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This week in Crave: The wrinkle-free edition

This week, we sorted through more than the usual share of Apple rumors, pretended to be working while we were really on Facebook, and worried that our smartphones are making our necks look bad.

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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Too busy checking your neck for smartphone-related wrinkles to keep up with Crave this week? Here's what you missed while you were searching for signs of that latest suspicious-sounding tech-related affliction, BlackBerry Neck!

Aimi Eguchi's a little robotic, but far more believable than an Actroid robot. AKB48

• Apple's updated Time Capsules finally showed up.

• We separate the real from the hype with all those Mac rumors.

• Is the Pentax Q interchangeable-lens camera too little, too late?

• Japan goes gaga for a pretty pop idol--who's also a CG composite.

• Speaking of fakes, try a FakeTV to trick burglars.

• How tiny can a touchpad get? This tiny.

• Imagine never having to worry about recharging again.

Happy birthday, Sonic! Sega

• Meet Nokia's new N9 MeeGo phone.

• Little Sonic the Hedgehog is all grown up now.

• Quick! Make it look like you're working.

• Amazon pushes Prime with free videos.

• What makes a good Blu-ray player?

• It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a flying orb!

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