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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.23.21   AUTOMATON | 4-MINUTE READ Now for AI's Latest Trick: Writing Computer Code BY WILL KNIGHT Programs such as GPT-3 can compose convincing text. Some people are using the tool to automate software development and hunt for bugs.   SHORYUKEN | 5-MINUTE READ Fighting Games Like Mortal Kombat Have Come a Long Way BY DE'ANGELO EPPS The genre has long relied on racial and gender stereotypes. Recent strides in diversity have made it better (and more fun) to choose your fighter.   BUYING GUIDE | 1-MINUTE READ 11 Laptops We've Tested—and Love BY SCOTT GILBERTSON These are our favorite Windows notebooks, MacBooks, and Chromebooks.   LIFTOFF | 7-MINUTE READ NASA Launches Astronauts to the ISS on a Reused SpaceX Rocket BY ERIC NIILER The six-month mission is another step toward a moonshot, as SpaceX's Elon Musk says he will land Starship on the lunar surface by 2024. GET WIRED Spring Sale: The Sequel! Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   THE OVER-UNDER | 8-MINUTE READ A Vaccine Can Be Bad for a Person but Awesome for All People BY ADAM ROGERS The safety pause in giving the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is up for debate again—a battle in a Secret War of Denominators and risk-benefit philosophies.   CRIME | 4-MINUTE READ Apple's Ransomware Mess Is the Future of Online Extortion BY LILY HAY NEWMAN This week, hackers stole confidential schematics from a third-party supplier and demanded $50 million not to release them.   TV | 5-MINUTE READ 'I Think You Should Leave' Was Right About Everything BY PETER RUBIN Two years ago, WIRED referred to Tim Robinson's Netflix sketch series as not "particularly good." We regret the error.   THE MONITOR | 3-MINUTE READ Embrace the Oscars as Yet Another Covid-Era Awards Show BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Part of this year's event will be held at a train station. Frankly, that tracks.   PODCASTS 'Avenue 5' Is Funny but Needs More Variety BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY The HBO show, from Veep creator Armando Iannucci, has all of that show's comedy, but not as many of its layers.     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   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.