The new film, starring Hilary Swank, Clara Rugaard, and Rose Byrne explores robot motherhood in a barren post-apocalyptic world. Read more…

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Apple revealed its latest Mac Pro to an audience of developers and press covering the Mac conference. The crowd wasn’t too pleased on hearing the price of the monitor stand. Read more…

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Amazon has been promising fast drone deliveries for years, and this year was no exception at the company’s annual AI conference.

The e-commerce giant announced the latest iteration of its Prime Air delivery drone at its conference Amazon re:MARS in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The design unveiling comes as Amazon begins one-day shipping for Prime members.

Drone delivery could theoretically make for even faster shipping times, and be available for a very small subset of Prime members in just a matter of months.

Amazon’s consumer division CEO Jeff Wilke spoke Wednesday about the electric autonomous drone, which can fly up to 15 miles while carrying 5-pound packages (or lighter) in under 30 minutes. It takes off and lands like a helicopter vertically, then flies more like an airplane once airborne. The drone only flies to low-altitude heights, about 400 feet. Read more…

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These computationally simple robots inspired by biological cells connect in large groups to move around, transport objects, and complete other tasks.

The “particle robotics” system is the result of a project by MIT, Columbia Engineering, Cornell University, and Harvard University researchers. Read more…

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Heat waves kill more Americans than any other weather event. 

The torrid episodes are especially problematic in cities, where the concrete and asphalt sprawl traps heat, boosting already unusually hot temperatures by some 2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Yet, as average temperatures continue their relentless rise, the U.S. government expects urban dwellers to experience more heat extremes, some unprecedented. Scientists, however, found that limiting Earth’s warming this century to 2.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial temperatures will spare thousands of Americans during the hottest heat waves (events that on average hit once every 30 years). The new research, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that 2720 deaths could be avoided in the most populous metropolis, New York City.  Read more…

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Elizabeth Warren has mastered the art of delivering meme-worthy moments.

It’s still early in campaign season, but the 2020 Democratic candidate has already shown America she has a great dog, great merch, and can hold her own on social media. She doesn’t shy away from sharing opinions on hot pop culture topics like Game of Thrones, and has a plan for essentially everything. So it should come as no surprise that she’s already inspired some truly hilarious memes.

From joking about her calling people on the phone and her dedicated reading of the Mueller Report, to fictional policy plans and more, here are some of the best memes Elizabeth Warren has inspired during her run for president. Read more…

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It’s already bad enough being injured in the middle of a hot, dusty mountain.

So spare a thought or two for this hiker, whose bad day turned even worse when the helicopter basket she was rescued in started spinning uncontrollably.

The 74-year-old woman was airlifted from Piestewa Peak in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday morning, when the basket at first started to sway, then gradually built up speed as it continued to rotate. The poor woman.

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The Stonewall National Monument sits outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City, home of the legendary 1969 riots that helped kick off the transformational LGBTQ rights movement.

The monument sits in a tiny public park. It was designated as a national monument by President Obama in 2016. While the monument itself attracts plenty of tourists, especially during Pride season, people who don’t live in New York City and who aren’t planning on visiting it anytime soon don’t have access to it.

That’s why New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, otherwise known as The Center, decided to partner with Google to develop a digital version. The online monument, known as “Stonewall Forever,” was unveiled to the public on Tuesday.  Read more…

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Apple announced a mountain of new software updates during its two-hour WWDC keynote on Monday.

Highlights included dark mode for iOS 13, a “Sign in with Apple” feature that’s clearly shade at Facebook and Google, an App Store and menstrual cycle tracking for Apple Watches, and the death of iTunes. Oh, and of course, the ridiculously powerful and pricey new “cheese grater” Mac Pro.

There’s enough shiny new stuff to satisfy any Apple geek, but the one announcement that’s got me the most excited is iPadOS, which will make the iPad more computer-like than before so that I can actually get “real” work done on it. Read more…

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Data is often called the oil of the 21st century.

The more tech companies know about their users, the more effectively they can direct them to goods and services that they are likely to buy. The more companies know about their users, the more competitive they are in the market.

Custom-tailored capitalism is what has made Google, Facebook, Amazon and others the richest companies in the world. This profit incentive has turned big tech into a competitive field of mass intelligence gathering. The better and more comprehensive the data, the higher profits will be.

But this business model – what I consider spying machines – has enormous potential to violate civil liberties. Big tech is already being used abroad to enhance the power of repressive regimes, as my work and others’ has shown. Read more…

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