11 ways to speed up your home internet

PLUS: hurricane season, virtual weddings, and polio worries. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 05.21.20   STORMY WEATHER A 'Hyperactive' Hurricane Season Is About to Strike BY ERIC NIILER Given the pandemic, how will emergency experts cope with evacuating people who might fear shared shelters, refuse to wear masks, and distrust authorities?   THE MONITOR Covid-19 Is Causing a Spike in Sales for Bane Masks BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Online costume retailers and Etsy are doing what they can to keep up with demand. In other Bat-adjacent news, HBO Max is going to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut of Justice League.   IN THE CHIPS On Earth, the Economy Is Tanking. In the Cloud, It's Fine BY TOM SIMONITE Amid the pandemic, life has moved online. That's good news for the tech giants that run data centers, and the companies that supply them.   SPEED BUMP 11 Ways to Upgrade Your Wi-Fi and Make Your Internet Faster BY WIRED STAFF If you're stuck working or studying from home for a while, here's how to get your internet up to speed. GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10 $5.   BACKCHANNEL A Virtual DJ, a Drone, and an All-Out Zoom Wedding BY NICOLE PAJER The bride and groom had a month and a half to move their ceremony online. Here's how they did it, from the AV setup to instructions for guests.   PUBLIC HEALTH Polio Is Nearly Wiped Out. Covid-19 Could Halt That Progress BY MARYN MCKENNA The disease once paralyzed 350,000 children each year; vaccination campaigns brought it down to just a few hundred cases. Then, the pandemic struck.   IDEAS The Politics of Counting Things Is About to Explode BY CHARLES SEIFE With contested vote tallies, concerns over Census data, and now the Covid-19 death toll, 2020 marks the ugly climax of a long dispute.   LEAKS ShinyHunters Is a Hacking Group on a Data Breach Spree BY LILY HAY NEWMAN In the first two weeks of May, they've hit the dark web, hawking 200 million stolen records from over a dozen companies.   NEW MUZAK This AI Maestro Wants to Serenade You BY STEVEN LEVY A composer and the co-creator of Siri are trying to create background music that responds to the listener's feelings.     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