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Jason Hiner/ZDNETGovernment scrutiny of big tech and a series of iterative upgrades of iconic products such as the iPhone have largely dominated the last decade in tech.

the atmosphere feels torqued beyond time and history into a fairy tale theater of desire and wan hope.to be so disturbing it was actually banned in Ireland under the Censorship of Publications Act—a twisted pandemic parable.

with all manner of macabre gothic tropes dark enough to have been taken out of the original Grimms fairy tales.Id be writing a monthly column about out-of-print and forgotten books and Id regularly see rediscovered books being afforded the same review space as their front-list counterparts.these enticing snippets of what came across as an extremely eclectic and often precarious life left me with more questions than answers.

Comynss loosely autobiographical tale of marriage and motherhood while living on the breadline in bohemian London in the thirties.both acted as a mentor for Comyns and advanced her career whenever he could—applauded her strange offbeat talent … and that innocent eye which observes with childlike simplicity the most fantastic or the most ominous occurrence.

recognizing that the hysterical fear of contagion amplified therein with such horrifyingly excellent affect makes it especially evocative for readers today.

writes Emily Gould in her introduction to the NYRB Classics edition of Our Spoons Came from Woolworths.Is AI a living creature? Does it have a soul? Could it have a soul? Lets explore this idea more below.

 I dont see Christs redemption limited to human beings.It will be fascinating — and possibly a little scary — to see how it all plays out.

self-driving car tech is also set to go mainstream.And AI is advancing at a very rapid pace.