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New York senator blames newspaper’s gun map for local burglary

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor A Republican state senator from New York is blaming a controversial handgun map for the recent burglary of a gun owner’s residence in White Plains. According to Newsday, at least two burglars broke into the home on Saturday evening, as part of an effort to rob the owner’s gun safe. Local police say the were unable to open the safe, and that one of the suspects has already been taken into custody.…

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One Student Shot At California School; Suspected Gunman Arrested

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Abby Rogers via 23ABC Live Stream At least two people were shot at a California high school this morning, ABC 23 is reporting.  The shooting was reported around 9 a.m. local time and the shooter was reportedly taken into custody about 20 minutes later. The unnamed shooter was a student at the school who didn’t show up for his morning class, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said in a press conference. “He then interrupted…

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U.S. Cities Relying on Precog Software to Predict Murder

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As reported on Wired. BY KIM ZETTER A precog in the film Minority Report who can see the future and predict events. Photo courtesy of Dreamworks/20th Century Fox   Who needs the freaky precogs of Minority Report to predict if someone’s likely to commit murder when you have an algorithm that can do it for you? New crime-prediction software used in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and soon to be rolled out in the nation’s capital too, promises to reduce the homicide rate…

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Connecticut town cancels plan to collect and destroy violent video games

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As reported on The Verge. By BRIAN CRECENTE The small Connecticut community that made international news last week when it announced plans to voluntarily collect and destroy violent video games, said today it won’t be proceeding with that portion of its plan. Community members of Southington, Conn., a small community about 30 miles from the site of the Newtown massacre, held a town hall press conference this morning to say that while they have canceled the…

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Legal News Tech

Member of file-sharing group given 5 years in prison for uploading movies

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As reported on The Verge. By Adi Robertson Jail terms for members of the BitTorrent-based movie-sharing group iMAGiNE continue to set records: Wired reports that Jeramiah Perkins, who helped lead the group, has been given a 60-month sentence for his role in helping to record and distribute movies online during their theatrical run. Perkins’ sentence exceeds the 40-month one given to fellow member Gregory Cherwonik, making it the longest American jail sentence for file sharing. In their original indictment (PDF),…

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Engineering News

‘Lego Axle Sorter’ is a mesmerizing miniature feat of mechanical engineering

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris Lego engineer Akiyuki has created a machine that can sort Lego pieces automatically. Akiyuki, whose “Great Ball Contraption” was a big hit on YouTube last year, managed to power the complex machine using a single motor. The “Lego Axle Sorter AS-L40A” is able to pick up a pile containing 10 different types of Lego from a bucket and sort them into separate containers. It may not be as…

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