The 5 Best Apps to Get Live TV Without Cable

PLUS: The best stories from WIRED this week. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.25.21   BUYING GUIDE The 5 Best Apps to Get Live TV Without Cable BY MEDEA GIORDANO AND GEAR TEAM You don't have to give up sports or talk shows when you cut the cord. These apps let you stream the same TV channels over the internet.   BUYING GUIDE Need Trail Running Shoes? These Are Our 8 Favorite Pairs BY ADRIENNE SO It's one of the most affordable outdoor activities, but you still need a pair of lightweight, nimble shoes.   IN COLOR! Perseverance's Eyes See a Different Mars BY ADAM ROGERS The Red Planet's red looks different to an Earthling than it would to a Martian—or to a robot with hyperspectral cameras for eyes.   POWER DOWN So Long, Fry's. I Learned Everything About Gadgets From You BY PARKER HALL Now that the big-box electronics store has shuttered, future generations need a place where they can touch and discover the next great technology. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for less than $1 a month. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   DELIVERY Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm's Math BY AARIAN MARSHALL Drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other firms are building apps to compare their mileage with pay slips. One group is selling the data to government agencies.   PIRACY The Woman Bulldozing Video Games' Toughest DRM BY CECILIA D'ANASTASIO For Empress, cracking titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals Fenyx Rising is more than a pastime. It's a mission.   BACKCHANNEL How to Remember a Disaster Without Being Shattered by It BY ERIKA HAYASAKI Margaret McKinnon survived a midair catastrophe, then became a major researcher of memory and trauma. Now she's studying how the pandemic will haunt us.   APP PACK 8 Great Chess Apps for Beginners and Grand Masters BY OWEN POINDEXTER Sharpen your chess skills—or learn the game from scratch—with these digital options.   GOING TO GROUND What a 1900s Wildlife Survey Reveals About Climate Change BY JIM MORRISON A century ago, a biologist counted California's desert animals. Now researchers are retracing his steps—and the results are surprising.     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