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animatronics Watch a bunch of anthropomorphic animatronic animal musicians perform an Arcade Fire song Thom Dunn
Enjoy this Star Trek fan's delightful "Ode to Spock" recorded after the Vulcan's film death in 1982 David Pescovitz
peanuts Planters Peanuts is killing off their cannibal capitalist mascot in the most capitalist way possible Thom Dunn
Technology Feds charge Evil Corp, Russia-based creators of Dridex malware, in $100 million bank hacking spree Xeni Jardin
History The interesting story behind Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photo Mark Frauenfelder
cyborgs Engineers design a robotic tail for people to assist with balance and movement Mark Frauenfelder
computer science AI is like a magic trick: amazing until it goes wrong, then revealed as a cheap and brittle effect Cory Doctorow
Business Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist Cory Doctorow
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tabletop games Shadows: Amsterdam – a game where you guess what the other people are guessing about ambiguous pictures Jon Seagull
androids People are willing to endanger human lives to protect robots, according to study Mark Frauenfelder