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Thu. 04/29 - An AI Won a Crossword Tournament & the Olympics Gets Into eSports

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How an AI, after failing for a decade, finally won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. The Olympics are going virtual, but not how you’re probably thinking. And remembering Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins.

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Dr. Fill, an AI, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Here's how. (Slate)
  • Win a gold medal from your front room? IOC launches Olympic Virtual Series (The Guardian)
  • Olympic Virtual Series gaming event launched by IOC (NBC Sports)
  • Photos: Apollo 11: As They Shot It (NY Times)
  • For Apollo 11 He Wasn’t on the Moon. But His Coffee Was Warm. (NY Times)
  • Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90 (NY Times) 
  • Space community mourns the death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins (The Verge)
  • What going to the moon taught Michael Collins about Earth (PBS)
  • ‘It’s time’: Blue Origin teases ticket sales for its New Shepard rocket (The Verge) 
  • Jeff Goldblum Jones Dungeons & Dragons Podcast Dark Dice (iO9)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter

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