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A Welcomed 1st Step Toward Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

I was not surprised either that it took two-plus months for arrests to come of two men and murder charges in the case. This only after the GBI was rightly called in.




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How Robotics Teams Prepared for DARPA's SubT Challenge

Roboticists share what they've learned so far from DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, and how they readied their bots for the next event—the Tunnel Circuit




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Soft Self-Healing Materials for Robots That Cannot Be Destroyed

It'll take more than having its fingers chopped off to stop this robot hand




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Electronic License Plates for Drones May Come Soon

New drone standard for remote ID submitted for approval




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U.S. Energy Department is First Customer for World’s Biggest Chip

Cerebras aims to speed deep learning at supercomputing centers




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Swappable Flying Batteries Keep Drones Aloft Almost Forever

Mid-air docking of flying batteries can massively extend the flight time of a drone




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Skydio’s New Drone Is Smaller, Even Smarter, and (Almost) Affordable

Skydio crams all its autonomous magic into a sleek consumer drone that costs under $1k




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Drones as Detectives: Surveying Crime Scenes for Evidence

Researchers in Brazil are developing a drone that scouts for evidence—and want to use its footage to reconstruct crime scenes




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Labrador Systems Developing Affordable Assistive Robots for the Home

A startup led by robotics veterans is announcing a pre-seed funding round with participation from Amazon's Alexa Fund and iRobot Ventures




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Skydio's Dock in a Box Enables Long-Term Autonomy for Drone Applications

This cozy little box provides a remote home for Skydio's fully autonomous obstacle-avoiding drone




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Drones: For When Medical Intervention Has to Get There Before an Ambulance Can

New York City study shows that drones could deliver life-saving medical supplies several minutes before an ambulance arrives




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Is it Time for Tech to Stop Moving Fast and Breaking Things?

Leaders in Silicon Valley—both the real one and the fictional one on HBO—started this week by debating the responsibilities of tech companies




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Microsoft's AI Research Draws Controversy Over Possible Disinformation Use

Microsoft's AI could enable its popular chatbot to comment on news, but critics see a tool for spreading disinformation



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China Says Its Mars Landing Technology Is Ready for 2020

Spacecraft propulsion systems are ready for China’s daring touchdown attempt on the red planet




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For Centuries, People Dreamed of a Machine That Could Produce Language. Then OpenAI Made One

OpenAI’s GPT-2 program churns out natural language that’s remarkably coherent—and that’s a problem



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AI and the Future of Work: The Prospects for Tomorrow’s Jobs

MIT conference considers companies that have implemented job-friendly AI



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Golden Globes Suspend Foreign Language Film Eligibility Rules As Well

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.




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Merger windfall for Waislitz

Billionaire Alex Waislitz stands to make millions after two financial services companies agreed to merge.




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Three in race for port sale

The auction for the Port of Melbourne has come down to a three-way race with bidders lodging indicative bids.




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Ocarina Of Time's 'Saria's Song' Performed On 24 Partially Empty Wine Bottles

This is a video of musician and Instagrammer nathanleighsays performing Saria's Song (the Lost Woods theme) from The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time on 24 partially empty wine bottles. How about that! Of course this would never work at my aunt's house on account of the bottles all playing the same note because they're empty. And the cats! Soooooo many cats. Keep going for the performance as well as a clip of Link learning Saria's song from the actual game.




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I'll Take The Stairs: Elevator Starts Ascending Before Man Is Fully Inside

This is a terrifying elevator cam gif from Korea of an elevator that begins ascending before a man enters, tripping him and almost creating a classic horror movie death scene in real life. Thankfully he was able to escape. And this is exactly why I don't take elevators -- or escalators. "So you're a stair guy?" Please *jiggling belly* jetpack or grappling gun only. Thanks to PK, who agrees they always say use the stairs in case of emergency, and what's 2020 if not a nonstop emergency? Besides, how do you social distance in an elevator? I mean if somebody farts everyone smells it.




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Sure, Why Not?: A Lid For Dripping Melting Butter On Microwave Popcorn As It Pops

This is the Popcorn Popping Lid with Butter Vents available from Uncommon Goods ($11). You just fill a microwave-safe 10-inch bowl with your choice of popping corn, set the lid on top, add a pat of butter to each of the lid's butter vents, and let the microwaving begin! Of course if you're anything like me you'll balance as much butter as you can atop each of those vents because, I don't know if you knew this about me, but I love butter. I don't really like it cold but *microwave beeping* sometimes when I'm really feeling down I'll just melt two sticks and drink it. Keep going for a couple more shots because they exist.




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Oh, Internet: Seals Perform Seal's 'Kiss From A Rose'

Because the internet never stops churning out the hits, this is a video of seals barking edited to perform a snippet of Seal's 1995 Batman Forever closing credits classic 'Kiss From A Rose'. I insisted my girlfriend watch it and she hated it. Although as a rule anything that I laugh out loud watching on my phone next to her in bed, she hates. I don't even wait for her to ask what I'm laughing at anymore because I know she doesn't want to see it. It's heartbreaking really. Great now she's glaring at me. Keep going for the video.




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Elastec scoops X prize for oil-spill clean-up

Skimming system tripled previous best effort at oil collection.




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Galileo gets ready for take off

Europe's satellite navigation system enters test phase.




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Fallout forensics hike radiation toll

Global data on Fukushima challenge Japanese estimates.




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Time is running out for the leap second

Abolition would see 'official' time unmoored from the Sun.




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Fortnite Party Royale Premiere UK Start Time, How to Watch, Neon Wings and more



Epic will be hosting its latest in-game event in Fortnite this weekend, featuring the talents of Dillon Francis, Steve Aoki and deadmau5




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GTA Alien Suit is FREE: Where to buy the Alien Suit in GTA Online for $0



Grand Theft Auto Online is giving away the GTA Alien Suits to all players this week. Here's where you can buy your green or purple alien suit without paying any money.




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The Medium Release confirmed for Xbox Series X and PC with Silent Hill vibes



The makers of Blair Witch, Observer and Layers of Fear today announced a new psychological horror game - The Medium.




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Call of the Sea is coming to Xbox Series X in time for the console's launch



The Lovecraftian inspired adventure game will launch on Xbox Series X, Xbox One and PC in late 2020 and will be available on Xbox Game Pass




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DIRT 5 release date confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series X and existing consoles



Codemasters next racing game, DIRT 5 has been announced.




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Chorus: Rise as One release confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox



Chorus: Rise as One is a new space-combat shooter, revealed during Inside Xbox. Here's everything you need to know.




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FIFA 20 TOTS La Liga Predictions for next Team of the Season So Far players



FIFA 20 Team Of The Season So Far continues this week, hopefully with the release of the La Liga FUT Squad. Here some predictions on who might be included, plus when they'll be announced.




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Fortnite Party Royale Event Skin 'Nightlife' available from Epic Games Item Shop



The new Nightlife reactive skin is now live ahead of the Fortnite Party Royale event which starts later today.




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FIFA 20 TOTS Liga Nos Predictions for Portuguese Team of the Season So Far



FIFA 20 Team Of The Season So Far continues this week, hopefully with the additional release of the Portuguese Liga Nos FUT Squad. Here some predictions on who might be included, plus when they'll be announced.




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FIFA 20 TOTS Bundesliga Predictions & release delay for next Team of the Season



FIFA 20 Team Of The Season So Far continues this week, hopefully with the release of the Bundesliga FUT Squad. Here some predictions on who might be included, plus when they'll be announced.




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PUBG Mobile Update 0.18.0 download error and unlink account chaos for players



PUBG Mobile update 0.18.0 released this week but a bug appears to be causing a lot of grief for players unable to play since downloading the latest patch




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Call of Duty Modern Warfare Update: Patch Notes revealed for new May 8 download



Call of Duty Modern Warfare players can today download a brand new update for Warzone and Modern Warfare multiplayer. Here are the patch notes for PS4, Xbox One and PCs.




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Fortnite Party Royale Event Warning and server Status Epic Games next live event



Epic Games has issued a warning ahead of the Party Royale event, but it might not be the only problem facing players this evening.




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Fortnite Party Royale Event COUNTDOWN: Start time, Epic Games Rewards and more



Fortnite Party Royale event starts soon. Here's everything you need to know including start times for Deadmau5, Dillon Francis and Steve Aoki - PLUS how to claim the many live event rewards available from Epic Games as they celebrate 350 million players.




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SnowRunner Review: In for the long haul

It seems a dream heading out in a truck and living your best life, but in this simulation, it’s all about being precise. Is that where the fun is though?




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RPGCast – Episode 415: “Playing Criminal Girls For The Articles”

The world of video games holds many mysteries. Whether it be monks fighting on a hand, screenshots that make games look like other games, or...




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RPGCast – Episode 445: “FFVII For The GBA”

I’ll spare you the puns and just describe the show. We all want to play SMT and Dragon Quest games, but no one wants to...




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RPGCast – Episode 477: “One Simple Hack For Gamestop”

This week’s cast discusses multiple Dragon Quests, a Dragon Quest mod for a non-Dragon Quest game, squishy things that aren’t Dragon Quest slimes, and many delays for games coming out…in Japan?




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RPGCast – Episode 494: “Unfortunate Nay”

This week’s cast discusses what foibles can hold back a game, including not being able to connect and bad translations. We also dive into DLC...




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RPGCast – Episode 511: “Tit For Tat”

Remember your lost days of innocence? Neither do we. Peter, Kelley, Josh, Matt, Chris, and Anna Marie all prove they shouldn't be trusted with a podcast this week. Then we investigate whether...oh no, look out! Fraulein!




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RPG Cast – Episode 523: “He’s Big Enough for Both of Us to Pet”

We're all Pokécrazy this week, with Alex, Anna Marie, Chris, Kelley and Peter all discussing their Pokétales and where the series could go moving forward. Josh is the odd man out, but he's got interesting demos to share instead, so it's cool. Wait, wasn't this supposed to be a short show?!



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RPG Cast – Episode 526: “Slightly Smaller Than Your Average Spoon or Fork”

We're back and better* than ever! On this special episode of the RPGCast we do a deeper dive into what we've been playing and discuss our holiday hauls. *Note: RPG Cast 526 may not actually be better than any other previous RPG Cast.