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Netflix's Password-Sharing Crackdown Has a Silver Lining
The streaming service is making account owners enter two-factor codes in a limited test. That’s… actually not so bad. http://www.wired.com/ -
The Pandemic Turns One, Vaccine Trials Adapt, and More News
Catch up on the most important updates from this week. http://www.wired.com/ -
A Bird-Feed Seller Beat a Chess Master. Then It Got Ugly
Twitch and YouTube chess star Levy Rozman has faced over a week of sustained harassment after calling out an alleged ... -
What If the Afterlife Had In-App Purchases?
The Amazon series Upload shows a comedic—and probably more realistic—version of what would happen if humans could live online after ... -
Tim Wu and Lina Khan Can Now Put Antitrust Theories to Work
Plus: Facebook’s lobbying efforts, tech’s information overload, and a bear of a story. http://www.wired.com/ -
Social Media Reminds Us of the Year That Wasn’t
Technology is designed to conjure up warm, fond memories. But the anniversary of lockdown has brought on a period of ... -
With Spectre Still Lurking, Google Looks to Protect the Web
To show how browsers can guard against the speculative execution bug, Google security researchers have shown how an attack would ... -
So You Want to Prepare for Doomsday
There’s no cool gear with my method, but it has other advantages. http://www.wired.com/ -
The Perplexing Psychology of Returning to ‘Normal’
For a year now, we’ve been living in constant fear of Covid-19. But when you get that vaccine in your ... -
The Science of Why Your Friends Shot You From an Airlock
The human brain is fallible. Which is exactly what gives social deduction games their voltage. http://www.wired.com/