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Time of India
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Viral: "RoboCop" directing traffic in Shanghai amazes global netizens
Image credits: X Humans are making progress in developing AI and robots every single day. It's ironic that the beings are fascinated and engaged in the creation of something that they will train to take their place and potentially jobs. Point in case, robot cops, who have gone viral across the globe for directing traffic on the streets of Shanghai. A video of the "Robocop" dressed like a police officer giving directions at an intersection has gone viral on social media. A humanoid robot named Xiao Hu, sporting an oversized white helmet, LED tube lighting and reflective yellow fabric, was seen giving instructions to pedestrians in the streets of the Huangpu District of Shanghai on Wednesday evening. The voice instructions being given by the Robocop included "red light, please stop," and standard hand signals to direct foot traffic across the intersection. All of its physical movements and verbal commands have been modelled according to the Chinese traffic policing practices, making it act just like a human police officer. Along with directing traffic, the Robocop can also help pedestrians with directions and answer basic enquiries about traffic laws. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like No annual fees for life UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo The robot nicknamed "Little Tiger" marks a trial phase rather than an official deployment, according to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau's Traffic Management Department. The department said the robot's appearance was part of a "real-world learning exercise for traffic management scenarios." Developed over four years, Xiao Hu is still undergoing testing. However, officials are eager to eventually use the Robocop to replace humans in heavily trafficked areas or during large-scale events. Netizens react to Shanghai's RoboCop Image credits: X People on the internet have been amazed and shocked by the RoboCop on the streets of Shanghai. "The robotic traffic police in Shanghai, so cool!👍🏻Now it's still in testing, but I'm sure it'll be officially on duty soon!🤖🚥 and "We have finally reached the era of Robocop in real life. Well, at least in Shanghai," wrote people on X, sharing videos of the robot. Others stated that if the Robocop were in New York, it would have been dismantled and left aside. "Put that thing in New York and it would be scrapped for parts lol." wrote one. "If he were in NYC his ass would be dismantled and left in the street," added another. "So futuristic! The world's first humanoid robot'traffic cop' debuts on Shanghai's Bund! It took over 4 years to develop, train, and deploy this groundbreaking robot." appreciated another user in an X post. Some appreciated China's journey and AI and robot development, writing, "I am so blown away and excited by Chinese technology and innovation 🙌😎"
Digital Trends
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
Game Pass has three killer new games you should play this weekend (July 18-20)
The first wave of Game Pass games for July felt like the perfect way to celebrate summer. Specifically, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 let me relive those nostalgic summer days, and I can do it all again this weekend, only with a very different type of game. While that game is great, even if you have no nostalgia for one of the best '80s films, I always love to highlight some unknown games making their way to the service. This weekend, you can take your pick from a delightful horror title and immersive sim-like prison escape RPG with a style you probably wouldn't expect. If any of that sounds good, here are the 3 new Game Pass games I recommend for this weekend. Robocop: Rogue City Anyone who loves the Robocop films knows the series took a nosedive after the second entry. That was mainly due to the change in directors and dropping it from an R to PG-13 rating. Robocop: Rogue City is the true sequel we all wanted and pulls no punches despite its smaller scale. No game has fully captured the look, feel, and tone of Robocop like this game. You will uphold the law in a small but detailed section of Old Detroit, dishing out justice how you see fit through tons of main and side quests. The developers clearly had a love for the source material, as every familiar location is perfectly recreated and they even went os far as to bring back Peter Weller to voice Robocop. With the stand-alone expansion also out as of now, there's no better time to go on patrol. Recommended Videos Robocop: Rogue City is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC My Friendly Neighborhood Taking a page out of the Five Nights At Freddy's handbook, My Friendly Neighborhood embraces just how creepy puppet shows are when looked at from the right (or wrong) angle. This isn't a pure horror experience, though, as there is a nice bit of sillyness to relieve the tension between the frights and tons of ways to fight back. Filled with puzzles, offbeat weapons, tons of puzzles, and a grid-based inventory system, this has all the trappings you want from a horror game. We're not quite into spooky season yet, but this is a great way to ease into the season with something more on the action side of horror that is great even for younger players. My Friendly Neighborhood is available now on Xbox Series X/S and PC. Back to the Dawn I admit that I never heard of Back to the Dawn before it hit Game Pass this month, but discovering games like this is exactly why I love this service. Don't be turned off by the animal characters here; this is a deep and highly dynamic prison escape RPG that just so happens to feature personified animal characters. You pick between two protagonists who each have their own storyline, stats, and skills you will use to (hopefully) break out of prison. Every choice matters, and there are more than 100 quests that can lead to dozens of ways to get out of prison as you unravel a deeper mystery. This game is highly replayable and immensely rewarding if you enjoy seeing how far you can push a game's systems. Back to the Dawn is available now on Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Daily Mirror
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Robocop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business review – a short but bloody ode to the 80s action icon
Unfinished Business excels in delivering a short hit of what made the base game great, with a few new mechanical trimmings. Robocop returns in a standalone follow-up adventure that understands what made Rogue City so great without being afraid to push things forward slightly. The great thing about making a standalone expansion to an already solid game is that most of the hard work has been done. It's especially great when that original game was welcomed so widely into the arms of its intended fan base, that the only real place to go when adding to this experience is up. Such is the case with Robocop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business, being a shorter, more tightly contained distillation of the core Robocop experience developer Teyon nailed so well the first time around complete with a few more bells and whistles in terms of story and mechanics. Truth be told, Unfinished Business delivers more of the same tank-like shooter action from before, but it's hardly an issue when blasting through criminals as the 'part man, part machine, all cop' plays this perfectly. Just don't go in expecting an improved level of polish. One of the major ways Unfinished Business aims to be different and set itself apart from the base game is via its location. Rather than set Robocop on a mission across the different areas of Detroit's rundown suburbs, you see, the expansion instead chooses to lock the majority of the blood-soaked action to a single building: The OmniTower. Intended to house inhabitants of the city who are most in need, events properly kick off when a mercenary group takes over all the giant complex's floors, which forces Robocop into the position of having to fight all the way to the top. If this structural setup sounds like a premise for the next Judge Dredd or The Raid film, that's probably because there are plenty of similarities to be found. However, despite taking place in a single setting, Unfinished Business does well to take this very simple narrative to unexpected levels in the form of new enemies, new weapons, and (most impressively) new perspectives in which to view the world of Robocop. At its heart, much like Robocop: Rogue City before it, Unfinished Business is a tale about Robocop himself wrestling with his own humanity when a familiar face from his past unexpectedly returns. The result is a nice little extra chapter that adds further texture to the first two films in the franchise. From a pure gameplay perspective, Unfinished Business ends up being, well, business as usual. This is still a very different kind of first-person shooter that understands both the strengths and limitations of its titular protagonist, with overall movement being slower, crouching not an option, and actions being overall less agile. A walking tank Robocop might be, but it's more than made up for by being able to withstand dozens of bullet hits from multiple enemies and pick up thugs like they're an oversized stuffed doll to throw them into the next environmental hazard. Speaking of which, though Unfinished Business sees many of the same mechanics and systems return, there are areas where it's more iterative. One of the biggest examples are the new contextual kills, where if an enemy is stood next to a vending machine, garbage chute, or electrical panel, Robocop can creatively dispatch an enemy with just a single button push. This, as well as the ability to ricochet shots off certain panels, are features that come in especially useful in the countless combat scenarios where the odds seem impossibly stacked against you. Both serve as fresh avenues that naturally demonstrate just how forceful Robocop can be when necessary. You're coming with me Also new are a handful of enemies, which this time around force you to be wary of the whole space (as opposed to merely what's in your direct line of sight). From flying drones that deal damage from above to ground-level bots that will roll along the floor quickly to catch you off guard, the nature of Unfinished Business to pit you against foes that aren't only human makes for a refreshing change of pace. That said, although the more slowly paced investigative sections where you must scan a crime scene for clues return, this is an expansion that places a lot more emphasis on the action, encouraging a more defensive playstyle compared to the sheer wrecking ball Robocop was portrayed as in the original Rogue City. A lot of this is due to the nature of enemies to start gunning at you from all angles. Unfinished Business smartly retains the incredibly bloody and gruesome kills that made the 1987 movie's mixture of action and satire so memorable. And while Robocop's trusty Auto-9 pistol (complete with flexible customisable chip upgrades) returns, one of my favourite new ways to deal out grim justice is the new Cryo Cannon weapon. Designed in-universe as a method of slowing Robocop down, there comes a point two thirds in where you get to wield it yourself, charging up a freeze ray to completely decimating punks into shards of frost that can then be shattered when walked through. The fact that such an effect works flawlessly regardless of the environment you're fighting never fails to impress. Although substantially shorter than 2023's Rogue City, this standalone expansion still finds the time to expand the Robocop mythos in some pretty interesting ways. One is in how you no longer experience the story just from Robocop's eyes, switching to various unique perspectives for certain missions. I won't spoil all of them here, but fans of the franchise can rest easy knowing that finally getting to play as ED-209 is just as bombastically cathartic as it sounds, with mowing down bots and gangsters shaking up the pace nicely with you being almost indestructible. I'm less positive on the brief time you spend playing as Alex Murphy prior to his robofication. As although gunning down hoodlums without any suit abilities comes with its own quirks, these moments don't stick around long enough. Another slight disappointment is the presentation, largely since Unfinished Business mimics a lot of Rogue City's general visual sloppiness. Despite looking gorgeous thanks to being developed in Unreal Engine 5, the game regular shows its budget-limited hand via poor character lip-synching and some pretty bland environments. One glitch that regularly popped up during my playthrough was during the contextual kills, whereby my victim's body parts would disappear mid-animation, leaving Robocop throttling a disembodied head or torso. You could argue that such schlock only matches the original movie's campy nature, but for me that's a tough ask. Though Robocop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business suffers from a lot of the same presentational issues as the base game, it excels in giving franchise fans more of the tank-like FPS action that worked the first time around (alongside a few bold mechanical twists). It also somehow finds a way to carve out a surprisingly personal story in a brief amount of time, forcing Robocop to question just how much man is left inside the machine. It's a shame Unfinished Business doesn't improve upon the original Rogue City in terms of polish, then, but it's easy to forgive thanks to the same blood-soaked action being further enhanced by having new enemies to fight and new ways to do it.
Hindustan Times
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
From Santa Claus to Adolf Hitler: See full list of baby names banned in the US
If you're searching for a unique baby name that sets your child apart, the U.S. offers plenty of creative freedom, but not without limits. While the United States is generally more lenient than many countries regarding naming conventions, certain restrictions still apply. State laws may vary depending on where you live, with some enforcing stricter rules than others. Also Read: TikToker Khabane 'Khaby' Lame arrested by ICE, being held at Henderson Detention Center: Report The restrictions on baby names can vary from state to state. For example, according to the law in California, the birth certificates in the state can only include names with letters from the 26 alphabet. This means names that include accents, tildes, and umlauts will not be accepted. In December 2024, State Assemblywoman Blanca Pacheco introduced legislation aimed at tightening naming policies on birth certificates. Across the U.S., some jurisdictions already restrict certain names deemed inappropriate or problematic. According to U.S. Birth Certificates, a private service that helps applicants obtain official documents, several names have been ruled illegal in various states. These include:- King Queen Jesus Christ III Santa Claus Majesty Adolf Hitler Messiah @ 1069 Also Read: Big Lots is back: Is your local store among 219 reopened this year? See list According to The Guardian, Japan recently introduced a ban on keeping 'shiny' or 'glittery' baby names, which means names that have an unusual pronunciation. According to CNN, these names can include anything from Pikachu to Nike. Other countries have taken similar steps to regulate unusual baby names. According to New Zealand has banned names like 'Sex Fruit,' while Mexico has prohibited names such as 'Robocop' to protect children from potential ridicule or harm. Other names banned in various countries across the world include: Sarah (Morocco) Osama bin Laden (Germany) Metallica (Sweden) Cyanide (United Kingdom) 007 (Malaysia) BRFXXCCXXMNPCCCCLLLMMNPRXVCLMNCKSSQLBB11116 (Sweden) Prince William (France) Quran (China) Judas (Switzerland) Devil (Japan) Blue (Italy)
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
No baby Santa Claus? US courts have rejected these 10 baby names
Looking for a unique name to give your baby that would help them stand out in a crowd? The sky is (nearly) the limit, but it's best to avoid these 10 offensive or confusing names that are banned in the United States. Japan has recently banned what is known as "shiny" or "glittery" names, which are names with unusual pronunciations, according to The Guardian. These names could include anything from Pikachu to Nike, according to CNN. But Japan isn't the only country to have banned baby names. The United States is more relaxed on naming protocol than other countries, but there are still some rules. Some states have stricter naming laws, and other states don't have any, but some names have been ruled illegal by U.S. courts. Though your child might seem like royalty to you, you might want to avoid naming them King or Queen: Those names have been banned in the United States, according to Here's what to know about banned baby names. These names have been ruled illegal by courts in the U.S., according to King Queen Jesus Christ III Santa Claus Majesty Adolf Hitler Messiah @ 1069 In May, New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs published a full list of names (40, to be exact) that were requested and rejected in 2024. The majority resemble a title or rank, such as King, which was requested and denied 11 times. Prince and Princess also were requested, in addition to alternative spellings like Pryncess and Prynce. Names with ties to marijuana also were requested and rejected − Sativa and Indica, which are two popular marijuana strains. Both were requested and rejected only once. "We continue to urge parents to think carefully about names. Names are a gift. Generally, the name registered will be with the individual for the rest of their lives," according to a document published by New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs. In the news: Mount Perry infant dies after accident at Nationwide Children's Hospital, coroner confirms Though Japan recently banned "shiny" names, other countries have banned a long list of other names. In New Zealand, "Sex Fruit" is a banned name, and in Mexico, "Robocop" is banned, according to Other names banned in various countries, according to are: Sarah (Morocco) Osama bin Laden (Germany) Metallica (Sweden) Cyanide (United Kingdom) 007 (Malaysia) BRFXXCCXXMNPCCCCLLLMMNPRXVCLMNCKSSQLBB11116 (Sweden) Prince William (France) Quran (China) Judas (Switzerland) Devil (Japan) Blue (Italy) Julia is a trending reporter for USA TODAY. Connect with her on LinkedIn, X, Instagram and TikTok: @juliamariegz, or email her at jgomez@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Can you name your baby Jesus Christ? 10 names rejected by US courts
