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View in browser  |  Your newsletter preferences 06.19.24 Your weekly roundup of the best stories on health care, the climate crisis, genetic engineering, robotics, space, and more. For all our science coverage, visit WIRED Science. SUBPRIME | 6-MINUTE READ  Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing By Chris Baraniuk Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going. INFECTION CONTROL | 3-MINUTE READ  How to Avoid Getting Sick This Summer By Bill Sullivan A microbiologist explains how to not catch summertime germs at the barbecue, in the pool, or on the trail. LIGHT WORK | 6-MINUTE READ  Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI's Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy By Amos Zeeberg Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems. They also face major obstacles. TRASH DUTY | 7-MINUTE READ  Instead of Mining the Deep Sea, Maybe People Should Just Fix Stuff By Boone Ashworth A new report contends that deep sea mining is not only an environmental risk, it's also not going to help meet the world's renewable energy needs. LENGTHY DEBATE | 5-MINUTE READ  The 2024 US Open Is Designed to Thwart Golf's Big Hitters By Michael Croley Players, aided by technology, are hitting the ball farther than ever, and courses can't keep getting longer—meaning operators are having to find smarter ways to keep the sport challenging. THE BIG INTERVIEW | 10-MINUTE READ  If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You'll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud By Steven Levy The famed futurist remains inhumanly optimistic about the world and his own fate—and thinks the singularity is minutes away. ADVERTISEMENT More from WIRED Science The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots In The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge With AI, the spiritual sequel to his (in)famous first book, Ray Kurzweil doubles down on the promise of immortality. How to Take the Perfect Soccer Penalty To understand how to take a match-winning penalty, you've got to understand the physics behind the perfect kick. Apple Intelligence Won't Work on Hundreds of Millions of iPhones—but Maybe It Could Older iPhones might well be able to cope with Apple's AI, so why won't your $900 year-old model run it? Here's why. Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers. Trending on WIRED BOOSTED | 21-MINUTE READ The West Coast's Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico By Christopher Solomon "We have people stealing all over the world." A digital sleuth named Bryan Hance has spent the past four years obsessively uncovering a bicycle-theft pipeline of astonishing scale, running from the US West Coast to Mexico. GET WIRED The future is happening fast. Stay ahead of it with WIRED.Get full tech coverage with a subscription to WIRED for just $30 $5. Plus free stickers! Subscribe Now. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. Plus, browse more newsletters from WIRED. You're receiving this email because you signed up for the Science newsletter from WIRED.   Manage your preferences  |   View our Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   Have questions or comments? Send us a message. Need help? Contact us.   Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.

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The home screen of the Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) app, accessible directly from the Nintendo Switch homepage, has received a slight redesign, as showcased in the new banner image. The updated homepage now boasts a cleaner, more streamlined look. Users… Read on blog or Reader My Nintendo News Read on blog or Reader Switch Online Home Screen redesign brings subtle tweaks Aiden June 19 The home screen of the Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) app, accessible directly from the Nintendo Switch homepage, has received a slight redesign, as showcased in the new banner image. The updated homepage now boasts a cleaner, more streamlined look. Users can scroll through the top Nintendo Switch Online news of the week by pressing the […] Continue reading Comment

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