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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 06.24.21   BACKCHANNEL | 11-MINUTE READ How to Survive the Worst Tornado in US History BY CODY CASSIDY It blew an entire town to pieces, flipping trains and flattening banks. But there's one place you might try to hide.   TO THE MOON | 3-MINUTE READ Andreessen Horowitz Goes Ham on Crypto with a New $2.2B Fund BY ARIELLE PARDES After its wildly successful Coinbase exit, the VC firm signals its commitment to cryptocurrencies with a third fund.   NEWS | 3-MINUTE READ John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison After Extradition Order BY BRIAN BARRETT The antivirus pioneer and alleged cryptocurrency scammer was 75 years old.   FIRMWARE | 3-MINUTE READ A Well-Meaning Feature Leaves Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Flaws in a firmware security tool affect as many as 30 million desktops, laptops, and tablets. GET WIRED Stare the future right in the eye. Get 1 year of unlimited access to WIRED for less than $1 per month. Plus, get a free tote! Subscribe now.   OPINION | 5-MINUTE READ The World Needs Deepfake Experts to Stem This Chaos BY SAM GREGORY A crisis over a suspicious confession video in Myanmar underscores why we need a coordinated response to discern fact from fiction.   RAPID SPREAD | 3-MINUTE READ The Delta and Gamma Covid-19 Variants Are Taking Over the US BY BETH MOLE, ARS TECHNICA The two variants are threatening Alpha's reign—and the country's path out of the pandemic.   PRIDE MONTH | 11-MINUTE READ The Untold Story Behind Lev's Voice in The Last of Us Part II BY JAMES BIGLEY II The game's creator and the teen who voiced the character talk to WIRED about bringing Lev to life and the importance of trans voices in video games.   SUPER HERO | 3-MINUTE READ Before Guitar Hero, Gamers Rocked Out to Gitaroo Man BY MICHAEL J. SEIDLINGER Sure, you can play the guitar and be a star, but what if you could play the guitar, be a star, and save the universe? Twenty years ago, you could.   RAINFALL RESCUE | 4-MINUTE READ Citizen Scientists Digitized Centuries of Handwritten Rain Data BY GRANT CURRIN As the UK went into lockdown, 16,000 volunteers put their spare time to good use, transcribing 350 years of archival records for use by modern climate scientists.     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.