You are the robots
The banking industry puts an appealing spin on a future of contactless payments, branchless banking and cashless society. But it diverts your attention from the dark side of automated financial regimes

February 24, 2016 at 01:09AM
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Boston Dynamics’ New Robot Doesn’t Give A Shit About Your Weak Human Attacks
A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings, can withstand both difficult terrain and stupid humans taunting it with a hockey stick.

February 23, 2016 at 08:17PM
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Big Bet That Facebook Can Make VR Social
Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus in the spring of 2014, Zuckerberg has described virtual reality as a “social platform” of the future — as the way we’ll not only play games and watch movies, but actually interact with each other.

February 23, 2016 at 02:58PM
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Update: Bill Gates “Blindsided” By Report That He Sides With FBI In Apple Dispute
He called for a healthy debate on the issue and said that we should strike a balance between privacy rights and legitimate security concerns.

February 23, 2016 at 11:38AM
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This 3D-Printed ‘Minecraft’ Castle Is Pretty Cool
And we want to live in it.

February 23, 2016 at 11:35AM
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A Hardware Autopsy Reveals What Made The Game Boy Go
Though it was awesome, Nintendo’s Game Boy was actually sort of underpowered for its day. Its CPU couldn’t even multiply or divide by itself.

February 23, 2016 at 10:09AM
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Bill Gates sides with FBI on demand for Apple backdoor to shooter’s iPhone
The US government has gained a rare tech ally in its fight to compel Apple to help it hack into an iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino massacre.

February 23, 2016 at 07:09AM
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What Apple’s FBI Standoff Says About Google’s Android Security
How this case might unfold with an Android phone at its center depends very much onwhich Android phone. And there are many.

February 22, 2016 at 07:05PM
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What Goes Into A Computer, Casually Explained
“Casually Explained” provides an uncharacteristically good explanation of what makes a computer go. It takes a motherboard, storage, RAM, literally as many graphics cards as you can afford and a vent for grilling hot dogs.

February 22, 2016 at 04:53PM
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Bridging a Digital Divide That Keeps Schoolchildren Behind
With many educators pushing for students to use resources on the Internet with class work, the federal government is now grappling with a stark disparity in access to technology, between students who have high-speed Internet at home and an estimated five million families who are without it and who are struggling to keep up.

February 22, 2016 at 02:47PM
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