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Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths

The question of how the brain gives rise to subjective experience is the hardest of all. Mathematicians think they can help, but their first attempts have thrown up some eye-popping conclusions




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Weird radio signals spotted in our galaxy could solve a space mystery

Weird blasts of radio waves from space called fast radio bursts have been baffling astronomers since they were discovered, but after finding one in our galaxy we may finally know what creates them




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SpaceX mission control to do social distancing for first crewed flight

SpaceX’s first crewed launch is planned for 27 May and will be run from a mission control with desks set six feet apart to comply with social distancing protocols




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The moon is emitting carbon, raising questions about how it was formed

The leading hypothesis for how the moon formed involves a collision between a Mars-sized object and Earth that would have boiled away elements like carbon, making its discovery on the moon a mystery




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A Wake-Up Call to Head Off an Election Nightmare

Earlier this week, a depressing economic prognosis linked on the Drudge Report concluded: "A whole lot more pain is on the way, and it is going to shake our nation to the core."




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Obama, Biden WH Meeting Key to Anti-Trump Operation

In light of the newly declassified documents, it is clear that understanding what happened in that January 5 Oval Office meeting is essential to understanding the corrupt operation against the Trump administration.




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Construction Robots Learn to Excavate by Mimicking Humans

Human movements can teach robots the skills they need to dig holes and—maybe someday—build the first colonies on Mars




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RoMeLa's Newest Robot Is a Curiously Symmetrical Dynamic Quadruped

With four legs but no back or front, ALPHRED 2 can run, jump, and punch through boards in any direction




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Water Jet Powered Drone Takes Off With Explosions

To take off from the water, this drone uses an explosion-powered water jet




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The Ultimate Optimization Problem: How to Best Use Every Square Meter of the Earth's Surface

Lucas Joppa, founder of Microsoft's AI for Earth program, is taking an engineering approach to environmental issues




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NASA Hiring Engineers to Develop “Next Generation Humanoid Robot”

Job postings from a NASA contractor suggest that a new humanoid robot is under development




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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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From Mainframes to PCs: What Robot Startups Can Learn From the Computer Revolution

In their search for killer apps, robotics companies should look at the amazing evolution of computers




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Watch Astrobee's First Autonomous Flight on the International Space Station

For the first time, NASA's Astrobee robot has demonstrated autonomous free flight in space




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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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Video Friday: Transferring Human Motion to a Mobile Robot Manipulator

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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A Path Towards Reasonable Autonomous Weapons Regulation

Experts representing a diversity of views on autonomous weapons systems collaborate on a realistic policy roadmap



  • robotics
  • robotics/artificial-intelligence

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Blue Frog Robotics Answers (Some of) Our Questions About Its Delayed Social Robot Buddy

Blue Frog Robotics CEO Rodolphe Hasselvander on the future of Buddy




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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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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



  • robotics
  • robotics/artificial-intelligence

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Trump CTO Addresses AI, Facial Recognition, Immigration, Tech Infrastructure, and More

Michael Kratsios, the fourth U.S. Chief Technology Officer, explains administration policies at the Fall Conference of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence



  • robotics
  • robotics/artificial-intelligence

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Andrey Markov & Claude Shannon Counted Letters to Build the First Language-Generation Models

Shannon's said: “OCRO HLI RGWR NMIELWIS”



  • robotics
  • robotics/artificial-intelligence

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Video Friday: Invasion of the Mini Cheetah Robots

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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Cerebras Unveils First Installation of Its AI Supercomputer at Argonne National Labs

Argonne will use the CS-1 to help discover cancer therapies and understand colliding blackholes




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In 2016, Microsoft’s Racist Chatbot Revealed the Dangers of Online Conversation

The bot learned language from people on Twitter—but it also learned values



  • robotics
  • robotics/artificial-intelligence

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Help Rescuers Find Missing Persons With Drones and Computer Vision

A new contest aims to help first responders leverage computer vision algorithms and drone imagery during a search




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Skydio 2 Review: This Is the Drone You Want to Fly

Flying this $999 obstacle-dodging drone is a magical experience




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Dead to Me Recap: Sense of Occasion

What feels like a victory to Jen doesn’t carry the same sense of relief for Judy.




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Siegfried & Roy Magician Roy Horn Dead at 75 Due to COVID-19 Complications

“Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement.




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Oh, Internet: Artificial Intelligence Attempts To Create Additional Lyrics To Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'

This is a video of the result of Youtuber Lil'Alien [Agentalex9 Alt.] feeding Rick Astley's rickrolling classic 'Never Gonna Give You Up' into the Jukebox neural network developed by OpenAI to create more song lyrics for the song. The music video consists of AI upscaled gifs from the original video. If you're really interested in the technology utilized and just what the hell is going on, there are a bunch of links on the video's Youtube page HERE. I just managed to watch the whole video and I can attest that, uh, that was really something. "Something good?" Haha, now let's not get ahead of ourselves. Keep going for whatever this is.




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Jio, Airtel और Vodafone के ये हैं लंबी अवधि वाले प्लांस, नहीं कराना पड़ेगा हर बार मोबाइल नंबर रिचार्ज

कोरोना संक्रमण के कारण पूरे देश में लॉकडाउन लगा हुआ है और यह कब खत्म होगा इसका अंदाजा लगाया जाना मुश्किल है। ऐसे में आप भी हर महीने मोबाइल नंबर रिचार्ज करा कर परेशान हो गए हैं, तो यह खबर आपके लिए है।




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Jio ने लॉन्च किया वर्क फ्रॉम होम प्लान, 365 दिनों तक रोज मिलेगा 2GB डाटा

रिलायंस जियो ने वर्क फ्रॉम होम में इंटरनेट की जरूरत को देखते हुए सबसे सस्ता सालाना प्लान पेश किया है जिसमें 365 दिनों तक रोज 2 जीबी डाटा मिलेगा। आइए जानते हैं जियो के इस प्लान के बारे में...




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Jio कर रहा छह करोड़ ग्राहकों को तोहफा देने की तैयारी, सरकार से चल रही है बातचीत

रिलायंस जियो भारतीय राष्ट्रीय भुगतान निगम (NPCI) के साथ जियो फोन में यूनिफाइड पेमेंट इंटरफेस (UPI) के लिए बात कर रहा है। यदि बातचीत सफल रही तो जल्द ही जियो फोन यूजर्स भी यूपीआई पेमेंट कर सकेंगे।




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Human genetics: Genomes on prescription

The first clinical uses of whole-genome sequencing show just how challenging it can be.




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Fallout forensics hike radiation toll

Global data on Fukushima challenge Japanese estimates.




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Second Extinction reveal: Xbox Series X game gives us serious Turok vibes



During Inside Xbox's special stream today, Systemic Reaction gave us our first taste of next-gen dino hunting glory




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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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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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Xur Destiny 2 Location: Where is Xur and What is he selling today? May 8



Where is Xur? The Destiny 2 exotic gear merchant's location changes every week. So here's everything you need to know including the latest from Bungie ahead of his arrival on May 8.




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GTA 6 release date: Rockstar debate splits opinion of gaming's trusted insiders



A public disagreement between a trusted games journalist and the GTA community is showing Rockstar just how eager people are for a GTA 6 announcement




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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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RPGCast – Episode 310: “Mario Will Never Run Over A Hooker”

Another E3 comes to pass and we try to help you digest all of what happened and what it means to RPGamers. Chris and Anna...




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RPGCast – Episode 318: “Poor Translations”

A winner is you! You won’t feel asleep as you listen to this week’s show. As we prep for PAX, Alex tells us about Sword...




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RPGCast – Episode 326: “Payday Crew Special Addiction”

Chris and Alice lead the charge this week. Blizzard announces a new game, Square Enix announces a plushie, and…wait…Blizzard has a new game? You’re making...




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RPGCast – Episode 352: “Paws Responds To Allegations of Feline Scandal”

As Anna prepares her statement, Alice introduces us to a new form of missile delivery. Chris plays really old games instead of the other old...




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RPGCast – Episode 369: “Feedback Fills Us With Determination”

Some people answer some questions. Chris tries to give us a Just Cause for why he attached that cow to that helicopter. Alice gets Fruity...




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RPGCast – Episode 397: “Zierius Satellite Radio”

We’re jumping onto the bandwagon of folks looking for a Vita version of that new Digimon game. We’re also checking our TGS info cards to...




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RPGCast – Episode 422: “Ys: The Next Generation”

It’s four two two on 4/22. Can you feel the synergy? No? Listen, it’s a slow news week so we need you to work with...




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RPGCast – Episode 447: “The Inflation Games”

Armadas of sheep, ragequitting farmers, warring ogres, and super powered raccoons are unleashed upon the world this holiday season. Will the heroes of RPGamer be...




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RPGCast – Episode 476: “Accidentally Sucked Into Another Dimension”

We return from a weekend off to discuss good games, bad games, old games, and new games that aren’t out yet! Anna Marie hosts as we tackle TGS, the continued flood of holiday releases, and numerous site features.