I have seen the future and it is awful. The Associated Press, via The New York Post, has published a dispatch from the Henn na Hotel in Japan, which has recently installed robots to handle every aspect of your stay, including handling your luggage and checking in and out of the hotel. Yes, that’s right: To check into your room, you’ll need to first chat with a creepy she-bot like the one pictured above.
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There are plenty of substances out there that mess with your head. Some are legal, and some aren’t. Some are dangerous, and some are helpful. Some are more addictive than others. But the fact remains that all of them act directly on your brain — of course, the more of them you combine, the more complicated the side-effects.
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Yes, Australians speak English, but that doesn’t mean you’ll always understand what they’re saying. Lucky for you, in case you’re planning a trip Down Under, a comic duo has recorded a short video that teaches you how to speak fluent Australian, and the video has gone viral on Facebook.
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We can forgive sci-fi movies from the ’50s and ’60s for having terrible special effects. That said, once your get to the ’80s and ’90s, there’s no reason that your movie shouldn’t at least look passably realistic. Sadly, however, that has not universally been the case as even to this day we still see some true CGI stinkers that leave us howling in the aisles.
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Apple is expected to launch a bunch of new iPads later this year, including the bigger 12.9-inch iPad Pro that appears to be set for a 2015 launch. However, for the first time since introducing iOS tablets, Apple might not have a new 9.7-inch model in stores this fall, a rather surprising rumor claims.
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An intriguing new Kickstarter campaign features a multi-functional jacket that would make MacGyver proud. Since going live on Tuesday morning, the campaign has already raised more than half a million dollars, far exceeding a modest initial goal of $20,000.
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Marking yet another addition to Netflix’s already impressive stable of compelling and original content, we bring you the trailer for Narcos. Set for release on August 28, Narcos chronicles the rise of notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and the U.S. Government’s extensive efforts to bring his reign of terror to an end. At the height of his power, it’s been estimated that Escobar’s cartel was earning upwards of $60 million a day.
The trailer looks pretty cool and further underscores Netflix’s ongoing commitment towards delivering some of the best original programming on the market today.
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Jeff Bezos is laughing all the way to the bank. Amazon announced on Wednesday afternoon that its first ever Prime Day was a smashing success with peak order rates that “have already surpassed 2014 Black Friday.”
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There are a lot of good Prime Day deals and a lot of bad Prime Day deals. We’ve done our best to highlight the good ones that we think people will actually be interested in and we’ve spotted another round of Prime Day tech deals that just went live. Hurry up and get them while they last!
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On Wednesday, HTC announced that it will be bringing four new models within its affordable Desire line of smartphones to the United States. The Desire 520, Desire 526, Desire 626 and Desire 626s will be coming to market later this year with quad-core Snapdragon 210 processors, LTE connectivity, Android L and designs to rival flagship devices.
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