How to save yourself from notification overload

PLUS: How to mail from space, a rock that vibrates with Earth, and a "virtual USB" takeover. View this email in your browser  09.03.19   RX TECH A Molecule Designed by AI Exhibits 'Druglike' Qualities BY GREGORY BARBER Insilico Medicine is among several startups trying to harness artificial intelligence to speed the development of new drugs.   EXPLAINER xkcd's Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space) BY RANDALL MUNROE Get yourself a heat shield, and throw the parcel really hard—backwards.   ETHICS Planned Eric Schmidt Talk at AI Conference Draws Protest BY TOM SIMONITE The former Google CEO is scheduled to keynote a Stanford conference on ethics in artificial intelligence. Critics say Schmidt is a poor ethical role model.   SHHHH How to Save Yourself From Notification Overload BY DAVID NIELD You get too many rings and blips and squawks on your smartphone. Here's how to shut them up. GET WIRED Insider access to our Labor Day Sale   For a limited time, get a full year of print + digital access to wired.com for just $5.   Subscribe now   ROLLING STONES The Rock That Vibrates in Time With Earth, Wind, and Waves BY JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA How vulnerable are landmark stone formations to tremors from earthquakes or human activities?   BOARD GAMES Supermicro Bug Could Let 'Virtual USBs' Take Over Corporate Servers BY LILY HAY NEWMAN A newly disclosed vulnerability in Supermicro hardware brings the threat of malicious USBs to corporate servers.   WIND TUNNEL London Is Changing Its Skyscraper Designs—to Favor Cyclists BY ALEX DAVIES Wind tunnels and downdrafts can make life difficult for cyclists and pedestrians. London's new design rules aim to reduce headwinds.   BOOK EXCERPT Uncertainty Isn't Always a Problem—It Can Be the Solution BY IAN STEWART Many areas of technology—from pacemakers to space missions—deliberately create controlled amounts of uncertainty to make devices and processes work better.   EYES ON YOU Behind the Rise of China's Facial-Recognition Giants BY TOM SIMONITE Megvii, one of four highly valued Chinese facial-recognition startups, has filed for an IPO. Most of its revenue comes from surveillance and security systems.     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