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PLUS: The best stories from WIRED this week. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.15.21   BUYING GUIDE | 1-MINUTE READ These Are the 9 Best Android Phones BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU AND JEFFREY VAN CAMP Shopping for a new phone can be an ordeal. Let us take some of the pain out of it with these picks and tips.   HERD IMMUNITY | 9-MINUTE READ How to Find a Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment in Your Area BY MATT JANCER Vaccination rollout has been a challenge across the US. These tips will help you figure out when you're eligible, where to go, and what to expect.   SYNTHETIC RAIN | 5-MINUTE READ Plastic Is Falling From the Sky. But Where's It Coming From? BY MATT SIMON At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western US. New modeling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant.   NAME:WRECK | 4-MINUTE READ 100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won't Be the Last BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP are the latest in a series of vulnerabilities with global implications. GET WIRED Save 66% on your subscription to WIRED. Get 1 year of WIRED for less than $1 per month, plus, get a free tote! You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.   SEARCH AND RESCUE | 11-MINUTE READ Here's What It Takes to Fly a Drone on Mount Everest BY MARK SYNNOTT If you're heading to the top of the iconic mountain to look for a dead man and a 100-year-old camera, you want to start by running some tests on your device.   HAFNIUM | 5-MINUTE READ The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China's Hacking Spree BY BRIAN BARRETT The agency's approach to protecting vulnerable victims of the recent Hafnium attack manages to be at once controversial and refreshingly restrained.   CRUNCH | 5-MINUTE READ AI Comes to Car Repair, and Body Shop Owners Aren't Happy BY AARIAN MARSHALL During the pandemic, insurers accelerated the use of automated tools to estimate repair costs. Garage operators say the numbers can be wildly inaccurate.   IDEAS | 4-MINUTE READ Who Let the Doge Out? The Cryptocurrency Is As Nutty and Joyful As Ever BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN The much wow Dogecoin has had its notable influencers—including, for a brief moment, me.   ANIMATION | 5-MINUTE READ 5 New Family-Friendly Movies and 1 Actually Good One BY JASON KEHE This year's Oscar-nominated animated films have a uniformly safe, childish approach to death. But The Willoughbys—not nominated—will mess you up.     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.