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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 07.11.22 EXHALE | 6-MINUTE READ Juul Nears Its Last Gasp—After It Hooked a Generation on Vaping BY ARIELLE PARDES The startup used regulatory loopholes and marketing to make nicotine cool. Now the FDA threatens to shut the company down, but new rivals are taking over. DEAL OR NO DEAL | 5-MINUTE READ As Elon Musk Walks, Twitter Workers Say No One's in Charge BY CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER AND TOM SIMONITE Days after the deal to buy Twitter fell apart, fed up employees say they are being kept in the dark. HEARINGS | 4-MINUTE READ The January 6 Insurrection Hearings Are Just Heating Up BY GARRETT M. GRAFF The US House committee has already uncovered a more organized and sinister plot than many imagined. But history suggests the worst may be yet to come. ALTERNATE HISTORIAN | 14-MINUTE READ Humans Have Always Been Wrong About Humans BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN The Dawn of Everything fundamentally shifted my view of … everything. I had to meet one of the minds behind its world-tilting revelations. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes the print edition plus editor in chief Gideon Lichfield's column, System Update. Subscribe now. CYBER WARFARE | 5-MINUTE READ Russian 'Hacktivists' Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine BY MATT BURGESS The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations. PRIME DAY | 3-MINUTE READ 10 Great Deals From Best Buy's 'Black Friday in July' Sale BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT Amazon's Prime Day sale isn't the only option to get deep tech discounts this week. INFINITE QUEST | 5-MINUTE READ Quantum Advantage Showdowns Have No Clear Winners BY SOPHIA CHEN A series of recent experiments between quantum and classical computers shows the term's ever-evolving meaning. MENTAL HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ The Climate Anxiety Discussion Has a Whiteness Problem BY GRACE BROWNE Marginalized groups often think about the mental impact of the climate crisis in different terms—meaning they end up crowded out of the conversation. FUEL UP | 9-MINUTE READ The Best Travel Mugs to Keep Drinks Cold or Hot BY ADRIENNE SO AND MATT JANCER Whether you're sipping hot coffee in the morning or downing a cold one in the afternoon, these insulated mugs will do the trick. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.