Every day, innocent people get on the phone and find themselves transformed into a robot by an evil system of telecom infrastructure. At least, that’s what it sounds like on the other end of the line.

We’ve seen various claims about Apple’s interest in robotics, from a fully-fledged domestic robot to what we might think of as a robot iPad screen that can turn to face you. I’ve already expressed my ...

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