Blood, lies, and a drug trials lab gone bad

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 10.13.21   GREEN LIGHT | 11-MINUTE READ How to Play Every Game From Squid Game (and Not Die) BY HAHNA YOON The hit Netflix show pulls heavily from traditional Korean schoolyard games—and the stakes are, thankfully, very low.   UNMODERATED | 4-MINUTE READ Telegram Is Becoming a Cesspool of Anti-Semitic Content BY GIAN VOLPICELLI, WIRED UK A new report shows that channels devoted to anti-Jewish conspiracy theories are growing at an alarming rate. Why won't the platform take action?   ENVIRONMENT | 6-MINUTE READ Carbon-Capturing Sunglasses Offer a View of Fashion's Future BY ALDEN WICKER A new biomaterial created by methane-munching marine organisms can be molded into eyeglass frames, or formed into leather-like sheets.   BACKCHANNEL | 28-MINUTE READ Blood, Lies, and a Drug Trials Lab Gone Bad BY BRENDAN I. KOERNER The system for testing pharmaceuticals in the US relies on contractors adhering to strict guidelines. But one of them chose profits over protocols. GET WIRED A helicopter on Mars. What to expect post-Covid. The next electrifying/terrifying leap in A.I. explained. 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.   BUYING GUIDE | 8-MINUTE READ Our Favorite Tablets for Work and Play BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU AND JEFFREY VAN CAMP We've tested all the top slates, from Apple's iPads to Android and Windows devices.   STORM WATCH | 5-MINUTE READ NASA Is Preparing for the Ravages of Climate Change BY RAMIN SKIBBA The agency knows it needs to adapt to climate-driven events that will increasingly threaten coastal launch sites and other key space infrastructure.   DEALS | 4-MINUTE READ It's Play Time: Video Games and Peripherals Are on Sale BY LOURYN STRAMPE With a new headset and a copy of Breath of the Wild, you'll have everything you need to curl up inside this fall.   OPINION | 5-MINUTE READ There Is No Bipartisan Consensus on Big Tech BY JUSTIN SHERMAN The media's rose-colored rhetoric on cooperation across the aisle is overblown—and threatens the road to substantive regulation.   CLICK CLACK | 4-MINUTE READ The Freewrite Traveler Is a Distracted Writer's Friend BY MEDEA GIORDANO This portable digital typewriter lets you scribe without being constantly pinged by the internet.     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.