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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.20.21   DO IT YOURSELF Want a Better PC? Try Building Your Own BY JESS GREY AND BRENDAN NYSTEDT Assembling a computer yourself is a good way to learn about how it works.   BUYING GUIDE Our 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.   BUYING GUIDE The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work (and Life) BY ADRIENNE SO AND MEDEA GIORDANO Whether you're riding a bike or schlepping around a camera, these bags do the job right.   GOOD VIBRATIONS The Best Sex Toys and Tech for Every Body BY JESS GREY AND LOURYN STRAMPE These are our favorite gender-inclusive adult devices to give you and your partner(s) a helping hand. 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.   FLEX TIME The Case for Letting People Work From Home Forever BY JACLYN GREENBERG Do you want happier, productive, more engaged, and more fulfilled employees and coworkers? Well, you should campaign to let them work remotely. Here's why.   EYES EVERYWHERE How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off BY DAVID NIELD The premise is convenient. But the ecommerce giant's record on privacy isn't exactly inspiring.   WIRED Q&A Prabhakar Raghavan Isn't CEO of Google—He Just Runs the Place BY STEVEN LEVY In his first interview since taking a top job, Raghavan gets into the future of search, misinformation, employee ferment, and robots making phone calls.   PARANORMAL SPEED Apollo's Ghost E-Scooter Is So Powerful, It's Scary BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU This electric kick scooter is heavy and spendy, but its dual motors can get close to 40 miles per hour.     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.