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Chess Robot Attacks 7-Year-Old & What It's Like to Live on Mars Time

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Chess Robot Attacks 7-Year-Old & What It's Like to Live on Mars Time
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At the Moscow Open chess tournament, an AI-powered robot grabbed its opponent—a seven-year-old boy’s—index finger and gave it a firm squeeze, resulting in a fracture.
Plus: In an enticing comic, NASA engineer Nagin Cox details the disparity between Earth and Mars time and how living on Mars time slows you down.
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Chess Robot Breaks Seven-Year-Old Boy's Finger During Moscow Open
Chess Robot Breaks Seven-Year-Old Boy's Finger During Moscow Open
The child was trying to make his next move at the Moscow Open when the robot grabbed him.
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How Living on Mars Time Forces You to Slow Down
How Living on Mars Time Forces You to Slow Down
NASA engineer Nagin Cox lives on Earth but works on Mars time, where days are longer and time works differently.
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How to use Instagram efficiently to learn programming  —  great resources for beginner frontend developers.
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A former product manager at Coinbase Global and two others have been charged with wire fraud in the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency, U.S.
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Here’s how you can speed up development by reusing components.
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Scientists launch studies on the effects of US abortion bans while trying to form closer bonds with the communities most affected.
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