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Young Japanese are surprisingly content
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The future lies in automation
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How Nintendo told gamers to get lost
How Nintendo told gamers to get lost“Super Mario” propelled players through a one-directional world. “The Legend of Zelda”, at last let them wander at will ON MARCH 3rd, along with a new game console, Nintendo released “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”, the latest instalment in a storied series of video games. “Breath of the Wild” marks 30 years since the release of the first “Legend of Ze
The manufacturing jobs delusion
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Yellow cabs are less likely to crash than blue ones
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The rise of artificial intelligence is creating new variety in the chip market, and trouble for Intel
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Top Gun’s topper
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Let us spray
PANDEMICS make for good horror films. Few things are scarier than a dangerous, incurable new disease that spreads quickly. And globalisation means that plagues can travel far, wide and terrifyingly fast. Diseases such as HIV/AIDS, SARS, West Nile virus and Ebola fever were born in places as varied as African jungles and Chinese poultry markets. Then they broke out to spread panic around the world.
Ready, headset, go
Ready, headset, goNew VR headsets are being launched, but the technology’s appeal is uncertain THOSE trying a virtual-reality set for the first time can be transported to the top of a skyscraper at night. Stepping up to the edge, they look down on the bustle of the city, far below. If he is standing nearby, Brendan Iribe, the boss of Oculus, which makes virtual-reality headsets, likes to dare peop
How Asians view each other
How Asians view each otherAsia-Pacific country's public perceptions of each other By The Data Team AS WE highlighted in our recent essay, old resentments die hard in Asia. The latest report by the Pew Research Centre on public perceptions in countries in the Asia-Pacific region bears this out. Historic grudges continue to colour the views East Asians in particular (in China, Japan and South Korea)
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