Adam Clark Estes
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Senior technology correspondent at Vox
Donât get mad but I think AI can be really helpful when it comes to taxes, especially this year. I do not, however, think you should ever ever give your W2 info to ChatGPT.
www.vox.com/life/480317/...
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How to use AI for your taxes â and how not to use it
ï»żDonât let ChatGPT do your taxes. But do let it help.
https://www.vox.com/life/480317/trump-taxes-chatgpt-claude-turbotax?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InNyU1ZVYlA3dUEiLCJwIjoiL2xpZmUvNDgwMzE3L3RydW1wLXRheGVzLWNoYXRncHQtY2xhdWRlLXR1cmJvdGF4IiwiZXhwIjoxNzczMjQzOTY3LCJpYXQiOjE3NzIwMzQzNjd9.GYVL7kcuLK_gJ8oyWGG9rkEaiAoJX3UjaIYXBlFNUlQ&utm_medium=gift-link
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I always suspected that compostable plastics weren't really compostable. While that's not exactly true, it's not false either.
www.vox.com/life/479565/...
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How plant-based marketing took over everything â even diapers
Cautious consumerism isnât a bad thing, but thereâs a lot we donât know about these products.
https://www.vox.com/life/479565/plant-based-diapers-bioplastics-vegan-leather?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IldKeE55MXVPSzkiLCJwIjoiL2xpZmUvNDc5NTY1L3BsYW50LWJhc2VkLWRpYXBlcnMtYmlvcGxhc3RpY3MtdmVnYW4tbGVhdGhlciIsImV4cCI6MTc3MjcyNTMyNywiaWF0IjoxNzcxNTE1NzI3fQ.NZLoHQJaFuJDp8S5kaLQtX56tY14WSonDgcnyAWeMUI&utm_medium=gift-link
12 days ago
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The new Atlantic cover story has everything: the second Industrial Revolution, zingers, Steve Bannon
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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America Isnât Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs
Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/ai-economy-labor-market-transformation/685731/
21 days ago
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I'm not convinced Apple's new call screening feature saves me any time but it does save a little bit of sanity
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Apple is trying to make your phone usable as a phone again
You should turn on the new scam-busting iPhone feature right now.
https://www.vox.com/technology/462755/apple-iphone-ios26-call-screening
5 months ago
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ChatGPT is great at sounding like a doctor â and sometimes good at diagnosing things your doctor missed â but ultimately it's tricky little text box to trust with your health
www.vox.com/technology/4...
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Your doctor might be using ChatGPT for a second opinion. Should you?
The doâs and donâts of asking an AI for health advice.
https://www.vox.com/technology/461840/chatgpt-ai-google-medical-symptoms?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IkNKMzR5RnVWWUEiLCJwIjoiL3RlY2hub2xvZ3kvNDYxODQwL2NoYXRncHQtYWktZ29vZ2xlLW1lZGljYWwtc3ltcHRvbXMiLCJleHAiOjE3NTk0MTU1MDcsImlhdCI6MTc1ODIwNTkwOX0.3Dg1WmjXWhulRhx0b3LzBLhY4dI3ypTLvdIczlYE5KI&utm_medium=gift-link
6 months ago
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OK hear me out: Kids should get phones when they're 3
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This counterintuitive advice about kids and phones makes a lot of sense
The case for giving one to your 3-year-old is not as outlandish as it sounds.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/460053/smartphones-kids-age-wait-until-8th-jonathan-haidt?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InBocUlyYWhtb0giLCJwIjoiL2V2ZW4tYmV0dGVyLzQ2MDA1My9zbWFydHBob25lcy1raWRzLWFnZS13YWl0LXVudGlsLTh0aC1qb25hdGhhbi1oYWlkdCIsImV4cCI6MTc1ODIxMjUwMiwiaWF0IjoxNzU3MDAyOTA0fQ.TME-KsVfP2vu-TVw0GKXKP_KvuOEysi-8Ci6aP-VmIY&utm_medium=gift-link
6 months ago
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Delta created a little dustup when it said it was personalizing airfares with AI. The situation is actually much worse when you zoom out.
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Personalized prices sure sound like a bad idea
ï»żCompanies are using your personal data to set prices. Hereâs how to sidestep them.
https://www.vox.com/technology/420940/delta-american-airlines-flight-discount-amazon
7 months ago
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Nobody doomsday preps like billionaire tech bros doomsday prep
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
8 months ago
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Despite rumors of its demise, the smartphone will continue to be your most important gadget for a very long while.
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Revenge of the flip phone
ï»żThe future of the smartphone looks a lot like its past.
https://www.vox.com/technology/419898/iphone-samsung-galaxy-google-pixel-fold-screentime
8 months ago
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Yikes
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8 months ago
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I suspected that the bottomless well of TikTok/Reels/Shorts thatâs eating our attention might be bad. Turns out itâs very bad.
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Little videos are cooking our brains
ï»żThe future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?
https://www.vox.com/technology/419430/ai-tiktok-youtube-shorts-instagram-reels
8 months ago
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AI should make your job better, not make it disappear.
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Donât let AI steal your job
Itâs okay to hate AIâs encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.
https://www.vox.com/technology/418525/ai-chatgpt-google-office-work-white-collar-jobs
8 months ago
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Finally, you can get into an argument with a Google search
techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/g...
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Google's AI Mode can now have back-and-forth voice conversations | TechCrunch
Google is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/googles-ai-mode-can-now-have-back-and-forth-voice-conversations/
9 months ago
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âFor a monthly fee starting at $125âŠâ
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âUber for Getting Off Antidepressantsâ Launches in the US
Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side effects.
https://www.wired.com/story/tapering-off-anti-depressants-outro-telehealth/
9 months ago
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"They consider themselves 'last responders.'"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Green-Wood Cemeteryâs Living Dead
How the âforever businessâ is changing at New York Cityâs biggest graveyard.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/green-wood-cemeterys-living-dead
9 months ago
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I spent the last six months wearing every health tracker I could find, from an Oura ring to a continuous glucose monitor. I did not expect to find myself toe-to-toe with RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement.
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I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.
Do Apple Watches, Oura rings, and glucose monitors actually make us healthier?
https://www.vox.com/technology/414264/apple-watch-oura-diabetes-blood-sugar-rfk-maha
9 months ago
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I've been using Google's new AI Mode and I like it and it terrifies me
www.vox.com/technology/4...
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What is Google even for anymore?
ï»żSearch as you know it is slowly crumbling.
https://www.vox.com/technology/414673/google-search-ai-mode-chatgpt-gemini
9 months ago
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So do we put the last penny in a museum or just throw it in the trash with the rest of them?
apnews.com/article/us-m...
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Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out.
https://apnews.com/article/us-mint-treasury-department-penny-end-production-daf6367d7e8d31d6783720d5d4667115?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=682f444c1021000001680a0c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
10 months ago
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The thing you told your mom about not clicking ads on Facebook, tell her again
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...
10 months ago
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Perfect
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/w...
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Wall of Dust Races Across Central Illinois and Pushes Into Chicago
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/weather/chicago-dust-storm.html?rsrc=ss
10 months ago
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What are we even doing any more?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
10 months ago
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Nobody said the future would be good for you
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Mark Zuckerbergâs surreal new AI app is the future
Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.
https://www.vox.com/technology/411977/meta-ai-app-mark-zuckerberg-instagram
10 months ago
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It's increasingly clear that we're being forced to live through a worse version of the 80s
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
11 months ago
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Now is a really great time to buy a new toaster
www.vox.com/technology/4...
11 months ago
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I'm starting to think Her was a documentary after all. Therapy/companionship, organizing your life, and finding purpose are now the top 3 uses of generative AI
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
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Adam Clark Estes
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11 months ago
Doing your taxes is technical and boring. Itâs perfect for AI chatbots.
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A surprisingly useful tool for this yearâs tax season
ï»żDoing your taxes is technical and boring. Itâs perfect for AI chatbots.
https://voxdotcom.visitlink.me/lo8wa9
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Just when you think our AI future can't get any darkerâŠ
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I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered
inTouch says on its website "Busy life? You canât call your parent every dayâbut we can." My own mum said she would feel terrible if her child used it.
https://www.404media.co/i-tested-the-ai-that-calls-your-elderly-parents-if-you-cant-bothered/
11 months ago
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I did my taxes twice this year. Once for real and once to see if the AI would try to ruin my life. Pleased to report it did not but stillâ proceed with caution.
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A surprisingly useful tool for this yearâs tax season
ï»żDoing your taxes is technical and boring. Itâs perfect for AI chatbots.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/407732/turbotax-tax-day-deadline-hrblock
11 months ago
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It's almost as if someone is trying to ruin this spring
add a skeleton here at some point
11 months ago
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Whoopsie!
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Whoopsie daisy Bitcoin!
Not so independent from the rest of the market, huh?
https://www.theverge.com/cryptocurrency/644749/bitcoin-tariff-fall-pricing
11 months ago
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11 months ago
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The post-Gawker breakup is nearly complete: G/O Media is down to just Kotaku and The Root.
www.axios.com/2025/04/04/q...
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Exclusive: Quartz sells again
Canadian firm Redbrick is acquiring the business news brand.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/quartz-sold-redbrick-go-media
11 months ago
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I dunno man it sure does seem like we're living in clowntown for now!
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
11 months ago
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The extended cut of the White Lotus season 3 theme that Mike White didn't like is, in fact, much better than what we got
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/s...
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âWhite Lotusâ Theme Song Composer Wonât Return for Season 4
CristĂłbal Tapia de Veerâs music was one of the breakout stars of HBOâs vacation thriller. But in an exclusive interview, the composer revealed that he had oohâed his last loo-loo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/style/white-lotus-composer-season-4-leaving.html
11 months ago
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Welp we had a good run
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11 months ago
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If ever there were a time to log off, this is it
www.vox.com/technology/4...
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A skepticâs guide to quitting your smartphone
ï»żI spent a week living with the new Light Phone. It wasnât long enough.
https://www.vox.com/technology/406829/light-phone-iphone-screen-time-kids
11 months ago
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Would Prime members get to pick their own algorithm?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...
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Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
The e-commerce giant put in a last-minute offer for the popular video app, according to three people familiar with the talks. TikTok faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/business/media/amazon-tiktok-bid.html
11 months ago
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I cannot fathom Shake Shack tasting good on an airplane. I also cannot fathom ever flying first class so I guess no need to worry.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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With Shake Shack in First Class, Airline Food Is No Longer a Joke
The burger is just about mastered at 35,000 feet. The next big hurdle: crispy fries and avocado toast.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-01/is-airplane-food-bad-delta-shake-shack-deal-shows-it-s-improving?embedded-checkout=true&sref=qYiz2hd0
11 months ago
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âI offered Neuralink vouchers to Kenosha!â
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11 months ago
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This is really starting to feel like a trend.
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11 months ago
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OK let's see what these code jockeys can do.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take yearsâDOGE wants it done in months.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
11 months ago
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Sheryl Sandberg, suddenly human and likable but certainly still mean to service people
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Careless People Made Me Like Sheryl Sandberg
The entertaining tell-all crafts Meta's COO into a Devil Wears Prada-like villain you can't help but love.
https://gizmodo.com/careless-people-made-me-like-sheryl-sandberg-2000579178
11 months ago
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I got a little riled up about ads in Roku City only to find out that most TVs are effectively wiretapped so that advertisers can see what you're watching at all times
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Why you canât escape ads on TV these days
Roku, Amazon, and practically every company in the streaming business are inventing new ways to make money off your data.
https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney
11 months ago
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What philosophy can tell us about our new bot buds
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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The rise of chatbot âfriendsâ
ï»żWait, what is a friend anyway?
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/405680/artificial-intelligence-chatbot-friends-relationships-philosophy
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But wait thereâs more
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
11 months ago
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Wired's did they leave their Venmo public beat is a national treasure
www.wired.com/story/michae...
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Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmoâuntil WIRED asked about it.
https://www.wired.com/story/michael-waltz-left-his-venmo-public/
11 months ago
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The kids are â alright fine, they are not all voting for Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/o...
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Opinion | Have Young People Really Turned MAGA?
Feeling empowered is different from numerical growth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/opinion/young-maga-trump-vote.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share
11 months ago
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Ah, the classic pivot to Pentagon
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Startups That Set Out to Fix the Climate Are Now Talking About Jet Fighters
A generation of companies that launched in recent years promising to wean the economy off fossil fuels are revamping their pitch to be more in tune with the zeitgeist.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/startups-that-set-out-to-fix-the-climate-are-now-talking-about-jet-fighters-f710fdad?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
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Here's a great issue-length reminder that it's very good and important to know how your computer works â and will work
www.wired.com/frontiers-of...
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How to Get ComputersâBefore Computers Get You
If you donât understand how digital tech is changing, youâll be swallowed by it. From post-quantum algorithms and thermodynamic hardware to open source architectures and apocalypse-proof programming, ...
https://www.wired.com/frontiers-of-computing/
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Idiocracy is a documenary
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