Gamify your workouts with this rowing machine

PLUS: Another Google firing, clever ways to use Windows Command Prompt, and a sex toy with a pleasurable price. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.20.21   ETHICS A Second AI Researcher Says She Was Fired by Google BY TOM SIMONITE Margaret Mitchell was the co-leader of a group investigating ethics in AI, alongside Timnit Gebru, who said she was fired in December.   BOOK EXCERPT '2034' Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush BY ELLIOT ACKERMAN AND ADMIRAL JAMES STAVRIDIS "Where will America be after today? In a thousand years it won't even be remembered as a country. It will simply be remembered as a moment. A fleeting moment."   WEEKEND PROJECT 6 Clever Ways to Use the Windows Command Prompt BY WHITSON GORDON A rundown of things you can do faster, easier, and with less hassle, all just by peeking under the hood.   PRODUCT REVIEW Gamify Your Workouts With Ergatta's Rowing Machine BY BILLY BROWN This internet-connected rower makes sweating fun by adding a layer of video game logic to your exercise routine. GET WIRED Exclusive Offer! Ending Soon: Get 1 year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   PRODUCT REVIEW The Love Triangle Is a Sex Toy With a Pleasurable Price BY JESS GREY This adorable little device is actually a powerful two-in-one suction toy and vibrator.   PUBLIC HEALTH As Coronavirus Variants Spread, the US Struggles to Keep Up BY MEGAN MOLTENI The nation is a sequencing superpower. But without a federal strategy or enough funding, scientists can't coordinate to track an evolving threat fast enough.   CORE DEFENSE Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security BY LILY HAY NEWMAN In its latest Platform Security Guide, Cupertino raised the curtain on the critical features that protect against hackers.   CENTREON France Ties Russia's Sandworm to a Multiyear Hacking Spree BY ANDY GREENBERG A French security agency warns that the destructively minded group has exploited an IT monitoring tool from Centreon.   BUYING GUIDE Our 14 Favorite Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less BY PARKER HALL AND MICHAEL CALORE You can probably fill a football stadium with all the cheap headphones out there. We're here to help you pick the right pair.     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