The best WIRED Business stories of 2020

PLUS: Zuck's lost notebook, AI vs. Covid, and how Silicon Valley ruined work culture. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.28.20   [ EDIT ] Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet BY RICHARD COOKE People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it's a beacon of so much that's right.   BOOK OF CHANGE Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook BY STEVEN LEVY In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But a few revealing pages survived.   SLIP SLIDING AWAY Snow and Ice Pose a Vexing Obstacle for Self-Driving Cars BY WILL KNIGHT Most testing of autonomous vehicles until now has been in sunny, dry climates. That will have to change before the technology will be useful everywhere.   DEEP DIVE Researchers Will Deploy AI to Better Understand Coronavirus BY WILL KNIGHT More than 2,000 papers have been published about the virus since December. It will take some smart algorithms to mine insights from them. GET WIRED New year, new ideas. Get WIRED for $10 $5. Last chance to get 1 year of access for 50% off. Plus get free stickers! Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   GOLDEN ARCHES The Future of McDonald's Is in the Drive-Thru Lane BY BRIAN BARRETT The fast food chain is radically rethinking what the Golden Arches experience looks like, from a new loyalty program to more high-tech drive-thrus.   PICKY PICKY AI Helps Warehouse Robots Pick Up New Tricks BY WILL KNIGHT Backed by machine learning luminaries, Covariant.ai's bots can handle jobs previously needing  a human touch.    HOW WE WORK Silicon Valley Ruined Work Culture BY ARIELLE PARDES Why does every damn place—even old-school corporate offices—have to be fun and full of foosball?   WIRELESS WAR 5G Was Going to Unite the World—Instead It's Tearing Us Apart BY WILL KNIGHT Divisions over technical standards and the role of China's Huawei are jeopardizing the rollout of superfast connections.   CHAT ROOM What Is Clubhouse, and Why Does Silicon Valley Care? BY ARIELLE PARDES The latest app du jour is a social network centered on talking—and it's building buzz with the oldest trick in the book.     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

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[New post] UK charts: Animal Crossing New Horizons climbs back to No.3 this week

Sickr posted: " The latest UK physical video game software charts are now in and FIFA 21 has fairly predictably reclaimed the No.1 position, fending off Ubisoft's latest Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed Valhalla. This week has seen the immensely popular Anima" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on My Nintendo News UK charts: Animal Crossing New Horizons climbs back to No.3 this week by Sickr The latest UK physical video game software charts are now in and FIFA 21 has fairly predictably reclaimed the No.1 position, fending off Ubisoft's latest Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed Valhalla. This week has seen the immensely popular Animal Crossing: New Horizons climb back up the charts to No.3. As previously reported Mario Kart 8 […] Read more of this post This post is ad-supported ​ Sickr | December 28, 2020 at 5:21 pm | Tags: Animal Crossing New Horizons, charts, sales, software, uk, video games | Categories: playstation, Switch, xbox | URL: https://wp.me/pLMz-1ar0 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from My Nintendo News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://mynintendonews.com/2020/12/28/uk-charts-animal-crossing-new-horizons-climbs-back-to-no-3-this-week/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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[New post] Japan: Nintendo wins ‘Maricar’ lawsuit, 50 million yen to be paid in damages

nintenmau5 posted: " Nintendo has announced via their Japanese website that it's won another lawsuit and this time it was against Maricar in Japan. Legal proceedings to protect Nintendo's IP started in 2017. Popular with tourists and locals alike, Maricar is an attractio" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on My Nintendo News Japan: Nintendo wins 'Maricar' lawsuit, 50 million yen to be paid in damages by nintenmau5 Nintendo has announced via their Japanese website that it's won another lawsuit and this time it was against Maricar in Japan. Legal proceedings to protect Nintendo's IP started in 2017. Popular with tourists and locals alike, Maricar is an attraction in Tokyo which allows paying customers to rent a go kart, dress up in some […] Read more of this post This post is ad-supported ​ nintenmau5 | December 28, 2020 at 5:02 pm | Tags: Nintendo, nintendo of japan | Categories: Nintendo | URL: https://wp.me/pLMz-1aqP Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from My Nintendo News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://mynintendonews.com/2020/12/28/japan-nintendo-wins-maricar-lawsuit-50-million-yen-to-be-paid-in-damages/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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[New post] UK: Mario Kart 8: Deluxe has sold more physical copies in 2020 than it did in 2019

Sickr posted: " UK video game journalist Christopher Dring has revealed on Twitter that the enhanced Wii U port of Mario Kart 8 on Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, has shifted more physical copies in 2020 than it did the previous year, 2019. In fact this has be" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on My Nintendo News UK: Mario Kart 8: Deluxe has sold more physical copies in 2020 than it did in 2019 by Sickr UK video game journalist Christopher Dring has revealed on Twitter that the enhanced Wii U port of Mario Kart 8 on Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, has shifted more physical copies in 2020 than it did the previous year, 2019. In fact this has been the case each year since the game launched on […] Read more of this post This post is ad-supported ​ Sickr | December 28, 2020 at 4:59 pm | Tags: mario kart, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Nintendo, nintendo switch, sales, uk, video games | Categories: Nintendo, Switch | URL: https://wp.me/pLMz-1aqM Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from My Nintendo News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://mynintendonews.com/2020/12/28/uk-mario-kart-8-deluxe-has-sold-more-physical-copies-in-2020-than-it-did-in-2019/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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