Do we add Robotpocalypse to the list of threats to humanity we created?

Literature and movies have primed us to view robots as threatening, a danger that companies counter by aggressively promoting them as useful and adorable. We’re being indoctrinated to embrace robots …

U.S. retail operations got lean by making CEOs fat, and now everyone is paying the price

There was a moment in the spring of 2021 when the steady growth of e-commerce actually reversed. For three months, Americans actually put down their laptops, mice, and smartphones and, like bears …

Snapchat introduces new tool to help young people run for local and state office

Continuing a trend of increased political participation since the midterm elections in 2018, millennial and Gen Z voters made history in the 2020 elections by setting a record high for voting rates. …

Anti-vaxxers flood restaurants requiring proof of vaccination with bad reviews, citing 'segregation'

Violence seems to be second nature to anti-vaxxers, from attacking front-line workers whose job is to provide them services to harassing public health officials who implement safety regulations. …

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The new space race: China has its own space station, plans for Mars, and a new deal with Russia

Just over a month ago, the world was looking upward to see where a large booster—the first stage of a Chinese Long March 5B—was going to fall to Earth. Despite a lot of publicity, and a good deal of …

Ohio Republicans move to ban cheap, fast, and successful municipal broadband programs in the state

Ohio has at least 90 things going against it: Gov. Mike DeWine, 25 state senators, and 64 state representatives are Republican officials with a majority control of the state. That isn’t simply a …

Even before Juneteenth federal holiday came to be, these businesses gave employees a paid day off

Black people have grown accustomed to waiting in America. We’ve had no other choice. More than a century removed from slavery, it took what should have been a racial reckoning after the death of …

First, Trump throws fit of rage. Then, FBI secretly scores Apple data on White House counsel

A New York Times piece revealed on Friday just how easy it was for former President Donald Trump’s administration to get top technology companies to supply data regarding congressional Democrats. In …