9 must-read books for the summer

PLUS: Memorial Day sales, a bizarro streaming site, and the great whip spider

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.29.21   STREAMLESS | 4-MINUTE READ The Bizarro Streaming Site That Hackers Built From Scratch BY BRIAN BARRETT BravoMovies isn't real. But it puts in a remarkable amount of effort trying to trick you into believing that it is.   DEALS | 8-MINUTE READ The Best Memorial Day Sales on Tech, Gaming, Home, and More BY LOURYN STRAMPE There are deals on the best streaming stick, our favorite sunglasses, and dozens of other WIRED top picks this holiday weekend.   CONFLICT RESOLUTION | 5-MINUTE READ Blurry Satellite Images of Palestine and Israel Make Rebuilding Harder BY LUIZ ROMERO Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise.   BOOKS | 8-MINUTE READ WIRED's Picks for the 9 Books You Need to Read This Summer BY WIRED STAFF From sci-fi to queer magic, these tomes have what you need when you're headed to the beach—or anywhere else. GET WIRED Memorial Day Sale! Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   PODCASTS | 4-MINUTE READ Maybe Future Generations Will Be Just Fine BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY In his new book, legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein argues that there may be reasons to not worry about the hereafter.   CAVERN CLUB | 11-MINUTE READ There's a Great Whip Spider Boom. What Gives? BY ERIC BOODMAN The discovery of exotic arachnids reveals as much about the structure of science as it does about the creatures.   HAMMER DOWN | 8-MINUTE READ It's Tough to Defend Overwatch, but It's Still Unparalleled BY TYLER COLP One of the best hero shooters turned 5 years old this month. It's still an incredible game, but that doesn't mean that Blizzard doesn't have work to do.   PLAINTEXT | 6-MINUTE READ How a Chaos Monkey Caused an Apple Uprising BY STEVEN LEVY Plus: A review of the book from 2016, the accessibility potential for AR, and a few too many sinking ships.   PRODUCT REVIEW | 3-MINUTE READ This Vibrator Is Approachable and Adorable BY JESS GREY The Dame Pom is a tiny but powerful sex toy, and after more than a year of testing, it's one of our favorites.     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 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.

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