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PEACE TALKS | 14-MINUTE READ
What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World?
BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
First it was chess and Go. Now AI can beat us at Diplomacy, the most human of board games. The way it wins offers hope that maybe AI will be a delight.
CRITICAL UPDATE | 4-MINUTE READ
Apple, Microsoft, and Google Just Fixed Multiple Zero-Day Flaws
BY KATE O'FLAHERTY
Plus: Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs, Cisco fixes a vulnerability with a rare maximum severity score, and SAP releases updates to stamp out three highly critical flaws.
PRIME DAY | 8-MINUTE READ
The Best Early October Prime Day Deals
BY MARTIN CIZMAR
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days shopping holiday is coming on October 10 and 11, but early discounts have kicked off.
SECURITY ROUNDUP | 3-MINUTE READ
Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan
BY LILY HAY NEWMAN AND MATT BURGESS
Plus: Stolen US State Department emails, a possible US government shutdown, and controversy over the EU's message-scanning law.
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HIGH SCORE | 3-MINUTE READ
FedEx's New Robot Loads Delivery Trucks Like It's Playing 3D Tetris
BY WILL KNIGHT
FedEx handles over 15 million packages daily. A two-armed, AI-infused robot is now helping pack some of them into delivery trucks with expert care.
ALL SEEING | 3-MINUTE READ
How to Use ChatGPT's New Image Features
BY REECE ROGERS
OpenAI's new image analysis update for its chatbot is both impressive and frightening. Here's how to use it, and some advice for your experiments.
BRICK TEASE | 6-MINUTE READ
Lego Is a Company Haunted by Its Own Plastic
BY CHRIS BARANIUK
While the toy brand kills its plans for an oil-free plastic alternative, it's still pumping out billions of non-biodegradable bricks a year. Can Lego ever be sustainable?
STICKY SITUATION | 10-MINUTE READ
Sweat Is Helping You Survive Climate Change
BY KATE YODER
It's gross. It's sticky. Here's the science of how it has already saved your life.
ROGUE ONE | 3-MINUTE READ
The Creator Review: It's AI That Wants to Save Humanity
BY KHARI JOHNSON
Gareth Edwards' new sci-fi film invites audiences to cheer for artificial intelligence that affirms the value of human life.
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