A dangerous Facebook bug exposed anonymous admins of pages

PLUS: Funeral tech, CES gadgets you can buy, and a royal exit. View this email in your browser  01.12.20   CES 2020 The Best CES Devices You Can Buy Right Now BY ADRIENNE SO Most of CES 2020's flashy tech is months, maybe years, from hitting store shelves. Here are a few devices you can order now—and some extra deals we like.   RIP Funeral Tech Startups Expand Your Posthumous Possibilities BY NATASHA BERNAL, WIRED UK You can't choose when your time runs out, but you *can* opt to transmute your ashes into diamonds or be buried in fungus.    DEEP LEARNING Computers Are Learning to See in Higher Dimensions BY JOHN PAVLUS New artificial intelligence techniques can spot patterns not only in 2D images but on spheres and other curved surfaces, lifting AI out of "flatland."   DOXXING A Facebook Bug Exposed Anonymous Admins of Pages BY LILY HAY NEWMAN A bad code update allowed anyone to easily reveal which accounts posted to Facebook Pages—including celebrities and politicians—for several hours.  GET WIRED   Get 1 year of WIRED access for less than $1 a month.   Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else.   Subscribe now   REPLAY 'Escape From Tarkov' Won't Include Playable Women Characters BY JULIE MUNCY The game's developers say it would require "a huge amount of work."   PRIVACY Facebook Says Encrypting Messenger by Default Will Take Years BY ANDY GREENBERG Mark Zuckerberg promised default end-to-end encryption throughout Facebook's platforms. Nearly a year later, Messenger's not even close.   WHILE YOU WERE OFFLINE Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Retirement BY GRAEME MCMILLAN The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced last week that they will "step back" as senior royals. Social media went nuts.   PODCASTS The Mandalorian Could Use a Watson BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Now that the first season of 'The Mandalorian' is done, one thing is clear: Its protagonist needs more sidekicks.   Get the Transportation Newsletter If you crave the latest news on self-driving cars, experiments in futuristic mass transit, and just about everything Tesla, this weekly newsletter is for you. Hop in!     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