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This week in Crave: The floating-on-hot-air edition

Too busy hiding in a box in your parent's garage to keep up with Crave this week? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

Leslie Katz Former Culture Editor
Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably playing online word games, tending to her garden or referring to herself in the third person.
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  • Third place film critic, 2021 LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
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Leslie Katz

Too busy hiding in a box in your parent's attic to keep up with Crave this week? Well, batten down the hot-air balloons and flying saucers, readers. It's time for the weekly Crave roundup, wherein we remind you of some of the more interesting/weird/wonderful stories we had our eyes on.

• The Blob lives!

• Welcome back Polaroid insta-cams.

• We clicked with the Moto Cliq.

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Dyson

• White men can't jump, but robot cockroaches can.

• Warning to iPhones: Beware of bears.

• What, a fan with no blades?

• Myths of modern LCDs.

• Yahoo brings on da funk--and the metal, Latin, and reggae.

• Barnes & Noble e-book reader surprise: two displays. But are they solar-powered?

See anything we missed? Got a great gadget tip we should know about? Write to us at crave at cnet dot com. And remember, we want your spookiest tech tales.