NASA’s Roman Space Telescope To Launch This Month — Nine Months Ahead Of Schedule

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy, will launch this month.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy, will launch this month.

South Korea FA apologises over ‘sexual services’ allegations

South Korea football association apologises over allegations relating to qualifiers for World Cup 2014 and the London 2012 Olympic Games.

South Korea’s national ‌football association has apologised after a media report alleged ⁠it had provided “sexual ⁠services” to foreign referees when they were in the country for international matches more than a decade ago.

‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ Review: An Affecting Trans Relationship Drama Brings Fresh Perspective to the War in Ukraine

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has prompted a wealth of urgent nonfiction filmmaking documenting the harsh realities of life under siege, but comparatively little dramatic storytelling — a space that the new German-Ukrainian production “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming” occupies with bold formal imagination and a commitment to illuminating lives neglected in wider views of the conflict. A timely collaboration between German director Isabelle Stever and her wife, Ukrainian screenwriter Anna Melikova, the film is an intimate, bracingly intersectional relationship drama centered on a queer Kyiv couple whose attempts to flee to safety are complicated by local prejudice: a reminder that selective discrimination can still endure within a collectively persecuted population.

US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant for ‘public education’ courses

The US embassy in London is offering grants of up to half a million dollars for new “public education” programmes in what has been criticised as interference in British domestic politics.

Spanish mountain village braces for astrotourists lured by total solar eclipse

Little stirs in the mountains above Somosierra beyond the wind that lashes the flat peaks, the cows that graze on parched grass and the sun that beats down on the abandoned aerodrome where generations of glider pilots learned to ride air currents alongside squadrons of vultures and red kites.

How Artificial Curiosity Changed The Question Humans Need To Ask

How Artificial Curiosity Changed The Question Humans Need To Ask

How Artificial Curiosity Changed The Question Humans Need To Ask

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Years ago, I had the opportunity to interview some of the world's leading artificial intelligence researchers about artificial curiosity. At the time, many people wanted to know whether machines could become curious. I remember thinking it was one of the most interesting questions in AI. A lot has changed since then. AI has become remarkably good at exploring, testing, predicting, and learning from errors, while answers have become available almost instantly to anyone with an internet connection. Looking back, I can see the questions changing right along with the technology. In 2018, the conversation centered on whether AI could become curious. By 2020, business leaders wanted to know how to apply it. Today, I find myself asking something completely different. As answers become easier to get, are people becoming less willing to wonder, investigate, and stay with uncertainty long enough to discover something new? That may be the curiosity question worth paying attention to now.

Farage and Tice sue NCA over alleged leaks of financial information

Richard Tice has said he and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage are suing the National Crime Agency (NCA) over the alleged leaking of confidential financial information.

The Boston and Skegness MP and Reform deputy leader told Talk TV they believed the NCA had committed "multiple criminal offences" and said they would be seeking an apology and damages.

Carabao Cup: Goals galore - the most astonishing scorelines in competition's history

Goals galore - the wildest scores in EFL Cup history

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The EFL Cup has provided some of the highest-scoring games in English football history

UFC Vegas 120 Final Card — Gamrot Vs. Salkilld Weigh-In Results

UFC Fight Night: Gamrot v Salkilld Weigh-in

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - AUGUST 07: (L-R) Mateusz Gamrot of Poland and Quillan Salkilld of Australia face off during the UFC Fight Night event at Meta APEX on August 07, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

Grand Theft Auto 6 Details Emerge Before Netflix Reveal

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I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that Grand Theft Auto 6's major reveal is going to be streamed on Netflix on August 27. The power move is impressive and I'll be watching with much of the rest of the world when it drops. On Friday, details about the highly anticipated Netflix stream and more emerged. Let's talk video games.