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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.09.21   OOPS | 3-MINUTE READ Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable BY BRIAN BARRETT Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.   IDEAS | 4-MINUTE READ Trump Abused the System. Facebook Created It BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN The company's oversight board failed to mention one thing in its ruling this week: Facebook's responsibility for making the tools to wield undue influence and power.   PROTECT YOURSELF | 3-MINUTE READ Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good! BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The tech giant wants to push its billions of users—and the rest of the industry—to enable multifactor authentication by default.   PLANT FRIENDS | 5-MINUTE READ Want to Grow Your Own Food? Try a Hydroponic Garden BY LIA PICARD Today's home kits are stylish, smart, and easier to use than ever. Here's how to get started. 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.   DO NOT TRACK | 4-MINUTE READ What's Google Floc? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy? BY DAVID NIELD There's a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web—or whether they should be able to target us at all.   FAKE VIEWS | 7-MINUTE READ ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality BY JON BRODKIN, ARS TECHNICA The secret campaign, backed by major broadband companies, used real people's names without their consent.   BACK DOOR | 5-MINUTE READ What If Gravity Is Actually a Double Copy of Other Forces? BY CHARLIE WOOD An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore the quantum side of gravity.   SECURITY ROUNDUP | 3-MINUTE READ Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good BY BRIAN BARRETT Plus: A Peloton data leak, Russian hacker details, and more of the week's top security news.   PRODUCT REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ Microsoft's 15-Inch Surface Laptop 4 Is a Battery Champion BY SCOTT GILBERTSON This fourth-gen notebook lacks Thunderbolt and has a spongy keyboard, but it delivers where it matters most.     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.