Apple contractors will stop listening to your recordings—for now

PLUS: The best compact cameras, a solution to city parking, and a shift for textbooks. View this email in your browser  08.04.19   DIGITAL CULTURE Mitch McConnell's New Nickname Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup BY GRAEME MCMILLAN Internet, meet "Moscow Mitch." Also, here's how social media reacted to the Democratic primary debates.   GEAR The Best Compact Pocket Cameras You Can Buy BY JESS GREY Your phone's portrait mode is no match for a real point-and-shoot camera's portrait lens.   GEAR Digital Textbooks Are Forcing a Radical Shift in Higher Ed BY BRIAN BARRETT Digital-first. Open source. Subscription. The way textbooks are bought and sold is changing—with serious implications for higher education.   SECURITY Apple Contractors Will Stop Listening to Your Siri Recordings—For Now BY BRIAN BARRETT Facial recognition hits minors, Facebook takes down Saudi accounts, and more security news this week. GET WIRED Get 12 months of WIRED for just $49.99 $10.   Stories to help you understand the future.   Subscribe now   PHOTO Space Photos of the Week: A Trip for Thee to Galaxies Three BY SHANNON STIRONE Plus: The Hubble, the ISS, and a red moon rising.   REVIEWS Specialized's Electric Gravel Grinder Loves to Get Dirty BY STEPHANIE PEARSON This high-performance electric bike is built to meet the demands of long trips across gravel roads and trails.   BUSINESS Facebook Puts Its Stamp—and Name—on Instagram and WhatsApp BY FRED VOGELSTEIN Facebook has long allowed Instagram and WhatsApp to operate independently. Now, it's "Instagram from Facebook."   TRANSPORTATION This Startup Wants to Tame the Chaos of City Street Parking BY AARIAN MARSHALL Everyone vies for curb space: taxis, Ubers, delivery trucks, buses, bicycles, and residents. In Washington, DC, CurbFlow is testing spots reserved via app.   SECURITY 'Opt Out' Is Useless. Let People Opt In BY BRIAN BARRETT It's not so crazy to want Big Tech to ask for your data—and conversations with AI assistants—before they take it.     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