Forget The Ethics Of Robot Sex — What About VR Sex?
Virtual reality sex is already here. What should be done to protect VR users from harassments and assault? How could it change the way people interact outside of the simulated world? Ethicists are already trying to grapple with the tastes and choices of the VR-aroused.

November 15, 2016 at 09:51PM
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Those Old Photographs You Have Stored Away In Boxes? Google Has A New App To Digitize Them Easily
The PhotoScan app by Google Photos is already available on Android and coming soon to iOS.

November 15, 2016 at 03:59PM
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Just A Bunch Of Photos Of Cool Apple Products From Over The Years
Apple just released a $300 book full of pictures of Apple products. You could buy that, or you could look at some sweet pics of Mac products right here.

November 15, 2016 at 03:58PM
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This $1,500 Toaster Oven Is Everything That’s Wrong With Silicon Valley Design
Loaded with a camera, temperature probe, Wi-Fi, and algorithms, June is the most advanced oven ever. It will cost you $1,500. It required nearly $30 million in venture capital to create. It’s not very good.

November 15, 2016 at 03:44PM
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Humanity and AI will be inseparable
By 2021, everyday software will be vastly more intelligent and powerful, replacing humans in more and more tasks. How will we keep up?

November 15, 2016 at 11:24AM
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Humans don’t know how to drive self-driving cars
Shared control is the name of the autonomous-driving game — and we aren’t very good at sharing.

November 15, 2016 at 10:24AM
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Need To Move A Grand Piano? Get Yourself A Piano-Moving Robot
At 9 feet long, this grand piano looks like it would be a pain in the keister to move. Enter the Piano Moverbot 5000™ (which isn’t a real name, but totally could be) and you’ll be zipping that baby up the stairs in no time.

November 15, 2016 at 09:45AM
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First Click: I used an OLED laptop for two weeks and don’t know if I can ever go back
I have no external monitors, no second-screen tablets, and do all my work on my 2013 LCD-display MacBook Air. And, until recently, I was happy. Until, that is, I tried a laptop with an OLED screen.

November 15, 2016 at 09:19AM
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Secret Backdoor In Some US Phones Sent Data To China, Analysts Say
For about $50, you can get a smartphone with a high-definition display, fast data service and, according to security contractors, a secret feature: a backdoor that sends all your text messages to China every 72 hours.

November 15, 2016 at 08:23AM
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The next big hacking threat is already happening—you just can’t see it
Cyberattacks are the norm at power plants, factories, and utilities.

November 15, 2016 at 05:18AM
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