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The Future Is Now

the future is now Dec. 5, 2022

That AI Chatbot Wrote a Pretty Decent New York ArticleIs this the end of journalism as we know it?

By Intelligencer Staff
the future is now Jan. 4, 2018

Dippin’ Dots Announces New Cryogenics CompanyHow long until we can freeze our dead bodies in ice cream?

By Madeleine Aggeler
select all Nov. 8, 2017

Uber and NASA Want to See You in a Flying Taxi by 2020Uber is calling it “ride-sharing in the sky.”

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Aug. 26, 2016

This Terrifying Robot-Snake Surgeon Could Save Your Life Some DaySay ah!

By Madison Malone Kircher
July 5, 2016

Japan’s First VR Porn Festival Was So Popular It Had to Be Shut DownToo many bodies.

By Madison Malone Kircher
the future is now June 30, 2016

These Apps Let You Get the Pill and Skip the Pelvic ExamUber for your uterus.

By Annie Lowrey
genetics Feb. 1, 2016

A British Scientist Just Got Approval to Begin Gene-Editing EmbryosThe experiments are aimed at advancing infertility treatments.

By Melissa Dahl
ayo technology Oct. 14, 2015

Sex With Robots: Something New to Worry AboutEmbrace the future?

By Allison P. Davis
the future is now Aug. 13, 2015

Mr. Robot and the Delicate Art of TV TwistsNot just a surprising development. A twist.

By Margaret Lyons
the future is now Apr. 17, 2015

Love in the Uncanny Valley: Men and Sex Dolls“I really like women but I don’t like to be around people.”

By Molly Oswaks
social psychology Jan. 14, 2015

It’s Time to Get Acquainted With Your Future SelfWe think of our future selves the same way we think of strangers, and it results in some bad long-term decision-making.

By Melissa Dahl
the future is now Dec. 18, 2014

Amazon Offers Manhattanites One-Hour Toilet-Paper DeliveryAmong other “daily essentials.”

By Margaret Hartmann
the future is now Nov. 17, 2014

NYC Plans World’s Largest Free Public WiFi SetupNow you’ll truly never have to look up from your phone in public again.

By Jessica Roy

the future is now Sept. 29, 2014

Julian Assange Appeared in Nantucket Via HologramHe’s still stuck in the embassy.

By Margaret Hartmann
the future is now Sept. 25, 2014

Filmmakers Can Start Using Drones in the U.S. The FAA is expected to approve their use on film sets.

By Margaret Hartmann
alternative arrangements Sept. 26, 2013

Don’t Worry About Buying Movie Tickets for As I Lay DyingJames Franco is releasing it straight to VOD.

By Delia Paunescu
the future is now Aug. 12, 2013

London Orders Company to Stop Spying on People With Recycling BinsStill spying on you: everything else in the world.

By Dan Amira
life imitating minority report Aug. 9, 2013

Things That Are Spying on You: Recycling BinsA brand of recycling bins in London tracks what you’re doing, thanks to your phone.

By Dan Amira
the future is now Apr. 25, 2013

Manhattan Still Has All the Underground Cell ServiceNow in 36 stations.

By Joe Coscarelli
the future is now June 30, 2012

American Women Love a Dark-Haired European HeroAccording to E-reader data.

By Andre Tartar
the future is now June 25, 2012

NYC to Get Free Subway WiFi This SummerIn certain stations.

By Noreen Malone
the future is now Dec. 2, 2011

Facebook Engineers Are Coming to New YorkLike, to stay.

By Noreen Malone
the future is now Oct. 16, 2010

Four Million People Around the World Are Now ‘Checking In’ on FoursquareThe very chic Wijono S. of Jakarta, Indonesia, marks the milestone.

By Mike Vilensky

robot cars Oct. 9, 2010

Google Creates Cars That Drive Without People in ThemRight.

By Mike Vilensky