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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.30.21   YEAR IN REVIEW | 7-MINUTE READ 20 Movies We Can't Wait to See in 2022 BY JENNIFER M. WOOD From Keanu Reeves to Batman, here's who you should line up to see at the multiplex—hopefully.   YEAR IN REVIEW | 9-MINUTE READ The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever BY ADAM ROGERS Changes small and large—parklets, outdoor restaurants, bike lanes—could remake our relationship to cities (and help fix climate change).   YEAR IN REVIEW | 5-MINUTE READ A Year In, Biden's China Policy Looks a Lot Like Trump's BY JENNIFER CONRAD The administration has toned down anti-China rhetoric, but has maintained and expanded economic sanctions. It plans a "diplomatic boycott" of the Olympics.   DIGITAL CULTURE | 8-MINUTE READ In Celebration of the Internet's True Angels BY AMELIA TAIT They don't have VC funds. They just thanklessly post all the helpful content people really need. GET WIRED New Year, New Ideas. Give yourself the gift of information. Get the print edition of WIRED and exclusive subscriber-only stories for just $29.99 $5. Subscribe now.   BEST OF 2021 HARASSMENT | 8-MINUTE READ A Bird-Feed Seller Beat a Chess Master Online. Then It Got Ugly BY CECILIA D'ANASTASIO Twitch and YouTube chess star Levy Rozman has faced over a week of sustained harassment after calling out an alleged cheater.   BIG INHALE | 18-MINUTE READ The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change BY VINCE BEISER On a barren lava plateau in Iceland, a new facility is sucking in air and stashing the carbon dioxide in rock. The next step: Build 10,000 more.   SHOOT SMART | 5-MINUTE READ The Gear You Need to Shoot Indie Films at Home or on Location BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT Ready to try your hand at filmmaking? You don't need that much to get going, but these items will give you a bit of a head start.   MARGINAL GAINS | 3-MINUTE READ The Excruciating Evolution of Luxury Watches BY ALEX DOAK Always looking to the next technical challenge, many high-end timepieces are perpetually undergoing R&D.     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.