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A gang of wealthy 'crypto bros' have been arrested for luring their former business partner to a stunning New York City mansion before torturing him for weeks. The group are accused of kidnapping the 28-year-old Italian man before committing sickening acts on him in the $75,000-per-month rented brownstone in Soho. They alleged to have Tazed him, pistol-whipped him and threatened to carve him up with a chainsaw if he did not give up the millions of dollars in his crypto account. But their plot was foiled when the victim - who has not been named - escaped and flagged down...

The 1970s represent an emblematic decade characterized by significant changes and innovations. However, in everyday life of that era there are elements that have disappeared over time. Check out a list of some things from the 70s that disappeared and immersed in the retro charm of recent history: Snip Instant photos: The Polaroid, the iconic camera of the 1970s, continues to inspire instant photography enthusiasts. Thanks to modern smartphones and digital cameras, you can now achieve similar effects conveniently and instantly.

Dubai's Julian Castaldi putting the final touches to an exhibition of Polaroids ___________________________________________________________________________________ Instant photography is cool again, says Dubai artist, Julian Castaldi “It’s for an office party,” quips Raj Thomas as he hands over his debit card in a Dubai store, in return for a “Polaroid” camera that’s made by Fujifilm. “I think we’ll have some fun with it for a few weeks before the novelty wears off.” The force of nostalgia is strong with instant cameras (which, no matter the brand, will always be referred to as Polaroids, just like every vacuum cleaner used to be known as...

Got an old Polaroid you want to shoot!This is a little too rich for my blood, LOL

NEW YORK – A striking black-and-white photograph of the majestic Bridalveil waterfall is among numerous that landscape photographer Ansel Adams took with Polaroid film — a technology many celebrated artists embraced to produce innovative and surprising works. ... The image is among 1,000 Polaroid and gelatin silver prints by some of the biggest names in 20th-century photography being offered at Sotheby's on June 21-22 as part of a bankruptcy court-approved sale. The prints are being sold by PBE Corp., a previous owner of the Polaroid brand. The Polaroid camera was the invention of Edwin H. Land, whose revolutionary 1948 technology...

A convicted killer from Newport News is hoping a Polaroid picture will prove his innocence. Defense lawyers say the picture was kept secret from them until recently. And it shows something that might have shaken up Newport News' murder case against David Wayne Boyce. It shows a haircut. Lawyers working with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project say a murder suspect in the 1990 slashing of a Newport News motel guest had shoulder length hair. And at Boyce's trial a year later, a police official testified Boyce also had long hair. But this police Polaroid, taken by detectives on the day of...

ENSCHEDE, Netherlands — In this small town just across the border from Germany, a small group of Dutch scientists and one irrepressible Austrian salesman have dedicated themselves to the task of reinventing one of the great inventions of the 20th century — Polaroid’s instant film. Digital cameras are ubiquitous, cheap and easy to use — the reasons Polaroid stopped making the film last year — so what this group in Enschede is attempting may seem hopelessly retrograde. But to them, that is exactly the point. They want to recast an outdated production process in an abandoned Polaroid factory for an...

Private equity firm Patriarch Partners snapped up the assets of the photography pioneer with a cult following.New York-based private equity firm Patriarch Partners won the auction for bankrupt Polaroid Corp's assets, both companies said Thursday, with Patriarch winning over three rival bidders. The result of the auction, which ended Tuesday, is subject to court approval at an April 6 hearing. The assets Patriarch is buying include the company's name, intellectual property, and photography collection. It beat bids from PHC Acquisitions, Hilco Consumer Capital Corp and Ritchie Capital. Patriarch's bid totaled $59.1 million, the company said. "We look forward to reconnecting...

In breaking news out of Minnesota, American icon Polariod is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This is a tragedy and should not be allowed to happen! Polariod should be given a bailout! Polaroid is "too big to fail," just like the automakers. Polariod is an American icon, just like the automakers. Wrong. Polaroid is in trouble. Maybe it is because they failed to be on the cutting edge of technology and adapt to the age of digital photography. Maybe it is because they were mismanaged. Maybe competitors just made better products. I have no idea why Polaroid is in...

The company that pioneered instant photography is getting out of the film business to focus on digital imaging. Polaroid says it will close its two remaining film manufacturing plants in Massachusetts. The facilities in Norwood and Waltham employed about 150 people and made large-format film for commercial use.

BOSTON (AP) — Polaroid Corp. is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs. Polaroid is closing factories in Massachusetts, Mexico and the Netherlands and cutting 450 jobs as the brand synonymous with instant images focuses on ventures such as a portable printer for images from cell phones and Polaroid-branded digital cameras, televisions and DVD players. This year's closures will leave Polaroid with 150 employees at its Concord headquarters and a site in the nearby Boston suburb of Waltham, down from peak global employment of nearly 21,000 in...

If you've ever wished you could print photos directly from your cell phone, a new mobile photo printer from Polaroid is coming that can do just that. Perhaps even more intriguing is the technology the printer uses: it´s inkless. Designed by ZINK ("Zero-Ink") Imaging, the ZINK printer concept doesn´t require ink cartridges or even dye rolls. Instead, it incorporates dye crystals inside the specially patented ZINK paper, secured underneath a glossy protective layer. When heat from the printer is applied to the cyan, yellow, and magenta crystals in the paper, the appropriate crystals are "melted" to release color. While ZINK...

Mesa police arrested a man caught in the act of placing Polaroid photos of his genitals on vehicles. The department has linked the man to about 30 reports of such photos and indecent exposure since December 1999. Tuesday evening, detectives saw a man placing a Polaroid photo on a woman’s vehicle that was in a parking lot at Gilbert Road and McKellips in Mesa. He was immediately taken into custody. During an interview, 41-year-old Jeffery Howard Pritchert admitted to indecently exposing himself twice and also admitted to placing up to 100 photos of his genitals on women’s vehicles. Detectives arrested...

NYC police on watch for Port courthouse bomber By Andy Smith and Stephanie Akin Staff writers New York City police are targeting a man who bombed Newburyport Superior Court 28 years ago, saying he poses a threat to next week's Republican National Convention. But an anti-war activist group has accused police of trying to "smear" their reputation by linking the group with the convicted radical who terrorized New England with a series of bombings in the 1970s. New York City police say Richard J. Picariello, 55, is among 50 activists whose criminal histories will earn them extra attention next week....

I've done a little bit of research into John Kerry's Senate votes, and specifically legislation that he sponsored as a Massachusetts Senator. I'd appreciate any input or further information from any fellow Freeper researchers. I've found some interesting bills sponsored by Kerry, that all have connections to either Massachusetts businesses or his wife's Heinz Foods. All of these bills relate to import duties, and to differing degrees they all had the potential impact (if enacted as law) to give kickbacks to corporations in Massachusetts (and a certain ketchup maker in Pittsburgh). 107th Congress (2001-2002) S.2869 - "A bill to facilitate...