Trump’s ‘miracle cure’ for Covid Is a logistical nightmare

PLUS: Apple's coming iPhone event, early Prime Day deals, and Tricking Tesla's autopilot. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 10.12.20   HIDDEN PICTURES Split-Second 'Phantom' Images Can Fool Tesla's Autopilot BY ANDY GREENBERG Researchers found they could stop a Tesla by flashing a few frames of a stop sign for less than half a second on an internet-connected billboard.   AI Is Throwing Battery Development Into Overdrive BY DANIEL OBERHAUS Improving batteries has always been hampered by slow experimentation and discovery processes. Machine learning is speeding it up by orders of magnitude.   OPINION Trump's 'Miracle Cure' for Covid Is a Logistical Nightmare BY WALID GELLAD If the drug is authorized, who will be eligible for the treatment? Where will it be administered? How much will it cost?   BACKCHANNEL His Writing Radicalized Hackers. Now He Wants to Redeem Them BY ANDY GREENBERG Cory Doctorow's Little Brother series has been a young-adult sci-fi bible for teen hacktivists. But with the latest and darkest book in the trilogy, it's all grown up.   DISTRACTION FREE How to Block Bad Websites—or Just Get Things Done BY DAVID NIELD The web is full of distractions and temptations, especially when we really should be working. Here are some tools to help you stay focused.   TUNE IN How to Watch Apple's iPhone Event Tomorrow BY MICHAEL CALORE The company is expected to debut the iPhone 12 during a streaming presentation Tuesday. Here's how to tune in.   PUBLIC HEALTH New York Is Trying Targeted Lockdowns. Will It Curb Covid? BY GREGORY BARBER Instead of shutting down all of New York City, this time officials are taking a block-by-block approach to home in on areas with increasing case numbers.   TOOLS OF THE TRADE Facebook Tweaked Its Rules, but You Can Still Target Voters BY SIDNEY FUSSELL Political strategists say they combine information from multiple databases to identify the people they want to vote—and not vote.   PRIME DAY 18 Great Deals From Walmart's 'Big Save' Sale BY MEDEA GIORDANO AND WIRED GEAR TEAM Walmart started its own deals holiday to rival Amazon's Prime Day. Here are our favorite discounts.     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