En kvinna i 70-årsåldern bränn- och rökskadades i en lägenhetsbrand i Norrköping på torsdagskvällen.

En man som är vd i ett privat hemtjänstföretag har åtalats för att ha stulit en plånbok från en 72-årig kvinna i en livsmedelsbutik. En västsvensk kommun som anlitar företaget kräver att mannen avgår som vd, om han döms för stölden.

I fjol antogs skärpta fiskeregler för att skydda havsöringen de norrbottniska älvarna. Nu får den utrotningshotade fisken dessutom polisbeskydd.

An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. Patent Office granted Amazon a patent in March that basically describes taking a picture with a white background. Amazon claims that their method is unique to current photography methods because they can achieve the effect of a true white background without retouching the photo or using any sort of post-processing technique. Some professional photographers disagree, claiming that plenty of prior art exists embodying Amazon's described method and furthermore that this pre-existing method is what the photography industry calls 'shooting against a seamless white backdrop.'"

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An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. Patent Office granted Amazon a patent in March that basically describes taking a picture with a white background. Amazon claims that their method is unique to current photography methods because they can achieve the effect of a true white background without retouching the photo or using any sort of post-processing technique. Some professional photographers disagree, claiming that plenty of prior art exists embodying Amazon's described method and furthermore that this pre-existing method is what the photography industry calls 'shooting against a seamless white backdrop.'"

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Tre år och två månaders fängelse blir straffet för en 45-åring från Härnösand som våldtog en kvinna på en midsommarfest utanför Sundsvall.

Tre år och två månaders fängelse blir straffet för en 45-åring från Härnösand som våldtog en kvinna på en midsommarfest utanför Sundsvall.

En kastad kissblöja kostar en upprörd mamma 5 000 kronor i böter.

En kastad kissblöja kostar en upprörd mamma 5 000 kronor i böter.

Nerval's Lobster (2598977) writes "Epic Games is rebooting Unreal Tournament, but not in a typical way. A small team of veteran developers will begin work on the next edition of the popular, multi-player shooter, in collaboration with pretty much anyone who wants to participate. "From the very first line of code, the very first art created and design decision made, development will happen in the open, as a collaboration between Epic, UT fans and UE4 developers. We'll be using forums for discussion, and Twitch streams for regular updates," reads a note on the company's blog. All code and content will appear on GitHub, and development will focus on Mac, Linux, and Windows. What's the catch? According to Epic, it'll take months to forge a playable game. "When the game is playable, it will be free. Not free to play, just free," the blog adds. "We'll eventually create a marketplace where developers, modders, artists and gamers can give away, buy and sell mods and content. Earnings from the marketplace will be split between the mod/content developer, and Epic. That's how we plan to pay for the game.""

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The UN has accused both government and rebel forces in the country of human rights violations against civilians.

Piloterna på SAS-planet som nyss lyft från Köpenhamn fick göra en manöver för att inte kollidera med ett ryskt spaningsflygplan som plötsligt dök upp i deras väg. Planen passerade varandra med bara 90 meters avstånd.

En kvinna i 70-årsåldern bränn- och rökskadades vid en lägenhetsbrand i Norrköping på torsdagskvällen.

KentuckyFC (1144503) writes "One of the most profound advances in science in recent years is the way researchers from a variety of fields are beginning to formulate the problem of consciousness in mathematical terms, in particular using information theory. That's largely thanks to a relatively new theory that consciousness is a phenomenon which integrates information in the brain in a way that cannot be broken down. Now a group of researchers has taken this idea further using algorithmic theory to study whether this kind of integrated information is computable. They say that the process of integrating information is equivalent to compressing it. That allows memories to be retrieved but it also loses information in the process. But they point out that this cannot be how real memory works; otherwise, retrieving memories repeatedly would cause them to gradually decay. By assuming that the process of memory is non-lossy, they use algorithmic theory to show that the process of integrating information must noncomputable. In other words, your PC can never be conscious in the way you are. That's likely to be a controversial finding but the bigger picture is that the problem of consciousness is finally opening up to mathematical scrutiny for the first time."

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Seventeen groups such as Human Rights Watch urge Mahmoud Abbas to demand accountability for war crimes.