Whether you enjoyed curling up with Tetris on a Gameboy, rolling around as Sonic on a Sega, or were just trying to ignore the loud beeping sounds coming from the next room ... if you were around in the 1980s and 1990s, you will remember the arrival of home gaming. Computers had made it into our living rooms, and although fans had their favourites - the thrust of Street Fighter, the platforms of Super Mario or the simplicity of Pacman - children and adults alike were hooked. The market for consoles has continued to grow over the decades as technology companies across the globe try to get their bite out of the gaming pie. But almost 20 years into the new millennium, passionate players are still looking back in time to find their fix. "While there's definitely an element of nostalgia, it's important to recognise how well designed many of those classic games are," said technology journalist and retro game collector KG Orphanides.

DRONE warfare, once the sole pursuit of the US military, is being democratised. Islamic State (ISIS) has deployed consumer drones carrying grenades in the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul, creating the most daunting problem US Special Operations Command troops faced in Iraq during 2016, according to their commander Raymond Thomas. Groups around the world are taking advantage of the increasing accessibility of drone technology to build and deploy them as weapons (see "Home-grown drones"). And it's not hard to imagine them being used in an attack in the West; the bomber responsible for the May attack on a concert Leader: "Drone blowback: High-tech weapons come home to roost"

The RAF may drop bombs on people launching cyber attacks that hit Britain, according to the defence secretary. Speaking after a huge attack on the parliamentary network – but soon before the Petya attack spread across the world, including to the UK – Michael Fallon said that the country could launch responses to online attacks "from any domain - air, land, sea or cyber". The comments have already attracted some criticism because it is usually almost impossible to say with certainty who carried out a hack. Experts may sometimes identify the country or state that appears to be behind any given cyber attack – but even that identification can be intentionally spoofed by hackers. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

Security experts have found a'vaccine' for the ransomware that has been causing chaos around the world. It was initially thought to be a variant of known malware Petya, but is now claimed to be a completely new infection, which Kaspersky has dubbed'NotPetya'. However, it's still widely being referred to as'Petya', as well as'Petna' and even'SortaPetya'. It has affected a number of large organisations around the world, including WPP in the UK. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

Snapchat's newest feature triggered major privacy fears when it launched last week, but it reveals even more about you than previously thought. Snap Map doesn't just show other users exactly where you are. It also shows them what you're doing. Snapchat is using data like your location, your speed of travel and your phone usage to figure out if you're sleeping, driving, listening to music or even on a flight. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

Facebook is rolling out plans to start shouting at people as they scroll through their news feed. The company is adding sound to its auto playing videos – meaning that as people scroll through the app, they'll be subjected to all the noise from all the videos that are there, whether they like it or not. Facebook says that the change is intended to make it easier to watch videos on the site. But it's also probably a part of its plan to become a major player in video – encouraging people to watch more of them and allowing advertisers to more easily reach people. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

Sky is set to retire Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, it has been reported. The broadcaster will also introduce new subscription packages that are significantly cheaper than those on offer currently. It will get rid of its numbered sports channels and replace them with channels for specific sports, like the existing Formula One channel. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.

Twitter can be used to detect dangerous incidents before they're reported to police, a new study says. Researchers from Cardiff University used algorithms to analyse 1.6 million tweets related to the London riots that took place in 2011. They found that, by scanning Twitter, computer systems could have detected trouble in Enfield an hour and 23 minutes before police were alerted to it. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.

The computer virus that spread rapidly across the world is still making its way to more companies and countries – but is gradually slowing down. The software doesn't appear to be vulnerable to the same "kill switch" that stopped the similar Wannacry virus just weeks ago, however, and so is likely to continue to travel around the world. The attack appeared to have started in Ukraine and then made its way across Europe, hitting companies including the world's biggest advertising company in Britain and Danish international Maersk. It then continued to spread, arriving in the US and then in Asia. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

Editor's note: The TensorFlow API has undergone changes since this series was first published. However, the general ideas are the same, and an otherwise well-structured tutorial such as this provides a great jumping off point and opportunity to consult the API documentation to identify and implement said changes. In this tutorial I'll explain how to build a simple working Recurrent Neural Network in TensorFlow. This is the first in a series of seven parts where various aspects and techniques of building Recurrent Neural Networks in TensorFlow are covered. A short introduction to TensorFlow is available here.