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We're at IROS 2019 to Bring You the Most Exciting Robotics Research From Around the World

As always, our coverage will feature the coolest, weirdest, and most interesting things that we find at this massive robotics conference




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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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Harvard's UrchinBot Is One of the Weirdest Looking Robots We've Ever Seen

The unique body and locomotion strategies of echinoderms inspired this robot that emulates a juvenile sea urchin




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The Blogger Behind "AI Weirdness" Thinks Today's AI Is Dumb and Dangerous

Janelle Shane talks about the absurdity, perils, and limits of AI



  • robotics
  • robotics/artificial-intelligence

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13 Going on 30 Was Almost, Uh, Not Very Good

A YouTube search unearths deleted scenes shot with a different cast.




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झारखंडः 'बिना राशन कार्ड वालों को दिया गया दो माह का अग्रिम राशन'

झारखंड के वित्त एवं खाद्य आपूर्ति मंत्री डॉ रामेश्वर उरांव ने दावा किया है कि नई सरकार के पहले सौ दिनों में लगभग दस लाख ऐसे परिवारों को दो महीने का अग्रिम राशन उपलब्ध कराया गया है




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झारखंड में कोरोना वायरस से पहली मौत, संक्रमितों की संख्या हुई 13

उसे दो अप्रैल को डीएमसीएच अस्पताल में इलाज करा कर घर में ही पृथक रहने को कहा गया था।




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सीएम सोरेन ने केंद्र से मनरेगा मजदूरी दर बढ़ाकर 300 रुपये करने का किया आग्रह

झारखंड के मुख्यमंत्री हेमंत सोरेन ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी से राज्य में मनरेगा मजदूरी दर को बढ़ाकर कम से कम 300 रूपये करने का आग्रह किया है।




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झारखंडः धनबाद में रेलवे का ट्रैकमैन संक्रमित, राज्य में कोरोना संक्रमितों संख्या 34 हुई

झारखंड की राजधानी रांची की आजाद बस्ती में जब स्वास्थ्यकर्मी कोरोना वायरस संक्रमण की जांच के लिए नमूने लेने पहुंचे तो लोगों ने उनका स्वागत तालियों से किया,




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जनवरी-मार्च तिमाही में 16.7 फीसदी गिरकर 36.7 करोड़ डॉलर रहा कॉग्निजेंट का शुद्ध लाभ

सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी कंपनी कॉग्निजेंट का शुद्ध लाभ 2020 की पहली तिमाही में 16.7 फीसदी गिरकर 36.7 करोड़ डॉलर रहा। 2019 की जनवरी-मार्च तिमाही में कंपनी को 44.1 करोड़ डॉलर का शुद्ध लाभ हुआ था।




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निवेश के मंत्र 13: कोरोना के इलाज के लिए NPS खाते से कैसे निकालें रकम?

राष्ट्रीय पेंशन स्कीम वाले निवेशकों के लिए राहत की खबर है। पेंशन फंड रेगुलेटरी और डेवलेपमेंट अथॉरिटी ने अपने निवेशकों को एनपीएस के टियर-1 खाते से आधी राशि निकालने की अनुमति दे दी है। इस राशि का इस्तेमाल कोरोना के इलाज के लिए किया जा सकता है।




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आगरा: कोरोना के कारण कारोबार 'लॉक', दो लाख चांदी कारीगरों का रोजगार 'डाउन'

काम चौपट होने के कारण कर्ज लेकर चल रही जिंदगी




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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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A Champagne Bottle Sized 'My Personal Bottomless Mimosa' Glass

Just in time for Mother's Day/continued at-home quarantine comes this 750mL 'My Personal Bottomless Mimosa' glass from BigMouth, Inc and available on Amazons. The surprisingly all-glass drinkware (but still hand-wash only on account of the decorations) combines the shape of a champagne bottle with a mimosa glass to holds 8 (read: 2-3) servings, and is perfect for letting the rest of your family know you're not to be bothered for the rest of the day because it may still be early here but, dammit, it's 5 o'clock somewhere that's nine and half hours ahead. Thanks to Tracey H, who informed me she can't count the number of times she's been asked to leave a bottomless brunch for really putting its bottomlessness to the test. Heck yeah, that's called doing God's work.




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The Circle Of Life: Praying Mantis Eating The Brain (And Rest) Of A 'Murder Hornet'

Because we don't have enough on our plates as it is, now we've got 'murder hornets' flying around the United States. Murder hornets (actually Asian Giant Hornets, but that name didn't strike enough fear into the masses) have a sting powerful enough that China recommends medical treatment if stunk more than ten times, and emergency treatment if stung more than 30. *pours out a little liquor for Macaulay Culkin in My Girl*. And where is his glasses?! He can't see without his glasses! Put his glasses on! Here's a video of Coyote Peterson getting stung by one (the Japanese Giant Hornet was previously believed to be a subspecies of the Asian Giant Hornet, but has since been recategorized as a color morph). This is a video of a praying mantis eating a Giant Asian hornet until it's just a pile of limbs. So yeah, praying mantises -- start breeding them. And make sure to selectively breed them too so we can produce them bigger and bigger until they're preying on us because the way things are going how is that not how this ends? Keep going for the video while I surround my Animal Crossings town with preying mantises to protect my villagers and keep my five-star rating (okay, three).




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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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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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Mother's Day 2020: अपनी मां को ये शानदार स्मार्टफोन करें गिफ्ट, हो जाएंगी खुश

Mother's Day 2020 Best Mobile Under rs 10000: इस मदर्स डे आप भी अपनी मां को उपहार में स्मार्टफोन देकर विश कर सकते हैं। इन स्मार्टफोन की कीमत 10,000 रुपये से कम है। साथ ही इनमें आपको दमदार फीचर्स मिलेंगे।




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Vivo Y30 स्मार्टफोन 5,000 एमएएच की बैटरी के साथ हुआ लॉन्च, जानिए कीमत

चीनी टेक कंपनी वीवो (Vivo) ने Y सीरीज के शानदार स्मार्टफोन वाय30 (Vivo Y30) को मलेशिया में लॉन्च कर दिया है। यूजर्स को इस स्मार्टफोन में पंचहोल डिस्प्ले, चार कैमरे और अल्ट्रा ओ स्क्रीन का सपोर्ट मिला 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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शाओमी का Mi 30W Wireless Charger हुआ लॉन्च, जानें कीमत और फीचर्स

टेक कंपनी शाओमी ने एमआई 10 5जी स्मार्टफोन और एमआई ट्रू वायरलेस ईयरफोन 2 के अलावा एमआई 30W वायरसलेस चार्जर को लॉन्च कर दिया है। इस वायरलेस चार्जर में बिल्ट-इन कूलिंग फेन का सपोर्ट दिया गया है।




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फेसबुक ने बनाया खुद का 'सुप्रीम कोर्ट', आपत्तिजनक कंटेंट पर होगा फटाफट फैसला

फेसबुक के ओवरसाइट बोर्ड का मुख्य काम फेसबुक और इंस्टाग्राम के कंटेंट पर नजर रखना और विवादित कंटेंट पर कम समय में फैसले देना है। माना जा रहा है कि सोशल मीडिया पर फेक न्यूज को रोकने और माहौल को साफ-सुथरा रखने के लिए फेसबुक ने यह फैसला लिया है।




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गूगल ने किया 'कोरोना अवकाश' का एलान, 22 मई को छुट्टी पर रहेंगे सभी कर्मचारी

गूगल ने कोरोना अवकाश का एलान किया है जिसके तहत 22 मई को गूगल के सभी कर्मचारी 22 मई 2020 को सामूहिक अवकाश पर रहेंगे। अल्फाबेट के सीईओ सुंदर पिचाई ने कहा है कि आगामी 22 मई को सभी कर्मचारियों को कोरोना अवकाश मिलेगा।




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India's nuclear future put on hold

Safety fears derail plan to import reactors.




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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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Assassin's Creed Valhalla first 'gameplay' revealed as in-engine footage shown



Ubisoft debuted some in-engine footage of the latest Assassin's Creed game during the Inside Xbox stream




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Pokemon GO Friends List 'Failed to get friends list' error is back



Failed to get friends list and several more Pokemon GO friends list errors are once again impacting players on iOS and Android.




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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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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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RPGCast – Episode 243: “Gangnam Done Gone”

Laharl is coming back for another go. The Old School RPG was apparently too old school. And Charizard is burning up his own 3DS. All...




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RPGCast – Episode 245: “Mass Effect Football Manager 2013”

This week we figure out BioWare’s next title. Then we settle the great question of Persona 4 vs. Nocturne. Finally, we give our list of...




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RPGCast – Episode 247: “Japan Isn’t All Maid Cafés”

This week we figure out what to play on Wii U. Pier Solar decides what we should play on the Dreamcast. FFXIV decides that we...




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RPGCast – Episode 253: “Set Podcast To Stun”

Star Trek Online is celebrating its third anniversary, but we uncover the sordid coverup that lies between the game’s aft nacelles. Also, you can now...




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RPGCast – Episode 263: “Starlight RPGCast”

There’s peanut butter in my chocolate in this week’s RPG Cast. We figure out how to solve the JRPG problem. Nintendo announces every RPG ever....




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RPGCast – Episode 266: “It’s A SE3cret To Everybody”

What a week. First we learn what really happens at E3. Then Quin gets hungry. After that, Square Enix gets real specific. But Diablo 3...




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RPGCast – Episode 269: “(Not)RPGCast – E3 2013 Special”

Warden Chris has left the building, now the inmates are running the asylum. Hear want these irregulars have to say about the news of this...




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RPGCast – Episode 273: “Get Off The Mixer”

The internet conspires against the podcast this week. First it sends cats to attack the equipment, then it breaks Twitch.tv, and finally it takes out...




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RPGCast – Episode 283: “Aisles of War”

At Aisles of War we have all your maritime warfare needs. From Spanish galleons to French corvettes our ship selection is unparalleled. We also have...




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RPGCast – Episode 293: “You Need A Fake ID?”

Nintendo announces some new consoles. Conan is the best source for reviews on the net. Microsoft’s business practices are best business practices. And if you...




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RPGCast – Episode 295: “Game of the Year 2013”

Some things are better late than never. Adriaan, Glenn, Alex, Sam, and Chris talk Games of the Year. At least, that’s the idea, but I...




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RPGCast – Episode 300: “This…Is…RPGCast!”

From heroes to Henry, the road to RPGCast’s 300th episode was full of shovelware and Tidus’s nipples. Celebrate with us as we reminisce about poor...




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RPGCast – Episode 301: “Mare Mayor”

Equines, epochs, set-top boxes, and hacking toddlers round out a really weird week. And as if April Fool’s wasn’t enough, Amazon announced a video game...




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RPGCast – Episode 302: “Go Buy A Coat”

Michael Apps joins us to talk Landmark, Child of Light, Diablo 3 PS4, and Kawazu. Anna tells us whether she prefers sequels. Chris just plays...




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RPGCast – Episode 303: “Free To Play Podcast”

Alex, Anna Marie, Jon, and Chris bring you the latest in RPG news. I’m sorry, you’re out of energy. To listen to more, please use...




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RPGCast – Episode 304: “Castomel and Order”

We remember Andrew Long. We’ll miss you, buddy. But the show must go on and we talk about Happy Meals, luminescent children, Kemco games, and...




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RPGCast – Episode 305: “The Answer Doesn’t Matter”

Today we have a special late-night edition of the RPG Cast. Chris goes on a rant about FF3. Anna Marie gets jealous about Jon’s Japanese...




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RPGCast – Episode 306: “Two Cats No Paws”

Phil, Cassandra, and Chris spend a Saturday pondering Disgaea ports, Sony sales, and large Dragon Age collector’s editions. But the real question is, “Who names...




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RPGCast – Episode 307: “I Think I’m A Clone Now”

“Do you want to build a Persona clone? Come on let’s go license Unity. We never make JRPGs anymore. Stop building FPS games. It’s like...




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RPGCast – Episode 308: “608-729-4098”

Beastly projects, free rule books, and cursed kings keep us entertained during the pre-3 info drought. Wait, why is Nintendo releasing a Gamecube controller adapter...