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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

Former Weekend Editor

Former Weekend Editor

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    Wes Davis
    Look at DJ Diplo’s sick plant coat.

    Just kidding, I’m obviously posting this because of the Vision Pro and Tim Cook content, spotted by 9to5Mac’s Chance Miller. But why is Cook hugging one of the members of EDM trio Major Lazer? Listen, these guys go way back.

    It does look like a comfy coat, though.

    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    The Canadian government targets a hobbyist hacking tool in car theft crackdown.

    The Canadian Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development said it “will pursue all avenues to ban” devices like the Flipper Zero, an open-source wireless hacking tool, asserting that it can be used to steal keyless entry signals.

    While it’s true that the device have caused some trouble, Ars Technica spoke with a number of experts, including the COO of Flipper Devices, who insist it just isn’t powerful or sophisticated enough for car theft.

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    Wes Davis
    Star Wars spinoff The Acolyte gets a narrowed-down release window.

    The show, originally pitched by showrunner Leslye Headland as “Frozen meets Kill Bill,” will be out in Summer 2024, according to Collider. Disney had previously only confirmed it as coming this year.

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    Wes Davis
    Doritos made the best action sequence I’ve seen in months.

    There’s a ton of action crammed into this one-minute Super Bowl spot, including a fight scene, car chase, and even zip-lining with a kids’ scooter as two grandmothers chase after a bag of spicy snacks.

    And apart from a couple of goofy shots, it’s more believable and fun than most recent Marvel films.

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    Wes Davis
    Here’s why it took decades to create blue LEDs.

    When I was a kid, LEDs were almost always red and largely only used as power indicators on stereo receivers and similar electronics.

    The Veritasium YouTube channel tells the story of how the Nobel Prize-winning work of three researchers — Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and, separately, Shuji Nakamura — made blue light-emitting diodes possible in the 1990s.

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    Wes Davis
    Google’s Gemini for Android doesn’t require “Hey Google” to auto-send queries anymore.

    Now, the chatbot formerly known as Bard will respond to your queries when you stop talking, regardless of how you summoned it. Before, that only worked when you invoked Google’s chatbot with the phrase “Hey Google.”

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    Wes Davis
    The Quiet Place Day One trailer, distilled.

    The 30-second version of this week’s A Quiet Place Day One trailer for the Super Bowl tomorrow hits all the big notes from the full-length in a third of the time. Perfect for the trailer-watcher on the go.