South by Southwest

Trevor Weldon Ingram has been charged with making a terroristic threat.

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Music & Culture

Reports: Another Explosion In Austin, Texas, Injures 2

11:06pm March 18, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The blast comes on the heels of three package-bomb explosions that killed two people and injured two more, as well as a bomb threat that canceled a Saturday concert at the South by Southwest festival.

Carmen Aguilar y Wedge is the co-founder and director of creative technology for Hyphen-Labs. She modeled the company's ScatterViz visor at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Arts

Covert Fashion Provides Camouflage Against Surveillance Software

8:07pm March 13, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

Hyphen-Labs is a group of women of color who are scientists, engineers, architects and designers who have designed clothing that camouflages against facial recognition software.

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Made of cardboard, BlabDroid asks tough, personal questions that many people are apparently willing to answer.

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Science

SXSW Debuts Robot Petting Zoo For A Personal Peek Into The Future

6:43pm March 18, 2015

by Laura Sydell

Robots are coming — in fact they're already here. One exhibit at the South by Southwest interactive festival lets visitors get up close and personal to our future overlords.

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