school postpones graduation after 2 people arrested following Snapchat threats

SUMMIT, Ill. — Argo Community High School postponed its graduation ceremony Tuesday after two people were arrested for making two separate threats on Snapchat. On Sunday, a person made threats against the school on the social media app. The message said in part, “For those who think I’m scared I myself will be shooting every class at Argo Community High School so if you come you are a target…” The school was placed on a soft lockdown Monday and the […]

Paul M. Banks discusses his new book along with the Chicago Fire on Sports Feed

CHICAGO – He’s been a guest on the show a number of times through the years on Sports Feed, but this is the first time that he’s done so featuring a new book. “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry,” is Paul M. Banks’ newest work and it features many stories from his nearly two-decades of reporting on sports both locally and nationally. He discussed the work with Jarrett Payton […]