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How Apple Arcade cultivated quality in a free-to-play wasteland

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Whenever Apple rolls out a lofty new idea, it invites as many skeptics as it does fans. Devices like the Vision Pro birthed naysayers from the moment it was announced, but armchair criticism has rarely, if ever, put a dent in the tech giant’s plans. It has a way of committing to its products and initiatives, even when outsiders might think no one is using them.

That’s been the story of Apple Arcade since it launched in 2019. The

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The barren wasteland of America’s uranium ghost towns: Inside the remains of mining outpost Jeffrey City, Wyoming, which was all but abandoned after the end of the nuclear arms race – left with just 24 RESIDENTS, one diner, and a school with two students

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Once a bustling town with more than 4,500 residents and its own newspaper, Jeffrey City in Wyoming is a shadow of its former self with forlorn buildings left to rust and sprigs of grass breaking up tarmacked surfaces – but 24 residents refuse to let it go to ground completely. 

The rural enclave started out as a single homestead but after uranium was discovered in the area, a mine opened in 1957 and a drove of workers from across the

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