iot New app helps you identify IoT devices around you, tells you what data they collect Thom Dunn

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Technology What does it mean to be human in an age of machines? Institute for the Future

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science fiction The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

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happy mutants Kickstarting 1,000,000 new entries in a nonprofit, online dictionary Cory Doctorow

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copyright Stop the Music Charles Duan

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin

Robogenesis: the terrifying sequel to Robopocalypse Daniel H Wilson