These Animated AI Bots Learned To Dress Themselves, Awkwardly
The ability to put our clothes on each day is something most of us take for granted, but as computer scientists from Georgia Institute of Technology recently found out, it’s a surprisingly complicated task — even for artificial intelligence.

November 7, 2018 at 06:58PM
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Why The Google Walkout Was A Watershed Moment In Tech
Outsiders have little leverage to force the industry to change. The companies’ own workers are another matter.

November 7, 2018 at 05:27PM
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Wireless Charging’ Is a Scam — But That’s About to Change
When will we finally ditch the wires altogether? It really depends on who you ask, and how far into the future you’re thinking.

November 7, 2018 at 04:29PM
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Samsung Finally Announces Its Foldable Screen Device — Here’s What It Looks Like
The full hardware design of the device is still being cloaked in this demonstration, but we get a good look at the screen. The tablet screen looks nice, while the phone screen looks… a bit small?

November 7, 2018 at 02:33PM
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How a Deal to Bring Autonomous Vehicles to Walt Disney World Blew Up
With billions of dollars at stake, tech companies and automakers have taken an aggressive, hyper-protective approach toward their plans for deploying self-driving cars to the public.

November 7, 2018 at 11:26AM
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Silicon Valley’s Radical New Idea: Treat Employees Well
How did it become novel to care about workers?

November 7, 2018 at 10:59AM
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Why We Need to Remember the Art of ‘Obsolete’ Video Game Consoles
Evan Amos tirelessly documents video game hardware because devices are important cultural objects in the age of streaming.

November 7, 2018 at 10:03AM
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Why robocalls have taken over your phone
Researchers say the volume of calls has grown particularly severe in recent years. One private call-blocking app provider clocks them at around 147 million per day in the United States, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and FCC have seen a significant increase in consumer complaints in the past few years.

November 7, 2018 at 09:07AM
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Are You A Good Person Who Works In Tech? Walk Out
The government is useless and there is not a feasible way for two billion people to extricate themselves from Facebook. You know who has bargaining power? Workers.

November 7, 2018 at 06:42AM
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Does The Redesigned MacBook Air Justify The Long Wait? Here’s What The Reviews Are Saying
Will Air devotees who’ve been holding out feel like it was right to wait, or end up kicking themselves for not just biting the 12-inch MacBook or MacBook Pro bullet sooner? Here’s what the reviews say.

November 6, 2018 at 03:01PM
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