— LSU (@LSU) August 20, 2019 Little is known about the incident at this time, but local news source WAFB 9 reports there’s been no indication that anyone’s been injured and ABC WBRZ 2 states that “the situation was reportedly under control within about 15 minutes of the alert.” UPDATE: The report from ABC WBRZ 2 is NOT correct as of 3:34 PM local time: — LSU (@LSU) August 20, 2019 Those who are potentially in harm’s way should consider the situation active and dangerous until such time as authorities clear the area....

The measure includes bans on domestic flights under two and half hours that can be done by train, restrictions on renting badly insulated properties, and the designation of “ecocide” as a punishable crime. While the draft legislation will most likely pass by the parliament’s lower house, where the French president holds the majority of seats, it has left environmental groups rather dissatisfied. Campaigners have criticized it as unambitious and inadequate to keep up with the rapidly changing climate....

Of course, some people will take it to the next level. We’ve all heard stories about potential employees delivering doughnuts to the hiring manager, creating bespoke websites for a specific role or even showing up to the office uninvited (we don’t recommend this one by the way). The recruitment world is constantly changing and now, thanks to technology, people are getting more creative than ever. In fact, some people are even applying for roles via TikTok!...

Zuckerberg highlighted some of the differences between Messenger Rooms and existing video calling options. While regular Messenger and WhatsApp “are already the most popular video calling services globally,” those are currently limited in number; WhatsApp just added the ability to make eight-person calls, but sometimes you just need more. Meanwhile “for large groups most of the video services out there are designed for work, not social interactions.’ Messenger Rooms can support up to 50 people without time limits....

Then, after purchase, did you realize important apps like Microsoft Office didn’t actually support the iPad’s Magic Keyboard? It’s okay, get up. Stop crying. This is a bit much now. Come on, I’ve actually got some good news: Microsoft Office iPad apps now has mouse and trackpad support. THAT’S RIGHT: You can now use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint on iPadOS like a normal person. Truly, Hephaestus, the Greek god of craftspeople, would be proud....

But some people just want a laptop, not a tablet that can kinda-sorta work like one. For these folks, Microsoft announced the new Surface Laptop Go, a 12.45-inch laptop starting at $549. It’s a pretty remarkable starting price. At first glance, the Laptop Go appears to share the same high-end design as Microsoft’s other devices, but in the form of a smaller notebook. In fact, the Laptop Go in some ways actually looks a little more modern than its siblings, due to the fact that it has smaller bezels at the top and sides than either the Surface Laptop or the Surface Books....

In this case, said winter is an artificial intelligence winter, and said AI winter is an artificial AI winter. To put it another way: the Pentagon’s shooting itself in the foot while everyone else is aiming down-range. The gist: The authors of the article are Marc Losito and John Anderson, a pair of military experts (the former’s a career Special Forces soldier currently on active duty and the latter’s a reserve officer who specializes in applying AI and machine learning to military applications)....

The Eclipse Cross that uses a TomTom navigation system also integrates with What3words meaning that drivers can set a location to navigate to by saying or typing three words into their satnav. If you’ve never used What3words it’s simple concept, the company has mapped the entire world and split it up into three meter by three meter squares which are labelled with three words. Every combination of words is unique, making it very easy to navigate to a very specific location....

One way of reducing a car’s carbon footprint is to keep its supply chain as geographically small as possible. That includes where all the components are assembled to make the final vehicle. As it turns out, in the US, a decent majority of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) amer(cars that weigh less than 4,500 kg) on its roads are also assembled there. [Read: Lucid boasts its upcoming EV will have a world-beating 517 miles of range] According to figures from the US Department of Energy, spotted by Electric Cars Report, 69% of light-duty PEVs on the road in the US in 2019 were put together in the country....

Last year I bought a rubber buoy to mark the spot where I anchor my boat. What I hadn’t considered though — until I received the deflated buoy — was that I’d have to fill it myself. It made sense, of course, I just hadn’t given it the slightest thought. This didn’t phase me though, I had a bicycle pump with an adapter, so I’d get it done in no time… but within a minute I was already sweating profusely beginning to doubt if I’d ever inflate it....

The country’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) published a bulletin (dated August 7, 2019) stating that the ruling was made under the Tax Administration Act 1994. (If you’re not up to speed on your New Zealand tax acts, the 1994 act typically governs the responsibilities of different government departments in relation to taxation.) There are a few caveats, though. For one, companies can only pay cryptocurrency to employees working under official employment agreements....

If you remember building web pages back in the heyday of Adobe Dreamweaver and other such programs, then you’re both: a., very old; and, b., privy to a way of web page construction that’s rapidly disappearing, if not all together gone. While granular, build-it-all-from-scratch web design platforms still exist, even most of those outlets now offer creators the chance to integrate plug-ins and other drag-and-drop features into their build. Yes, even the old guard are funneling web creation to a new, more user-friendly, no coding necessary model of a Wix, WordPress, Weebly and others web-building platforms that don’t start with a W....

Sure. And I’d like to sell you an NFT of the Brooklyn Bridge. Let’s be clear up front, per the team’s paper, the model can predict a person’s self-reported race: Prediction and identification are two entirely different things. When a prediction is wrong, it’s still a prediction. When an identification is wrong, it’s a misidentification. These are important distinctions. AI models can be fine-tuned to predict anything, even concepts that aren’t real....

Gaetz, an ardent Trump ally, based his claims on a Washington Times report containing “compelling evidence” from a facial recognition firm. The story features a cast of shady characters: a controversial Congressman who’s been accused of glorifying violence, a pack of far-right protestors; a publication with a history of shoddy reporting, and a mysterious facial recognition company. But the company in question — XRVision — told TNW that the claims are nonsense....

John Schoolcraft, Global Chief Creative Director at Oatly, has an answer. In 2012, together with CEO Toni Petersson, John began to turn a 30-year-old maker of oat drinks into a global movement focused on the development of a more sustainable lifestyle. Speaking at TNW Conference 2022, he explained how replacing the marketing department with a team of creatives enabled the company to create a unique voice — and succeed in a competitive market....

The Tesla tycoon will host “Saturday Night Live” for the first time on May 8, finally giving his comedic genius the spotlight it deserves. — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) April 24, 2021 If Musk’s track record is anything to go by, comedy-lovers are in for a real treat. The 49-year-old has previously tickled us with sophomoric 4/20 puns, countless stolen memes, gags about people dying on his conquest of Mars, and quips implying that a diver who rescued a schoolboy football team was a pedophile....

Similarly, there are mixed feelings over switching from a gas or diesel car to an electric vehicle. 39% of Americans surveyed are likely to consider buying an EV for their next car, and a slightly higher 46% would stick to a conventional vehicle. So which are the factors determining consumer choice? Pros and Cons of EVs In terms of reliability and driving experience about half of the public (49% and 62%, respectively) sees very little difference between EVs and gasoline-powered cars....

With GPT-3, I built a layout generator where you just describe any layout you want, and it generates the JSX code for you. W H A T pic.twitter.com/w8JkrZO4lk — Sharif Shameem (@sharifshameem) July 13, 2020 — Ayush Patel (@ayushpatel34) July 19, 2020 Impressed with how well it pattern matches from a few examples. The same function looked up state populations, peoples’ twitter usernames and employers, and did some math. pic....

Panay, who has been with Microsoft since 2004, is generally seen as the ‘father’ of the Surface product family. His passionate product presentations have made him the most well-known of Microsoft employee besides Nadella and Xbox’s Phil Spencer. But until recently, he hasn’t held that much official influnce over the company as a whole — the fact that he wasn’t on the senior leadership team may even come as a surprise to the casual tech enthusiast....

Partech, which has in the past backed UK data startup Privitar and French fintech company October, will be scouting the European, US, and Asian ecosystems. [Read: What’s venture capital and why does it matter for startups?] “While 3 billion people are confined at home, digitalization is bound to dramatically accelerate across sectors and ‘remote’ is emerging as a new standard,” reads the announcement post. “This redefines how people live, work and consume, while businesses have to massively switch online and reinvent themselves....