A space flight start-up called Astra is about to attempt to launch two small rockets into orbit over a few weeks to win $12 million from the US military

Lettuce grown on the International Space Station has been served with tacos and cheeseburgers, and it turns out to be just as nutritious as the Earth-grown version

An enormous rocky planet orbiting a distant star may be a gas giant that has had its atmosphere ripped off, which could help us understand how huge worlds like Jupiter form

Faraway galaxies have been spotted unexpectedly flashing up to 100 times their usual brightness, and it seems to be caused by eddies in Earth’s atmosphere

Astronomers found a star that appeared to be orbiting nothing at all – but it’s actually the closest black hole ever at just 1000 light years away

New labor economy data paints a fuller - and bleaker - picture of the economy.

Consultancy firm Certified Artificial, which is offering to certify AI companies, has demonstrated its prowess by rating the expertise of Elon Musk and Henry Kissinger

Cerebras aims to speed deep learning at supercomputing centers

The OpenAI project demonstrated "emergent behavior" by the AI players, including surfing

FarmWise is using AI and robotics to enhance farming efficiency by taking care of each plant individually

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

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

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

Self-driving cars and medical robots need an infant’s understanding of physics to succeed

Bosch SoundSee combines deep learning with mobile microphone arrays to identify problems on the ISS before they happen

Experts discuss technological inequality and the “reskilling” problem at an MIT conference

DJ D-Nice, Miley Cyrus, Ben Gibbard, and a lot of Diplo.

Advertising spending contributes about $40 billion a year to the Australian economy, or 2 per cent of GDP.

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

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.

In there's no way Vader signed off on this news, this is the 'Nino Star Products Pool Float Black Outdoor' available from Amazon. It costs around $25, kinda looks like a Darth Vader a kid drew, and I can't imagine Darth doesn't wish they all melted in the destruction of the first Death Star. "What am I, a joke to you?!" I imagine him demanding as he Force-chokes the commander who signed off on using his likeness for a cartoony pool float as the other who signed off on the line of upcoming Vader sex toys casually backs out of the room intending to catch the first dropship to Tatooine. Keep going for one more shot of Vader at his most humiliated.

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.

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.

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।

भारत की दिग्गज टेलीकॉम कंपनी एयरटेल ने अपने ग्राहकों को फायदा पहुंचाने के लिए तीन नए प्री-पेड प्लान लॉन्च किए हैं। इन तीनों प्लान की कीमत 99 रुपये, 129 रुपये और 199 रुपये है।

Free-floating observatories record seismic waves to help study Earth's interior.

Cheap, printable photovoltaics might finally live up to their early promise.

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

Codemasters next racing game, DIRT 5 has been announced.

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

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.

New Pokemon Go Throwback challenges start today for the Johto region. Here's a recap of all field research tasks and rewards on offer for the next seven days.

Destiny 2 Trials of Osiris returns once again later today – here's what you need to know for this week's end-game PvP challenge.

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

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.

We discover the most appropriate analogy for the current handheld market. Jon decides he’s ready to import a 3DS. Square Enix and Nintendo demonstrate how...

Class of Heroes decides to do a physical version after all. The Big Huge Games folks get more bad news. Quin teaches us about fictional...

While Chris tries to log into Pokémon Go, Anna Marie teaches Kelley about the finer points of Berserker rearing in Final Fantasy V. Johnathan still...

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...

Kelley gets a Switch. Chris gets a GM mode. Anna Marie gets a new world of secrets. And Alice gets more football to manage? What?

EVE discovers new planets. FFXV gets super sentais. We all get eggs. But we don’t get Ni no Kuni. At least, not yet. We probably...

The RPG Cast crew gets tempted to buy all the collector’s editions today. We also then find out all the release dates. Now excuse us...

This week I have a challenge for you. Yes, you, the person reading this description. Call our voicemail at 608-729-4098 and leave a message about...

Chris gets stared down by kangaroos while playing every game in existence. Anna Marie shows us her kangaskhan. Kelley does a blind taste test of...

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...

We’re all coughing, sniffling, and feeling terrible, but we love you and still wanted to record our weekly podcast. Join us as we get simultaneously excited and confused about…well…everything going on in March? This is going to be a busy month for RPGamers!

While Fire Emblem: Three Houses seems to finally be put aside by most folks, a few are still learning the dangerous pitfalls of gift giving. As usual, cats and Robin Williams are discussed. Then someone pre-orders Pantsu Hunter and someone else tries to shove CDs into an iPhone to get monsters.

Guest star Sam Watcher joins us, and that means this week's podcast is officially explicit! Between the occasion cuss bomb, we discuss Animal Crossing and Chris' poor decision making, Alex's dive into Persona 5 Royal, and exactly why Kelley needs to finish FF7: Crisis Core in the near future. Anna Marie and Peter round out the 'cast crew this week as we dive into the weekly headlines along with your feedback.

THE SCOTTISH Government is reviewing its Covid-19 testing strategy after the Deputy First Minster has been left “frustrated” by reports home care workers have been told to travel to the other side of Scotland for tests.

Paris show features wildlife costumes to emphasise the label’s planet-friendly ethos

The singer Janelle Monáe and actor Shailene Woodley were in the front row, but two rabbits, a fox, a horse, two cows and a crocodile stole the show. People in lifesize animal costumes, of the kind more usually seen at theme park parades than at Paris fashion week, joined models for the finale of Stella McCartney’s show, swinging their new-season handbags and posing for the cameras.

The optics were fun, but the message was serious – that there are animals on almost every catwalk, it’s just that they are usually dead. The half-moon shoulder bag carried jauntily by a brown cow here was made from a vegan alternative to leather, while other bags were created from second-life plastic.

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