Inside Pioneer: May the best Silicon Valley hustler win

PLUS: Tech essentials for your pup, Greta Thunberg's digital rise, and how to make GIFS. View this email in your browser  09.30.19   THE UTERATI The Female Founders Disrupting the Vagina Economy BY EMMA GREY ELLIS Products for vaginas often aren't made by people who have them. These CEOs want to change that.   RUFF! The Best Essentials and Tech for the Pup in Your Life BY ADRIENNE SO From smart collars to dog treats, we've tried it all. Here is our favorite canine gear.   PHOTO GALLERY The Former Soviet Union's Surprisingly Gorgeous Subways BY LAURA MALLONEE Chris Herwig spent 250 hours riding the rails in seven former republics of the USSR for his new book.   GAMIFICATION Inside Pioneer: May the Best Silicon Valley Hustler Win BY PARIS MARTINEAU Submit a project. Rack up points by completing quests. Post weekly updates. This is tech culture distilled into a game—with real consequences. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for just $10.   When information is cheap, context is more valuable than ever.   Subscribe now   INTEL What Past Whistle-Blowers Think of the Trump-Ukraine Complaint BY LOUISE MATSAKIS Two former intelligence community whistle-blowers say the life of whoever wrote the Trump-Ukraine complaint has been permanently altered.   #TWINNING A Big Question About Prime Numbers Gets a Partial Answer BY KEVIN HARTNETT The twin primes conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for more than a century. Now there's a solution for one version of it.   ACTIVISM Greta Thunberg's Digital Rise Calls Back to a Pre-Digital Era BY EMMA GREY ELLIS The climate activist's ability to dominate social media is powerful—and, surprisingly, similar to what young people did in the 1960s.   LOOP DE LOOP How to Make GIFs on Your Smartphone or Laptop BY DAVID NIELD GIFs rule the internet. Here's how to hit a perfect loop every time.   GEAR GALLERY iPhones, Wearables, Plant Music: Things We Loved This Month BY WIRED STAFF Plus: The best handheld console for playing a videogame involving an obnoxious goose.     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