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Author Charles Yu has a pretty convincing theory on why extraterrestrials would enjoy sci-fi.

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Science Fiction: 'Caspar D. Luckinbill, What Are You Going to Do?'

Read a new short story from sci-fi author Nick Wolven.

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Hit the Trails With These Great Hiking Shoes

Eight great choices for your next weekend camping trip.

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Security News This Week: The Deloitte Breach Was Worse Than We Thought

Big breaches of Deloitte, Sonic, and Whole Foods dominated this week's security news.

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How Good Are Equifax's Identity Protection Offerings?

After its massive data breach and bungled initial response, Equifax is offering a free set of tools to protect your identity, but they have limits.

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Federal Reserve Overlooks Technology’s Role in Limiting Inflation

Janet Yellen takes a 20th-century approach to managing a 21st-century economy.

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Space Photos of the Week: This Isn't the Saturn You're Looking For

A galaxy collision, stormy molecular clouds and too many photos of a comet this week in space.

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Friday 29 September 2017

Elon Musk's Rocket Travel Plan Could Work, Probably Won't

The SpaceX CEO's latest inspiration could use some reining in.

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Gadget Lab Podcast: It's Possible Amazon Now Makes Too Many Echo Speakers

This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, Alexa gets hardware and software updates, and Twitter goes long.

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Truckers Win the First Battle of the Human-Robot War for Driving Jobs

Thanks to some help from the Senate.

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iOS 11 Is Killing 32-Bit Apps. But This Is Good News

Apple's leaving 32-bit apps behind with its iOS 11 update, but saying goodbye to 32-bit apps does more good than harm

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After Hurricane Maria, Could Puerto Rico Be at Risk of Cholera?

Disasters always have ripple effects. In Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, Hurricane Maria might start a wave of disease.

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Struggling With Ikea Furniture? TaskRabbit Can Help With That

Ikea teams up with the gig economy's TaskRabbit, the latest in a series of such partnerships.

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To Compete With New Rivals, Chipmaker Nvidia Shares Its Secrets

Nvidia, beneficiary of the AI boom, is open-sourcing new chip design to fend off new competitors.

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Elon Musk's Mars Colonization Plan Now Includes Intercity Rocket Travel

Musk today updated his grand plan to save humanity by moving it to Mars

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'Significant Zero' and 'Blood Sweat and Pixels' Review: Taking On Game Development, and the Demon That Is "Crunch"

Two recent books take readers into the pressure cooker that videogame development can so often become.

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The World's Soaring CO~2~ Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers

This unusual animation gives an architectural twist to the history and possible dark future of climate change.

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Ford Rethinks the F-150, Toyota Gets a New Lidar, London Battles with Uber and More Car News This Week

Plus: Aston Martin makes a submarine, Lyft gets yet another dance partner, and Ford designers play with augmented reality.

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'Blade Runner 2049' Review: A $150 Million Pleasure Model With a Brain

The sequel to the 1982 classic is the sort of big-budget, big-idea sci-fi film you didn't think was possible anymore.

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'Metroid: Samus Returns' Isn't an Action Game—Just Like the 'Alien' Movies, It's a Feminist Horror Tale

The comparisons don't stop at Samus and Ripley—both franchises find terror and power in the female body.

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Puerto Rico’s Slow-Motion Medical Disaster

Medicines will expire without power as chronically ill patients suffer

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Critical EFI Code in Millions of Macs Isn't Getting Apple's Updates

Researchers dug into the deep-seated, arcane code in Apple machines known as EFI, and found it's often dangerously neglected.

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Facebook Built Its Vision of Democracy on Bad Data

Mark Zuckerberg argues that more information reaching more people enhances democracy. But, as the adage goes, quantity does not equal quality.

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How to Turn Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11

It takes more than just toggling the little buttons in the Control Center.

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Thursday 28 September 2017

One Gene Mutation May Cause Zika's Devastating Birth Defects

Researchers have been rushing to tease apart how Zika went from tepid to toxic, and they may have found the genetic tweak to blame.

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GoPro Hero 6 Black Specs, Price, and Release Date

The new Hero 6 Black comes with improved image stabilization and captures 4K footage at 60 frames per second.

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Ann Leckie's New Novel, 'Provenance,' Turns Interplanetary Art Into Mystery

The 'Ancillary Justice' author is back with a new book—and a new set of questions to grapple with.

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Pornhub's New Accessibility Features Make Life Easier For Blind Visitors

With a suite of new features, Pornhub has done more for accessibility for the blind and visually impaired than most other sites of any kind.

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See the World Through the Eyes of Your Phone

A new art exhibition takes the data from your phone and translates it into dynamic visualizations.

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The Real Problem With Voice Assistants Like Siri Is Your Brain

Humans are terrible at multitasking. Conversational interfaces won't change that.

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On The Passing of Hugh Hefner

C1_8734_r_x Hugh Hefner, or “Hef” as he preferred to be called, played a crucial role in the early days of NORML. At a time when most Americans were accepting the government’s “reefer madness” propaganda, Hef, through the Playboy Foundation, provided NORML with our initial funding in early 1971, and became our primary funder all during the 1970s. And by focusing attention in Playboy magazine on some of the most egregious victims of the war against marijuana smokers, he helped us convince millions of Americans that marijuana prohibition was a misguided and destructive public policy.

Hefner was a fearless cultural crusader who believed deeply not just in the right to sexual freedom, but also in civil rights and the right to privacy. May he rest in peace.

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On The Passing of Hugh Hefner

Hefner was a fearless cultural crusader who believed deeply not just in the right to sexual freedom, but also in civil rights and the right to privacy. May he rest in peace.

Review: Polaroid Originals OneStep 2

A new camera from Polaroid that's expensive to shoot.

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Feds Monitoring Social Media Does More Harm Than Good

As the Department of Homeland Security takes a closer look at social media accounts, experts caution that it likely won't even accomplish much.

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Ford Designers Use Microsoft Hololens Augmented Reality to Make Better Cars

The automaker's designers can now quickly evaluate and alter new car models.

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How 'Metroid' Fans Made a Better Game Than Nintendo

'Metroid: Samus Returns' isn't the first remake of 'Metroid II.' It's just the first released by Nintendo. And it shows.

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Milo, Ann Coulter, and "Free Speech Week" Add Up to the Right's Best Troll Yet

Extremists have moved from hurting feelings on Twitter to damaging their enemies' real-life bank accounts.

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Google's Search Changes Won't Really Level Playing Field

In response to EU ruling, Google will allow rivals to bid on coveted spot near top of page.

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The Adorable Microbots That Swarm to Build Structures

Microbots inspired by some of Earth’s littlest critters are powered not by limbs, but magnetic fields.

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Why Do Startups Fail? Because Hardware is Hard

Crowdfunding for hardware startups may not reflect consumer demand.

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Myanmar's Internet Disrupted Society—and Fueled Extremists

The Southeast Asian nation adopted the internet faster than any other country. Ever. Here's what that feels like and what it has unleashed.

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Gogoro Launches an Electric Scooter Sharing Service for Japan

One more step in the company's bid to revolutionize transportation.

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Wednesday 27 September 2017

Hurricane Maria’s Devastation in Puerto Rico, As Seen By a Drone

The story behind the staggering aerial of a ravaged highway in Puerto Rico.

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First 'Annihilation' Trailer: Area X Marks the Spot

Natalie Portman and 'Ex Machina' writer-director Alex Garland bring the smash sci-fi book to life. Welcome to the jungle.

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Temperature Is Not What You Think It Is

There are some crazy things about temperature that you should probably know.

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Facebook's Crackdown Ahead of German Election Shows It's Learning

Facebook deleted tens of thousands of fake accounts and highlighted contrasting views ahead of German election, in bid to combat fake news.

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Amazon's New Fire TV Gives Alexa One More Place to Live

You can change channels on this television with your voice, like the remote control of the future.

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Amazon Introduces a Prettier, Bassier Echo

And it's only $99.

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Let’s Get Registered! #WeCannaVote

Pass-the-Joint_NCF16_Credit-DUKEofHEMP-of-Sospact(dotcom)-(225)-WM It’s time to exercise your civic duty and ensure that you are registered to vote!

2018 is a critical midterm election year, and NORML is partnering with the National Cannabis Festival and HeadCount for the #WeCannaVote Voter Registration Drive. The goal is to register thousands of new voters before the 2018 National Cannabis Festival on April 21 & to educate those in and beyond the cannabis community about their right to vote. Click here to register.

2016 was a great year for cannabis reform, with 8 states (out of 9 total) across the US passing ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana, 4 medical and 4 adult-use. Here’s a quick breakdown of the 2016 results:

PASSED:

Arkansas Issue No. 6: Medical Marijuana
53% YES, 46.9% NO

California Proposition 64: Legal Adult-Use Marijuana
56% YES, 43.9% NO

Florida Amendment No. 2: Medical Marijuana
71.2% YES, 28.7% NO

Massachusetts Question 4: Legal Adult-Use Marijuana
53.5% YES, 46.4% NO

Maine Question 1: Legal Adult-Use Marijuana
50.1% YES, 49.8% NO

Montana Initiative No. 182: Medical Marijuana
57.6% YES, 42.3% NO

North Dakota Initiated Statutory Measure No. 5: Medical Marijuana
53.7% YES, 36.2% NO

Nevada State Question No. 2: Legal Adult-Use Marijuana
54.4% YES, 45.5% NO

FAILED:

Arizona Proposition 205: Recreational Marijuana
51.9% NO, 48% YES

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As you can see in Arizona, we lost by an incredibly close margin. If only a few more thousand voters turned out, we know we would have won. This just proves how important it is to get out and VOTE! Make sure that you are registered NOW.