TBT: How James Holzhauer perfected the 'Jeopardy!' playbook

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.30.20 Before James Holzahuer picked up his Jeopardy! buzzer, no contestant had ever rung up a six-figure payout in a single game. Holzhauer shattered that—not once, but multiple times, on a historic run that would change the game forever. Read all about how Holzhauer's game-changing strategy, and more of the best WIRED stories from this month last year, below.   How Professional Gambler James Holzhauer Broke Jeopardy! James Holzhauer broke Jeopardy! records by perfecting a playbook. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year A 'Blockchain Bandit' Is Guessing Private Keys and Scoring Millions The larger lesson of an ongoing Ethereum crime spree: Be careful about who's generating your cryptocurrency keys. 'If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys' In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan. How Much Time Would It Take to Dig an Underground Pool? The key is determining the volume of the pool and the time for a single scoop-toss. Photos of Brooklyn Before and After the Hipsters A look at what happens to a city when "artisanal donuts" move in. This Browser Will Pay You to Surf the Web Brave says it can show users ads while protecting their privacy; eventually, it hopes to also pay publishers. This Tiny Guillotine Decapitates Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria To produce a malaria vaccine, technicians have to decapitate and dissect individual mosquitoes. Now they've got help: the mass mosquito guillotine. 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