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gizmodo’s editor tackles the troll community
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gizmodo’s editor tackles the troll community

Gizmodo is taking a very hard line with trolls and the trolls demand their right to hurl abuse. Is this is the start of showdowns to come?

the right and wrong reasons to study computers
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the right and wrong reasons to study computers

Regardless of what you may have heard, computer science will not make you a better writer or communicator.

mixing technology and evolution yet again…
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mixing technology and evolution yet again…

It's often tempting to compare advancements in technology to evolution. But they're two fundamentally different processes.

the age of the cyber-vigilante is here. now what?
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the age of the cyber-vigilante is here. now what?

Online mobs have become judge, jury, and executioner. What happens to social media now?

robots just might take your job. and keep it.
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robots just might take your job. and keep it.

Being replaced by machines at work is no longer a utopian prediction. It's a grim reality for which our leaders haven't even tried to prepare.

could video games train their players for war?
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could video games train their players for war?

Using video games and realistic virtual simulations to train soldiers has been a sci-fi trope for many years. Experts are wondering if it could soon become a reality.

turning humans into digital vapor, revisited
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turning humans into digital vapor, revisited

Tron's human/computer gateway certainly seems cool, but it's going to be pretty much impossible to build, ever.

singularitarian rebukes the nerd rapture crowd
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singularitarian rebukes the nerd rapture crowd

Michael Anissimov has had it with transhumanists ready to hurry up and wait for technology to solve every problem humanity faces by merely existing.

happy weirday! weird things officially turns two.
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happy weirday! weird things officially turns two.

Weird Things is now officially a toddler in human years and probably middle aged in blog ones...

taking cyborg technology to the next level
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taking cyborg technology to the next level

A new experiment shows that we can give paralyzed patients the ability to move their wheelchairs with their thoughts alone.

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