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Seattle officials are working to fix a series of crosswalk signals that were hacked to play fake audio messages, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation. Crews with SDOT have already ...
Seattle police hope to track down a motorcyclist they say struck two people in a crosswalk and then took off. One of the pedestrians was knocked unconscious by the impact of the collision Friday ...
An audio-enabled crosswalk button in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood was altered to sound like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The audio enhancement feature at ...
A Chagrin Falls driver, 54, struck a Bainbridge Township pedestrian, 76, April 12 as the woman was crossing the street in a crosswalk. The female driver has not been charged pending the outcome of ...
SEATTLE — Pedestrians who pushed the crosswalk buttons at several Seattle intersections Wednesday heard a different voice over the speaker than what they may be used to: an AI-generated ...
April 18 (UPI) --Crosswalk buttons in Seattle were tampered with to play a spoof recording of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' voice, days after a similar prank occurred in California. The messages ...
SEE MORE An audio-enabled crosswalk button in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood that’s been altered to sound like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is speaking. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper ...
On Wednesday, crosswalk beg buttons across the city had a lot to say. Five beg buttons—three in the University District, one close to South Lake Union, and another in Wedgwood—were hacked to ...
Now, their persistence has finally paid off as construction of a new crosswalk is underway. "It's happening, finally, it's great," said Chris Darden, a local resident who has been pushing for the ...
A 45-year-old man walking in a crosswalk at Pepper Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Rialto was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver around 11 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, authorities said.
As pedestrians waited to cross Denny Way and Fairview Avenue in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood Wednesday morning, an unfamiliar voice emanated from the crosswalk push buttons at each ...