Star Wars has a fandom problem

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 06.03.22   PLAINTEXT | 6-MINUTE READ Meta's New COO Is Nothing Like Sheryl Sandberg BY STEVEN LEVY Plus: The early days of Facebook, charitable donations, and a disconcerting playlist.   WWDC 2022 | 5-MINUTE READ Apple's Software Strategy Is More Important Than Ever BY LAUREN GOODE AND BRENDA STOLYAR As it heads into its annual developer conference next week, Apple needs to stay focused on bits, not atoms.   OPEN WINDOWS | 2-MINUTE READ An Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw Still Doesn't Have a Patch BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The company continues to downplay the severity of the Follina vulnerability, which remains present in all supported versions of Windows.   DIGITAL CULTURE | 3-MINUTE READ Star Wars Has a Fandom Problem BY GRAEME MCMILLAN The racist messages sent to Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram are just the latest in a series of incidents directed at actors in the franchise. GET WIRED Memorial Day Sale. Give yourself the gift of information. Get the print edition of WIRED and Gideon Lichfield's exclusive subscriber-only column for just $29.99 $5. Subscribe now.   GARMIN 5EVA | 4-MINUTE READ Garmin Finally Brings Back the Vivosmart—and It's Even Better BY ADRIENNE SO It's only taken four years, but Garmin's small fitness tracker is back with a slew of great and necessary improvements.   TAILSPINS | 4-MINUTE READ Airfare Prediction Algorithms Are Going Haywire BY AARIAN MARSHALL The world's current weirdness has made it more difficult for tools like Kayak and Google Flights to guess the best time to buy a plane ticket.   OPINION | 3-MINUTE READ The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Surveillance State BY ALBERT FOX CAHN Searching clerks' phones to find out who leaked the Dobbs opinion sets a dangerous precedent of exploiting digital rights.   LOOK UP | 5-MINUTE READ The First Privately Funded Killer Asteroid Spotter Is Here BY RAMIN SKIBBA Researchers at the B612 Foundation's Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data.   WATTS UP | 13-MINUTE READ The 11 Best Portable Chargers for All of Your Devices BY SCOTT GILBERTSON AND SIMON HILL Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, or device running with these handheld power banks.     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.