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(WASHINGTON) — Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon. House lawmakers are being told not to expect further votes this week, all but ensuring the shutdown will enter a second week and stretch toward the new year. Lawmakers are away from Washington for the holidays and have been told they…

via Government Shutdown Will Likely Continue Into the New Year — TIME

There’s a lot of talk about the many potential uses of multi-legged robots like Cheetahbot and Spot — but in order for those to come to fruition, the robots actually have to go out and do stuff. And to train for a glorious future of sewer inspection (and helping rescue people, probably), this Swiss quadrupedal…

via Watch the ANYmal quadrupedal robot go for an adventure in the sewers of Zurich — TechCrunch

Lorenzo diBonaventura teases an Optimus Prime solo film and an animated movie that will tell the whole Cybertron mythology. Speaking to Metro newspaper, Transformers Live Action Movie Series producer Loranzo di Bonaventura admits that an animated movie set in Cybertron is currently in the works. “We actually have an animated movie in the works that will tell the whole Cybertron mythology. The fans will love […]

via Animated Transformers Movie Set In Cybertron Is Apparently a Go —

Listen to a live version of a new track, ‘Dubugwanjuba’, now. Nihiloxica, which is comprised of Bugandan percussionists Nilotika Cultural Ensemble, British drummer Spooky J and synth player Peter James, has announced their return to Nyege Nyege Tapes. The EP, which arrives in early February, 2019, will feature the track ‘Dubugwanjuba’, which they debuted during…

via Nihiloxica return to Nyege Nyege Tapes with new EP — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.

(WASHINGTON) — Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that way: It was pushed over by a rock at least twice as big as Earth. Detailed computer simulations show that an enormous rock crashed into the seventh planet from the sun,…

via Uranus Was Likely Hit By a Rock Which Made the Planet Lopsided, Scientists Say — TIME

A new startup using AI to look after elderly people at home has raised a new round of funding to apply its platform to detect changes in gait or behavior, falls or stumbles. In other words, it could start to predict changes in long-term health. CherryHome, the home AI security system created by startup Cherry…

via CherryHome raises $5.2M to apply AI to home care cameras, detecting behavior changes — TechCrunch

Weird begets weird and in 2018 the cinema was a great place to find these strange times reflected and refracted. Explorations and exploitations of the body were examined in horror, like Hereditary, and in the surreal socialist commentary of Sorry To Bother You. The latter also dealt with how our actions influence a better world,…

via The best TV and film scores of 2018 — FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.