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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 07.25.21   SECURITY ROUNDUP | 3-MINUTE READ Porn Showed Up on Legit News Sites Thanks to Internet Rot BY BRIAN BARRETT Plus: China's pipeline probing, a Chromebook debacle, and more of the week's top security news.   ON THE MOVE | 4-MINUTE READ Trucks Move Past Cars on the Road to Autonomy BY AARIAN MARSHALL Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 5-MINUTE READ DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth BY JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Dozens of viruses don't use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this is possible—and perhaps more common than we think.   OPINION | 6-MINUTE READ Biden Has to Play Hardball with Internet Platforms BY ROGER MCNAMEE The president needs to prioritize Americans' wellbeing over Big Tech's whims to begin a path to restoring democracy, privacy, and competition. GET WIRED Stare the future right in the eye. Get 1 year of unlimited access to WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote! Subscribe now.   FAR AND WIDE | 4-MINUTE READ Hit the Road With These Travel-Planning Apps and Tricks BY DAVID NIELD Let your phone be your guide. Even default map apps have handy features to help you plan an awesome itinerary.   PRODUCT REVIEW | 5-MINUTE READ Vecnos' Camera Makes Capturing 360 Content Easy. Too Easy BY SCOTT GILBERTSON To simplify the world of 360-degree photos and videos, the company might've gone a little too far with the Iqui.   GRANT ACCESS | 3-MINUTE READ How to Share Your Wi-Fi Password BY SIMON HILL Help your guests connect to your network without typing a thing. From the Archive Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook's Wild Early Days in Palo Alto BY ADAM FISHER When the young Mark Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto in 2004, he and his buddies built a corporate proto-culture that continues to influence the company today. How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh  BY CLIFF KUANG At first, pilots took the blame for crashes. The true cause, however, lay with the design. That lesson led us into our user-friendly age—but there's peril to come.      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.