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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.03.22   LET IT GO How to (Ethically) Get Rid of Your Unwanted Stuff BY JAIME STATHIS With so many extensive online selling and donation resources, there's no need to get bogged down.   PLUG IN The Best Phones With an Actual Headphone Jack BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU Audio jacks are endangered, but they're not extinct. Here are some of our favorite smartphones that still let you plug in.   POINTERS If You Know These Keyboard Shortcuts, You Won't Need a Mouse BY DAVID NIELD If you know the right tricks, you don't need to lift your fingers up from the keys.   UNDER COVER 19 Face Masks We Actually Like to Wear BY ADRIENNE SO Our tips and picks to up your mask game—whether you're heading back to the office in the new year or just want to stay safe and stylish. 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.   SMILE It's Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies BY TOM SIMONITE A controversial new program that uses facial recognition is part of a national effort to verify identities and reduce fraud.   ZUCKERVERSE Big Tech Needs to Stop Trying to Make Their Metaverse Happen BY GIAN M. VOLPICELLI From Microsoft to Meta, the race is on to sell an amorphous concept that no one really wants them to build.   BIBLIO FILE The Best Ebook Subscription Services for Your Literary Needs BY SIMON HILL You can read countless ebooks, listen to audiobooks, or browse comics with one of these WIRED-tested digital reading subscriptions.   CATCH 'EM ALL 'Pokémon Legends: Arceus' Isn't Great. It Doesn't Matter BY WILL BEDINGFIELD Game Freak once again gets away with not nailing an open-world Pokémon game. And we are powerless to stop it happening again and again.         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.