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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.01.21   WIRED Q&A | 9-MINUTE READ A Wildlife Photographer Critiqued Our 'New Pokémon Snap' Photos BY JONATHAN PELTZ WIRED asked Melissa Groo, an acclaimed conservation photographer and author, to judge our snapshots of wild Pichus and Torchics. It didn't go well.   MIC CHECK | 8-MINUTE READ Want to Start a Podcast or Livestream? Here's the Gear You Need BY PARKER HALL Now is the time to create your own content. These tools can help you get great audio and video quality from the start.   TYPECAST | 4-MINUTE READ Even Calibri's Creator Is Glad That Microsoft Is Moving On BY ARIELLE PARDES Microsoft is switching up its default font for the first time since 2007.   SECURITY ROUNDUP | 3-MINUTE READ A Ransomware Group Hit the DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion BY BRIAN BARRETT Warrantless searches, tracking troops, and more of the week's top security news. GET WIRED Stare the future right in the eye. Get 1 year of unlimited access to WIRED for less than $2 per month. Plus, get a free tote. Subscribe now.   GAMES | 4-MINUTE READ You Will Die a Lot in Returnal. It's Worth It BY WILL BEDINGFIELD, WIRED UK The game is the roguelike genre at its best—and it's an exciting vision of things to come.   HIGH TIDE | 5-MINUTE READ The Race to Save St. Mark's Basilica From Salty Floodwaters BY REBECCA ANN HUGHES As Venice faces a 4-foot sea level rise, the historic cathedral—and its marble—could succumb to damaging tides.   CORONAVIRUS UPDATE | 3-MINUTE READ New Guidance for Vaccinated Americans, a Worsening Crisis in India, and More Coronavirus News BY EVE SNEIDER Catch up on the most important updates from this week.   FICTION | 4-MINUTE READ Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written By You BY WIRED READERS Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.   PLAINTEXT | 6-MINUTE READ Amazon's AI Guru Is So Totally Over the Turing Test BY STEVEN LEVY Plus: Robot reporters, Apple's post-Jobs essence, and an Unhappy Gilmore TikTok.     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.