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Illegal Airbnbs, fantastical space power, clever cryptography, and more: Check out our recent favorites, and start your month with the very best of WIRED. View this email in your browser July 2019 It’s a new month, which means you have a new chance to catch some great WIRED reads! From an investigation into a highly profitable—and illegal—Airbnb empire in New York, to the clever cryptography powering Apple's 'Find My Phone' feature, to a real-world test of a mythical form of space propulsion, there are plenty of great ways to use your four free articles this month. Interested in reading everything WIRED has to offer? Subscribe here. Cover Story Inside Backpage.com’s Vicious Battle With the Feds By Christine Biederman For years, it was the largest portal for sex on the internet. Now its fate could shape the future of Silicon Valley. emdrive A Mythical Form of Space Propulsion Finally Gets a Real Test By Daniel Oberhaus Scientists have debated for decades whether the propulsion concept known as EmDrive is real or wishful thinking. A sensitive new tool may at last provide an answer. encryption The Clever Cryptography Behind Apple's 'Find My' Feature By Andy Greenberg Apple says an elaborate rotating key scheme will soon let you track down your stolen laptop, but not let anyone track you. Not even Apple. Close Quarters How 9 People Built an Illegal $5M Airbnb Empire in New York By Paris Martineau City officials say the network converted residential units in 36 buildings, earning more than $5 million for booking 24,330 rooms and housing 63,873 guests. Get WIRED Our July 4th Sale is here! For a limited time, get a full year of print + digital access for just $49.99 $5. Subscribe now A Fever Spreads Fear, Misinformation, and Measles Spread in Brooklyn By Amanda Schaffer Measles is back, health care workers are racing to contain it, and parents of vulnerable children are frantic. How a fever spread in a tight-knit community. google cloud How a Google Cloud Catch-22 Broke the Internet By Brian Barrett A Google Cloud outage that knocked huge portions of the internet offline also blocked access to the tools Google needed to fix it. streaming 7 Free Streaming Services to Save You From Subscription Hell By Brian Barrett You may not have heard of Tubi, Pluto TV, and Kanopy—but they're the perfect cure for subscription fatigue. No Set No Worries Disney's New Lion King Is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema By Peter Rubin Director Jon Favreau shot the remake of the animated classic inside virtual reality. He doesn't know what to call the result, but it looks like a real movie. 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 Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.