In true plot-twist fashion, Netflix has announced three movies that will debut in cinemas next year; signalling a shift in strategy and ambition for the streaming giant. What is Netflix up to with this strange new game plan… and was this always its ultimate goal?

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It's already nerve-wracking answering questions at the border, but some ports in the European Union are taking it to another, kinda worrying level.

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‘Help me Obi-Wan, you’re my only hope’ - is perhaps one of the most memorable lines from the Star Wars franchise. But why? It was delivered via a hologram. Now, that image from a galaxy far far away is a lot closer than we think. Over at Imperial College London ‘Holograms’ will be teaching students.

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Open Sesame!

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When we mix technology with politics, one of the biggest concerns is the risk of being hacked - and that is a major concern for voting machines. But the problem with the midterm elections in Texas isn’t the machines being hacked; software bugs and glitches have been switching votes. So is there a true blue solution to the voting system?

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Stock trading app Titan wants to be the easiest way to invest in stocks for a mobile generation that wants an affordable coach to guide them through the market themselves.

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There are 30 strangers currently living together in Bali. There are another 30 in Mexico City, and 30 more in Buenos Aires. None of them are locals. None of them are on vacation. They’re all part of a co-working retreat, a new phenomenon where professionals try working from a different country for a month alongside an eclectic group of other internationals.

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MIT Media Lab has created a Halloween project called BeeMe, billed as a web-based social experiment where people can log onto the BeeMe website and start suggesting and then voting on what action a person should take next. What will this experiment reveal about the importance of a person’s free will (or lack thereof)?

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PlayStation Visual Arts senior director Michael Mumbauer said that the field of ‘virtual production’ could be Malaysia’s calling to join the fold of top videogame and film production hubs around the world. Malaysia has been in this position before, will we finally capitalize on this opportunity?

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A group of recent University of Oregon graduates has a plan to tackle the global plastic problem, and their solution is even edible, too. AlgoTek was formed by CEO David Crinnion and his college friends to develop a new, algae-based plastic that's 100 percent sustainable and biodegradable.

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