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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 08.12.21   BACKCHANNEL | 11-MINUTE READ Looks That Quill: The Dark Side of Hedgehog Instagram BY NOELLE MATEER Beneath the tiny top hats and GIF-able snuggle sessions, I found a sad tale of internet virality.   PRIVACY | 5-MINUTE READ A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Carriers know where you are every time your phone reconnects to the cell network—but with Pretty Good Phone Privacy, they wouldn't have to.   HIGH NOTE | 5-MINUTE READ This Device Helps Paralyzed People Breathe—and Sing BY KHARI JOHNSON Called the Exo-Abs, the robotic device uses artificial intelligence to gauge how much pressure to put on a person's midsection.   LONG IN THE TOOTH | 6-MINUTE READ A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale BY SARA HARRISON Scientists used something called isotopic mapping to get a first look at how the creatures lived more than 17,000 years ago. GET WIRED Summer Sale! Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   EXTREMISM | 5-MINUTE READ How the Far Right Exploded on Steam and Discord BY WILL BEDINGFIELD, WIRED UK New research found that several of the major gaming platforms are hosting extremist activity, from racist livestreams to open support for neo-Nazis.   WAR GAMES | 5-MINUTE READ This Game Set in the Gaza Strip Doesn't Let You Win BY SOFÍA KUAN AND FACUNDO IGLESIA Five years after its release, Liyla and the Shadows of War is more relevant than ever—and it's making an impact beyond the screen.   STRUCTURES | 8-MINUTE READ Without Code for DeepMind's Protein AI, This Lab Wrote Its Own BY GRACE HUCKINS The Google subsidiary solved a fundamental problem in biology but didn't promptly share its solution. So a University of Washington team tried to re-create it.   THE BENDS | 5-MINUTE READ Folding Phones Are the New 3D TV BY LAUREN GOODE Depending on who you ask, smartphones with folding screens—like the two models Samsung just released—are either a gimmick or the next frontier.   CLOUD SUPPORT | 4-MINUTE READ I Think an AI Is Flirting With Me. Is It OK If I Flirt Back? BY MEGHAN O'GIEBLYN WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on emotional connection, continental affairs, and the ulterior motives of chatbots.     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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[New post] Spelunky 1 and 2 are coming to the Nintendo Switch on August 26th

ssf1991 posted: " Something that indie gamers have been looking forward to is the Nintendo Switch releases of Spelunky 1 and Spelunky 2. They were both revealed to be coming to the Switch last year, and the release was slated for "summer 2021". Unfortunately, there has b" New post on My Nintendo News Spelunky 1 and 2 are coming to the Nintendo Switch on August 26th by ssf1991 Something that indie gamers have been looking forward to is the Nintendo Switch releases of Spelunky 1 and Spelunky 2. They were both revealed to be coming to the Switch last year, and the release was slated for "summer 2021". Unfortunately, there has been silence ever since. A sizable portion of the summer is done, […] Read more of this post ssf1991 | August 12, 2021 at 9:11 pm | Tags: news, Nintendo, nintendo switch, Spelunky, video games | Categories: Nintendo Switch | URL: https://wp.me/pLMz-1dno 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: https://mynintendonews.com/2021/08/12/spelunky-1-and-2-are-coming-to-the-nintendo-switch-on-august-26th/

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[New post] Rumour: Kotaku claims Grand Theft Auto Remastered Trilogy coming to Nintendo Switch this year

Sickr posted: " Popular gaming site Kotaku says that their sources have informed them that Rockstar has been busy creating a Grand Theft Auto Remastered Trilogy for all current systems and iOS and Android. The three classic games would be high definition ports of the cl" New post on My Nintendo News Rumour: Kotaku claims Grand Theft Auto Remastered Trilogy coming to Nintendo Switch this year by Sickr Popular gaming site Kotaku says that their sources have informed them that Rockstar has been busy creating a Grand Theft Auto Remastered Trilogy for all current systems and iOS and Android. The three classic games would be high definition ports of the classic Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft […] Read more of this post Sickr | August 12, 2021 at 8:55 pm | Tags: gaming, grand theft auto, gta remastered trilogy, rumour, video games | Categories: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox | URL: https://wp.me/pLMz-1dni 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: https://mynintendonews.com/2021/08/12/rumour-kotaku-claims-grand-theft-auto-remastered-trilogy-coming-to-nintendo-switch-this-year/

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