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How an NYC rat made it in show biz, "megatall" skyscrapers, what "Australia Day" means to Aboriginal people and more in this week's look at the web

1. Marvin Minsky, Artificial Intelligence Pioneer, Has Died Marvin Minksy, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and one of the first people to begin imparting common-sense reasoning to computers, died on Sunday at the age of 88. A true innovator of the now-booming industry, he’s described as “one of the very few people in computing whose visions and perspectives liberated the computer from being a glorified …

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A new dinosaur, behind the scenes with Fujifilm, the end of Cute Overload and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Christine Osinski’s Photos of 1980s Staten Island In the upcoming book “Summer Days: Staten Island,” photographer Christine Onsinski captures the spirit of residents of New York City’s “forgotten borough.” Taken during the summer seasons of the 1980s, the monochromatic images offer a glimpse into the culture of Staten Island, which sits just a ferry ride away from the bustling streets of Manhattan. AnOther recently …

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Vale Alan Rickman, India's first trans modeling agency, African superheroes and more in this week's look at the web

1. Vale, Alan Rickman Alan Rickman, the British actor best known for his roles as Hans Gruber and Severus Snape, has died at the age of 69 after battling cancer. Rickman began his career on stage, portraying the manipulative Vicomte de Valmont character in the 1985 production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”—a role he later won a Tony Award for. A year later, he garnered international …