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Pilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Last year, Amazon began testing Agility’s Digit robots in select fulfillment centers, while this January, Figure announced a deal with BMW. Now Apptronik is getting in on the action, courtesy of a partnership with Mercedes-Benz. According to the Austin-based…

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Boruch describes her 31 short essays as thoughts, “triggered by surprise,” that have collected into unexpected pools: “thought becoming thought in spite of what I may have predicted or never wanted really.” She gives much thought to poets such as Frost, Auden, Plath, Langston Hughes, Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, and…

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DEATH SENTENCE, director James Wan, on set, 2007. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved/courtesy Everett Collection Director James Wan has demonstrated an impeccable ability to craft atmosphere in his cinematic output. So, when he takes to social media to champion a flick he says works…

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For DC movie dorks and ’90s kids, one of the biggest highlights of last weekend’s Oscars was the presentation of the Best Visual Effects award, which became an extended gag about Batman featuring the presenters, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, and their shared onscreen nemesis: Batman — as played in…

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PartyNextDoor released his new single “Real Woman” Friday (March 15) after finishing his headlining set at Billboard’s THE STAGE at SXSW in Austin, Texas. And while closing out his set, Billboard‘s latest cover star revealed the news all of his fans have been waiting for: His forthcoming fourth studio album,…

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CrowdTangle saw its team disbanded in 2021, new user registrations cut off in 2022 and now the site will officially shut down on August 14, the Wall Street Journal reports. Journalists and academics alike have used CrowdTangle to study the flow of content on Facebook and Instagram, including conspiracy theories…

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Parker, the author of Magical Negro, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, is good at snappy titles, clever formulations, and bitter humor, all of which are on display in these provocative and personal reflections, structured as a kind of symphony of themes and metaphors. One of…

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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Law & Order Season 23 Episode 7 “Balance of Power.”] With Sam Waterston‘s exit and Jack McCoy resigning from the DA’s office in his last Law & Order episode, someone needs to fill that role. Enter Tony Goldwyn, making his debut as DA Nicholas Baxter…

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