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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.22.21   BUYING GUIDE | 1-MINUTE READ Looking for a Tablet? These Are Our Absolute Favorites BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU AND JEFFREY VAN CAMP We've tested all the top slates, from Apple's iPads to Android and Windows devices.   BACKCHANNEL | 22-MINUTE READ The Cold War Over Hacking McDonald's Ice Cream Machines BY ANDY GREENBERG Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald's notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.   GEAR | 5-MINUTE READ Everything Apple Announced Today: New iMacs, iPads, AirTags BY GEAR TEAM Say hello to new iMacs, new iPads Pro, an updated Apple TV, and some little wireless trackers that keep tabs on your tchotchkes.   GREEN GEAR | 5-MINUTE READ The Best Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products for Your Home BY LOURYN STRAMPE Next time you stock up on supplies, consider these green cleaning alternatives. GET WIRED Spring Sale: The Sequel! Ending Soon: Get WIRED for $10 $5. You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   APPLE | 5-MINUTE READ AirTags Are the Perfectly Boring, Functional Future of AR BY LAUREN GOODE Apple's new location-aware widgets point to the company's possible larger ambitions for augmented reality.   LIVESTREAM | 2-MINUTE READ Watch Today's Apple Event Right Here BY GEAR TEAM The company is expected to unveil some new hardware Tuesday morning. Stream the big show with us.   NEW SLATE | 3-MINUTE READ Apple Stuffs the iPad Pro With a New Display and Its M1 Chip BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU The new high-end tablet uses Mini-LED display technology, supports Thunderbolt, and has the powerful new Mac processor.   PUSH NOTIFICATION | 5-MINUTE READ Can an App Help Change Your Personality? BY KASRA ZAREI Want to be more sociable or less of a doormat? There's an (experimental) app for that.   IDEAS | 8-MINUTE READ NFTs and AI Are Unsettling the Very Concept of History BY RICK PRELINGER Non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence make tracing the origins of a digital object more fragile. What are the world's archivists to do?     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   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.