SEARCH

Did you mean: shooting

Showing 1-8 of 8 results

  • TECH

    Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes

    AFP, Published on 02/02/2023

    » WASHINGTON - Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.

  • TECH

    Desktop device to make key gun part goes on sale in US

    AFP, Published on 02/10/2014

    » WASHINGTON - The creator of the world's first 3D plastic handgun unveiled Wednesday his latest invention: a pre-programmed milling machine that enables anyone to easily make the core component of a semi-automatic rifle.

  • TECH

    New 'BioShock' game takes aim at American taboos

    AFP, Published on 27/03/2013

    » A new edition of the dystopian "BioShock" shooter videogame released Tuesday puts Americanism in the crosshairs, taking on taboo topics including slavery and racism.

  • TECH

    NRA triggers furor with its shooting-range app

    AFP, Published on 16/01/2013

    » The National Rifle Association, which blames video games in part for mass shootings, triggered controversy Tuesday after coming out with its own game for iPhones and iPads.

  • TECH

    Town near US shooting scene plans video game buyback

    AFP, Published on 05/01/2013

    » While other US cities are buying back guns, a New England town not far from the December 14 mass shooting of 20 first-grade pupils is urging the public to turn in violent video games.

  • TECH

    US gun lobby silent on social media after shooting

    AFP, Published on 18/12/2012

    » The powerful US gun lobby has turned silent on social media, apparently suspending its Facebook page, after last week's school massacre that took the lives of 20 small children and six adults.

  • TECH

    New York cops probe massacre threats on Twitter

    AFP, Published on 08/08/2012

    » New York police said Tuesday they want to force Twitter to reveal who posted Tweets threatening to massacre theatergoers in a copycat of the recent bloodbath at a cinema in Colorado.

  • TECH

    The waiting game

    Database, Published on 29/12/2010

    » The big news in Thailand in 2010 was 3G phone service, or rather the lack of it; but everyone knows that; first, though, the really big news in Thailand that almost no one noticed was that one Thai in 10 is now on Facebook, the social network announcing at year's end that it has 6.5 million registrations from the kingdom; in fact, Thailand was one of the world's fastest growing markets for the only network that had a movie made about it in 2010; for several years, Thais up to and including Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had scorned the US-centric networks to give their loyalty to Hi5, but they threw Hi5 under the bridge in 2010.

Your recent history

  • Recently searched

    • Recently viewed links

      Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?