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NASA is staying up-to-date as they officially appoint their first ever chief artificial intelligence officer.
The independent agency that is well known for its space research announced the news through a press release on Monday (May 13).
A wide variety of AI tools are used by the team already and they say this benefits “humanity” as artificial intelligence is used for supporting missions, analyzing data to reveal trends and patterns, and within research.
David Salvagini will head up the role and is well placed to do so with his experience spanning over 20 years in technology leadership in the intelligence sector.
Before being assigned this new position, he was the chief data officer at NASA when he joined in June 2023.
While the research agency has only just appointed someone to solely oversee the use of AI, they have been using the technology for decades.
NASA and AI: ‘It’s important we remain at the forefront’
NASA Administrator Bell Nelson explained why the need to keep up with the ever-changing technology landscape is important for the team and the role they play in research: “Artificial intelligence has been safely used at NASA for decades, and as this technology expands, it can accelerate the pace of discovery.”
“It’s important that we remain at the forefront of advancement and responsible use. In this new role, David will lead NASA’s efforts to guide our agency’s responsible use of AI in the cosmos and on Earth to benefit all humanity.”
Other use cases of AI at NASA include using it to sift through Earth science imagery to identify areas of interest, as well as searching for data on planets outside the solar system from the James Webb Space Telescope.
The team also uses the advanced technology to schedule communications from the Perseverance Mars rover through the Deep Space Network.
On the official NASA website, the use of AI tools is described as helping the team “automate time-consuming processes like program and project reviews,” streamline decision-making, save resources, and “leverage the full potential of its workforce.”
Featured Image: Photo by NASA on Unsplash
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The LEGO Group has seemingly been going all in on gaming-themed sets with the likes of Mario, Sonic, and Animal Crossing getting the blocky treatment. Now, it appears that the bond with Nintendo is going that step further thanks to a leaked The Legend of Zelda set, reportedly launching this year.
The set in question will be focused on The Great Deku Tree – somewhat of a main staple within the Zelda universe, appearing in various titles such as Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild. Images of the rumored set made the rounds back in February 2023 but websites that posted these reportedly received DMCA takedowns from LEGO, so have since vanished. You can still find these by doing a simple Google search or heading over to your friendly neighborhood Reddit threads, and there are even some X posts that still have the images live.

Rumor: Could this Zelda lego set be coming soon? pic.twitter.com/2Kea6I6FTT
— Zelda Gif World (@GifZelda) February 3, 2023

The Great Deku Tree kit is set to feature the guardian of the forest in all its glory, with interchangeable colors of leaves to represent its appearances in the aforementioned Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild. What’s more, there will be three different figures of Link – Classic Link, Classic Young Link, and Breath of the Wild Link accompanied by Breath of the Wild Zelda for good measure.
To top things off, there will also be inclusions of the Hylian Shield and an Ocarina, probably smaller pieces that the Link minifigures can hold.
All in all, the full set will total 2500 pieces and will set you back approximately €300, so it’s certainly not your run of the mill one hour build, and instead, a comprehensive affair that will be challenging for all ages.
As for the release date, it is expected that The Great Deku Tree LEGO set will launch on September 1, 2024. Get that in your calendar because there’s absolutely no doubt that despite the high cost, it’ll be an instant sell-out.
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Like all of Bethesda’s massive open-world games, Fallout 4 has a huge variety of approaches a player can take when wending their way through the Commonwealth. Jumping into a suit of power armor and blasting your way through hoards of foes is one. Putting on something lightweight with stealth abilities and sneaking past most of the enemies is another. Both are just as valid and there are dozens of other playstyles you try in the game.
Whichever approach you take, you’ll need the right armor for the job. The post-nuclear wasteland of Fallout 4 is an extremely deadly place, and you will need every little bit of help you can get from your gear to make it through alive. Going in ill-equipped could be a recipe for disaster, so make sure you’re prepared.
Bethesda keeps updating Fallout 4 (much to the chagrin of the games’ fans) but there haven’t been any content additions for a long time, so while there’s a chance the best armor could change, it probably won’t. We’ll try and update if it does, though.

Best Fallout 4 armor for exploration: Nuka-Girl Space Suit
Image credit: Bethesda/Fandom Wiki
One of the joys of Fallout 4 is in the exploration. It’s a huge Wasteland out there and there’s so much to see. The best armor for exploration in Fallout 4 is the Nuka-Girl Space Suit. It’s not because it’s particularly defensive or good in a fight, but because it gives the Sole Survivor the ability to breathe underwater, which is a huge boon for exploration. It also has a high radiation resistance, very important for traversing the highly radioactive water in the Commonwealth. You can get it in the Nuka-World expansion area, taking it off a mannequin in the Nuka-Galaxy attraction in the Galactic Zone.
As a bonus, there’s a mod available to remove the helmet and backpack from the design of the outfit, making it look more streamlined. And for the dedicated fans, you can buy a real-life costume version.
Nuka-Girl Space Suit Stats

Damage Resistance: 5
Energy Resistance: 45
Radiation Resistance: 35
Weight: 8
+1 Charisma
Can breathe underwater

Honorable mention: Freefall Legs – this leg armor completely negates fall damage and can be acquired in the Mass Fusion building (though you’ll need a jetpack)
Best Fallout 4 Power Armor: X-01
A kind of experimental power armor from before the war, the X-01 has the best damage resistance stats in the game. While it’s slow and clunky, the benefits of power armor in Fallout 4 are undeniable – you get a massive bonus to damage resistance, your carry capacity is boosted (so it’s great for hoarders), and your strength is also increased. All of that aside, if you have power armor with a jetpack you can get to secret locations and move around the Wasteland handily.
Image credit: Bethesda/Fandom Wiki
You can get the X-01 in a few different places, and they will spawn at levels between MK. I and MK. VI, scaling is dependent on the player’s level. X-01 is high-level power armor so it isn’t the easiest to get, but it’s worthwhile. If you’re at least level 30, a full set may spawn as part of the questline The Big Dig, and there can be a set in containers behind the Master Locked room in the National Guard Training Yard, among other places.
X-01 Power Armor Stats
The stats for the X-01 vary depending on which piece you have and what level it has spawned in at. At the lowest level, MK. I, the arm and leg pieces boast 170 damage resistance. At the highest level, MK. IV, the arm and leg pieces have a whopping 270 damage resistance.
If you have all six pieces of X-01 armor, the damage resistances are as follows for each level:

MK. I total damage resistance: 1220
MK. II total damage resistance: 1340
MK. III total damage resistance: 1460
MK. IV total damage resistance: 1580
MK. V total damage resistance: 1700
MK VI total damage resistance: 1820

Best Fallout 4 Early Game Armor: Mantis Armor and Wastelander Armor combo
The early game is tough. You’ve got a terrible weapon, haven’t made any friends yet, you keep running out of ammo, and you’re likely wearing terrible, low-grade armor that looks like it would lose a fight with a radroach. One of the first things on the New Sole Survivor To-Do List should be to grab something a little more durable and sturdy.
The Wastelander armor. Image credit: Bethesda/Fandom Wiki
One of the cool things about the system in Fallout 4 is that you can mix and match different pieces of armor to best suit your needs. The Mantis set consists of a left arm and a left leg, and the Wastelander set is a right leg and a chest piece. You can fill in the gaps with whatever you have that best suits your needs.
The Mantis items especially are a great introduction to figuring out the abilities that armor can give you and what you want from them.
Both Mantis items and the Wastelander leg piece can be bought from wandering merchant Lucas Miller. He passes through a few locations and is escorted between them by a set of caravan guards. Look out for him in the Northeast area of the Commonwealth, passing through Bunker Hill, Greentop Nursery, Malden, Tenpines Bluff, and Covenant. The Wastelander chest piece can be bought from Myrna or Percy in the Diamond City market.
Best early-game armor stats

Mantis Left Arm Guard

Damage resistance: 15
Energy resistance: 23
Weight: 8.7
Starts with Girded Leather & Brawling mods
10% chance to disarm attacker on hit

Mantis Left Leg

Damage resistance: 16
Energy resistance: 23
Weight: 7.8
Starts with Boiled Leather & Sleek mods
+ 1 Agility
+ 1 Perception

Wastelander Chest Piece

Damage resistance: 13
Energy resistance: 22
Weight: 5
Starts with BioCommMesh mod
+ 1 Agility
+ 1 Perception

Wastelander Right Leg

Damage resistance: 8
Energy resistance: 13
Weight: 10.2
Reduces damage by Super Mutants by 15%

Best Stealth Armor in Fallout 4: it’s complicated
Sneaking has always been a core part of Bethesda RPGs. Do you feel outmatched in a fight? No problem, get into sneak mode and make your way behind the enemies to execute a critical sneak attack. Or just ignore the enemies entirely if you prefer.
Mark 2 Synth Chest Piece. Image credit: Bethesda/Fandom Wiki
Unfortunately, there isn’t really a cut-and-dry ‘best stealth armor set’ in Fallout 4. The player is kind of left to cobble something together as best as they can, so it’s more about knowing what you should look out for to build-your-own armor set for sneaking around in.

The lighter the better – the lighter your armor, the harder you are to detect
+ Agility can be really useful because agility also contributes to how hard you are to detect
Ultra Light armor mods require Armorer 3 and make your gear even lighter – you have to find the plans for each type of armor mod though so it might take time to get what you need
Chameleon is a Legendary armor mod and makes the wearer invisible. Having multiple Chameleon-modded items stacks makes you even harder to detect. Chameleon is available on two Synth chest pieces, one purchased from the Synth Requisition Officer and one from The Scribe.

Featured image credit: Bethesda
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Oh, here we go. The quite simply amazing Ghost of Tsushima is almost with us and we just have less than two days now to wait before our mega PC gaming rids can truly play the game the way it was meant to be played (sorry PlayStation kids).
Pre-load is available right now and we strongly recommend you try and do it ahead of the launch.
The Legends co-op multiplayer includes cross-play on PC and PlayStations consoles but launches in a beta state, meaning you won’t automatically be matched with players on other consoles, rather you will have to invite your friends into games if you want to play with them.
How to pre-load Ghost of Tsushima on PC

If you have bought the game on Steam already you can simply head to your game library and begin the pre-installation from there. It will not unlock until 8 AM PDT, 4 PM GMT, 5 PM CEST, 8 PM GSY but you will be ahead of the queue and the potential of dodgy server scenarios.
You can check out the timezone for your area for when the game goes live in the graphic above if we haven’t mentioned it already.
Ghost of Tsushima Steam Deck compatibility
The devs have also announced that Ghosts will be compatible with your Steam Deck from launch too, albeit only in single-player mode. The game will be marked unsupported. This is only something to do with the multiplayer requiring Windows to run, and, well your Steam Deck does not have that.
The devs promise they have worked hard on optimizing the game for handheld performance, which is amazing news, and the prospect of playing a triple A game such as this one is exciting indeed. Not long to wait before we can actually do that.
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