This Weeks Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 19) [Video]

SPACE

SpaceX Catches Returning Rocket in Mid-Air, Turning a Fanciful Idea Into RealityStephen Clark | Ars Technica“This achievement is the first of its kind, and it’s crucial for SpaceX’s vision of rapidly reusing the Starship rocket, enabling human expeditions to the moon and Mars, routine access to space for mind-bogglingly massive payloads, and novel capabilities that no other company—or country—seems close to attaining.”

FUTURE

Meta’s AI Chief Says World Models Are Key to ‘Human-Level AI’—But It Might Be 10 Years OutMaxwell Zeff | TechCrunch“Are today’s AI models truly remembering, thinking, planning, and reasoning, just like a human brain would? Some AI labs would have you believe they are, but according to Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, the answer is no. He thinks we could get there in a decade or so, however, by pursuing a new method called a ‘world model.’”

AUTOMATION

This Lab Robot Mixes ChemicalsKristel Tjandra | MIT Technology …