Maybe meat-eating didn’t shape human evolution after all

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 01.27.22   LONG DISTANCE | 4-MINUTE READ Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote Too BY WILL KNIGHT Advances in artificial intelligence and other technology allow machines to be operated from far away. The trend could spell trouble for workers.   EAT IT UP | 5-MINUTE READ Google Has a New Plan to Kill Cookies. People Are Still Mad BY MATT BURGESS Google has scrapped FLoC, its controversial cookie replacement. Now it's back with Topics—but rivals and privacy experts are still nervous.   TEXT-TO-SPEECH | 6-MINUTE READ Synthetic Voices Want to Take Over Audiobooks BY TOM SIMONITE As computer-generated voices become more sophisticated, the number of audiobooks—including from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—is set to explode.   FOOD FOR THOUGHT | 6-MINUTE READ Did Eating Meat Really Make Us Human? BY MATT REYNOLDS For decades, scientists thought that being more carnivorous set our ancestors along their evolutionary path. New evidence casts doubt on this theory. GET WIRED Winter Sale. Give yourself the gift of information. Get the print edition of WIRED and exclusive subscriber-only stories for just $29.99 $5. Subscribe now.   BUILT TO LAST | 3-MINUTE READ Physicists Created Bubbles That Can Last for Over a Year BY JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA If you've ever blown bubbles, you know how quickly they burst. Now French researchers have concocted a type that stays intact for hundreds of days.   BUYING GUIDE | 7-MINUTE READ Which iPhone Should You Buy (or Avoid) Right Now? BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU Picking the right phone has gotten so much harder. Our breakdown of Apple's lineup can help.   IDEAS | 7-MINUTE READ The Capitalist Trap of Pig Organ Transplants BY BRANDY SCHILLACE The "miracle" pig heart transplant plays with the expectations of desperate patients and makes clear how the system values certain lives over others.   SECOND LIFE | 10-MINUTE READ How to Build a Better Metaverse BY GILAD EDELMAN Second Life creator Philip Rosedale wants to prevent the Facebook-ization of virtual reality.   FULL POCKETS | 2-MINUTE READ 6 Apps for Saving and Budgeting Your Money BY JORDAN MCMAHON AND REECE ROGERS Penny-pinch your way to financial peace of mind.     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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.