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STAR WARS
Hold Everything: Stormtroopers Have Discovered Tactics
BY ANGRY STAFF OFFICER
Imperial troops have finally figured out how to do more than charge straight ahead.
PRODUCT REVIEW
Brawn on a Budget: The New Mac Mini With Apple Silicon
BY CHRISTOPHER NULL
The tiny desktop PC has been relaunched with an Apple-made chip, and boy does it rip.
COZY BEAR
Russia's FireEye Hack Is a Statement—but Not a Catastrophe
BY LILY HAY NEWMAN
The fallout from the attack may not be as dire as it first sounds.
ETHICS
Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher's Firing
BY TOM SIMONITE
Timnit Gebru was one of seven authors on a study that examined prior research on training artificial intelligence models to understand language.
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OPINION
Want a More Equitable Future? Empower Citizen Developers
BY SATYA NADELLA AND MARCO IANSITI
To drive innovation, we need to put technology in the hands of every worker, organization, and public-sector agency around the world.
VIDEO GAMES
Marvel Puzzle Quest Might Just Be My Forever Game
BY PETER RUBIN
Despite the raft of new games now available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, a free-to-play mobile puzzler still has the bulk of my attention.
Anova's $600 Countertop Oven Is a Steam-Powered Dream
BY JOE RAY
Move over, air fryers. The use of steam is an exciting and approachable new direction for the home kitchen, and this oven is pointing the way.
WAKE UP SAMURAI
Orientalism, Cyberpunk 2077, and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction
BY GEORGE YANG
Cyberpunk as a genre, and Cyberpunk 2077 the game, are both rooted in a type of other-ization that can't be ignored—but it can be examined.
Toxicity in Gaming Is Dangerous. Here's How to Stand Up to It
BY WIRED OPINION
Players often rationalize behaviors like harassment as a part of video game culture. But new research shows it has long-term negative effects.
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