Keith Ratliff, YouTube’s most famous gun lover, found dead

Keith Ratliff, YouTube’s most famous gun lover, found dead
By Chris Welch, theverge.com

Keith Ratliff, whose gun enthu­si­ast YouTube chan­nel FPSRus­sia is among the most pop­u­lar on the video site, was found dead on Jan­u­ary 3rd — killed by a sin­gle shot to the head. Ratliff’s body was dis­cov­ered in the office where he stored…

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IBM bets on cognitive social science for tech

IBM predicts how future technology will radically augment your senses
By Chris Welch, theverge.com

IBM today pub­lished its annu­al 5 in 5 report, cit­ing five are­nas of tech­nol­o­gy the com­pa­ny believes will see vast advance­ments over the next five years. This year’s list focus­es on the five human sens­es and how future tech will…

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Ambient electricity sounds and forensic digital anthropology

Electricity’s ‘hum’ helps forensic experts detect manipulated audio recordings
By Chris Welch, theverge.com

An aver­age per­son on the street may find it hard to tell the dif­fer­ence between an unal­tered record­ing and one that’s been edit­ed or tam­pered with in some way, but foren­sic experts are often tasked with just that respon­si­bil­i­ty.…

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