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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  12.13.21   BUYING GUIDE | 7-MINUTE READ The Best TV Streaming Devices for Cord Cutters BY MEDEA GIORDANO AND JEFFREY VAN CAMP We've tested dozens of streaming devices for watching stuff on 4K or HD TVs. These are our favorites.   LET'S PLAY | 7-MINUTE READ The Fall and Rise of Real-Time Strategy Games BY LUKE WINKIE RTS games used to dominate sales charts and spawn entire esports leagues. Can new entries bring the beloved genre back to life?   MEMORY EFFECT | 6-MINUTE READ Gravitational Waves Should Permanently Distort Spacetime BY KATIE MCCORMICK Physicists have linked the "gravitational memory effect" to fundamental cosmic symmetries and a potential solution to the black hole information paradox.   IDEAS | 6-MINUTE READ Supply Chain Container Ships Have a Size Problem BY MICHAEL WATERS All eyes were on the Ever Given when it got stuck in the Suez Canal, but it's not the only too-big boat for too-small ports—a problem for holiday deliveries.   SPONSORED CONTENT The Billion-Dollar Startup Disrupting the $27T Retirement Industry With more than 110 million Americans over age 50, this Princeton grad's startup raised $161M in funding to help people plan for an easier retirement. GET WIRED HOLIDAY SALE! Get WIRED for just $10 $5. Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only stories. Give yourself the gift of information. Subscribe now.   BEEP BOOP | 5-MINUTE READ The Best Discord Bots for Your Server BY CECILIA D'ANASTASIO AND ERIC RAVENSCRAFT From bots that welcome new users to ones that keep spammers out, these tools help make your corner of the internet a fun, safe place to hang out.   MAJOR BEEF | 6-MINUTE READ Upside Foods Sues an Ex-Employee Over Secret Lab-Grown Meat Tech BY MATT REYNOLDS A three-person team within the startup was tasked with developing top-secret tech. When a cofounder was fired, things started to fall apart.   PRODUCT REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ Oxo's Super-Simple Coffee Machine Makes Super-Good Joe BY JOE RAY The Oxo Brew 9-Cup Coffee Maker sets a new standard for drip brewing. It's also remarkably unfussy.     Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   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.