robots Bosstown Dynamics, the future of law enforcement Rob Beschizza

robots A speedy, scurrying bug robot the size of a penny David Pescovitz

animals Dogs will obey commands from social robots David Pescovitz

Art and Design How to draw robots – excellent instructional book Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets These toys and games can keep the kids busy while you’re all trapped inside Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Let a bunch of robots help you get your house cleaned while you are stuck at home Boing Boing's Shop

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

Funny Cards Against Humanity's Thanksgiving livestream pits a machine learning model against human joke writers Cory Doctorow

Scientists are trying to design a chili pepper that's easily-harvested by machines John Struan

robots Atlas the robot just got more human with this gymnastics routine Carla Sinclair

youtube YouTube removed battlebot videos because its system thought they contained "animal suffering" Clive Thompson

Gadgets Let these robot vacuums do your cleaning for you Boing Boing's Shop

deep reinforcement learning Robots made from tree branches learns how to walk Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Name your price for these 10 essential tech training bundles Boing Boing's Shop

Business Vast majority of truck-driving jobs are not under threat from automation Cory Doctorow

makers Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire Gareth Branwyn

robots Watch Toyota's robot basketball player hit three-pointers David Pescovitz

just look at it This robot is very skilled at tossing bananas David Pescovitz

Games What makes a good computer RPG Rob Beschizza

Telemarketing The story of "Lenny" — a chatbot designed to make telemarketing unprofitable Mark Frauenfelder