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US Marines show off rocket launcher-carrying robot dog in demo video

TechSpot

As reported by The Warzone, members of the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command's (MAGTFC) Tactical Training and Exercise Control group (TTECG), based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms in California, tested the robot dog in September. Read Entire Article

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Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot challenges BTS to a boy band dance-off in latest video

The Verge

And to celebrate, the company is collaborating with K-pop sensation BTS on a new video that shows seven Spot robots grooving to the band’s 2020 song “ IONIQ: I’m On It.”. A second video shows off the band celebrating the Hyundai acquisition alongside a Spot robot, and both boy band and bot come together for a brief dance-off.

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RSA Red Team exercise highlights election threats from deepfakes and fake news

Tech Republic Security

In a RSA 2020 simulation, the Red Team compromised email accounts, created deepfake videos and spread disinformation on Election Day in Adversaria.

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New Amazon Halo feature will assess routine body movement, and offer exercises for improvement

GeekWire

Amazon is adding a new feature to its Halo health app, using computer vision and machine learning to score users’ stability, posture and mobility in four different areas of the body, and offering a series of exercises designed to improve their ability to make routine movements based on the results.

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Analysis: Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard, which shifts the balance of power in video games

GeekWire

One industry leader has merged with another, which means Microsoft, on top of everything else it does, is now one of the highest-revenue video game companies in the world. It’s not a question of whether Microsoft will earn back that $69 billion, but when.

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The FDA just approved the first prescription video game — it’s for kids with ADHD

The Verge

It might not look like much of a video game, but Akili Interactive’s EndeavorRX, formerly Project EVO, may go down in history: it’s the first video game that can legally be marketed and prescribed as medicine in the US. Now, a prescription video game is a real thing. Akili Interactive. It’s not in the future anymore.

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Peloton plans to launch an in-app video game where you pedal to control a rolling wheel

The Verge

Peloton is entering the video game business. Today the company announced its latest idea to get people to exercise: an in-app video game tentatively called Lanebreak. It’s also especially interesting considering Netflix is also building in-app video games.

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