japan
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Fugitive Yazuka Boss Arrested After Facebook Photos Of His Tattoos Go Viral
Thai police have arrested a member of the Japanese mafia they say has been on the run for 14 years. Seventy-four-year-old Shigeharu Shirai was detained in Lopburi, Thailand on Thursday. Authorities say Shirai fled Japan for Bangkok in 2005 while being investigated for the 2003 murder of a rival Yakuza member. Japanese police were alerted…
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This Brilliant Peelable Paint Is A Screen Protector For Every Surface In Your Home
If you’re as protective of your gadgets as I am, you’ve probably got a screen protector ready to apply to your new phone as soon as you’ve taken it out of the box. But how do you protect all the other surfaces in your home you don’t want getting dinged and dented? You cover it…
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Watch This Neural Network Generate An Infinite Number Of Totally Unique Anime Characters
Video: Last month Nvidia revealed its work on using competing neural networks to generate random, but convincing, photos of non-existent celebrities. A website called MakeGirlsMoe does almost the same thing, but instead of celebs, it churns out never-ending headshots of anime characters.
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Legendary Manga Lone Wolf And Cub May Become A Movie, Thanks To Fast And Furious Director Justin Lin
Rumours have been circling about Western adaptations of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s seminal manga epic Lone Wolf and Cub for years at this point. But the latest attempt is now underway at Paramount, with a little help from Aquaman and Star Trek: Beyond‘s Justin Lin.