The Great Resignation is making tech firms desperate

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.11.22   DEALS | 5-MINUTE READ 14 Great TV and Soundbar Deals for Super Bowl Weekend BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT It's the perfect time to upgrade your home theater before the big game.   COUNTER SPY | 4-MINUTE READ Are You Being Tracked by an AirTag? Here's How to Check BY REECE ROGERS Useful advice for anyone worried that one of Apple's trackers is following them without consent.   IDEAS | 5-MINUTE READ How Robinhood's Psych Experiment Backfired Horribly BY SPENCER JAKAB The investment app's Silicon Valley ethos was initially an advantage—but the GameStop debacle proved its dangers.   TECH PERKS | 4-MINUTE READ After the Great Resignation, Tech Firms Are Getting Desperate BY MEGAN CARNEGIE Faced with a shortage of qualified workers and fierce competition, companies are offering candidates money to interview and plush perks if they stay. 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.   WHO ARE YOU? | 6-MINUTE READ Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity? BY TOM SIMONITE Fighting fraud is important. But so is respecting privacy and guarding against bias.  It's a "no-win situation," one former official says.   WINDOWS | 4-MINUTE READ Microsoft's Small Step to Disable Macros Is a Huge Win for Security BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer.   IMMUNOLOGY | 7-MINUTE READ A Twist on Stem Cell Transplants Could Help Blood Cancer Patients BY MAX G. LEVY Cell grafts can help people fighting leukemia—but they risk a dangerous immune reaction. An experimental way to filter donors' cells might offer a solution.   BUYING GUIDE | 7-MINUTE READ Smarten Your Devices with the Best Plugs and Power Strips BY MEDEA GIORDANO An internet-connected plug can give any basic appliance a brain. Here are our favorites (and a few we don't like).   GADGET LAB PODCAST | 36-MINUTE EPISODE Can Android Tablets Finally Find Success? BY WIRED STAFF This week, we recap all the devices Samsung showed off at Unpacked, including three new phones and a trio of tablets.     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.