The secret microscope that sparked a scientific revolution

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  09.27.22 BOTS RUN THE WEB | 3-MINUTE READ A Sprawling Bot Network Used Fake Porn to Fool Facebook BY VITTORIA ELLIOTT An orchestrated attack went after an independent news website and harvested swathes of Facebook user data. And nobody can stop it. IDEAS | 6-MINUTE READ The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job BY FADEKE ADEGBUYI "Overemployment" sounds like more of the same old grind, but its underlying philosophy is critical of work. PRODUCT REVIEW | 6-MINUTE READ You'll Need a Magnifying Glass to Find the iPhone 14's Upgrades BY JEREMY WHITE It's a great handset, but the improvements are so iterative that most of you will hardly notice what's new. ALL THE SMALL THINGS | 11-MINUTE READ The Secret Microscope That Sparked a Scientific Revolution BY CODY CASSIDY How a Dutch fabric seller made the most powerful magnifying lens of his time—and of the next 150 years—and became the first person ever to see a microorganism. SPONSORED CONTENT A Master Class in Investing Billionaire investor and cofounder of the Carlyle Group David M. Rubenstein discusses his philosophy for successful investing. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes the print edition plus editor in chief Gideon Lichfield's column, System Update. Subscribe now. BOTS RUN THE WEB | 4-MINUTE READ This Student's Side Project Will Help Decide Musk vs. Twitter BY MORGAN MEAKER In the battle over Twitter's future, the number of bots on the platform is a key issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them. CRASH COURSE | 6-MINUTE READ NASA's DART Spacecraft Smashed Into an Asteroid—on Purpose BY RAMIN SKIBBA The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth. SPEAK UP | 3-MINUTE READ How to Advocate for Data Privacy and Users' Rights BY OMAR L. GALLAGA Want to speak up against Big Tech, unjust data collection, and surveillance? Here's how to be an activist in your community and beyond. DEALS | 2-MINUTE READ This 15-Inch Portable OLED Monitor Is on Sale Right Now BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU If you travel, work at a coffee shop, or have to go into the office a few times a week, then you need a good portable monitor. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email 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.