Armed police handcuffed and searched a student at a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, this week after an AI-driven security system flagged the teen’s empty bag of chips as a possible firearm.

UPDATE(10/23/25): Bloomington Police announced Troy Cavanah has been located and is safe. The original article relating to his disappearance can be found below. An 18-year-old from Bloomington hasn’t ...

X has announced a new pay-per-use self-serve API model in hopes of luring developers back to the platform. Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Good news! Elon Musk's X has heard the cries ...

A modder has made an even bigger improvement to Grand Theft Auto IV than Fusion Fix. xoxor4d created an Nvidia RTX Remix build for the game that runs on path traced graphics. This makes it the most ...

Say goodbye to the Ratings Performance Index ranking system. This is the last season Colorado will use it to configure playoff seeding. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s board of ...

For years, Toyota’s infotainment systems have been dependable and functional, but perhaps not exactly exciting. While competitors raced ahead with flashy interfaces and lightning-fast processors, ...

Innovation, regional coordination key to tackling a challenge that affects every community The Middle East is experiencing several overlapping crises. Among the ongoing wars and conflicts, water ...

As the Supreme Court prepares to rehear Louisiana v. Callais on October 15, Democratic voting rights groups are sounding the alarm: in a new report reviewed by Politico, Fair Fight Action and Black ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – On Monday, October 6, 2025, construction began on Phase II of the Modoc Multi Use Path. This $6.5 ...

Cash used to be king. Now, many of us find it bizarre when someone pays with a Jackson or, in an even more rare sight, pulls out a checkbook. The U.S. began its march to a cashless payment system more ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A new emergency alert system was put to use Thursday afternoon in Wichita in an incident that began with a kidnapping investigation, involved a crash and ended with two armed ...