Inside Mark Zuckerberg's lost notebook

PLUS: Marsupial mayhem, Huawei fears, and Samsung's new phones. View this email in your browser  02.12.20   G'DAY, MATE This Marsupial Dies After Marathon Mating. Now It's Got Bigger Worries BY MATT SIMON Antechinus has so much sex over three weeks that males go blind and die, yet it's climate change that threatens the Australian mammal.   J'ACCUSE The US Fears Huawei Because It Knows How Tempting Backdoors Are BY LILY HAY NEWMAN US officials allege that Huawei has backdoors in its technology. The US knows firsthand how powerful those can be.   IT FOLDS Hands On With Samsung's New Galaxy Z Flip Phone BY LAUREN GOODE The company debuted a premium folding smartphone with a flexible glass screen. Here's what it's like to hold it.   BOOK OF CHANGE Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook BY STEVEN LEVY In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But a few revealing pages survived. 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   TURNING POINTS With In-Car AR, Drivers Get a New View of the Road Ahead BY ALEX DAVIES New augmented-reality-equipped navigation screens are the latest in an arms race among upscale automakers like Mercedes and Cadillac.   BLOCKED Chrome Is Fixing the Web's Most Annoying Video Problem BY MATT BURGESS, WIRED UK Google has finally decided to clamp down on those intrusive autoplay video ads.   ROBOTIC CUTTER The Cricut Joy Is a Simple but Powerful Cutter for DIYers BY LOURYN STRAMPE Cute and compact, this crafting machine is a great entry point for new and aspiring artists.   CROSSOVER Can a Database of Animal Viruses Help Predict the Next Pandemic? BY MEGAN MOLTENI A scientist spent years building a tool to identify coronaviruses that can jump species. Then this winter's virus emerged—and put his system to the test.   BUYING GUIDE The Toastiest Towel Warmers (and Two That Leave You Cold) BY MATT JANCER We toasted towels and repeatedly touched hot surfaces to find which warmers, if any, are worth your money.     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