Nations Championship: No big talk from Scotland in South Africa, just quiet confidence
In a modern sporting world in which many athletes have become accomplished at speaking a lot while saying very little, Sione Tuipulotu is a wonderful exception to the rule.
The Scotland captain is rarely anything other than engaging, insightful and brutally honest.
Yet as he prepares his men to take on world champions South Africa in Pretoria on Saturday in the Nations Championship, Tuipulotu is refusing to feed the beast when it comes to expectations of a famous upset victory over the Springboks.
A Ryanair passenger was injured when a cabin window 'dislodged' in midair
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Hooded Horse's new spaceship RPG C-Beams isn't just a riff on Blade Runner - it's a "modern version" of one of my favourite childhood space sims
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For many decades, sci-fi buffs have debated the exact nature of the "C-beams" mentioned by Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner's legendary "tears in rain" soliloquy. Cutter beams used in construction? Weapon systems? Fey astral phenomena? The beauty of the term is its ambiguity, perhaps. Not any more, though. Now, whenever anybody muses moist-eyedly about the replicant's parting phrase, I can say: "actually, he was referring to the forthcoming space action-RPG C-Beams from Distant Light Games and publishers Hooded Horse, which also takes heavy inspiration from one of my childhood favourite space games - Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity." Time to die roll the trailer.
China becomes the second country to recover a rocket booster - Engadget
It successfully deposited a Long March 10B rocket into a net anchored at sea.
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China has become just the second country to capture a reusable rocket, heralding a breakthrough in the country's space program, according to China's state television CCTV. Footage showed the Long March 10B rocket booster descending and being caught by a net, the first time such a feat has been accomplished.
Penélope Cruz says one thing matters most when raising teens in the social media age
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Penélope Cruz says the rise of social media has made home more important than ever for teenagers.
Speaking to Porter Magazine for their July cover story, Cruz spoke about the challenges of being a parent today and how she hopes to foster open communication with her kids.
Invictus Games: Prince Harry arrives at event without Meghan
Instead it's been overshadowed by his court defeat against Associated Newspapers and confusion over whether Meghan and their children will be coming to the UK.
Prince Harry's appearance in the cavernous halls of the NEC was marking the countdown to the Invictus Games, which will be hosted in Birmingham next year.
Whatever the troubles outside, here he was among his own tribe, the people he calls his "second family".
He praised the Invictus competitors as "remarkable men and women who have served their countries and who continue to show us what courage really looks like".
'This Is a Deeply Odd State of Affairs' — Tech Experts Slam Activision's 'Low Effort' Call of Duty: Black Ops PS5 Port
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Activision’s ports of the much-loved Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 immediately raised eyebrows for their price, but they’ve come under fire for their disappointing graphics performance, too.
The tech experts at Digital Foundry have taken a look at the port of the original 2010 Black Ops to PlayStation, and had a few choice words to say about the work Activision put into it. Chief among their complaints is the fact the Black Ops port runs at 1080p, not 4K, despite being a 16-year-old game that began life on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Not only that, there’s no anti-aliasing.
Jeffrey Wright: “America Wants to Be a Beacon of Real Freedom, Not Hypocritical Freedom”
Actor Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction, Westworld, The Batman) celebrated the importance of “genuine freedom” in the U.S. and beyond during a brief and very warmly received public appearance at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Friday.
In Wright’s honor, the Czech festival is screening the film Basquiat (1996) about U.S. artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, “which he personally introduced at the 32nd Karlovy Vary,” as organizers highlighted. At Saturday evening’s closing ceremony of the fest, the actor, whom they lauded as “one of the most versatile artists of his generation,” will receive KVIFF‘s President’s Award.
Council Post: The Real Cost Of Enterprise AI: It Isn't What CXOs Think
Neda Nia drives Stibo Systems' product vision, shaping strategy, innovation, and growth to create measurable value for customers.
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Most companies still can't answer a basic question: Is our AI investment actually working?
It's not for lack of attention, but because they're using the wrong metrics.
For the past couple of years, I've watched enterprises pour serious money into pilots and initiatives and then struggle to explain what came back. To be fair, the ask from the boards was simply to adopt AI. While CIOs and CFOs were nervous to adopt AI, the priority was to adopt it and measure.
Dataiku BrandVoice: The AI Risks CEOs Didn’t Budget For
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Urgency defined the early stages of the enterprise AI race. Boards applied pressure, the markets priced in AI productivity gains and the main fear was being left behind.
Leaders responded by going deep with whichever AI provider looked dominant, building fast while deferring the harder questions about what they were actually building toward.