Reflecting on a roller coaster year for robotics – TechCrunch

Big thanks to Joyce Sidopoulos, Peter Barrett and Ken Goldberg for filling in the last few weeks. I’m excited by the boost this newsletter has been getting in recent months and wanted to keep the light on while I was out. Three weeks is the longest break I’ve taken for work in…ever, really.

Went to a bunch of museums (do yourself a favor and check out Ed…….

Tulane football gets boost from virtual reality in injury recovery, mental health – The Athletic

Multiple times in a given week this season, Tulane wide receiver Phat Watts walked into the team training area to rehab a torn ACL he suffered in the second game in September. Various movements and stretches are part of the typical recovery process.

But when Watts gets on the stationary bike, he doesn’t put on headphones to listen to music, as many players like to do. Instead, he puts o…….

10 Coding Hacks to Remember in 2023 – hackernoon.com

Coding hacks are techniques, tools, or practices that help you write better and code efficiently. They can range from simple best practices, like adding comments to your code, to more advanced techniques, like test-driven development or code optimization.

Let’s take a look at some of the best coding hacks to remember in the new year.

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Pats QB Mac Jones fined twice for unnecessary roughness – ESPN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones was fined twice by the NFL for unnecessary roughness in last week’s 22-18 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, for a total of $23,976.

The first fine, $13,367, was a result of Jones dropping to the ground in front of Bengals cornerback Eli Apple during a return of a possible fumble, which Apple referred to as a “dirty play” but Jo…….

If you’ve updated to iOS 16.2, do these five things right now – Macworld

Maybe you just unwrapped a shiny new iPhone—perhaps your first iPhone ever. Maybe you just don’t pay much attention to those iOS update notifications and have finally gotten around to hitting the update button. (If you haven’t, do it now: open Settings, tap General, then Software Update.)

Apple’s big iOS update this year offers a bunch of huge improvements and even more have …….

Tweaks Can Now Modify Cydia – iClarified

Saurik has released Cydia 1.1.19, an update that makes the app run as ‘mobile’ instead of ‘root’, and allows tweaks to modify Cydia itself.

How this will affect you: After you install this upgrade, you may be surprised to see that your installed tweaks are modifying Cydia. For example, if you have a tweak installed that improves how the keyboard works in all apps, it will now improve keyboard…….