SpaceX will blow up a Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow—to prove its safe for people

PLUS: An NSA rickroll, Apple's latest deal, and the age of monowheels. View this email in your browser  01.17.20   ROLL CALL Seriously, It's Time to Lean Into Monowheels BY BOONE ASHWORTH Call them fanciful, or a faceplant waiting to happen. But one-wheeled vehicles are how we'll roll into the future.   YIKES A Windows 10 Vulnerability Was Used to Rickroll the NSA and Github BY DAN GOODIN, ARS TECHNICA A researcher demonstrated the attack less than a day after Microsoft disclosed one of the most critical Windows vulnerabilities ever.    SMARTS Apple's Latest Deal Shows How AI Is Moving Right Onto Devices BY WILL KNIGHT The iPhone maker's purchase of startup Xnor.ai is the latest move toward a trend of computing on the "edge," rather than in the cloud.    DRAGON ENERGY SpaceX Will Blow Up a Falcon 9 Rocket to Prove It's Safe for People BY DANIEL OBERHAUS On Saturday, Elon Musk's space company will attempt its last big test before it can begin launching humans from US soil. 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   GADGET LAB PODCAST Simplifying a Design Doesn't Always Make It Better BY WIRED STAFF This week, the hosts debate whether one wheel is better than two, and whether having a few buttons on a smartphone is better than having none at all.   DOT-PHYSICS How Much Superpower Does It Take to Bash a Bullet in Midair? BY RHETT ALLAIN In the upcoming movie Wonder Woman 1984, our hero is able to knock a bullet off to the side with just her arm. Let's look at the physics.   BEEP BEEP BLOOM Nature Will Triumph—and Reclaim All Our Gadgets BY ARIELLE PARDES A new art exhibit, "The World After Us," shows the power and ingenuity of nature to make use of machines in a world without humans.   IDENTITY POLITICS The Disturbing Case of the Disappearing Sci-Fi Story BY EMMA GREY ELLIS A young writer wrote a controversial bit of military science fiction about sexual politics. The fallout was nuclear.   Get the Gadget Lab Newsletter Sweet deals and tasty recommendations in your inbox on Thursdays and Saturdays every week. Sign up!     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