Anthony Fauci explains why the US still hasn’t beaten Covid

PLUS: Edward Snowden on mass surveillance, how NASA will power the Mars rover, and how to spot dark patterns on the web. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  07.29.20   IDEAS The Age of Mass Surveillance Will Not Last Forever BY EDWARD SNOWDEN The power to end it is in your hands.   NUKE MARS NASA's Mars Rover Will Be Powered by US-Made Plutonium BY DANIEL OBERHAUS In 2015, Oak Ridge National Laboratory produced the first plutonium fuel in the US in nearly 30 years. Now it's headed to another planet.   DIGITAL CULTURE The Portland Protests Are a War Zone—but Only on the Internet BY EMMA GREY ELLIS What's happening in the streets isn't what you're seeing in the tweets.   PUBLIC HEALTH Anthony Fauci Explains Why the US Still Hasn't Beaten Covid BY STEVEN LEVY The director of NIAID talks about vaccines, school reopenings, hostility toward science, and the lessons we'll learn when (yes, when) we recover.   SPONSORED CONTENT The Best Package You'll Get All Week ButcherBox™ believes in better. That includes a community of farmers who care about their animals and the environment. They deliver high-quality meat to your door—order today!   PRODUCT REVIEW Fujifilm's Latest Mirrorless Camera Is Great for Hybrid Shooters BY SCOTT GILBERTSON The company's X-T4, which has an APS-C sensor, marries still photo pedigree with new video smarts.   OPINION The Fantasy and the Cyberpunk Futurism of Singapore BY JERRINE TAN Revisiting William Gibson's 1993 essay on the city-state took me back to my home, where future is past.   SOCIAL MEDIA Stop Saying Facebook Is 'Too Big to Moderate' BY GILAD EDELMAN The social media company could surely enforce its own rules on false and harmful posts—it just needs to cut into its massive profit margins.   CLOUD SUPPORT Why Do I Keep Refusing OS Updates? BY MEGHAN O'GIEBLYN I seem to get some weird pleasure from dismissing them. Please advise.     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