A mammoth tusk reveals a woolly (and unprecedented) tale

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 08.12.21   BACKCHANNEL | 11-MINUTE READ Looks That Quill: The Dark Side of Hedgehog Instagram BY NOELLE MATEER Beneath the tiny top hats and GIF-able snuggle sessions, I found a sad tale of internet virality.   PRIVACY | 5-MINUTE READ A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Carriers know where you are every time your phone reconnects to the cell network—but with Pretty Good Phone Privacy, they wouldn't have to.   HIGH NOTE | 5-MINUTE READ This Device Helps Paralyzed People Breathe—and Sing BY KHARI JOHNSON Called the Exo-Abs, the robotic device uses artificial intelligence to gauge how much pressure to put on a person's midsection.   LONG IN THE TOOTH | 6-MINUTE READ A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale BY SARA HARRISON Scientists used something called isotopic mapping to get a first look at how the creatures lived more than 17,000 years ago. GET WIRED Summer Sale! Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   EXTREMISM | 5-MINUTE READ How the Far Right Exploded on Steam and Discord BY WILL BEDINGFIELD, WIRED UK New research found that several of the major gaming platforms are hosting extremist activity, from racist livestreams to open support for neo-Nazis.   WAR GAMES | 5-MINUTE READ This Game Set in the Gaza Strip Doesn't Let You Win BY SOFÍA KUAN AND FACUNDO IGLESIA Five years after its release, Liyla and the Shadows of War is more relevant than ever—and it's making an impact beyond the screen.   STRUCTURES | 8-MINUTE READ Without Code for DeepMind's Protein AI, This Lab Wrote Its Own BY GRACE HUCKINS The Google subsidiary solved a fundamental problem in biology but didn't promptly share its solution. So a University of Washington team tried to re-create it.   THE BENDS | 5-MINUTE READ Folding Phones Are the New 3D TV BY LAUREN GOODE Depending on who you ask, smartphones with folding screens—like the two models Samsung just released—are either a gimmick or the next frontier.   CLOUD SUPPORT | 4-MINUTE READ I Think an AI Is Flirting With Me. Is It OK If I Flirt Back? BY MEGHAN O'GIEBLYN WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on emotional connection, continental affairs, and the ulterior motives of chatbots.     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.