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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  11.04.21   GO REMOTE | 4-MINUTE READ Google Staff Squirm as Remote Workers Face Pay Cuts BY SOPHIA EPSTEIN As more and more people switch to working from home, some are left counting the cost.   ASTRO2020 | 10-MINUTE READ The Guide for the Next Decade of Space Research Just Dropped BY CHRIS WRIGHT The Astro2020 Decadal Survey's top priorities include new telescopes, the search for habitable exoplanets, and far-infrared and x-ray probe missions.   DEALS | 7-MINUTE READ 8 Early Black Friday TV Deals to Help You Cozy Up This Fall BY PARKER HALL From LG OLEDs to affordable TCL screens, a ton of our favorite models are steeply discounted.   OPEN SOURCE | 10-MINUTE READ These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops BY MATT BURGESS Stockholm's official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal.   SPONSORED CONTENT Are You Confident in Your Retirement Plan? With 29% of US adults feeling confident in their financial plan, there's room for progress. This new tool—used by over 30,000 people each month—can help. 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.   FUR SURE | 5-MINUTE READ The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters BY MATT SIMON Saving California's adorable (and very hungry) sea otters helps control other species, leading to the growth of more carbon-sequestering vegetation.   KICK IT | 4-MINUTE READ EA Sports Might Lose FIFA, and That's Not So Bad BY CECILIA D'ANASTASIO As the two sides negotiate over the price of the brand, "this is a time when you say goodbye to FIFA," says one former EA exec.   PRODUCT REVIEW | 5-MINUTE READ The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Is the Comeback King BY SIMON LUCAS This wireless wonder proves B&W has resurrected its iconic Zeppelin speaker with aplomb.   BUYING GUIDE | 9-MINUTE READ The Best Laptop Stands to Save Your Achin' Neck BY MEDEA GIORDANO Help your back and posture by raising your computer screen up to eye level.     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.