It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

A hot potato: Recent efforts by tech companies to develop increasingly human-like autonomous robots have invited endless comparisons to the Terminator films. While the criticisms are usually made in ...

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