Rise of the RoboMasters
The Verge went to China’s Silicon Valley to see the front lines of the robot wars.

September 27, 2016 at 04:31PM
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Is the Breather App Expensive?
A new app wants to “democratize” city spaces by offering private, well-designed rooms by the hour — but only elites can afford its rates.

September 27, 2016 at 02:06PM
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Inside the ‘Wire Center’ That Connected Manhattan to the World
Back in the days when people used landline telephones strung together with copper wire, most calls into lower Manhattan passed through a 31-story art deco building at 140 West Street.

September 27, 2016 at 02:06PM
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Here’s The Announcement Video For SpaceX’s Mars Mission: The Interplanetary Transport System
While Elon Musk is expected to reveal details this afternoon, this concept video for the Interplanetary Transport System reveals one striking design decision. Instead of launching everything at once, SpaceX launches the spacecraft into orbit first, then launches a refueling tanker afterwards to give the ship enough fuel to get to Mars.

September 27, 2016 at 01:07PM
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Transhumanists and the Religious Right Can Coexist
Cyborgs and Christian conservatives have a lot more in common than you think.

September 27, 2016 at 09:36AM
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$40 too far: the real cost of the iPhone 7’s missing headphone jack
Not being able to charge and listen will cost a lot more than you think.

September 27, 2016 at 07:38AM
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Breaking insurance models with big data
Soon enough, telematics companies will gather data from all our connected devices, fitbits and cars, scrutinize it intricately, then determine whether we are “good” or “bad” agents. Good behaviors will be rewarded with cheaper insurance policies, bad ones will be penalized.

September 27, 2016 at 06:39AM
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I Went To My Own Digital Funeral
After years of posting indiscriminately to social media, I was suddenly faced with uncomfortable questions about what will happen to all of it when I die.

September 27, 2016 at 03:18AM
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Melee’s ‘John Henry moment’ may have already passed
mashBot perfectly powershields every attack, chain-grabs relentlessly, guards the edges of the stage without fail.

September 26, 2016 at 10:24PM
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A Hypothetical, $37,500 Day in the Life of a Luxury Technophile
“Alex inserts her steam-free aerolatte® frother ($28) in the cappuccino for 20 seconds, and asks Alexa for the weather report over the noise. At 9:20 am, Alex fixes a new bristle head into her titanium toothbrush ($4,200).”

September 26, 2016 at 12:42PM
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