The Mandalorian is the only smart soldier in the Star Wars galaxy

PLUS: Internet outages, button-less phones, and Jeopardy! GOAT. View this email in your browser  01.14.20   NOTIFICATIONS Browsers Are Fixing the Internet's Most Annoying Problem BY MATT BURGESS, WIRED UK After years of invasive pop-ups asking for notification permission, Chrome and Firefox have finally taken action.    ROBOTICS Meet Xenobot, an Eerie New Kind of Programmable Organism BY MATT SIMON Researchers hope the living robots, made up of masses of cells working in coordination, can help unlock the mysteries of cellular communication.   INFRASTRUCTURE Cut Undersea Cable Plunges Yemen Into Days-Long Internet Outage BY LILY HAY NEWMAN The fragility of global internet infrastructure has left the entire Red Sea region struggling to connect.   TACTICS The Mandalorian Is the Only Smart Soldier in the Star Wars Galaxy BY ANGRY STAFF OFFICER It took decades, but the galaxy finally has a tactical and operational genius.  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   MAIN SQUEEZE Get Ready for More Phones With No Buttons BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU As we inch closer to phones with all-screen designs, physical buttons are on the chopping block.   QUIZ SHOW The Jeopardy! GOAT Tournament Is a Singular Event BY BRIAN BARRETT There's never been anything like the Jeopardy! GOAT tournament. There never will be again.   UPGRADE Now It's Really, Truly Time to Give Up Windows 7 BY KLINT FINLEY After Tuesday, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates for the operating system, leaving users who don't upgrade vulnerable to malware.   OPINION Conversational AI Can Propel Social Stereotypes BY SHARONE HOROWIT-HENDLER As AI gets more talkative, designers need to consider the ethics of gendering not just voices but the finer nuances of speech patterns.   DIGITAL CULTURE 'Which Character Are You?' Instagram Filters Are Radically Dumb BY TYLER COATES They're also incredibly comforting—a perfect visual representation of our collective apathy in the face of overstimulation and a glut of content.     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