The world’s most important industry has a new captain

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View in browser  |  Your newsletter preferences  02.18.24 The World's Most Important Industry Has a New Captain—and She's Piloting It Into the 21st Century Did you buy something online today? Odds are your purchase was shipped using a system perfected in the 16th century—and that's not a good thing. Meet the woman looking to change that. READ THE FULL STORY You Might Also Like Kara Swisher Is Sick of Tech People, So She Wrote a Book About Them BY STEVEN LEVY | 11-MINUTE READ Silicon Valley's top pundit dishes on her memoir Burn Book, immature billionaires, and whether she's actually mean. The Puzzling Testimony of Craig Wright, Self-Styled Inventor of Bitcoin BY JOEL KHALILI | 5-MINUTE READ In a lengthy cross-examination in the UK High Court, Craig Wright rejected all claims he had forged and manipulated evidence that indicate he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin. ADVERTISEMENT The Story Behind Elon Musk's Tweet Restriction Fiasco BY ZOË SCHIFFER | 5-MINUTE READ Last summer, Elon Musk began rate-limiting the number of tweets users could see on Twitter. Here's the real reason why. The City of Tomorrow Will Run on Your Toilet Water BY MATT SIMON | 7-MINUTE READ Researchers are finding better ways to extract drinking water, compost, and even energy from wastewater. It's not gross. It's science. GET WIRED Stay WIRED-IN during our email exclusive sale. Get full tech coverage with a subscription to WIRED for just $30 $5. Plus free stickers! Subscribe Now. ADVERTISEMENT 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