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PLUS: the return of the good small phone, a fake news fighting photo app, and our favorite retro toys. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 10.15.20   IPHONE 12 MINI The Triumphant Return of the Good Small Phone BY BRIAN BARRETT The iPhone 12 Mini is tiny by contemporary standards—but unlike other shrunk-down smartphones, it doesn't skimp.   RETRO TECH Our Favorite Retro Tech Toys, From Tamagotchi to Furby BY LOURYN STRAMPE Before YouTube and TikTok, there were keychain pets and chalky brownies. These classic toys from yesteryear are all still available today.   TRUTH SQUAD This Camera App Is Designed to Fight Fake News BY TOM SIMONITE Chipmaker Qualcomm and startup Truepic are testing a feature for Android phones that automatically tags the time and location when an image was captured.   CHANGING TIDES More Video Games Featured Women This Year. Will It Last? BY ANITA SARKEESIAN AND CAROLYN PETIT The data on female representation in games looked optimistic—but time will tell if these changes endure beyond a wildcard year.   PRIME DAY Prime Day Has Ended, but These 33 Great Deals Remain BY GEAR TEAM Prime Day has ended, but these deals haven't. A few of our favorite things are still on sale, like phones, laptops, robot vacs, and more.   WIRED Q&A The Media Just Passed a Test It Failed Four Years Ago BY GILAD EDELMAN In an interview with WIRED, Columbia Journalism School dean Steve Coll says the media has learned some important lessons since 2016 about covering stolen email leaks.   SPACEGUARD How to Build a Spacecraft to Save the World BY DANIEL OBERHAUS WIRED paid a visit to NASA's first probe designed to protect Earth from killer asteroids. It launches next year.   BOOM'S ZOOM ROOM How to Design a Supersonic Plane for the (Fairly Rich) Masses BY ERIC ADAMS Boom Supersonic's sleek prototype craft rolled out this week; the final production model will be quieter than previous supersonics, and a novel fly-by-wire system will keep it stable at low speeds.   STRONGER THAN DIRT What Forest Floor Playgrounds Teach Us About Kids and Germs BY MEGAN MOLTENI Finnish researchers just published the first big test of the "biodiversity hypothesis"—that exposure to the microbes in dirt is good for young immune systems.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions