The Triumphant Return of the Good Small Phone

PLUS: The best stories from WIRED this week. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 10.15.20   IPHONE 12 MINI The Triumphant Return of the Good Small Phone BY BRIAN BARRETT The iPhone 12 Mini is tiny by contemporary standards—but unlike other shrunk-down smartphones, it doesn't skimp.   CIPHER IN CHIEF The Man Who Speaks Softly—and Commands a Big Cyber Army BY GARRETT M. GRAFF Meet General Paul Nakasone. He reined in chaos at the NSA and taught the US military how to launch pervasive cyberattacks. And he did it all without you noticing.   POWER TRIP The iPhone 12 Ships Without a Charger. Will It Curb E-Waste? BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU Apple's decision to skip the charger and EarPods sounds like a step that would reduce the company's environmental footprint. But it's not that simple.   GEAR Everything Apple Announced, From 5G iPhones to Audio Spheres BY MICHAEL CALORE AND BOONE ASHWORTH Four new iPhones made their debut today, along with a new $99 HomePod and some iPhone accessories.   HIGH SCIENCE This Is My Brain on Salvia BY DANIEL OBERHAUS I loaned my head to the world's first fMRI study on the effects of salvinorin A, a potent psychedelic. Here's what it revealed.   APPLE Meet the New iPhone 12—All Four of Them BY LAUREN GOODE Apple showed off its newest flagship handset Tuesday. There are four models, all of which support 5G.   DOT PHYSICS What Would Happen If All the Antarctic Ice Melted? BY RHETT ALLAIN It … let's just say it would not be good. Here, let's do the math.   CTRL FREAK Do Everything Faster With These Keyboard Tricks BY WHITSON GORDON Wanna see me cut and paste a large block of text without formatting? Wanna see me do it again?   CYBERCOM A Trickbot Assault Shows US Military Hackers' Growing Reach BY ANDY GREENBERG Despite the operation's short-term effects, it sets new precedents for the scope of Cyber Command's mission.     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