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PLUS: Physics close in on the proton's size, vaccine trust, and gifts for your beauty routine. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.06.20   SECURITY ROUNDUP The US Used the Patriot Act to Justify Logging Website Visitors BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Plus: Better Twitter two-factor, a Spotify hack, and more of the week's top security news.   PHYSICS Physicists Are Closer to Knowing the Size of a Proton … Sort Of BY JOHN TIMMER, ARS TECHNICA A new and potentially improved measurement of a proton's charge radius brings scientists closer to an answer. But the issue is still unresolved.   INVISIBILIA The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding BY CHARLIE WOOD Physicists are checking whether dark matter tickles different types of detectors, nudges starlight, warms planetary cores, or even lodges in rocks.   HIDE AND SEEK 9 Browser Extensions to Help You Search the Web Better BY DAVID NIELD Search results can be cluttered with ads and other less-useful information. These add-ons strip out the junk to help you find exactly what you're looking for. GET WIRED The Cyber Week Sale is here. Now with free stickers! Get one year of WIRED for just $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Trust in Vaccines Grows, Distribution Faces Challenges, and More Coronavirus News BY EVE SNEIDER Catch up on the most important updates from this week.   HOT CAKE Another Victim of Global Warming: The Great British Bake Off BY KATE YODER Increasing summer temperatures are proving a menace to butter, chocolates, and baked Alaska.   GIFT GUIDE 20 Smart Gifts to Upgrade Your Beauty Routine BY MEDEA GIORDANO Give your loved ones the gift of feeling fabulous with these tools and sets.   HISTORY High-Energy X-Rays Reveal the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Ink BY JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA The analysis of 12 papyrus fragments from the Tebtunis Temple suggests that certain paint techniques were developed and used well before the 15th Century.   PODCASTS Teddy Roosevelt Is Basically a Fantasy Character BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Erin Lindsey's Rose Gallagher books give America's 26th president the paranormal cowboy stories he deserves.     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