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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 07.08.22 BITTER PILL | 5-MINUTE READ Could Your Old Poop Cure You of Future Diseases? BY SABRINA WEISS Fecal transplants can fix gut diseases, but finding the right donor stool is tricky. The solution, some scientists believe, is to keep a store of your own. FRAUD | 5-MINUTE READ An ISP Scam Targeted Low-Income People Seeking Government Aid BY JON BRODKIN, ARS TECHNICA The US Federal Communications Commission says a man posing as a fake broadband service promised victims discounts on internet services and devices. DEALS | 2-MINUTE READ Atlas Coffee Club's Prime Day Deal Cuts the Price In Half BY MEDEA GIORDANO One of our favorite coffee subscriptions is on sale for new subscribers through July 14. TRAFFIC STOP | 6-MINUTE READ Cruise's Robot Car Outages Are Jamming Up San Francisco BY AARIAN MARSHALL In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers. 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. PLAINTEXT | 4-MINUTE READ How Hemingway Gradually—Then Suddenly—Defined the Zeitgeist BY STEVEN LEVY Plus: Early attempts at writing fiction online, the many sequels to Hackers, and Canada's pessimism. UNSAFE SPACE | 4-MINUTE READ Amazon's 'Safe' New Robot Won't Fix its Worker Injury Problem BY KHARI JOHNSON The company's warehouses demand a fast pace of workers, and have higher injury rates than at competing firms. THE MONITOR | 2-MINUTE READ Westworld Has Entered the New, Better Frontier of Sci-Fi BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER The show's fourth season is blessedly more compelling, and comprehensible, than its third—and signals a subtle shift in its genre. IN A FLAP | 5-MINUTE READ Is There Good News for Monarch Butterflies? Scientists Disagree BY ASHLEY STIMPSON A recent study suggests that gains during the summer breeding season are making up for losses during migration. But the insects' fate is far from assured. COMICS | 3-MINUTE READ It's Time for Fans to Watch Superheroes Like They Read Them BY GRAEME MCMILLAN Thor: Love and Thunder is out Friday; Ms. Marvel wraps up on Disney+ next week. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, it's time to pick faves and stick with them. 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.