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Sony’s First OLED TV Is Freaking Gorgeous Jan 06, 2017

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Watch out, LG. Sony is entering the OLED television arena with a fetching TV. We’ve long known Sony could build a sweet OLED. It rolled into CES a few years ago with a stunning 56-inch 4K OLED set, but it never went anywhere. And because Panasonic doesn’t sell its OLED here in the US, LG has had the market to itself. That ends this year. Sony’s Bravia OLED A1E is gorgeous, it’s slim, and it sports a cool stand so you canprop it up like a giant picture frame.

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CES Isn’t About the Gadgets Jan 05, 2017

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One of the most enduring views of CES happens to be one of the first things anyone sees there. You squeeze through the crowds of businessmen, hangers-on, and professional conference-goers, and push through the doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center. You walk down the hallway that's somehow already filthy, even though the show started just 16 seconds ago, and you look to your right.

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We Love It When Presidents Enjoy Science Fiction Jan 04, 2017

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In November, WIRED published a special issue guest-edited by President Obama. The magazine’s features editor Maria Streshinsky says that working with the president was an exciting opportunity for everyone at WIRED, especially editor in chief Scott Dadich.

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Deep Within a Mountain, Physicists Race to Unearth Dark Matter Jan 03, 2017

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In a lab buried under the Apennine Mountains of Italy, Elena Aprile, a professor of physics at Columbia University, is racing to unearth what would be one of the biggest discoveries in physics. She has not yet succeeded, even after more than a decade of work. Then again, nobody else has, either. Aprile leads the XENON dark matter experiment, one of several competing efforts to detect a particle responsible for the astrophysical peculiarities that are collectively attributed to dark matter.

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In a Chaotic Year, the Best Games Took My Control Away Jan 02, 2017

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2016 was a year that felt entirely out of control. At times, it was a blur a blur; at others it was dreadfully long, challenging moments personal and collective stretching into little eternities. This year’s videogames weren’t explicitresponses to anything that happened this year—games rarely works like that, especially where multi-million dollar development cycles are concerned—but entertainment and realityoften intersected in disconcertingways.

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A Farewell to Wii U, the Game System for Nobody Dec 30, 2016

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Sure,withThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildthere’sone more high-profile game coming to Wii U. But Nintendo is also releasing the new Zelda for its upcoming new console, Nintendo Switch. And it’s not even promising that the game will be there for its March launch, just a vague “2017.” By the time Zelda finally ships, you may have already upgraded your console.

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Review: Midwest Supplies ‘Beer. Simply Beer.’ Brewing Kit Dec 29, 2016

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Ifirmly believethat thekitchen isan incredible source of knowledge, and that you can’t truly understand something you love until you try making it yourself. If you love beer, these truisms yield a glorious thing. Homebrewing is somethingof a national passion, but I’ve never delved into it, mostly becausethere’s so much great beer producedby people who know what they’re doing.

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Take a Chilling 360-Degree Tour of NASA’s Glacier-Spying Plane Dec 28, 2016

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You know the space agency best for the way it uses probes, landers, telescopes, and satellites to show you worlds beyond your own, but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has plenty of tools for taking a close look at Earth, too. To study the home planet’s atmosphere, weather, ice masses, and oceans, NASA operates a diverse fleet of aircraft planes, from the high-fling ER-2 to the Global Hawk drone.

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Review: Audioengine HD3 Premium Powered Desktop Speakers Dec 27, 2016

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Audioengine enjoysa strong reputation for high-quality speakers at prices that won’t make you cry. TheHD3 desktop speakers retail at $400, which places them at the upperend of Audioengine’s desktop line of powered boxes, but below the top-endHD5 speakers. I held high expectations for the HD3s. AsI unpacked them, I felt pangs of nostalgia over the wires and cables. It’s been awhile since I plugged a pair of nice speakers into my computer.

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A Definitive Ranking of the Best Hair in the Star Wars Universe Dec 26, 2016

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With each new Star Wars movie, fans wait to see how their favorite characters, new and old, will be styled. And, with some of the most iconic and influential hairstyles in pop-culture history, the franchise has a high bar to clear when it comes to its characters’ tresses. Because as Yoda says, “Hairdo. Or do not hairdo. There is no try.

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