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PLUS: Stormtroopers' tactics, the Mac Mini review, and toxicity in gaming. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.09.20   STAR WARS Hold Everything: Stormtroopers Have Discovered Tactics BY ANGRY STAFF OFFICER Imperial troops have finally figured out how to do more than charge straight ahead.   PRODUCT REVIEW Brawn on a Budget: The New Mac Mini With Apple Silicon BY CHRISTOPHER NULL The tiny desktop PC has been relaunched with an Apple-made chip, and boy does it rip.   COZY BEAR Russia's FireEye Hack Is a Statement—but Not a Catastrophe BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The fallout from the attack may not be as dire as it first sounds.   ETHICS Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher's Firing BY TOM SIMONITE Timnit Gebru was one of seven authors on a study that examined prior research on training artificial intelligence models to understand language. GET WIRED Cyber Week Sale extended. Now with free stickers! Last chance to get one year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   OPINION Want a More Equitable Future? Empower Citizen Developers BY SATYA NADELLA AND MARCO IANSITI To drive innovation, we need to put technology in the hands of every worker, organization, and public-sector agency around the world.   VIDEO GAMES Marvel Puzzle Quest Might Just Be My Forever Game BY PETER RUBIN Despite the raft of new games now available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, a free-to-play mobile puzzler still has the bulk of my attention.   PRODUCT REVIEW Anova's $600 Countertop Oven Is a Steam-Powered Dream BY JOE RAY Move over, air fryers. The use of steam is an exciting and approachable new direction for the home kitchen, and this oven is pointing the way.   WAKE UP SAMURAI Orientalism, Cyberpunk 2077, and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction BY GEORGE YANG Cyberpunk as a genre, and Cyberpunk 2077 the game, are both rooted in a type of other-ization that can't be ignored—but it can be examined.   OPINION Toxicity in Gaming Is Dangerous. Here's How to Stand Up to It BY WIRED OPINION Players often rationalize behaviors like harassment as a part of video game culture. But new research shows it has long-term negative effects.     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