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Incoming! Amazon's drone parachute plan revealed

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Amazon has had some wacky ideas over the years, but this might take the cake. The company patented a shipping label that turns into a parachute, designed to safely deliver packages from drones to your doorstep. Plus, bored by today's NBA games? Steve Ballmer has a solution: real-time, AI-fueled graphics that are layered over the game. We discuss how AI, drones and other tech are impacting all corners of our lives on this episode of the Week In Geek. On the Random Channel this week: our favorite TV shows of the moment.

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