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Ryan Hemsworth performs in virtual reality, a washing machine album and more in this week's music

Ryan Hemsworth feat. Kotomi: Surrounded In the music video for electronic dance track “Surrounded,” Ryan Hemsworth dons a spandex motion-capture suit, an Oculus Rift Gear VR and performs in an imagined world. Though he’s jamming out alone in “real life,” vocalist Kotomi and a bandmate support him on the virtual stage (set inside a cathedral that might be familiar for Assassin’s Creed players) and they’re …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The Paris Agreement, NASA's call for astronauts, James Turrell on "Hotline Bling" and more in our look at the web

1. Banksy’s New Steve Jobs Artwork Confronts Refugee Stigmas Located on a wall inside the Calais refugee camp, Bansky’s latest piece features the image of late Apple founder Steve Jobs and aims to confront the stigma that refugees drain countries’ resources. It references the history of Jobs and his Syrian migrant father, who moved to America after World War II. Jobs later went on to …

Holiday Gift Guide 2015: Last Minute

Ideas for presents that offer stress-free, super-fast shipping

Waiting until the last minute is easy to dobetween work, office parties, planning holiday celebrations, time to actually shop for gifts is slim. So unless you’re one of those people whose holiday buying begins in September, with all the presents wrapped and hidden away before Halloween, this is the guide for you. All the goodies in our Last Minute Gift Guide have a fast-track shipping …