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Sometimes We Need Human Employees, Facebook Admits
.Well, that's that.
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The Cutesy, Bromantic Brilliance of Civil War’s Marketing
.The marketing campaign for Marvel's latest installment is all about choosing sides, being cute, and pimping out Robert Downey Jr.
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Not a Gamer? Here’s What the Assassin’s Creed Film Trailer Means
.The upcoming action flick starring Michael Fassbender is based on a long-running game franchise. It's also hella confusing. Here's what you need to know.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab’s New Chief Has Big Plans for Space Robots
.NASA's new JPL boss talks about the future of space robots.
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We Said We’d Be Transparent … WIRED’s First Big HTTPS Snag
.Today WIRED is acknowledging a delay in our HTTPS rollout—but we've got good news too.
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Google Has Open Sourced SyntaxNet, Its AI for Understanding Language
.Step aside, Siri: Google's system for parsing the meaning of the sentences humans speak is now free for anyone to use, tweak, and improve.
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Cape Watch: One of the New Mutants Isn’t Exactly New
.This week's superhero movie news: We now know at least one character potentially in the next X-Men movie. Also, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool is still...
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The Tale of a Wild Coast-to-Coast Road Trip … in 1903
.In 1903, two men spent 71 days driving a Packard Model F across the US—before most of the West even had paved roads.
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Peek Inside London’s Epic New Train System Before It Opens
.A $21 billion infrastructure project is starting to look real.
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Google Puts Powerful Search and GIFs Into a Keyboard—For iOS
.Gboard is the most feature-packed iOS keyboard yet, and you can't get it on Android.
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You Can Use Your Phone to Check This Smart Luggage In
.An electronic ink display and a mobile app lets you skip some of the airport lines with this luggage.
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You Know What’s Nice on the Eyes? High-Frequency Stock Trading
.Two artists turned high-frequency data trading into art.
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The Dark Web Has Its Own Lit Magazine
.More sonnets, less Silk Road: "The Torist" is hoping to bring new people into the cybersecure fold while giving dark web regulars a creative outlet.
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Geology Is Breaking Apart Over When the Americas Came Together
.3.5 million years ago, Panama collided with South America, cutting off ocean circulation between the Pacific and the Caribbean. Or did it?
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Give Dwarf Planet 2007 OR10 the Real Name It Deserves Already
.Thanks to the Kepler space telescope and the Herschel observatory, scientists finally have enough data to get inspired.
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The Newest Selfie Hot Spot: Giving the Finger to Trump Tower
.Social media allows people to share their political opinions. These Instagrammers have found a way to share theirs.
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JavaScript Conquered the Web. Now It’s Taking Over the Desktop
.JavaScript, the lingua franca of the online world, is moving beyond your browser.
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Three Big Upgrades That’d Make the iPhone Exciting Again
.The iPhone's not as groundbreaking as it used to be. That could change though!
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The Ukrainian Hacker Who Became the FBI’s Best Weapon—And Worst Nightmare
.Hacker Maksym Popov gave himself up to the FBI and joined its fight against Eastern European cybercrime. Trouble is, he never really gave up his...
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For Such a Hyperactive Game, Battleborn Sure Is Short on Substance
.Battleborn, the latest from Borderlands developers Gearbox Software, is loud and hyperactive. Unfortunately, there's not a lot going on under the noise.
