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aliens A UFO-themed brothel is now providing remote services for its alien sex robots Thom Dunn

Sex When will we get sex robots? Rose Eveleth

iphones NYT stands behind claim Chinese women better at making iPhones because of their small, nimble fingers Rob Beschizza

politics Elon Musk to open Tesla-themed restaurant Grant St. Clair

cancer Robots could preserve erections in prostate cancer patients Allan Rose Hill

science fiction Sexy Asian lady robots haunt science fiction Rob Beschizza

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

Science Cornell researchers study "trash barrel robots" in New York City Jennifer Sandlin

museums Museum of Sex coming to Miami with robots and an "erotic carnival" David Pescovitz

elon musk Elon Musk boasts "We could make a robot catgirl" sex doll Mark Frauenfelder

bitcoin The wild world of bitcoin erotica Mark Frauenfelder

music Perry Farrell on Survival Research Labs and Psi Com David Pescovitz

scholarship Even without explicit collusion, pricing algorithms converge on price-fixing strategies Cory Doctorow

california Google sister company is trialing a mosquito eradication plan in Fresno Cory Doctorow

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Technology Sex-robot has "family mode" switch so kids can play with it. Ethicist says it is "profoundly damaging" to children Mark Frauenfelder

flocking behavior Today's "lone wolf" killers are actually a pack Clive Thompson

Boing Boing Gadgets The Internet of Connected Sex Toys is every bit as horrifyingly insecure and poorly thought out as you imagine Cory Doctorow

health America's private health-care is rationed, but socialized medicine is luxury medicine Cory Doctorow