Self-Driving Vehicles Are Here—If You Know Where to Look

Glossy visions of an autonomous future always seem just out of reach. But two insiders say the technology is available on farms, and on clear, dry streets.

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Signal's Cryptocurrency Feature Has Gone Worldwide

A beta “payments” feature now lets users of the popular encrypted messaging app send MobileCoin around the globe.

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Indie City-Building Games Finally Reckon With Climate Change

City- and empire-builders like Cities: Skylines totally simplify the climate crisis, if they address it at all. A new wave of titles are far more complex.

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I Spent Hundreds of Hours Working in VR. Here’s What I Learned

This is how it feels in the future Mark Zuckerberg promised—disembodied and unaware of my surroundings.

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The Build Back Better Bill Needs to Do Better for Bikes

If the US is serious about solving climate change, it needs to treat bikes like car replacements and not toys.

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Can Being Reminded of My Death Improve My Life?

WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on whether apps that send reminders of your mortality can help you live a better life.

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The Best of CES 2022

These are the products, prototypes, and ideas that did the best job of signaling the future at this year’s consumer tech showcase.

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CES 2022 Liveblog: Even More Gadgets From Tech’s Big Show

Day three of CES is underway in Las Vegas as more ebikes, drones, and metaverse machines roll out onto the (virtual) stage.

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Natural History, Not Technology, Will Dictate Our Destiny

Humans—convinced of our own power and control—tend to ignore the laws of nature. But that is a mistake.

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How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a Doomsday Glacier

Thwaites Glacier is crumbling, and fast—if it melts entirely, it could add 10 feet to sea levels. Now Antarctic scientists are racing to survey the damage.

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This Is the Year of the Shadow Pandemic

The long-tail consequences of fighting Covid-19 must be mitigated—in education, women’s rights, climate, and more.

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CES 2022 Liveblog: The Gadgets Keep Coming at Tech’s Big Show

Day two of CES is underway in Las Vegas as more headphones, smartwatches, and wacky concept EVs roll out onto the (virtual) stage.

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How Do You Practice Responsible Astrology?

For millennia, rulers and ordinary people alike have used the method to predict the future. Translating celestial movements requires great care—and compassion.

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How Do You Design a Better Hospital? Start With the Light

A new trend in patient-centered design focuses on making environments more comfortable and less scary.

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Hackers Are Exploiting a Flaw Microsoft Fixed 9 Years Ago

Unless you go out of your way to install the patch, your system could be exposed.

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The Best Apps for Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions

New year, new chance to get off the emotional roller coaster of the past two years.

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To Study the Next Earth, NASA May Need to Throw Some Shade

The agency wants to hunt exoplanets, so it’s designing star shades and coronagraphs that block out starlight and give telescopes a clear view.

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The End of BlackBerry Phones Is Finally, Truly Here

The company is pulling support for its devices, meaning that at some point they will no longer be able to connect to cellular networks.

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The Global Economy Ignores Developing Nations at Its Own Peril

Rebooting after two years of the pandemic is difficult—but leaving emerging economies behind only makes things worse.

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Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback

Finding green energy when the winds are calm and the skies are cloudy has been a challenge. Storing it in giant concrete blocks could be the answer.

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The Danger of Leaving Weather Prediction to AI

When it comes to forecasting the elements, many seem ready to welcome the machine. But humans still outperform the algorithms—especially in bad conditions.

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The Best Movies You Missed in 2021—and Where to Stream Them

From Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar to Test Pattern, now is the perfect time to catch up on these indie darlings you probably didn't see last year.

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Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic

Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse.

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To Fight Climate Change, First You Need to Measure It

Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory are using monitoring equipment to track our impact on the planet more accurately than ever before.

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The Creepy TikTok Algorithm Doesn’t Know You

The uncanny, addictive AI has turned math into a mystical force—and flattened humanity into a series of codes.

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At the Dawn of Life, Heat May Have Driven Cell Division

A mathematical model shows how a thermodynamic mechanism could have made protocells split in two.

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Yup, CES Is Happening. Here’s What to Expect

Things couldn’t be weirder—at the premier consumer tech conference, or in general.

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Crime Prediction Keeps Society Stuck in the Past

So long as algorithms are trained on racist historical data and outdated values, there will be no opportunities for change.

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How to Send Messages That Automatically Disappear

Need to be discreet? Here's how to set up vanishing texts, photos, or videos in most popular chat apps.

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Why Paleontologists Are Getting Into Florida’s Oyster Business

Conservationists are teaming up with fossil experts to help the bivalves—and the state’s oyster economy—survive.

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How to Start (and Keep) a Healthy Habit

Whether you want to run a marathon or learn to play the guitar, here's how to set yourself up for success.

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The 18 Best EVs Coming in 2022

The electric car’s time has come. Here are the EVs to keep an eye out for in the new year.

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Where Parents Can Get Help with Climate Anxiety

If you're looking to the future and wondering exactly how to prepare your children for a changing world, these resources can help.

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How to Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it's with one of those oh-so-clingy social networks. Harder yet when there's a deactivation period.

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Is 5G Available for You? Here's How to Find Out

Before you jump on that new iPhone or Google Pixel, maybe make sure 5G is worthwhile or even offered where you live.

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Save Money on Subscriptions Thanks to This iOS Loophole

This is one weird trick, but when it works, it works well and can save you cash on apps.

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Covid Will Become Endemic. The World Must Decide What That Means

The task of 2022 will be figuring out how much action we’re willing to take and how much disease and death we’ll tolerate.

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The 18 TV Shows We’re Most Looking Forward to in 2022

From tabloid stars to Targaryen dragons, here are some of the upcoming shows on our watchlist—and where to stream them.

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Advice to Startup Founders: Prepare to Fail

Three new books explore why fledgling companies flounder—and what to do about it.

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Too Much Future Makes the Present Miserable

Trend forecasters want to sell you your own uncertainty—and the more uncertain you are, the more lucrative a crystal ball gets.

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The 9 Games We Loved in 2021

In a year of continued stasis, these games brought us a lot of joy.

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The Best Base Layers to Keep You Warm

Stay toasty outdoors with our favorite blended, merino wool, and synthetic tops to wear under your cheery sweaters and coats.

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How to Upgrade Your YouTube Recording Setup

Whether you're recording specifically for YouTube or making movies that may just end up there, this gear can help.

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This Was the Year When Finance Jumped the Doge

From GameStop to bored apes, weirdness abounded among meme-loving amateur investors.

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African Voices Must Lead the Global Climate Conversation

The world is finally waking up to the impact the climate crisis is having on the continent.

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What Happens When an AI Knows How You Feel?

Technology used to only deliver our messages. Now it wants to write them for us by understanding our emotions.

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2021 Was the Year Space Tourism Opened Up. But for Whom?

SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic finally made commercial spaceflight possible. Now there are questions about the purpose of these exclusive trips.

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12 Awesome Management Games for Armchair Tycoons

These building- and resource-based simulations are perfect for single-player fun and relaxation.

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Surprise! The Pandemic Has Made People More Science Literate

Despite rampant misinformation, Covid-19 has pushed science into the zeitgeist, as people have absorbed new words and how scientific discovery actually works.

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Predicting Death Could Change the Value of a Life

New technology promises to forecast the length of your life. But for disabled people, measuring mortality can prove fatal.

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This Company Has a Way to Replace Plastic in Clothing

Natural Fiber Welding uses an innovative process to treat cotton and make it behave more like synthetic fibers.

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Why 2021 Was the Biggest Year for the Labor Movement in Games

Working conditions at top studios have been criticized before, but this year saw a significant increase in protests and organizing by employees.

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The Year in Overflow Culture

Thanks to the constant content machine, there’s more culture online than anyone knows what to do with. Here’s the most baffling of the internet’s 2021 leftovers.

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4 Dive Watches We Loved to Wear This Year

They are the most popular type of timepiece by far, and this year many new models were launched. We’ve picked four favorites.

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The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change

On a barren lava plateau in Iceland, a new facility is sucking in air and stashing the carbon dioxide in rock. The next step: Build 10,000 more.

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If AI Is Predicting Your Future, Are You Still Free?

Part of being human is being able to defy the odds. Algorithmic prophecies undermine that.

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The Year Everyone Remembered That Chips Matter

Shortages of semiconductors messed up production of everything from cars to toys. Plans are in the works for more factories, but they'll take years.

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How to Set Up Your New iPhone

Welcome to your new iPhone. Here's how to get the most out of it right out of the box.

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2021 Was a Huge Missed Opportunity on Climate Action

The pandemic should have been a wake-up call—instead, emissions have climbed once more. Here's how the US could have seized the opportunity.

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The History of Predicting the Future

Humans have long tried to determine the shape of what’s to come. But even the most advanced technology can’t solve the fundamental issues with predictions.

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5 Space Watches That Are Out of This World

Watches made it into space well before Jeff Bezos. Here are our top picks for timepieces connected with the final frontier.

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A Clean Industrial Revolution Is the Only Way to Hit Net Zero

Governments and companies around the world are finally acting to create a green economy and avoid climate catastrophe.

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The Metaverse Land Rush Is an Illusion

The “real estate of the future” is plagued by buggy software, empty servers, and huge opportunities for abuse.

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How to Return and Exchange Your Unwanted Gifts or Purchases

You can’t always get what you want. But there are smarter, more sustainable ways to get cash (or store credit) instead.

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The Morbid War Over Online Obituaries

“Obituary pirates” scrape websites and publish their own versions of death notices, reaping commissions on flowers and gifts.

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The Best Indie Games You May Have Missed in 2021

It's been a great year for developers and gamers alike.

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Gear to Help Make Your Livestreams Look and Sound Good

Whether you stream on Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or anywhere else, these tools and tips can turn you into a pro.

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How to Take a Slick, Professional Headshot With Your Phone

Snapping that perfect self-portrait on your phone is a skill. Here’s how to do it, according to the experts.

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Can You Solve Climate Change Better Than World Leaders?

What even happened at the UN climate summit—and could you do a better job? These online and in-person simulators let you take a swing at saving the world.

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We Ranked the Democratic Standards of Fictional Netflix Nations

From Christmas economics to incarceration policy, how well do the various monarchical countries of the Princess Switch series treat their humble citizens?

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VCs Lavished Startups With Cash in 2021. Now Comes the Hard Part

“Is it a casino or the future of tech? Everyone’s trying to figure that out.”

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The Worst Hacks of 2021

It was a year of ransomware, surveillance, data breaches, and yes, more ransomware.

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How to Buy Used Gear on eBay—the Smart, Safe Way

Gracefully avoid sketchy situations and score a deal on the post-holiday gadget turnover.

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Tetris Helps My Stress and Anxiety Fall Away

When I revisited my preferred childhood pastime, I wondered if the game would still serve as a mental reset. Turns out, it did.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Finally Prepares for Launch

After decades of hard work and controversies, NASA scientists ready Hubble’s massive successor for its mission to probe the distant universe.

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Lab-Grown Embryo Research Is Poised to Transform Medicine

New advances in stem cell science could alleviate devastating early-life conditions. But this comes with a moral conundrum.

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'Algorithmic Reparation' Calls for Racial Justice in AI

Researchers are encouraging those who work in AI to explicitly consider racism, gender, and other structural inequalities.

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How an Aquarium Collects Curious Creatures From the Deep

Take a cruise with scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, as they pilot an SUV-sized robot to collect delicate specimens 1,600 feet down.

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You Should Listen to CDs

If vinyl is for hipsters and streaming is for everyone else, maybe the forgotten format is for you.

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The Wave-Conquering, Metaverse-Crashing Life of Kai Lenny

Treated as an outcast in Maui’s cool-kid surf culture, he went on to master nearly every extreme water sport. No wonder the tech elite has a crush on him.

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Antibodies Are Being Created to Fight Disease in New Ways

Targeting cancers and viruses, better knowledge of the human immune system is leading to new medicines.

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2022 Will Be a Big Year for Space Exploration

Missions to Mars, Jupiter, and—yes—Texas are all part of the next wave of space research previously delayed by Covid-19.

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The Best Movies of 2021—and Where to Stream Them

From Dune to The Green Knight, these are the best movies you should have watched (and still have time to watch) this year.

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Growing Peppers on the ISS Is Just the Start of Space Farming

The chili peppers thrived in a controlled microgravity environment. But to develop agriculture away from Earth, NASA will have to think outside the box.

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Welcome to Miami, Where All Your Memes Come True!

The city is trying to lure in Silicon Valley types, hyping the promise of sun, sand, and seed rounds. Does it want Silicon Valley’s problems too?

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Hypebeasts With Bots Have Ruined Christmas

As resellers snap up the scarce supply of new consoles and other must-have items, politicians, shoppers, and retailers are fighting back.

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Can Brain Organoids Be ‘Conscious’? Scientists May Soon Find Out

These bundles of neurons, often used for research, will likely display complex activity patterns akin to humans—raising wider ethical questions.

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This Startup Is Making—and Programming—Human Cells

Creating bespoke cells could transform testing and help develop new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

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Don’t Look Up Nails the Frustration of Being a Scientist

Writer-director Adam McKay’s new Netflix film, about a comet headed for Earth, is an allegory for inaction during the climate crisis.

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Boom’s Quest to Make Supersonic Flights a Reality (Again)

Denver-based startup Boom already has orders for its commercial supersonic planes. But is supersonic travel really the future, or best left to nostalgia?

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2021 Revealed the Depths of Global Vaccine Inequity

Previous pandemics saw rich countries grabbing up vaccine supplies, leaving poor countries behind. Has the world learned nothing since?

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More Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs Are Open for Business

A new report finds more people, particularly those in minority groups, are starting new ventures amid the pandemic.

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5 Apps That Are Better on the Desktop Than in Your Browser

Move these services out of your tabs for an optimal experience.

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Big Data May Not Know Your Name. But It Knows Everything Else

Data brokers claim that deidentified data on millions of Americans is risk-free. Lawmakers need to know that “anonymity” is an abstraction.

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Cosmologists Close in on Logical Laws for the Big Bang

Physicists are translating commonsense principles into strict mathematical constraints for how our universe must have behaved at the beginning of time.

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18 Face Masks We Actually Like to Wear

Our tips and picks to up your mask game—whether you’re heading back to the office in the new year or just want to stay safe and stylish.

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16 Great Deals on Home Goods, Office Gear, and Kitchen Tools

Fortify your space this winter with discounts on stand mixers, keyboards, and mattresses.

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How to Use Discord: A Beginner’s Guide

Confused by the buzzy social platform? Here’s everything you need to know.

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What’s the Winter Solstice, Anyway?

Here’s what happens on the longest night of the year—in the solar system and across different cultures here on Earth.

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We All Need to Stop Only Seeing the Dark Side of Crypto

In some parts of the developing world, cryptocurrency is changing lives for the better.

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