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Palestinian Authority to Hold First Major Elections in 20 Years: What to Know

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Political Candidates Have An Opening on Clean Energy

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How the Iran War Worsens the Climate Crisis

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Robota review – machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic

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Headlong's take on Karel Čapek's 1920 tale of romance and robots is rife with timely debates about tech's threat but at times the philosophical discussions drag on I f our world is currently thinking through the brave new future of generative AI and super intelligence, Karel Čapek's 1920 play RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots proves the notion of robot consciousness and rebellion is not a new anxiety. So does Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which Čapek's drama resembles in its philosophical debates and moral warnings, despite its futurism. Ella Road adapts Čapek's play for our times in this Headlong and Schwarzman Centre co-production, its science apparently informed by research from Oxford University academics, which gives it a cutting-edge, real-world underpinning. The stage is presented as the operations office for the company, also named RUR, which is creating humanoids by mixing human flesh and blood with code and data at its headquarters on an island (a lovely, lush foliage and scaffold design by Loren Elstein). Dom (Trevor Fox) is the company's boss - a "dom" in more ways than one as he is having a Secretary-style, S&M romance with his robot personal assistant, Sulla (Tiffany Gray).


How Are Democrats Choosing Graham Platner's Replacement--and Who Could It Be?

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Breaking Down the Emotional Ending of Five Star Weekend

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Can Trump 'Cut Off All Trade' With Spain? Here's What Experts Say

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'Taking the Waters' Was the Original Summer Getaway

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The PocketMage is an E Ink digital assistant that's absolutely obsessed with wizards

Engadget

The PocketMage is an E Ink digital assistant that's absolutely obsessed with wizards The PocketMage is an E Ink digital assistant that's absolutely obsessed with wizards It has a proprietary OS, a QWERTY keyboard and dual(ish) screens. It's been a while since people regularly used personal digital assistants (PDAs). They were fairly ubiquitous throughout the 1990s and well into the 2000s, but then smartphones came along and put an end to that. However, some companies are still fighting the good PDA fight, including Talisman Design. It just revealed its upcoming PocketMage E Ink PDA and it looks pretty nifty.


Squid Are Among the Most Intelligent Ocean Creatures. Climate Change Might Shrink Their Brains

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