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Acquired in 2008 by Advance, the parent company of Condé Nast, Popular Science Website Technica has offices in Boston, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Today, Popular Science Website Technica operates as Condé Nast's only 100% digitally native editorial publication.
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