Homeland Security agents, backed by police SWAT teams, armored vehicles and a Black Hawk helicopter staged a bizarre unannounced show of force in front of a school in a small Illinois town, scenes which will exacerbate concerns about the increasing militarization of U.S. law enforcement.
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- Microsoft Is Testing Azure IoT Platform From The Stratosphere March 9, 2016Microsoft is attempting to pull off a rare feat that may be hard for its competitors to emulate. The team at Microsoft Research is deploying a balloon in the stratosphere loaded with sensors and cameras, which is connected to the Azure IoT platform. The balloon will send real-time telemetry along […]Janakiram MSV, Contributor
- Intuit Announces Sale Of QuickBase Low-Code Platform March 8, 2016Low-code platforms like QuickBase empower a wide range of people with little to no programming skills – known as ‘citizen developers’ – to build enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, desktop, or web. Such applications can meet the needs of the business quickly and efficiently, and can be an important part of how transformed IT […]Jason Bloomberg, Subscriber
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- Lenny Kravitz Offers A Blast From The (Recent) Past At Smart Financial Centre September 16, 2019Lenny Kravitz Smart Financial Centre September 15, 2019 Judging solely by music charts, it would be easy to assume Lenny Kravitz had dropped out of sight some time ago. The (consecutive) four-time Grammy winner for Best Male Rock Performance hasn't had much presence on radio in over a decade, though...Pete Vonder Haar
- Every Brilliant Thing Offers a Funny, Sad, Resilient Night at the Theater September 16, 2019The lights will be on throughout. There's nowhere to hide. In Every Brilliant Thing about to open at Main Street Theater a solo performer holds the stage for 75 minutes as a character talking about depression and the effect her suicidal mother had on her life. Despite the subject matter...Margaret Downing
- Remembering Daniel Johnston, Lo-Fi Guru of Do-It-Yourself Music, Dead at 58 September 16, 2019Though a transplant from West Virginia, and born in California, Daniel Johnston was synonymous with Austin’s unique and weird music ecosystem for years. Despite suffering from a sometimes debilitating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, he became a bona fide lo-fi guru of Do-It-Yourself music-making. On Wednesday, September 11, he died, likely...David Ensminger