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Weather Forecaster Ian Kowalski Discusses The Below Freezing Halloween And Sunny Midweek


YouTube takes a stand

YouTube has declared war on unlawful and unjustified copyright notices. A recent blog post from the Copyright Legal Director of Google, Fred von Lohmann, has backed up a select few videos to be used as examples of protected under fair usage laws.




Hitachi allows for more accurate multilingual speech recognition

Japanese technology corporation Hitachi Group announced that it has developed a speech signal processing technology that will allow for more accurate multilingual translation in noisy environments. The technology will be able to accurately recognize speech in environments with noise levels up to 70 decibels, or about as loud as the average vacuum cleaner.



85 percent of UK gamers bought 'Rise of the Tomb Raider'

As reported on Attack of the Fanboy, Chart Track announced that 85 percent of gamers in the UK purchased Rise of the Tomb Raider for the Xbox One and 15 percent bought the Xbox 360 version. Rise of the Tomb Raider faced serious competition this week, with Fallout 4 claiming the number one spot, while Call of Duty Black Ops 3 and FIFA 16 took second and third place, respectively.



'The Park' coming to consoles

Funcom, the developers behind games such as Anarchy Online and Age of Conan, have announced that The Park, the company’s single-player psychological thriller for PC, is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.


CHECKPOINT: Amiibos Murdering our Wallets

New Amiibo characters got leaked, Rocket League may possibly be coming to Xbox, and Jason Vorhees is getting a new game. Hosts: Conner Nolan & Dalton Martin Teleprompter: Aidan Kearney Camera: Kelsey Hayes Editing: Michael Robb Music: Lex Bravary Graphics: Meghan Duffy, Sam Noble, & Lauren Lucas Producer: Kelsey Hayes


New ‘Friday the 13th’ pre-alpha gameplay footage

Wrapping up on a very fitting Friday the 13th, and reaching $823,794 out of a goal of $700,000, Gun Media and Illfonic released a video of pre-alpha gameplay for their Friday the 13th game. In the description for the video, it explains that the current assets in the game are only for testing purposes and things will improve as the project moves along. “First Pre-Alpha Gameplay reveal for Friday the 13th: The Game.