How Should We Talk to Alexa Around Our Kid?
“My concern was that what she would see is that if you talk to an Alexa, you yell at it, and that it was okay to do that. And in the long run, that’s probably not the best behavior to model.”

May 5, 2018 at 08:05AM
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Sorry Elon Musk, there’s no clear evidence Autopilot saves lives
The feds just threw Tesla under the bus on Autopilot safety.

May 4, 2018 at 12:13PM
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Netflix Can’t Kill This Video Store
When streaming upended the industry, Seattle’s Scarecrow Video reimagined itself as a community hub and keeper of an archive that can’t be matched online.

May 4, 2018 at 11:13AM
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This Facebook Co-Founder Wants to Tax the Rich
Chris Hughes thinks $290 billion a year is a small price to pay for equality.

May 4, 2018 at 10:02AM
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Pirate Radio Stations Explode on YouTube
A trick of YouTube’s algorithms has led to the blossoming of hundreds of unlicensed, independent radio stations on the site, reminiscent of an age of underground broadcasts in the previous century.

May 4, 2018 at 12:57AM
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Twitter Urges All 330 Million Users To Change Passwords After Bug Exposes Them
Another day, another press release urging people to change their passwords.

May 3, 2018 at 04:02PM
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Silicon Valley’s Rigged Game of Life
In “Live Work Work Work Die,” Corey Pein tries to survive the gig economy.

May 3, 2018 at 11:11AM
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How To Interact With Robots Without Embarrassing Yourself
Researchers are crashing tiny drones into PhD students to make humans and machines get along better.

May 3, 2018 at 10:06AM
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Samantha Bee Delivers The Facebook Take Down We’ve Been Waiting For
“Facebook profits off of human attention and the best ways to hold humans’ attention are also the worst things about us.”

May 3, 2018 at 08:13AM
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Elon Musk’s Most Dumbfounding Moments on Tesla’s Earnings Call
During a highly unusual earnings call, Tesla’s chief executive officer cut off analysts and got defensive about probing questions pertaining to the electric-car maker’s finances.

May 3, 2018 at 07:48AM
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