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ELECTRIC WORD
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE • Why it is necessary to recognize Jane Austen fans as the avant-garde of digital culture.
CHARTGEIST
END GAMES • Every startup will eventually stop. But Silicon Valley lives in denial, so nobody plans for the inevitable.
WORKERS’ LITTLE HELPERS • Micro-tasks might be the future of white-collar productivity.
ANGRY NERD
PILOT EJECTED • Vintage F-16s are reborn as drones.
Wish List 2019 • 42 amazing gifts you’ll want to keep for yourself.
FEATURES
HOW A GROUP OF SOMALIS BECAME LEADERS IN THE FIGHT TO CHANGE A TECH BEHEMOTH.
THE STAR WARS THE RISE OF SKYWALKER: THE REST
EVERY-BODY LOVES REY • DAISY RIDLEY'S CHARACTER IS A MISFIT SCAVENGER FROM A DESERT PLANET, WITH A NO-NONSENSE WARDROBE TO MATCH. THAT'S WHY A BROAD SPECTRUM OF COSPLAYING REBELS HAVE EMBRACED HER OUTFIT—AND HER POWER.
THE NERDIEST PLACE ON EARTH • HOW DISNEY'S IMAGINEERS CREATED A WHOLE NEW PART OF THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE.
QUEEN OF EMPTY SPACE • THE FULL STORY OF PADME AMIDALA ISN'T FOUND IN THE MOVIES—BUT IN THE FRAGMENTS LEFT BEHIND.
THE STRANGE LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JEROLD HAAS • A VIRTUOSO CODER WAS ON THE BRINK OF BLOCKCHAIN RICHES. THEN HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS OF SOUTHERN OHIO.
SIX-WORD SCI-FI: STORIES BY WIRED READERS • IN SIX WORDS, SKETCH THE PLOT OF STAR WARS: EPISODE XXI