This week I learned keeping your idle gadgets plugged in is costing you hundreds of dollars, and more

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Just how much power do your electronics use when they are ‘off’? (The New York Times)

You could probably lift a car, if you really needed to (New York Magazine)

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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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