On Canada’s first day of legal pot, an enterprising Canadian girl scout sold all her cookies in 45 minutes.

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Bankruptcy is a powerful tool for fighting predatory bills. The problem is that filing for bankruptcy can be prohibitively expensive. But this app helps you do it for free.

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Isn’t it nice to walk outside and navigate by the glow of the moon? But often, it’s not quite bright enough to read a street sign - well a Chinese space company  aims to fix that.

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Imagine this: You wake up in the morning and get dressed, for work, not in the clothes that you own, but in the ones that you rent - the ones that arrived last night. You head out to your office, which isn’t your office, because you’re likely a freelancer, and drop off some of the other clothes that you’d rented earlier in the week. There’s a possibility that this is going to be a reality very soon.

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For those of you who are lucky enough to have an electric car, finding a charging spot might now have become a little easier thanks to Google Maps. They’ve now added support for EV chargers  to the iOS and Android versions.

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Carrie Fisher and Paul Walker both appeared in Hollywood movies even after their sudden passing. This improvements in CGI mean neither age nor death will stop some performers from working. Actors are now digitally preserving themselves, so even in year 3018, Steven Seagal will save you from world-ending disasters.

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Baidu president Ya-Qin Zhang has raised concerns about designing AI with societal values in mind, and during the AI Now’s 2018 symposium, a point was made of algorithms potentially amplifying the problems and biases of society instead of minimising them. When it comes down to it, are algorithms and AI actually bad for society?

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When has “innovation” gone too far? A tequila from Elon Musk? The Nasi Lemak burger? A pickle flavoured ice cream? The Durian flavoured condom?

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Robots have been doing the jobs of humans in some industries for years now, but Uniqlo have just unveiled a warehouse in Tokyo that’s almost entirely powered by robot technology.

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Parents are often guilty of “sharenting” - posting about their kids without their kids’ permission, often in compromising or embarrassing contexts. But is this practice straining the real-life parent-child relationship as well?

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