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why sex robots won't satisfy incels

What do sex workers, psychologists, and engineers think about futurists' and pundits' ideas of sci-fi style robot brothels to help angry celibate men?
why sex robots won't satisfy incels

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house republicans take on google, own selves in process

When the internet really doesn't like you, there isn't much you can do but get better. Just don't tell that to angry aging lawmakers. They will refuse to believe you.
house republicans take on google, own selves in process

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how your smartphone is eliminating the checkout line

Some Canadians are trying to save cashier jobs. But their phones and cheap, proven technology is poised to eliminate having to check out altogether.
how your smartphone is eliminating the checkout line

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how the gig economy ate the post-industrial world and how to escape its clutches

We should take the gig economy's rapid growth and global impact as a warning that we need to make some major changes, and we need to make them very quickly.
how the gig economy ate the post-industrial world and how to escape its clutches

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we can make online voting safe and secure. but why should we?

Voting online would be easy and convenient for millions of voters. But won't solve big problems and we already have an almost equally convenient way to cast your ballot.
we can make online voting safe and secure. but why should we?

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dissecting the one supercomputer to rule them all

Imagine a computer the size of a solar system, powered by a star and built for speed. It sounds impressive, but it may not be as good of an idea as it may seem.
dissecting the one supercomputer to rule them all

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is time running out for today's fighter jets?

American fighter jets aren't as combat ready as the military wants them to be. But the biggest challenge to meeting readiness goals aren't older airframes. Some of the newest and most capable fighters are looking a little iffy...
is time running out for today's fighter jets?

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henry kissinger's misplaced warnings about artificial intelligence

Kissinger's concerns about machines displacing human curiosity and turning our brains into useless, gray jelly unsuccessfully mine the same territory as many other technophobes with roughly the same results.
henry kissinger's misplaced warnings about artificial intelligence

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they came, they saw, they hacked: why the pentagon isn't ready for cyberwarfare

A new report by a congressional watchdog finds that a stunning number of weapon and military communication systems are easy targets for tech-savvy adversaries.
they came, they saw, they hacked: why the pentagon isn't ready for cyberwarfare

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how to telepathically finish each other's… sandwiches?

An experiment to enable humans to exchange thoughts is very underwhelming when you look at the details. But that's only because it barely scratched the surface of what's possible...
how to telepathically finish each other's… sandwiches?

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how old macdonald's farm might just get automated

Robots are now making their way to one of the oldest and most important human occupations: farming. And further automation of agriculture will have serious consequences.
how old macdonald's farm might just get automated

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how cryptocurrencies are trying to perform an act of economic necromancy

Cryptocurrency advocates are trying to change the world with a paradox of new technology and an idea we've outgrown after thousands of years.
how cryptocurrencies are trying to perform an act of economic necromancy

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now you're just a platform that i used to know...

The times, they are a changin', and Weird Things is once again changing with them.
now you're just a platform that i used to know...

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the six steps we can take to battle trolls, bots, and propaganda on the web

Trolls and bots are taking over social media by the millions. But we're not powerless. We can fight back with just a few easy steps.
the six steps we can take to battle trolls, bots, and propaganda on the web

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social media and the monsters within

Social media didn't change us for the worse, it merely enabled us to be as bad as we wanted to be and our lack of impulse control would allow.
social media and the monsters within

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