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08.03.23

PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ

Covid's Summer Wave Is Rising—Again

BY AMANDA HOOVER

Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.

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POST-DOCS | 11-MINUTE READ

The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?

BY GREGORY BARBER

Tired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That's you, Google.)

DEALS | 9-MINUTE READ

The Best Back-to-School Deals on Laptops, Backpacks, and Earbuds

BY LOURYN STRAMPE AND JULIAN CHOKKATTU

Everyone can benefit from these back-to-school deals ahead of the new semester.

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FREE BIRD | 3-MINUTE READ

Hackers Could Have Scored Unlimited Airline Miles by Targeting One Platform

BY LILY HAY NEWMAN

Flaws in the Points platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.

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WIRED PODCASTS

A New Wave of Peer-to-Peer Apps Heralds a Farm-to-Table Internet

This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.

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BUYING GUIDE | 2-MINUTE READ

The Best Laptop Totes for Work and Weekends

BY MEDEA GIORDANO

We filled these bags to the brim with our tech, wallets, and water bottles. They held up to the test.

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SCANDI DRAMA | 3-MINUTE READ

Norway Took On Meta's Surveillance Ads and Won

BY MORGAN MEAKER

Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.

PRODUCT REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ

OnePlus' Mechanical Keyboard Is Sturdy and Surprisingly Quiet

BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT

The first collaboration between OnePlus and Keychron is a heavy, customizable keyboard with a soft typing experience—if you're into that kind of thing.

IDEAS | 3-MINUTE READ

What Meta's New Studies Do—and Don't—Reveal About Social Media and Polarization

BY JONATHAN STRAY

The papers are neither proof that Facebook divides us nor a vindication of social media. They're a starting point.

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North America: Dragon Ball FighterZ is the next Switch Online Game Trial

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