TBT: 15 months of fresh hell inside Facebook

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.16.20 In early 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. The next 15 months were pure hell. As crises multiplied and diverged, even the company's own solutions began to cannibalize each other. This is the inside story of the crisis inside the world's biggest social network. Read all about Facebook's 15 months of hell, plus the best WIRED stories from this month a year ago below.   15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Record profits. Time Bombs. In early 2018, Mark Zuckerberg set out to fix Facebook. Here's how that turned out. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year Move Over, San Andreas: There's an Ominous New Fault in Town An emerging fault system along the Nevada border is shaking up the tech industry's latest frontier—and only a small group of scientists is paying attention. A Brief History of Porn on the Internet Pornographers developed many early innovations in internet marketing, like pop-up ads and subscriptions. And women were among the most successful entrepreneurs in the business. The Notre Dame Fire and the Future of History The fire turned the thousand-year-old roof to ash. But a digital replica of the cathedral could help make its restoration all the more complete. A Programmer Solved a 20-Year-Old, Forgotten Crypto Puzzle A self-taught coder dedicated a CPU core to performing continuous computations for three years to crack the puzzle, beating a competing team by mere days. SpaceX Lands All 3 Boosters of the World's Most Powerful Rocket The first commercial flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy ended with two boosters touching down on land while a third alighted on its drone ship out at sea. So Long, Inbox! Try These Email Apps Instead Inbox was a great email app until Google killed it. Fortunately, there are plenty of others out there. GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10     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