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Incredibly detailed VR model of Auschwitz helped convict Nazi war criminal
2016-10-10 19:04:23| Extremetech
VR can be used for more than just gaming. A new simulation shows how the technology can be used to painstakingly recreate a place -- and test accused war criminal's claims that they weren't aware of what was going on around them.
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Microsoft yanks new AI Twitter bot after it begins spreading Nazi propaganda
2016-03-24 20:50:06| Extremetech
Yesterday, Microsoft launched a new, innocent chat bot to learn about the world via social media. The experiment lasted less than 24 hours.
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NYC subway covered in Nazi insignia for Amazon ad promotion
2015-11-24 19:19:36| Railroads - Topix.net
A New York City subway has been covered with the Nazi insignia in an ad promotion for a new Amazon series. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's highly trafficked 42nd Street shuttle is covered in the Nazi and Imperial Japan insignias to promote "The Man in the High Castle," a show that imagines an alternate history in which the Axis powers win World War II after exploding a nuclear device on Washington, D.C. MTA instituted a policy in April that bans political ads from its subways and buses.
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Radar images, local legend may point the way to long-forgotten Nazi gold train
2015-08-28 23:12:14| Extremetech
A Nazi gold train may have been located in Poland, 70 years after World War II came to an end. It may sound like the plot of a movie -- but history suggests it might not be.
Looted Nazi painting returned from Louvre to heirs
2015-05-06 00:08:08| Beverages - Topix.net
Benjamin M. Lawsky, superintendent at the New York State Department of Financial Services, examines the painting 'Portrait of a Man,' lost as a result of Nazi persecution and returned to its rightful heir, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, May 5, 2015. NEW YORK - A 17th-century painting that was looted by the Nazis from a prominent Jewish art curator in Munich and ended up at the Louvre in Paris is being returned to the heirs of its rightful owner.
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