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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 06.03.21   OOPS | 4-MINUTE READ Don't End Up on This Artificial Intelligence Hall of Shame BY TOM SIMONITE A list of incidents that caused, or nearly caused, harm aims to prompt developers to think more carefully about the tech they create.   YOUR BEST SHOT | 8-MINUTE READ Wait, Vaccine Lotteries Actually Work? BY ADAM ROGERS Ooh, the behavioral economists are going to be so smug about this.   SMELL YOU LATER | 4-MINUTE READ The Sneaky, Lying Flower That Pretends to Be a Rotting Beetle BY MAX G. LEVY Aristolochia microstoma finds love by smelling like death. Coffin flies can't resist.   SCHOOL'S IN | 8-MINUTE READ They Rage-Quit the School System—and They're Not Going Back BY PIA CERES The pandemic created a new, more diverse, more connected crop of homeschoolers. They could help shape what learning looks like for everyone. GET WIRED Memorial Day Sale! Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   WATCHED | 2-MINUTE READ The All-Seeing Eyes of New York's 15,000 Surveillance Cameras BY SIDNEY FUSSELL Video from the cameras is often used in facial-recognition searches. A report finds they are most common in neighborhoods with large nonwhite populations.   TAKE IT OUTSIDE | 1-MINUTE READ Get Ready for Summer With These Nature-Themed Board Games BY REECE ROGERS We selected a few great outdoorsy games that are perfect for playing on the patio or by an open window.   IDEAS | 9-MINUTE READ Changing Minds About Why Doctors Change Their Minds BY AMITHA KALAICHANDRAN After Covid, being open with patients about uncertainty may be the surest way to build trust in medicine.   PLAY ON | 4-MINUTE READ How an Adaptive Game Controller Helps My Family Bond BY JACLYN GREENBERG Multiplayer gaming was something we thought my son would never be able to do, but a special Xbox controller changed everything.   DEAL | 2-MINUTE READ One of Our Favorite Standing Desks Is $100 Off Today BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU Flexispot's 55-inch adjustable desk has three height presets and is well made.     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.