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11Sep/22

Disney100: The Exhibition to Immerse Guests Worldwide in the Magic of Disney

September 11, 2022EntertainmentAnaheim, Chicago, D23, Disney Consumer Products, Germany, Kansas City, Munich, The Walt Disney Companyadmin

Today at D23 Expo: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, CA, exciting new details and stops were announced for the upcoming world premiere of Disney100: The Exhibition. Created for the 100-year celebration of The Walt Disney Company, the exhibition will immerse guests in the beloved stories that have been dazzling guests since 1923, when Walt Disney set his company on a path that would revolutionize the entertainment industry. The world premiere of the exhibit opens on February 18, 2023, at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA, with Chicago, IL, and Kansas City, MO, set as the next two stops on the North American tour. The international unit of the exhibit will open on April 18, 2023, in Munich, Germany, with more cities to be announced in the coming months.

03Sep/22

Online reviews are broken – here’s how to fix them

September 3, 2022Media.google, Amazon, Chicago, Computing, Control theory, Creative Commons, Feedback, India, Negative feedback, New York, Operating systems, Reputation system, Review websites, San Francisco, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social information processing, Social media, Universal Windows Platform apps, Vasilis Katos, World Wide Webadmin

Vasilis Katos, Bournemouth University

It’s a crime story fit for the digital era. It was recently reported that a number of restaurants in New York had been targeted by internet scammers threatening to leave unfavourable “one-star” reviews unless they received gift certificates. The same threats were made to eateries in Chicago and San Francisco and it appears that a vegan restaurant received as many as eight one-star reviews in the space of a week before being approached for money.

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23Aug/22

US tech monitors for gunfire but critics say targets Black areas

August 23, 2022CrimeAlbert Fox Cahn, Alyxandra Goodwin, Articles, Atlanta, Carey L. Biron, Chicago, Cleveland, Daniel Lawrence, Denver, Ed Williams, Gun violence, Gunfire locator, Iraq, Joe Biden, Kansas City, Kimberely Dixon, Lawrence co, Military tactics, Milwaukee, Police brutality, Portland, Richmond, Sensors, SHOTSPOTTER, Thomas Ahern, Toledo, United States, Washington, Weaponsadmin

U.S. homicides jump 44% in two years
Government may fund divisive gunshot detection systems
Critics say the tech is biased and doesn’t work

By Carey L. Biron

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Toledo experienced a spike in gun violence, the Ohio city police force turned to a simple if controversial tool: it miked up part of the city to capture the sound of gunfire.
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10Jul/22

Equifax Launches Second Annual Developer Challenge and Accelerator Program

July 10, 2022InnovationBusiness incubator, Chicago, Corruption in the United States, Credit scoring, EFX, Equifaxche

Today, Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) announced that applications are open for its second annual developer challenge and accelerator program in partnership with 1871, a Chicago-based business incubator that supports early stage tech start-ups, growth stage tech leaders and corporate innovators. Following the success of the inaugural Equifax Accelerate in 2021, Equifax is continuing the program to challenge U.S.-based software developers to create transformative solutions designed to foster financial inclusion and improve access to services with the powerful suite of Equifax Cloud™-enabled Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Continue reading

09Jul/22

JIM IRSAY, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS OWNER & CEO, RETURNS TO HIS HOMETOWN, CHICAGO, TO DISPLAY HIS WORLD-RENOWNED ARTIFACT COLLECTION FEATURING NEWLY ACQUIRED GUITARS FROM KURT COBAIN AND JANIS JOPLIN

July 9, 2022CelebrityChicago, Indianapolis Colts, Irsay, Jim Irsay, The Jim Irsay Collectionche

Jim Irsay, owner & CEO of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, is bringing items from The Jim Irsay Collection – his renowned assemblage of historic and iconic artifacts from rock music, American history and pop culture – to his hometown of Chicago on Tuesday, August 2, showcasing his passion for curating culturally-significant artifacts to share with the world. Continue reading

04Jul/22

Higgs boson: ten years after its discovery, why this particle could unlock new physics beyond the standard model

July 4, 2022ScienceBoson, Chicago, Creative Commons, Elementary particle, François Englert, Geneva, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, Martin Bauer, Mass, Natural sciences, Particle physics, Peter Higgs, Physical sciences, Physics, Quantum field theory, SHUTTERSTOCK, Standard Model, Stephen Jones, Switzerlandche

Martin Bauer, Durham University and Stephen Jones, Durham University

Ten years ago, scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, which helps explain why elementary particles (the smallest building blocks of nature) have mass. For particle physicists, this was the end of a decades-long and hugely difficult journey – and arguably the most important result in the history of the field. But this end also marked the beginning of a new era of experimental physics.

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