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My Creepy Quest to Save Humanity from Robocar Commuting Jun 09, 2017

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I am finally living the lifethat futurists promise will bring me the happiness and balance I crave. The autonomous car has freed me from the slog of commuting. Rather than driving, I am using my time productively, for I am always connected, always working. Actually, I am squatting in my Subaru witha laptop, reclined against a nursing pillow, hoping no one calls the cops. And I’m not sure whetherthis experiment is a fantasy or a nightmare.

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Apple’s Gorgeous New 10.5 Inch iPad Pro Is All Screen, no Bezel Jun 08, 2017

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The tech industry is waging a war on bezels, and the iPad Pro is the first Apple product to benefit. Today at WWDC, Apple’s annual gathering of developers, the company announced a new version of its tablet, with a 10.5-inch screen. It’s a different size, but only in one sense. The new 10.5-inch Pro is physically almost exactly the same physical dimensions as the previous 9.7-inch Pro, just without the bezels.

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The New iMac Pro Is Apple’s Most Bonkers Computer Ever Jun 07, 2017

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Apple’s last mind-blowing computer invention was almost a decade ago. Steve Jobs reached into a manila envelope, and pulled out the slimmest, lightest clamshell anyone had ever seen. Didn’t matter that it cost about the same as a used car; one look and you knew it was the future. Since then, Apple’s progress has been slow—and hasn’t always felt like progress.

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Handmaid’s Tale: If You Don’t Fight the Tyranny, You’re a Part of It Jun 06, 2017

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Not every stormtrooper who goes into battle does so because they’re convinced that the Empire is right. In a tyranny, it’s easier for citizens to fight for what’s wrong and commit atrocities—and it’s tempting for captives to accept their fate. The same is true in the Republic of Gilead. Offred (Elisabeth Moss) now knows that her husband Luke (O-T Fagbenle) escaped. She knows he’s alive.

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The Terrible, Predictable Life Cycle of Every Trump Tweet Jun 05, 2017

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There is nothing Donald Trump can tweet that people won't lose their minds over. Whether it's amasterpiece of design, a Crooked Hillary throwback, or a typo made while falling asleep with a death-grip on his government-issued iPhone, no tweetis too dumb or tiresome to rule the entirety of our daily lives.

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The Physics of Ramming an Imperial Star Destroyer, Explained Jun 02, 2017

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The epic fightover the tropical planet of Scarif in Rogue One remains one of my favorite battles in all of Star Wars. Since there is a small chance you’ve not yet seen the movie, I willgive you a spoiler alert. Still here? Excellent. Let me explain the scene. Two star destroyers wagea pitched battle againsta whole bunch of rebel ships. Several Y-wing starfighters disable one of the star destroyers, and a hammerhead corvette shoves it into the other one.

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While You Were Offline: Mr. Trump Goes to Europe to Spread Social Awkwardness Jun 01, 2017

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It wouldn't be a Thursday on the internet if folks weren't irrationally upset over something. The latest installment? A bunch of dudes who are mad that Austin's Alamo Drafthouse is planning a women-only screening of Wonder Woman on June 6. It shouldn't really be a surprise, because if there's one thing men have proven themselves to be throughout history, it's prone to childish overreactions whenever someone says something isn't for them. But let's not dwell on that ridiculous outcry.

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California’s Daunting Plan to Clean Up the Big Sur Landslide—and Stop the Next One May 31, 2017

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Last week, experts with California’s state transportation department, Caltrans, looked up at a looming stretch of earth in Big Sur and thought, uh-oh. The land around a stretch of Highway 1, which winds along the dramatic Pacific Coast, was moving. A lot. The officials immediately barred locals from the area and pulled out the workers and equipment working to prevent a landslide. Just in time. Saturday night, millions of tons of rock and dirt poured down in four separate slides.

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Need a Memorial Day to Remember? Ice-Bike the Northwest Passage May 30, 2017

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When I first mount the bicycle—a sturdy Rocky Mountain Blizzard with 4.8-inch-wide tires—and push, I barely move. I grit my teeth, throw my weight onto the pedal, and the bike ekes forward. We power our way along Polar Bear Point among glistening, 6-foot-thick ice caps and sunning ringed seals. After a short time, my legs wobble like jelly. It took five flights to reach the Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge on Canada’s Somerset Island, roughly 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

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Sphero’s New Cars Toy Is the Fanciest RC Car You Ever Did See May 29, 2017

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In 2015, Sphero convinced you to fork over $200 for a tiny BB-8 that was—even for adults—pretty entertaining. Now it hopes you’ll pay $299 for an app-controlled version of Lightning McQueen, the hero of the Pixar franchise Cars. The toy goes on sale online today, and will hit the shelves of stores like Target and Best Buy on June 15, just before Cars 3 premiers in theaters. Is it cheap? No. But McQueen comes packed with more features than the average action figure.

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