The rocket motor of the future breathes air like a jet engine

PLUS: Twitch's #MeToo reckoning, Apple's virtual WWDC, and the Sahara's US-bound dust plumes. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 06.27.20   PLAINTEXT What Apple's Silicon Chips Suggest About Its Future BY STEVEN LEVY Plus: A grand philosophical theory of products, why the internet isn't considered a utility, and reports of darker skies ahead.   TELEVISION Trump's Latest Antics Are Just Reality TV Rebooted BY JASON PARHAM Streaming broke the TV box. In 2016, Trump capitalized on that very disintegration—but his act is getting old.   VIDEOGAMES Twitch Confronts Its Role in Streaming's #MeToo Reckoning BY CECILIA D'ANASTASIO Dozens of women have come forward with allegations of harassment and abuse by streamers who built their followings and power on the platform.   FRESH AIR The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine BY DANIEL OBERHAUS This theoretical engine could drastically reduce the cost of getting to space. Now two companies are trying to make it real.   GADGET LAB PODCAST Apple's Virtual WWDC Wasn't Better Than the Real Thing BY WIRED STAFF This week, we discuss Apple's big news, and we admit our hope that tech conferences return to the real world sooner rather than later.   SUMMER OF WOES Why Massive Saharan Dust Plumes Are Blowing Into the US BY MATT SIMON Every summer, an atmospheric event propels desert dust thousands of miles across the Atlantic. This year is particularly bad, and timed terribly with Covid-19.   IDEAS It's Time for an End-of-Life Discussion About Nursing Homes BY ROSE EVELETH With residents and staff dying by the tens of thousands, the very future of long-term care should be in question.   DDOSECRETS An Embattled Group of Leakers Picks Up the WikiLeaks Mantle BY ANDY GREENBERG After releasing over a million hacked law enforcement files, DDoSecrets got banned from Twitter. But it has no plans to slow down.   Vaccine Makers Turn to Microchip Tech to Beat Glass Shortages BY MEGAN MOLTENI We'll need millions of vials to distribute the vaccine. The US government thinks manufacturing methods from the semiconductor industry can help.     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