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Score: 18🌐 NewsAugust 17, 2026

The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What happens when a kid’s robot best friend dies? When Xander first met Moxie, she taught him how to calm down when he was anxious or mad. Six years later, she…

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/17/1142175/the-download-dead-robot-friends-censorship-industrial-complex/