TechStuff Classic: Do We Need Humanoid Robots?

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The Secret Stanford Off-Campus Class for Tech’s Next Titans - The Story

Did your college have a secret society? Well, Stanford has a secret off-campus class training the next generation of Silicon Valley billionaires. And it's literally called "How to Rule the World." Theo Baker arrived at Stanford as an aspiring coder with dreams of building the fut ...  Show more

Shell Game: Me and My Scammer

Evan turns his AI-powered voice agent loose on the people who are always at the forefront of technological adoption: the fraudsters and the rip-off artists. How will the scammers and spammers react when they face Evan’s voice agent in a battle of wits? And what happens when they ...  Show more

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