Colleges prepare to test thousands of students for Covid-19

PLUS: Algorithms for doctors, Amazon fire tablets, and Comic-Con from home. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 07.18.20   PUBLIC HEALTH Hydroxychloroquine Still Doesn't Do Anything, New Data Shows BY ADAM ROGERS Two more studies prove that the much-hyped antimalarial doesn't treat Covid-19.   SCAMS The Twitter Hack Could Have Been Much Worse—and Maybe Was BY BRIAN BARRETT The meltdown appears to be part of a bitcoin scam and not something more nefarious, but security experts are troubled that it happened at all.   HOUSE CALL This Algorithm Doesn't Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better BY TOM SIMONITE An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists.   BACK TO SCHOOL Colleges Prepare to Test Thousands of Students for Covid-19 BY GREGORY BARBER As campuses reopen, the logistics of preventing an outbreak are posing thorny questions: Who to test? How often? And will students buy in?   BUYING GUIDE Which Amazon Fire Tablet Is Best for You? BY JEFFREY VAN CAMP AND SCOTT GILBERTSON Whether you need a travel-friendly tablet or an affordable pick for the kids, we tested every model to find the right one for everybody.   THE MONITOR Can Comic-Con Work From Home? BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER The annual confab is going online this year—and there's a chance it will never recover.   FAKES The Anatomy of a Cisco Counterfeit Shows Its Dangerous Potential BY LILY HAY NEWMAN By tearing down bootleg network switches, researchers found ample opportunity for malice—but no signs of a backdoor this time.   OPINION The US Is Paying Way Too Much for Remdesivir BY ROHAN CHALASANI AND WALID GELLAD The inflated price of the anti-Covid drug may not bother hospitals, insurance companies, or even patients. But it's still not justified.   PODCASTS Where Does Castlevania Go From Here? BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY The Netflix animated series has been pretty solid for three seasons now. But does it have anything left to say?     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