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Annalee Newitz is a science journalist and author. Their novel Autonomous won the Lambda Literary Award and they are the co-host of the Hugo-nominated podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.

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San Francisco, CA, USA - September 15, 2024: Waymo self driving taxi driving in downtown San Francisco; Shutterstock ID 2517479849; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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How a ride in a friendly Waymo saw me fall for robotaxis

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F6M33H RELEASE DATE: Dec 18, 2007. ORIGINAL MOVIE TITLE: Blade Runner: The Final Cut. STUDIO: World Artists. PLOT: Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live 'Off World' on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a

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Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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We need transparency from the companies disseminating misinformation

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The best livestream so far this year? A corpse flower slowly blooming

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What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts

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What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts

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EM8P22 AshleyMadison.com, the dating site for primarily married people, is seen on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, announced that it will be pursuing a initial public offering in London this year hoping to raise $200 million. (? Richard B. Levine)

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What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandal

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How the US used science to wage psychological war

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Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens

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Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens

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2WHYG59 Taylor Swift kisses Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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The Taylor Swift 'psy op' conspiracy theory offers a troubling lesson

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I'm teaching again after 20 years away. The tech is pure absurdity

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A road sign is posted near a parcel of land recently purchased by Flannery Associates near Rio Vista, California on September 15, 2023. A stealth campaign by Silicon Valley elites with a dream of turning a swath of California farmland into a new age city has ranchers who live here challenging their tactics as well as their motives. The project first surfaced when a mysterious buyer started gobbling up parcels of land in this rural outback between San Francisco and Sacramento. The buyer, first revealed by the New York Times in August, turned out to be a secretive outfit called Flannery Associates. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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The weird tale of California Forever, a tech billionaire instant city

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A tale of two Silicon Valley Sams – Bankman-Fried and Altman

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A tale of two Silicon Valley Sams – Bankman-Fried and Altman

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