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#wired.com. #Dec.27.2024 × How Does a Movie Projector Show the Color Black?. There’s no such thing as black-colored light. So how can we see Darth Vader on a screen?

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#wired.com. #Dec.27.2024 × The Paper Passport Is Dying. Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.

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#theguardian.com. #Dec.27.2024 × Dragons, demons and Grand Theft Auto VI: the games to look out for in 2025. Vice City returns, but there are plenty of new games and reboots, from Monster Hunter Wilds and Atomfall to Civilization VII and DOOM: The Dark Ages

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#wired.com. #Dec.27.2024 × There’s Still Time to Get Ahead of the Next Global Pandemic. By learning lessons from other sectors, public health can ensure it is ready to face future outbreaks in record time.

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#techcrunch.com. #Dec.26.2024 × AI sales rep startups are booming. So why are VCs wary? | TechCrunch. When you really probe venture capitalists about investing in AI startups, they'll tell you that businesses are experimenting wildly but are very slow to

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#theguardian.com. #Dec.26.2024 × How Just Dance saved my Christmas | Dominik Diamond. With grown-up children scattered around the world, an inconvenient snowstorm and a vegan dinner gaffe, Christmas 2024 was looking bleak – so thank goodness for the ultimate party game, writes Dominik D

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#wired.com. #Dec.26.2024 × The Worst Hacks of 2024. From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever.

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#wired.com. #Dec.26.2024 × Temu’s Takeover Is Now Complete. Despite the arrival of new competitors and growing political tensions between the US and China, the ecommerce juggernaut Temu proved in 2024 it’s here to stay.

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#motorsport.com. #Dec.26.2024 × Why McLaren's controversial mini-DRS rear wing became a "source of pride". <div>Why McLaren's controversial mini-DRS rear wing became a "source of pride"</div>

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#wired.com. #Dec.26.2024 × The Year Villainy Won. Villains were everywhere and more relatable than ever. Across pop culture, social media, and IRL, the phenomenon went full-on main character.

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#wired.com. #Dec.26.2024 × Beyond Meat Says Being Attacked Has Just Made It Stronger. The plant-based-meat company’s CEO, Ethan Brown, credits a series of attack ads with prompting a potentially sector-saving change of plan.

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#theguardian.com. #Dec.25.2024 × ‘It changed my idea of what games can be’ – the 31 games readers couldn’t put down in 2024. From the grisly Space Marine 2 to the glorious Metaphor: ReFantazio, it’s time for Pushing Buttons subscribers to share their games of the year

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#wired.com. #Dec.25.2024 × The Resurrection of ‘Nosferatu’ Was a Long Time Coming. There’s nothing more done to death than the vampire. Director Robert Eggers says he tried to avoid the obvious by returning to “the older folklore.”

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#wired.com. #Dec.25.2024 × You Need to Create a Secret Password With Your Family. AI voice cloning and deepfakes are supercharging scams. One method to protect your loved ones and yourself is to create secret code words to verify someone’s identity in real time.

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#wired.com. #Dec.25.2024 × Give Your Social Health a Decent Workout. Your physical and mental well-being are crucial—but the picture isn’t complete if you aren’t flexing your connection muscles, too. Here’s how to build—and keep—your social health.

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#techcrunch.com. #Dec.24.2024 × Sony’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch | TechCrunch. Sony knows how to put on a show at CES. The company’s pressers are high-octane, star-studded affairs, as these things go. In addition to standard Sony

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#wired.com. #Dec.24.2024 × How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump. The Trump transition team is looking for “big changes” at NASA—including some cuts.

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#wired.com. #Dec.24.2024 × Home Is Where the Couch Is. Natcha Wongchanglaw’s Couchsurfing photos explore how travel turns transient encounters into meaningful—and vulnerable—moments.

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#wired.com. #Dec.24.2024 × Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive. Thanks to a bunch of game-makers who were still teens when "Toontown Online" disappeared, the beloved online world lives on as "Toontown Rewritten."

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#wired.com. #Dec.24.2024 × It Was a Record Year for Dating Apps. They Still Don’t Have It Figured Out. Suddenly, every possible dating and hookup app for every possible scenario exists—AI girlfriends, kink-positive polyamory, gay cruising. Why does it feel like none of them are the answer?

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#theguardian.com. #Dec.24.2024 × The video games you may have missed in 2024. A returning classic, a Love Island send-up and an answer to the age-old question: can you fry eggs atop Mount Everest? The year’s best games that might have passed you by

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