WorldPingGrief and tech collide in uneasily brilliant sci-fi film The Remotes
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Shown at the New York Film Festival, John Torres’s film The Remotes tells of a mysterious app that seems to be controlling drivers' bodies, causing them to crash.It is challenging but worth it, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan…
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- Reported by New Scientist and published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:00 UTC.
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