Amazon bought MGM. Your move, Netflix

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  05.26.21   MAYDAY | 8-MINUTE READ The Hostile Takeover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator Server BY AJ DELLINGER A community of air traffic control roleplayers gets torn apart by a lawsuit, and the founders scatter, trying to pick up the pieces.   PIN IT | 5-MINUTE READ So You're Vaccinated! How Can You Let People Know? BY ADRIENNE SO Homegrown Covid-19 vaccine signals help create a positive environment so you and your neighbors can feel safer removing face masks.   GEN Z VC | 5-MINUTE READ Meet Your Next Angel Investor. They're 19 BY ARIELLE PARDES It's never been easier to invest in startups, and Gen Z is taking full advantage.   STREAMING WARS | 4-MINUTE READ Amazon Just Bought MGM for Over $8 Billion. Your Move, Netflix BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER The move is the latest, and greatest, in a new wave of media consolidation sparked by the streaming wars.   SPONSORED CONTENT Documentaries Are CuriosityStream's Business Stream award-winning documentaries on topics like Economics, History, or Tech with CuriosityStream. Use code "wired" to get 25% off of an annual plan. 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.   PLAIN SPOKEN | 3-MINUTE READ AI Could Soon Write Code Based on Ordinary Language BY KHARI JOHNSON Microsoft reveals plans to bring GPT-3, best known for generating text, to programming. "The code writes itself," CEO Satya Nadella says.   MUTE AND BLOCK | 5-MINUTE READ When to Reply on Social Media—and When to Not BY ESTELLE ERASMUS Sometimes the best thing to do on Twitter or Facebook is to just shut up … isn't it?   IDEAS | 6-MINUTE READ Dumbed Down AI Rhetoric Harms Everyone BY JUSTIN SHERMAN By ignorance or malice, policymakers use sweeping platitudes to regulate artificial intelligence, which may persecute citizens more than protect them.   OOO | 3-MINUTE READ Help! My Coworker Always Asks for Advice—Then Ignores It BY MEGAN GREENWELL Megan unravels what your colleagues might really want from 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   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.