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The Indian unit of South Korean entertainment company HYBE has partnered with the Indian arm of American camera and social media company Snap Inc. to launch an augmented reality-powered audition process on Snapchat to identify members for a new global girl group from India and the diaspora. The partnership will allow aspiring performers to audition through a dedicated Snapchat “Audition Lens”, enabling users to film and upload submissions directly from their phones. The audition window opened on 11 May. HYBE India said the partnership is intended to expand access to auditions and reach aspiring artists beyond major urban centres. “At HYBE INDIA, we are committed to redefining the discovery journey for the next generation of talent by integrating innovation with accessibility,” the company said in a statement. “Our partnership with Snapchat India is about making the audition process more accessible and empowering for young girls by giving them easier access to the audition process.” As part of the collaboration, HYBE India’s official Snapchat page will host creator-led educational content, including tutorials and guidance from Snap Stars aimed at helping participants improve their audition submissions and digital presence. Snap India said the partnership highlights the growing use of augmented reality technology

So You Think You Can Dance won’t be asking competitors that question anymore. Fox has officially canceled the program after nearly 20 years on air. “Obviously, a really important show in the history of Fox, and right now, there’s no plans to order another season,” the network’s president, Rob Wade, told reporters. “We’ve had conversations about it, but nothing formal.” The reality TV show followed contestants as they competed in various dance challenges for the title of “America’s best dancer.” It made household names of singers such as Ariana DeBose, tWitch and Tate McRae. Lauren Sánchez Bezos hosted its first season in 2005, back when she was still Lauren Sánchez. Many popular names sat in the judges’ chairs, including JoJo Siwa, Allison Holker, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, but perhaps most famously, executive producer Nigel Lythgoe and former dancer Mary Murphy. The program faced various controversies and setbacks after its 2020 hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned in 2022 with JoJo, tWitch, and Matthew Morrison as judges, but the season soon went off the rails after Morrison dropped out for not following “competition production protocols” by allegedly sending “flirty” messages to a female contestant. tWitch died by suicide later that year.

This is a regularly updated map featuring many of Amtrak’s infrastructure investments planned or already underway. To learn more about individual projects, visit AmtrakNewEra.com. America deserves world-class infrastructure, and here at Amtrak we are doing our part. With new investments, Amtrak is transforming into a modern and efficient intercity passenger rail operator achieving historic ridership demands while leading an innovative construction arm that leverages industry expertise to safely and efficiently deliver quality assets. We’re leading a strong American workforce and private-sector partners in building new bridges, tunnels, and trains to help meet the historic demand for intercity passenger rail and improve connections for millions of people in more than 500 cities, towns, and rural areas around the country. Map last updated: May 12, 2026 | Page originally published: February 19, 2025

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Snap has taken another concrete step toward turning its AR glasses strategy into a broader platform story. Its recent AR developer bootcamp was not just a community event, and it was not just a product teaser. It was a signal that Snap is investing in the people, tools, and workflows needed to make augmented reality more useful, more social, and more commercially relevant as it moves toward the public launch of Specs in 2026. That matters because hardware alone rarely wins in emerging technology. Ecosystems do. The companies that succeed in new computing categories usually combine three things: capable devices, software tools that developers can actually work with, and enough real use cases to convince people that the product solves a meaningful problem. Snap’s bootcamp sits right at the center of that equation. The event brought together a hand-picked group of active Spectacles developers at Snap’s Santa Monica headquarters for direct access to the teams building the platform. On the surface, that sounds like a familiar developer-relations play. In practice, it tells a larger story. Snap is trying to shorten the distance between product roadmap, developer feedback, and real-world AR experiences. That is how platforms mature. Instead of treating developers

He has a daughter, a stable relationship, his own business, and an 'exceptionally strong family' - but it wasn't enough Jason Evans 04:30, 12 May 2026 A cocaine dealer who boasted about his prices on Snapchat became involved in the world of drugs after being "served more than a pint" in his local pub, a court has heard. Ashley Jones was caught after police arrested another dealer and found that dealer had been buying supplies of cocaine from the defendant. Police also found Jones was selling directly to users and was boasting in Snapchat messages that his "prices won't be beaten". Sending Jones, who has no previous convictions, to prison for 32 months a judge at Swansea Crown Court told him those who involve themselves in the supply of Class A drugs "cause untold damage". Regan Walters, prosecuting, told the court that in February this year police arrested a cocaine dealer by the name of Stewart Parker in Neath and seized his phone, reports WalesOnline. An examination of the device revealed Parker was buying supplies from a number of sources including from numbers which officers were able to attribute to Jones. The following month officers went to Jones' house in

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May 12, 2026, 4:04 a.m. ET The state POST Commission has closed its review of an investigation conducted by the city of Fall River. The investigation found that FRPD acted within the law when officers obtained a search warrant that unmasked an alleged leaker on Facebook. The City Council had been unsatisfied with the status of the investigation. POST apparently closed the investigation with no action taken. FALL RIVER — The state commission overseeing police standards has finished its review of an investigation into the Fall River Police Department’s use of a search warrant to unmask an anonymous Facebook poster, and apparently found no evidence of wrongdoing. According to documents received by The Herald News as part of a public records request, the state Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission received a complaint about the issue and the city’s investigation in late March. POST reviewed all evidence and “closed this matter” as of April 30. POST apparently took no further action.  » Read More

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