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Is a robot programmed to prank you annoying? Yes

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Is a robot programmed to prank you annoying? Yes

Feedback discovers a robot that can mimic Turkish ice cream vendors, who are known for playing tricks on their customers. Researchers concluded that customers, perhaps predictably, don't trust it

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UNITED STATES - MAY 9: An inverted image of the U.S. Capitol is reflected in puddle on the East Front on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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The Trump administration is playing peekaboo with reality

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2JHKP8X LAURENCE MASON, MATTHEW LILLARD, ANGELINA JOLIE, JONNY LEE MILLER, JESSE BRADFORD, HACKERS, 1995

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��ӽ紫ý recommends the cult film Hackers – 30 years late

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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Our verdict on Our Brains, Our Selves: A mix of praise and misgivings

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Our verdict on Our Brains, Our Selves: A mix of praise and misgivings

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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Earth (focus on Europe) represented by little dots, binary code and lines - big data, global business, cryptocurrency 3D render

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Owning our own data is the only way to stop enshittifcation

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Never Let Me go book cover

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��ӽ紫ý recommends Never Let Me Go

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Minecraft fan may be most committed hobbyist out there

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Minecraft fan may be most committed hobbyist out there

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A new festival at Kew Gardens explores sustainable fashion through art, plants and design. Material World opens 20 September.

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��ӽ紫ý recommends Material World at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The books, TV, games and more that ��ӽ紫ý staff have enjoyed this week

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This paper should win a prize for its refusal to make any big claims

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Is it really likely that humans will go extinct in exactly 314 years?

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��ӽ紫ý recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

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Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

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