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The 1970s were an experimental playground where tech optimismmingled with countercultural quirkiness to yield strange inventions. Some were innovative, some pointless, some disasters. These ...

Boots Riley’s newest film “I Love Boosters,” released May 22, is an excellent example of outside-the-box storytelling, telling a comedic journey of shoplifting while simultaneously enlightening ...

When we think of wearables, the first things that come to mind are smartwatches and smart rings. But wearables weren’t invented in the 21st century. Humans have long attached weird little gadgets to ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Over the course of American ...

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Some technology at MWC is groundbreaking. Some of it is just plain weird. These are the oddball inventions that made the show floor the most fun. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, ...