- Star Wars Nerd Designs Killer Flags for More Than 100 of the Saga’s Planets (Wired) (Scott Kelly)
- Samsung’s Bet on Biotechnology, Its goal: to become the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of biologic drugs—which are made from living cells, blood components and tissue as opposed to chemicals—in order to treat ailments from cancer to arthritis. (WSJ)
- The chief operating officer, now a No. 2 at the company, is Senior Vice President Jeff Williams, a longtime trusted lieutenant of Chief Executive Tim Cook. (WSJ)
- The Secret History of World War II-Era Drones (Wired)
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