Inside Apple’s bid to become a streaming giant

PLUS: Andrew Yang's thorium reactor dreams, Softbank's day of reckoning, and the latest Star Wars News. View this email in your browser  10.21.19   NUCLEAR POWER Andrew Yang Wants a Thorium Reactor by 2027. Good Luck, Buddy BY DANIEL OBERHAUS The presidential candidate backs a type of reactor that promises cleaner, safer nuclear energy. But it may not be the best way to ditch fossil fuels.   OPINION WeWork's Failure is SoftBank's Day Of Reckoning BY LEONARD SHERMAN Opinion: Venture capitalists need to take stock of reality after all the blitzscaling.   CANTINA TALK 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Will Address the Toxic Rey-Kylo Relationship BY GRAEME MCMILLAN Also, "Jedi" is now in the Oxford English Dictionary, and more "Star Wars" rumors and news.   LAUNCH SEQUENCE Inside Apple's High-Flying Bid to Become a Streaming Giant BY PETER RUBIN With Ron Moore's space-race drama "For All Mankind," Apple is betting on marquee names and lush production to get its TV+ service off the ground. Can it achieve orbit? GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for just $10 $5.   When information is cheap, context is more valuable than ever.   Subscribe now   MUTING MUTANTS A New Crispr Technique Could Fix Almost All Genetic Diseases BY MEGAN MOLTENI A less error-prone DNA editing method could correct many more harmful mutations than was previously possible.   ETHICAL GUARDRAILS These Startups Are Building Tools to Keep an Eye on A.I. BY TOM SIMONITE The software can help developers constrain their creations so they don't make bad decisions.   THE MONITOR "Joker" Could Become the Biggest R-Rated Movie of All Time BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Also, production on Netflix's "Cowboy Bebop" has been delayed due to an injury on set.   DIGITAL EVOLUTION The Bizarre Aye-Aye Isn't Giving Us the Finger After All BY MATT SIMON The primate uses its long middle finger to fish for grubs. But scientists just discovered its "pseudothumb," meaning it's got six digits, not five.   LOCKDOWN Microsoft's New Plan to Defend the Code Deep Within PCs BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The "secured-core PC" feature for Windows looks to head off firmware hacks.     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