Witness Who Extracted Secret Tape of Trump Will Return to the Stand
Donald J. Trump's defense team portrayed him as a victim in the criminal trial, while prosecutors played audio recordings discussing hush-money deals involving Mr. Trump and Michael D. Cohen. [ more ]
A high court in Brazil will move forward with Italy's case against former football star Robinho, who was sentenced in Europe to nine years in prison for rape.In a ruling late Wednesday, Brazil's superior court of justice set a date of Aug. 2 to decide whether the Italian government must translate Robinho's full case into Portuguese and then send it to Brazilian authorities for further analysis, as requested by the former player's lawyer.
Down a Mouse Hole with Bill Clinton's Cat, Socks - emptywheel
When I first read this WaPo article yesterday, I was struck by two things: first, the revelation that when Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton appeared before a Jack Smith grand jury early this year, he was asked both about his central role in convincing Donald Trump he could rely on a case he, Fitton, lost, to justify stealing thousands of government documents (that's the testimony we knew about), but also his role in January 6.
Bride killed and groom injured when driver slams into golf cart after wedding
Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller are pictured at their wedding on Friday in a photo on a GoFundMe page.They were traveling in a golf cart hours later when a driver struck, killing Miller and injuring Hutchinson and two others.Screenshot by NPR A newlywed bride is dead and a groom is in serious condition after a woman who is accused of driving under the influence and more than double the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said.
US investigates TikTok owner ByteDance's surveillance of journalists
New reports say the US Justice Department is investigating TikTok-owner ByteDance over recent revelations that employees tracked journalists in an attempt to find out who leaked company data to the press.The Justice Department and US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia "subpoenaed information from ByteDance regarding efforts by its employees to access US journalists' location information or other private user data using the TikTok app," Forbes reported yesterday.
CloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.MLS announced it has concluded its investigation into whether D.C. United forward Taxi Fountas directed a racial slur at Inter Miami CF defender Damion Lowe, stating that because it couldn't independently verify what Fountas said, no fine would be levied against the DCU attacker.
In March, DOJ Asked Trump for the Iran Document; In April, DOJ Asked for His Saudi Business Records - emptywheel
Remember how I responded to CNN's scoop that DOJ had recordings of Trump bragging about a document describing a plan to attack Iran that he acknowledged remained classified?I suggested that if DOJ knew he had the document in July 2021, but didn't find it in the documents returned in January 2022 or June 2022 or August 2022, then we'd have problems.
SF Court Releases 911 Call and SFPD Body Cam Recordings of Paul Pelosi Attack
A court on Friday released graphic video and audio recordings from the night Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer in the family's San Francisco home last year.The San Francisco Superior Court ordered the release of the recordings in response to a legal motion from a coalition of media organizations, including KQED.
How to collect memories (without cluttering up your home)
Can you keep personal treasures without allowing clutter to take over your home?We explain more about how you can collect memories, not things We all have little mementoes that remind us of our lives and shared experiences.Perhaps you collect little trinkets from past holidays, or keep a box full of tickets from shows you have been to with loved ones, to little gifts brought back to show that we were in a friend's thoughts while they were travelling.
Complete Guide to Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) Model
In this article we have covered everything about the latest multilingual speech model from the basics of how it works to the step-by-step implementation of the model in Python.Meta, the company that owns Facebook, released a new AI model called Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) that can convert text to speech and speech to text in over 1,100 languages.
Lawyer Who Fled to Cuba After Shooting Girlfriend Is Convicted of Murder
NEWARK James Ray III, a lawyer and former New York City police officer, was convicted on Friday of killing his girlfriend of nine years in the home they shared in an affluent suburb of New Jersey.The jury verdict came after just a few hours of deliberation, more than four years after Mr. Ray fired the fatal gunshots in his six-bedroom home in Montclair, a commuter town about 20 miles west of Manhattan.
Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here's What to Know
A federal judge sided in favor of the four leading publishers in the U.S. who sued the Internet Archive for scanning and lending out numerous digital copies of copyrighted books for free during the early days of COVID-19.Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House all sued the nonprofit after they offered a National Emergency Library, a temporary book collection created from thousands of ebooks that ran from March 24, 2020 to June 16, 2020.
International Women's Day Celebration of Holly Near - San Francisco Bay Times
Renowned worldwide for her music and activism, Holly Near returned to her Bay Area musical roots on Wednesday, March 8, for an International Women's Day concert at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.The sold-out event-a celebration of her work over the past five decades-brought together artists Krissy Keefer, Emma's Revolution, Adrienne Torf, Vicki Randle, Terry Garthwaite, Rhiannon, Linda Tillery, Tammy Hall, Jan Martinelli, Michaelle Goerlitz, Mary Watkins, and others.
On Paper: An Interview with Thomas Demand - The Paris Review
The Review has long been a fan of Thomas Demand's work; our Spring 2015 issue featured a portfolio of his paper sculptures of cherry blossoms.His series The Dailies recreates quotidian objects and images: a coffee cup, a tray of cigarette butts.Only tiny flaws (pencil markings, tape) reveal them as constructions; otherwise his compositions are stripped of everything but their form.
International Women's Day Celebration of Holly Near - San Francisco Bay Times
Renowned worldwide for her music and activism, Holly Near returned to her Bay Area musical roots on Wednesday, March 8, for an International Women's Day concert at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.The sold-out event-a celebration of her work over the past five decades-brought together artists Krissy Keefer, Emma's Revolution, Adrienne Torf, Vicki Randle, Terry Garthwaite, Rhiannon, Linda Tillery, Tammy Hall, Jan Martinelli, Michaelle Goerlitz, Mary Watkins, and others.
Teenage Engineering's latest audio gadget looks like an alternate-universe iPod - Yanko Design
In hindsight, it does seem natural that Teenage Engineering would launch a handheld Field Recorder just a week after debuting their CM-15 condenser microphone.Designed to be a part of their broad range of audio recording, production, and mixing tools, the TP-7 is an incredibly minimalist field recorder that looks like a spiritual successor to Apple and Braun's design language.
Nomono Secures Additional 35M NOK (3.6M USD) In Seed Round
Nomono, the pioneering developer of audio recording and collaboration tools that help podcasters and journalists tell immersive audio stories, announced the closing of a NOK 35 Million ($3.6M USD, €3.55M) investment round led by Schibsted Ventures that enable it to scale the market for its podcasting and spatial audio solutions.
Klangteppich is an invitation to slow down and feel a sense of home in our fast-paced, mobile world - wherever you may fare.It creates a calming virtual enclosure, and a physical base to rest on.Klangteppich is a woven work that belongs to the physical as much as to the digital world.You can touch it, feel it, hang it on a wall, sit on it, roll it up and take it with you.
Austin musician Ray Benson to voice intersections on North Lamar Boulevard
AUSTIN, Texas A familiar voice for Austinites will be guiding pedestrians at some crosswalks across the city.Ray Benson from Asleep at the Wheel will now be guiding pedestrians crossing at 18 different intersections across North Lamar Boulevard.The audio recordings at these intersections are meant to help guide those who are blind or visually impaired cross the street safely.
Russia-Ukraine War: U.N. Catalogs Russian Killings Early in War
A U.N. report documents 441 killings of civilians around Kyiv in the first weeks of Russia's invasion.Investigators and cemetery workers documenting the dead in Bucha, Ukraine, in April.Credit...Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine The United Nations released a report on Wednesday detailing extrajudicial killings by the Russian Army during the first month of the war, offering a harrowing, fine-grained examination of the risks to civilians in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.
Amazon gave Ring doorbell videos to US police 11 times without permission
Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user's permission, despite previously stating it would do so only with consent.
Amazon Handed Ring Footage to Police Without User Consent
Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user's permission, a revelation that's bound to raise more privacy and civil liberty concerns about its video-sharing agreements with police departments across the country.
South Dakota governor bans state employees from using TikTok on government devices
South Dakota's governor signed an executive order on Tuesday banning state agencies, employees and contractors from accessing TikTok on government devices, citing the growing national security threat posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform.South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us, Gov. Kristi Noem said in a press release.
Google plans giant AI language model supporting world's 1,000 most spoken languages
Google has announced an ambitious new project to develop a single AI language model that supports the world's "1,000 most spoken languages."As a first step towards this goal, the company is unveiling an AI model trained on over 400 languages, which it describes as "the largest language coverage seen in a speech model today."
Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case heads to jury with gender relations on trial
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial headed toward its conclusion on Friday as the dueling parties offered closing arguments after a seven-week trial that has gripped public attention and become something of a litmus test for the state of gender relations.