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Moravec‘s Paradox

Video Friday: Robot Battlefield Triage

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. ICRA 2025: 19–23 May 2025, ATLANTA, GA London Humanoids Summit:…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

Blockchain

Coinbase Germany’s Former CEO Jan-Oliver Sell Joins Blockchain Firm as Chief Operating Officer

2025-05-16T19:30:57.170+02:00 F r i d a y , 1 6 / 0 5 / 2 0 2 5 | 1 7 : 3 0 G M T by Jared Kirui During his tenure at the exchange's German entity, Sell reportedly helped in securing BaFin’s crypto custody license. He also had…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

Pope Francis

SNL Trump Skit Linking JD Vance to Pope’s Death Sparks Backlash

A recent Saturday Night Live skit mocking the death of Pope Francis and linking it to VP JD Vance has stirred outrage among believers, raising questions about the boundaries of satire and respect for sacred figures. As mainstream comedy... Saturday Night Live (SNL) recently sparked backlash online following a skit…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

VR

The Real Bhool Chuk is PVR Inox Taking on Maddock Films

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bubmagMay 16, 2025

Antarctica

Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica

By July 1858, the English explorer John Hanning Speke had been in Africa for 18 months. His eyes and body were weakened by fever, and he still hadn’t found what he set out to discover – the source of the River Nile. Squinting through the heat on July 30, however,…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

VR

Nintendo Switch 2 Supports VRR in Handheld Mode Only

by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 May 2025 / 4,247 Views Nintendo in a statement sent to NintendoLife confirmed the Nintendo Switch 2 will support variable refresh rate (VRR) only in handheld mode. "Nintendo Switch 2 supports VRR in handheld mode only," reads the statement from Nintendo. "The incorrect…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

Soundcloud

“It Was Always Natural To Transform” Kilo Kish Interviewed

Since her 2012 debut, multidisciplinary artist Kilo Kish has lived in profound devotion to her authenticity. An artist bred from the internet age of Soundcloud, music blogs, and mixtapes, she’s been able to maintain that electrifying eccentricity amid cold algorithms and social media marketing forcing influencers out of artists. Her…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

NSA

Missouri Governor Says He’ll Bring Lawmakers Back to Get a Plan for Keeping the Chiefs and Royals

Missouri's governor said Friday that he will call the Legislature into a special session to consider incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from moving to Kansas after lawmakers failed to pass a plan during their regular, annual session. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe wants his state to…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

VR

Nintendo admits Switch 2 won’t support VRR on TV after all

"The incorrect information was initially published." Image credit: Nintendo Switch 2 won't support Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) on TVs after all, despite Nintendo previously suggesting it would. The Mario maker today set the record straight in a comment to Nintendo Life, acknowledging that VRR would only be available when playing…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

Skateboard

I Crashed, I Learned and I Led — 5 Things Skateboarding Taught Me About Leadership

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Skateboarding found me early, and it's never really let go. My first kit was in the tiny English village where I grew up: a Newporter ash deck and a Cooper hockey helmet. With my best buddy back then, Jeremy Stanford, I built…

bubmagMay 16, 2025

Video Friday: Robot Battlefield Triage

Coinbase Germany’s Former CEO Jan-Oliver Sell Joins Blockchain Firm as Chief Operating Officer

SNL Trump Skit Linking JD Vance to Pope’s Death Sparks Backlash

The Real Bhool Chuk is PVR Inox Taking on Maddock Films

Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica

Nintendo Switch 2 Supports VRR in Handheld Mode Only

“It Was Always Natural To Transform” Kilo Kish Interviewed

Missouri Governor Says He’ll Bring Lawmakers Back to Get a Plan for Keeping the Chiefs and Royals

Nintendo admits Switch 2 won’t support VRR on TV after all

I Crashed, I Learned and I Led — 5 Things Skateboarding Taught Me About Leadership

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