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This week in Crave: The Yuletide edition

Too busy trying to fold paper into Star Wars-themed snowflakes this week to keep up with Crave? Here's what you missed while you were decorating your tree with Wampas.

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.
Credentials
  • Third place film critic, 2021 LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
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Leslie Katz
Star Wars snowflake
And you thought only Ewoks decorated with Stormtrooper helmets. Geektress

Too busy trying to fold paper into Star Wars-themed snowflakes this week to keep up with Crave? Here's what you missed while you were decorating your tree with Stormtroopers, Wampas, and Princess Leias.

• Forget DIY repair, sometimes you gotta call the pros.

• This is what it looks like when an iPad meets a blowtorch.

• Air-powered batteries--and other predictions.

• Rumors of PC gaming's death have been greatly exaggerated.

• Gadgets get cold too, you know.

• Jazz robots don't play music, but they do teleport you.

• The Kinect could be getting a lot more sensitive.

• Will the next PSP sport a touch screen?

• Amazon Kindles appear to be having a very happy holiday (except for this).

And from all of us here at Crave to all of you: Hope your holidays are even happier than the Kindle's. We'll be publishing on a limited basis from now through New Year's, but we'll back in full force Monday, January 3, and gearing up for CES. Bookmark this page now to keep up with all news related to the annual gadget blowout.