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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 01.06.22   UNREAL ESTATE The Metaverse Land Rush Is an Illusion BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT The "real estate of the future" is plagued by buggy software, empty servers, and huge opportunities for abuse.   ELECTRIC DREAMS The 18 Best EVs Coming in 2022 BY JEREMY WHITE The electric car's time has come. Here are the EVs to keep an eye out for in the new year.   DEEP TICK 4 Dive Watches We Loved to Wear This Year BY TIM BARBER They are the most popular type of timepiece by far, and this year many new models were launched. We've picked four favorites.   HOW TO How to Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok BY WIRED STAFF Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it's with one of those oh-so-clingy social networks. Harder yet when there's a deactivation period. 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.   SOW IT GOES John Deere's Self-Driving Tractor Stirs Debate on AI in Farming BY WILL KNIGHT The automation, and control of the resulting data, raises questions about the role of human farmers.   TRIM THE SUBS Save Money on Subscriptions Thanks to This iOS Loophole BY HARRY GUINNESS This is one weird trick, but when it works, it works well and can save you cash on apps.   EMOTIONAL AI What Happens When an AI Knows How You Feel? BY WILL COLDWELL Technology used to only deliver our messages. Now it wants to write them for us by understanding our emotions.   HOW TO 19 Surprising Things Your Nintendo Switch Can Do BY JEFFREY VAN CAMP AND ERIC RAVENSCRAFT Did you just get one of Nintendo's three Switch consoles? Here are some of their best (and most secret) abilities!         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.