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  1. elon musk
    Elon Musk’s Cybercab Event Was A Big DisappointmentTesla unveiled its car of the future, but who wants to get into the chauffeuring business?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  2. screen time
    Elon Musk’s Incredible Shrinking FutureHe charmed his fans with visions of Mars and cool cars. But an “everything app” just sounds like a nightmare.
    By John Herrman
  3. rage against the machines
    Who Will Save Us From the Russian Chess Robots?A robot grabbed and broke a kid’s finger during their chess match at a tournament in Moscow last week.
    By Chas Danner
  4. vision 2020
    Andrew Yang Says the Media Is Ignoring Him. Does He Have a Point?Maybe Yang and others are getting less media coverage than their poll rankings would indicate. But they don’t have plausible paths to the nomination.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. decisions
    How the Roomba Company Decided to Stop Making Bots for the MilitaryCEO Colin Angle explains why iRobot divested itself of its work for the defense industry.
    As told to Jake Swearingen
  6. technology
    Google Duplex Still Cant Get Its Disclosure RightGoogle said Duplex, its AI system that makes phone calls for you, would disclose it is a robot at the start of all calls. It’s not doing quite that.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  7. global tech
    Kind Companion Robots Help Qatar’s Autistic Children SocializeResearchers at Qatar University in Doha are programming robots to make autistic children feel more comfortable around other people.
    By Morgan Sykes
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    Sony’s Newest Aibo Is Very Cute and Very ExpensiveIt also requires a service plan.
    By Brian Feldman
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    I Tried to Build My Own DJ Roomba and It Nearly Broke MeParks and Rec fans be warned: Tom Haverford made it look easy.
    By Devon Ivie
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    Someone Knocked This Robot Security Guard Over and Covered It in Barbecue SauceIt was also covered in a tarp!
    By Paris Martineau
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    Robot Security Guard Commits Suicide in Public FountainSelf-inflicted short circuit.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Google Sells Boston Dynamics, Maker of Unnerving RobotsIt took over a year to find a buyer for Boston Dynamics.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Welcome to the Future, Where Packages Are Delivered by Horrifying Robot DogsWho is a good dog? Answer: NOT THIS ONE.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Drunk Man Arrested for Showing Robot Security Guard Who Is the BossThe 300-pound bot was patrolling in Mountain View when the incident occurred.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    No, I Would Not Let This Robot Stab Around My Hand With a KnifeTechnology has gone too far.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    A Mysterious Robot Is Printing Out Trump’s Tweets and Setting Them on FireLiteral fire tweets.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Find Someone Who Looks at You Like This Little Girl Looks at This ‘Robot’“I wuv you, wobot.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Google’s Newest Robot Is a Leaping, Rolling, 6.5-Foot MenaceIts name is Handle, and it can jump four feet in the air.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Is This GIF Robot Awesome or Terrifying?The way its little mechanical neck moves is something else.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  20. A Mattress Company Launched a Service to Talk to You in the Middle of the NightHey, it’s better than texting your ex.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
  21. The Future of Room Service Is These Friendly AutomatonsBe warned: They can’t read your “do not disturb” signs.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  22. This Precious Fleet of Loyal Robots Delivers Packages From MinivansOur future overlords are also in the delivery business.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
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    Who Needs Bankers When You Have Robots?They have already invaded the market. Their total victory is where things get interesting.
    By David Wallace-Wells
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    This Terrible Robot Dog Is Your New Best FriendThis dog is so bad. It’s perfect.
    By Brian Feldman
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    This Terrifying Robot-Snake Surgeon Could Save Your Life Some DaySay ah!
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  26. This Robot Is Ready to Give You the Tattoo of the Future Wherever You Want ItIt also won’t judge you.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
  27. Please Enjoy This Video of an Army of Robots Setting a Dancing World RecordLook at them go.
    By Kenny Wassus
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    Nothing to See Here But 1,000 Dancing RobotsAfter dancing for 60 seconds, these bots set a new world record.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  29. If You Don’t Live in a City and Hate Buying Tomatoes, Try This RobotGet your produce from the dirt.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
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    This Is Either the Year’s Best Horror Film or a Lovely Video of Men and a PetThe stuff of nightmares.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  31. 300-Pound Robot Security Guard Topples ToddlerUber uses the same type of guard to patrol its cars.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  32. Meet the Future of Security: A $7-an-Hour RobotUber uses this robot to patrol its cars.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  33. Engineers Finally Made a Real-life Wall-E Robot to Be Your FriendIt’s like a less creepy Furby for the millennial era.
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
  34. Google’s Newest Robot Will Give You a Heart Attack and Help Do the Dishes2016 is terrifying, but efficient.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  35. This Is What Happens When an AI Robot Writes a Sci-Fi MovieIt’s pretty weird.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  36. Dad’s Robotic Harry Potter Sorting Hat Weirdly Puts Donald Trump in GryffindorThe device is powered by IBM Watson.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  37. Researchers at Harvard Created a Robotic Bee That’s Scarily LifelikeIt’s essentially a bee-shaped drone.
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  38. Someone Invented a Roomba for Grills, and It Could Save Your SummerIt’s like a Roomba, but for grills.
    By Matt Johnston and Cait Munro
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    Americans Believe Robots Will Take Everyone’s Jobs But Their OwnThe American workforce is a fat sitcom husband cracking open a beer, farting into the couch, and saying, “She’s been with me too long to leave me now!”
    By Christine Friar
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    Spot the Bot: Watch Google Robot Play With a DogSee Spot Run. See Spot Bark at Terrifying Robot Google Dog.
    By Sam Stecklow
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    Happy Wednesday, Meet Your DoomAs Facebook deploys fun new buttons, Google is building a terrifying robot.
    By Sam Stecklow
  42. Falling Markets Harshing Billionaires’ Mellow at DavosIlluminati winter break spoiled.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. This Robot Cord Makes the Digital Real A line-shaped robot from MIT Media Lab is the best assistant the internet could ask for. 
    By Kyle Chayka
  44. social experiments
    Innocent Hitchhiking Robot Murdered by AmericaIt had successfully studied the interactions between robots and humans in Europe and Canada, until it got to Philadelphia, where somebody decapitated it. 
    By Chas Danner
  45. feature
    What Happens When Watson the Jeopardy! Robot Grows Up?It was just 4 years old when it beat the show’s best human contestants. As it goes out into the world, how afraid of it should we be?
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  46. hilarious things
    New York Man Suspended From Work for Repeatedly Using Robot VoiceDuring customer-service calls.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. photo op
    Obama Tickled a 17-Foot Robotic Giraffe TodayBut only because Biden’s in Brazil. 
    By Adam K. Raymond
  48. feigning interestin in futuristic things
    Obama Plays Soccer With Japanese Robot: VideoA small robot kicking a ball … how about that?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  49. imagined conversations
    What Robots Will Talk About on the Robot InternetScientists have created a web-based database where robots can seek answers during confusing situations.
    By Dan Amira
  50. election day
    Voting Machine Fights Human Trying to Pick ObamaEverybody panic!
    By Joe Coscarelli
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