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PLUS: The best electric toothbrushes, what space dust tells us, and robot choreography. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.07.21   BUYING GUIDE The Best Electric Toothbrushes for Your Pearly Whites BY MEDEA GIORDANO Yes, you have to recharge them, but they can actually make brushing a little easier. Here are our favorites.   Q&A What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves BY NATALIE WOLCHOVER Micrometeorites fill every corner of our planet. Matthew Genge is using these shards of interplanetary space to understand Earth and its place in the solar system.   OPINION How Choreography Can Help Robots Come Alive BY SYDNEY SKYBETTER Dance and robotics rarely overlap. But if they did, it could make robots seem less like industrial contrivances, and more like empathetic beings.   OPINION Sad QAnon Followers Are at a Precarious Pivot Point BY JEN GOLBECK Disillusioned after Biden was sworn in, conspiracy theorists could now be swayed back to reality by conservatives and family members—or toward darker fringes. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for less than $1 per month. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   MORE SIGNAL How to Find a Better Cell Phone Carrier BY WHITSON GORDON Everyone has an opinion on their wireless carrier, but the "best" option for you isn't the best option for someone else. Here's how to decide.   NATIONAL AFFAIRS Finally, an Interesting Proposal for Section 230 Reform BY GILAD EDELMAN A new bill directly targets the most egregious excesses of online platform immunity.   EMISSIONS How Steel Might Finally Kick Its Coal Habit BY MARIA GALLUCCI In order to curb the industry's prolific carbon emissions, the sector will have to transform how the material is traditionally made.   SECURITY ROUNDUP Government Demands for Amazon Data Shot Up 800 Percent in 2020 BY BRIAN BARRETT Plus: Smartmatic lawsuits, a fake WhatsApp, and more of the week's top security news.   SUPPLY CHAIN A Silicon Chip Shortage Is Causing Big Issues for Automakers BY JONATHAN M. GITLIN, ARS TECHNICA Car companies have had to reduce output, pause production, and even idle shifts and entire factories.     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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