The NFT gold rush reaches a strange new frontier

PLUS: A powerful AI chip, a Zoom alternative, and a target for hackers. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 03.10.21   BEAM ME UP | 4-MINUTE READ This Chip for AI Works Using Light, Not Electrons BY WILL KNIGHT Lightmatter says the computing and power demands of complex neural networks need new technologies like these to keep up.   IDEAS | 3-MINUTE READ Good-Bye Zoom. Hello Low-Key Ambient Snooping BY CLIVE THOMPSON If you are missing out on serendipity in your remote work, try ramping up your 2D audio copresence.   PATCH WORK | 4-MINUTE READ It's Open Season for Microsoft Exchange Server Hacks BY LILY HAY NEWMAN A patch for the vulnerabilities China exploited has been released. Now, criminal groups are going to reverse engineer it—if they haven't already.   CRYPTO ART | 7-MINUTE READ The Next Frontier of the NFT Gold Rush: Your Tweets BY KATE KNIBBS Crypto art is huge right now—and it's moving far beyond digital images. GET WIRED Flash Sale! For a limited time only, get 1 year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   DEEPFAKES | 7-MINUTE READ Could The Simpsons Replace Its Voice Actors With AI? BY AMIT KATWALA, WIRED UK Deepfake technology can make convincing replicas from a limited amount of data, and the show has 30 years worth of audio to work from.   OPINION | 5-MINUTE READ The Dire Possibility of Cyberattacks on Weapons Systems BY LUKASZ OLEJNIK Just because you don't hear about them doesn't mean no one's trying.   OOO | 3-MINUTE READ Help! I'm Drowning in Admin and Can't Get My Actual Job Done BY MEGAN GREENWELL In this week's Out of Office column, Megan explains how to stand up for yourself when you're mired in extra work.   CAN TOUCH THIS | 5-MINUTE READ This Fingertip for Robots Uses Magnets to 'Feel' Things BY MATT SIMON By sensing the subtle changes in the finger's own magnetic field, this new technology could one day make for ultra-sensitive prosthetic hands.   CASUAL GAMER | 3-MINUTE READ Sometimes It's OK to Give Up BY SWAPNA KRISHNA Just because you devoted 100 hours of your life to it, doesn't mean you have to finish a video game that now bores you.     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