The ‘forever virus’ won't go away until this happens

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 09.27.21   FORESTRY | 6-MINUTE READ Oregon Is Burning Trees in Order to Save Them BY MALLORY PICKETT Sudden oak death, rampant in California, is spreading to the north, leaving the forest service with a tough option: Send them up in smoke.   BUYING GUIDE | 8-MINUTE READ Our Favorite Headphones and Earbuds for $100 or Less BY PARKER HALL AND MICHAEL CALORE You can probably fill Foxconn City with all the cheap headphones out there. We're here to help you pick the right pair.   OPINION | 4-MINUTE READ In Russia, Apple and Google Staff Get Muscled Up By the State BY JUSTIN SHERMAN When US tech companies opened offices there, it was supposed to mitigate oppression. Instead those workers are now vulnerable to threats from local authorities.   WIRED Q&A | 9-MINUTE READ The 'Forever Virus' Won't Go Away Until Kids Get Vaccinated BY STEVEN LEVY Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant on the Delta surge, chaos at the CDC, and why the under-12s are key to ending the pandemic. GET WIRED Flash Sale: Get WIRED for just $10 $5. Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only content. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   IDEAS | 4-MINUTE READ Climate Change Is the New Dot-Com Bubble BY PAUL FORD The free market has plenty of grandiose ideas about how to fix our broken planet. There's just one problem: We can't afford another bust.   HANDMADE | 5-MINUTE READ Why Robots Can't Sew Your T-Shirt BY HARRIS QUINN Machines can print textiles, cut fabric, and fold clothes. But it's hard to train them to sew as fast and precisely as humans.   GOING PHISHING | 4-MINUTE READ Cloudflare Is Taking a Shot at Email Security BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The internet infrastructure company wants to protect your inbox from targeted threats, starting with the launch of two new tools.   PRODUCT REVIEW | 5-MINUTE READ This Tablet Makes It Easy to Zoom With Older Loved Ones BY SIMON HILL It requires an expensive subscription, but this device is specially designed for the elderly.   DOT-PHYSICS | 5-MINUTE READ Measurements Are Often Full of Lies—and That's OK BY RHETT ALLAIN Does a balance measure mass or weight? This common question reveals a core confusion about lab instruments: It's not always obvious what they measure.     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.