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Corporations Are Co-Opting Right-to-Repair Mar 20, 2019

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"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." As an advocate, organizer, and campaigner for preschool access, tax fairness, plastic pollution and other causes for the last 14 years, I’ve heard this saying many times. You tell it to your volunteers when it looks like your movement has hit a wall or when it looks like your opposition has the upper hand, and you want to show your teammates that many people have faced obstacles before, and overcome them.

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Here's An Idea: Replace Trials with Virtual Reality Duels Mar 19, 2019

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Ben Bova is the author of over a hundred science fiction books, and also served as editor for the legendary magazines Analog and Omni. In his short story “Bloodless Victory,” which appears in his recent collection New Frontiers, he depicts a future in which dueling makes a comeback thanks to sophisticated virtual reality technology.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/12/19 Mar 12, 2019

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Scooter Startups Are Ditching Gig Workers for Real Employees Mar 11, 2019

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In the earliest days of the new scooter sharing wave, when a new, Uber veteran-run company called Bird showed in southern California, working in the industry felt a bit like stumbling into the O.K. Corral. High school students scrapped for their chance to charge or fix scooters for between $10 and $20 a pop. “Mechanics” broke handlebars and wheels en masse, so they would be paid to patch them up.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/8/19 Mar 10, 2019

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Captain Marvel Is About Female Power—Not Empowerment Mar 08, 2019

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If there's one line, one quote, that will endure from Captain Marvel, it'll likely be this one from Carol Danvers herself: "What happens when I'm finally set free?" It's rhetorical. Danvers says this as she's coming to realize the true awesomeness of her powers. For years, she's had her past hidden from her, been gaslighted into believing she needed to rein in her powers to be a better warrior for the Kree. This was not true.

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Kick the Keyboard: Other Ways to Get Text Onto Your Screen Mar 08, 2019

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A wise man once said, “Words are trains / for moving past what really has no name.” Many of us spend our days working on these railroads, hammering away on keyboards mechanical and otherwise. But do you have to? Not really; a number of products promise to free you from the tyranny of the keyboard, allowing you to lay words down by speaking, writing with a pen, or using gestures. Some of us, me included, find keyboards frustrating as we get older.

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Wired’s Most Interesting Thing in Tech 3/7/19 Mar 07, 2019

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Devil May Cry 5 Is a Bitchin' Throwback to a Goofier Time Mar 07, 2019

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If I had to describe Devil May Cry 5—and I do, it's my job—I'd call it a guitar riff. You know the type. The big, cheesy run that's trying, so hard, so very earnestly, to be cool. But it has something, some bit of inspiration and wit, that even though trying to be cool is the least cool thing in the world, you still really dig it. You start dancing, a little. Yeah, you say. Yeah, this is cool. This rocks.

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Guild Wars Developer Layoffs Hit as Fortnite Launches Season 8 Mar 06, 2019

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Just days after the massive layoffs at Activision Blizzard, the developer of Guild Wars announced this week that it would be letting go dozens of members of its staff. But that doesn't mean all the news in the world of videogames is bad. Fortnite's new season is here, y'all. Also, Pokémon! What else do you need to know? Read on.

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