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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 08.11.22 CYBERCRIME | 4-MINUTE READ The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang BY MATT BURGESS The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group. OPINION | 3-MINUTE READ How the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid Could Expose Trump's Secrets BY AMY GAJDA The former president tried to connect the raid to the Watergate burglars. His privacy problems do relate to Nixon's scandal—but not in the way he thinks. BUDGET BOOKS | 7-MINUTE READ Need a Cheap Laptop? These Are Our Favorites BY SCOTT GILBERTSON You don't have to spend a fortune to get a good notebook. UNFOLLOW | 4-MINUTE READ This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You're Being Followed BY MATT BURGESS The Raspberry Pi-powered device can scan for phones around you. If it keeps spotting the same one, it'll send you an alert. SPONSORED CONTENT The Pioneering Theorist of the Metaverse Matthew Ball has written the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote! Subscribe now. GADGET LAB PODCAST | 39-MINUTE EPISODE Welcome to the Weird Phone Future This week, we look at Samsung's latest folding phones and discuss what their release means for the mobile industry—and for Android. HOOKED UP | 6-MINUTE READ This Man Built His Own ISP. Now He's Getting $2.6M to Expand It BY JON BRODKIN, ARS TECHNICA Jared Mauch took it into his own hands to provide broadband service to about 30 homes in rural Michigan. A boost from the US government will let him cover hundreds more. BEST BUDS | 3-MINUTE READ Google's New Pixel Buds Pro Are Great Everyday Earbuds BY PARKER HALL These ergonomic earbuds are like AirPods Pro for Android, but with better battery life. BOT OR NOT | 5-MINUTE READ Smiling Dogs? Horses Made of Clouds? Captcha Has Gone Too Far BY CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER Users face increasingly impossible challenges to prove they are not bots. 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.