Sunday night's season 1 finale of Westworld was the perfect finish to a near-perfect season of television. While many fan theories came true tonight, there were some big twists that not everyone saw coming. Better still, the finale leaves plenty of loose ends flapping in the breeze, leaving the door wide open for a second season. Perhaps the biggest twist of the night was Dr. Ford's role in...well, everything. It turns out it wasn't Arnold's voice in the hosts' heads, nor was it Arnold manipulating the hosts to awaken and rebel.

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All those dire predictions about the automated economy sound like a sci-fi horror film from the '50s: Robots are coming to take your jobs, your homes, your children. And it has a happy ending. Next time you stop for gas at a self-serve pump, say hello to the robot in front of you.

In July 2013, an up-and-coming artist had an exhibition at the Galerie Oberkampf in Paris. It lasted for a week, was attended by the public, received press coverage, and featured works produced over a number of years, including some created on the spot in the gallery. Altogether, it was a fairly typical art-world event. The only unusual feature was that the artist in question was a computer program known as "The Painting Fool." Even that was not such a novelty.

USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham takes a look at two new consumer drones: the Yuneec Breeze and Hover Camera Passport. LOS ANGELES -- So you want to buy a drone as a holiday gift. For the past few years, buyers were faced with a dilemma: splash out on a $1,000 drone that came with a video camera, a smart app and plenty of airborne functionality. Or spend near $100 for what was essentially a toy: learning to fly them was a challenge, and the camera optics, if they had any, were inferior. This year's crop of drones are easier to fly, smaller, cuter and can shoot sharp 4K-video footage in the air -- at prices near $500.

The social media company has been embroiled in a number of content moderation controversies this year, from facing international outcry after removing an iconic Vietnam War photo due to nudity, to allowing the spread of fake news on its site. Facebook has historically relied mostly on users to report offensive posts, which are then checked by Facebook employees against company "community standards." Decisions on especially thorny content issues that might require policy changes are made by top executives at the company. Candela told reporters that Facebook increasingly was using artificial intelligence to find offensive material. It is "an algorithm that detects nudity, violence, or any of the things that are not according to our policies," he said.

The'Netflix AI' set to hunt for aliens: Machine learning algorithm developed for online recommendations will scour the skies for systems that could sustain life Researchers are using machine learning to find stable planetary systems It uses techniques developed for Google's and Netflix recommendations The tool will also reveal the mass and how elliptical an exoplanet's orbit is Will be used to analyse data from NASA planet hunting mission It uses techniques developed for Google's and Netflix recommendations The tool will also reveal the mass and how elliptical an exoplanet's orbit is Machine learning software (pictured) that pull inspiration from Google and Netflix's algorithms could soon discover alien life in outer space. Did HALLUCINOGENS spark the Salem witch trials? Experts say... Iron Man suits, X ray detectors and a fake Facebook and... Hello there! Chimps can recognise friends with a single... How Donald Trump's administration could change the internet:... Did HALLUCINOGENS spark the Salem witch trials? Experts say... Iron Man suits, X ray detectors and a fake Facebook and... Hello there!

Toronto: Machine learning a powerful tool used for a variety of tasks in modern life, from fraud detection and sorting spam in Google, to making movie recommendations on Netflix -- can help scientists determine whether planetary systems are stable or not, a study says. "Machine learning offers a powerful way to tackle a problem in astrophysics, and that's predicting whether planetary systems are stable," said study lead author Dan Tamayo from the University of Toronto Scarborough in Canada. Machine learning is a form of artificial intelligence that gives computers the ability to learn without having to be constantly programmed for a specific task. The benefit is that it can teach computers to learn and change when exposed to new data, not to mention it's also very efficient. The researchers found that the same class of algorithms used by Google and Netflix can also tell us if distant planetary systems are stable or not.

Risk Roundup is an integrated cyber-security and strategic security risk dialogue for nations: its government, industries, organizations and academia (NGIOA) in cyberspace, geospace and space (CGS). Each one of us across nations currently stands on the verge of the most turbulent and transformative period in all of human history. As Information Technology, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing and Blockchain merge and converge to make the once unachievable imagination possible, it is not only human and robot intelligence that will merge and create unthinkable possibilities, the likes of molecular manufacturing will also bring earth shattering potential to build virtually any physical item quickly and inexpensively directly from pure information--creating complex security risks and challenges for each nation: its government, industries, organizations and academia (NGIOA). The computer code, connected computers, internet and rapidly emerging technological convergence that is close to reaching the commercialization stage is about to create a technological tsunami, which will not only fundamentally change human lives but will also create new industries, destroy a few industries, impact a large number of industry sectors, evaporate a number of businesses, create significant amount of hi-tech specialized and skilled jobs, destroy a large number of unskilled jobs, collapse a few nations and change the nature of an unprecedented number of security risks. It will be by far much more complex and much bigger than any security risks we face in cyberspace-geospace-space (CGS) currently!

More than just a movie series, George Lucas's creation has spawned a universe of books, video games, and knick-knacks galore. If you're looking for something to get as a gift for your favorite Star Wars fan--or just for yourself--it's easy to get lost in the sea of products filling the retail galaxy. As a Star Wars fanatic myself, I let the Force guide me across the internet to track down some ideas that I think are pretty amazing, and should fit a variety of budgets and personal tastes. Even Jedi knights and Sith lords can agree: You'll find something here to bring that galaxy far, far away just a little bit closer to home. Ever wanted your own droid buddy rolling around the house with you?