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Robots

Warning: Robots Have Learned Deception, Will Kill Us All

1:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Not to get all alarmist with you people, but a group of robots in Switzerland have learned to lie to each other about the location of an object representing food, which almost certainly means we’re all going to die. Soon. More »
Random Stuff

Pioneering Orangutan Pries First Hunting Tool Ever Out of Heston’s Cold Dead Hands

4:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | Hide the china, bananas, children—whatever. I guess it doesn’t really matter, because for the first time ever an orangutan was spotted in the wild using a gadget to hunt. In this case the tool was a spear, and the intrepid primate apparently picked up the skill by watching locals fish with spears along the Gohong River in Borneo, on the island of Kaja. More »
Entertainment

Bazooka Camo ATV Speakers For Hunters: Because Deer Love Loud Country Music

12:00PM Sean Fallon | These 6.5″ Bazooka “Outdoor Tubbie” speakers are hilarious on numerous levels. First off, they are designed for hunters—which is why they are camouflaged. The idea is to hook them to your ATV roll bar, which I can only presume is useful for those interested in hunting wild game while blaring music. Uh, I don’t know much about hunting, but I do know that thundering out of the brush, guns a’ blazin’ with duelling banjos blaring from your ATV is unlikely to result in a successful kill. However, if you are interested in picking them up, you can do so starting this March for US$449.95. [Product Page via AudioJunkies] More »