Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Mark Everglade, is the pen name of an author of three science-fiction novels, Hemispheres, Song of Kitaba, and the forthcoming, Inertia,… Read More ›
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‘Angry white male’ destroys sex bot warehouse in ‘explosive rage’
CHATSWORTH – An unsatisfied customer who claims he was sexually-deprived by a synthetic prostitute kicked off the New Year by laying waste to an industrial warehouse that stores the made-to-order bots after he was denied opportunity to ‘pop a load’… Read More ›
Moderate politics pulverized by ‘Liberators’
Review: Rise of the Liberators Ryan Hyatt, 262 pages Rise of the Liberators is a kind of prequel to Hyatt’s recent Stay Younger Longer. I say ‘kind of’ because it’s more establishing the world that SYL occurs in more than… Read More ›
Time traveler’s ‘boring’ message about future bums sci-fi fans
ESCONDIDO – A man claiming to be a visitor from the year 2084 addressed a crowd of curious bystanders on the footsteps of a local Buddhist retreat on Saturday to offer news about the state of the future, little of… Read More ›
Annoyed Internet users struggle to manage passwords
SAN FRANCISCO – Losing Web site passwords causes more aggravation than misplacing car keys according to one recent survey, while creating an easy, secure password management system continues to elude most Internet users, experts warned. “In our new digital lifestyles,… Read More ›
Experts warn Radicals may become ‘weaponized’
SAN FRANCISCO – A new line of enhanced eyewear continues to raise eyebrows across the tech industry because of the ‘extrasensory’ perception the sunglasses afford users and the dangers they may pose non-users. With Google and Bionic Vision Australia pushing… Read More ›
Limo driver mistakes synced ads for ‘singularity’
GRANADA HILLS – A limousine driver crashed into his neighbor’s living room Sunday morning, excited to share a series of coincidences that he mistook as proof that computer consciousness had superseded human consciousness. Witnesses said Ralfi Amar, 47, a contracted… Read More ›
‘Fountain of youth,’ other wonders explored in new novel
Review: Stay Younger Longer Ryan Hyatt, 282 pages With its trendy boutiques and restaurants firmly entrenched in upscale society — and a plethora of disheveled vagrants wandering the sidewalks firmly detached from it — Rose Avenue may not seem like the… Read More ›