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Computers could take some tough choices out of our hands, if we let them. Is there still a place for human judgement?
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This week, the broadcast TV networks announced their new shows for the 2013/2014 TV season. If you’re overwhelmed by the choice, here are ten to watch.
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The office supply chain announced Friday that it is now selling 3D printers on Staples.com and will start selling 3D printers in stores by the end of June.
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From the Darmouth Conferences to Turing’s test, prophecies about AI have rarely hit the mark. But there are ways to tell the good from the bad when it comes to futurology
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Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. I have many
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Adam Gopnik considers how an 18th Century chess robot – the mechanical Turk – was more than just an elaborate hoax.
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Argentinean illustrator Isol has won the world’s largest prize for children’s literature, the 5m Swedish kroner (£500,000) Astrid Lindgren memorial award.
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Researchers at the Mind Research Network in New Mexico–a non-profit, partially government-funded neuroscience facility–have discovered a way to predict
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What does de-extinction mean for biology and the environment?
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With ethereal artworks traced in flames and gunpowder, Cai Guo Qiang is making a big bang
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