How to check your devices for stalkerware

PLUS: The aftermath of Australia's brushfires, remembering Covid-19, and measuring the success of a drug. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  07.20.20   AS THE WORLD BURNS The Terrible Consequences of Australia's Uber-Bushfires BY MATT SIMON Scientists calculate that the unprecedented wildfires burned 37,500 square miles. For already-endangered species, the conflagration may have spelled doom.   IDEAS How Will Covid Be Remembered? BY LAURA SPINNEY Emma Donoghue's new novel, The Pull of the Stars, shows how pandemics—like the 1918 flu—can be woven into history.   PUBLIC HEALTH What Does It Mean to Say a New Drug 'Works'? BY ADAM ROGERS Covid-19 is a new disease. Remdesivir is an experimental drug. How can scientists tell if it's successful while the world shifts around them?   YOUR EYES ONLY How to Check Your Devices for Stalkerware BY DAVID NIELD You deserve privacy. Here's how to check your phone, laptop, and online accounts to make sure no one's looking over your shoulder.   SPONSORED CONTENT The Only Real-Time Ecommerce Dashboard WITHIN is helping brands track ecommerce revenue, ad spend, CvR and more during these uncertain times. Learn how your business compares, and get insights about what brands are doing to adapt and recover lost revenue.   LOCAL NEWS Inside Citizen, the App That Asks You to Report on Crimes BY BOONE ASHWORTH From its need to make money to its ever-changing relationship with law enforcement, the hyperlocal news reporting app faces growing pains.   IDEAS Dystopia Isn't Sci-Fi—for Me, It's the American Reality BY CADWELL TURNBULL For marginalized groups, dark fictions are not imaginary. Yet many in the US pretend the things that happen in books can't happen in their own backyards.   STOCK SWINGS Even the Best AI Models Are No Match for the Coronavirus BY WILL KNIGHT Many so-called "quantitative funds" that mine historical data to make trading decisions fared poorly in March, when stocks fell sharply amid coronavirus fears.   STAY ALERT How to Know If You've Been Hacked, and What to Do About It BY MATT BURGESS, WIRED UK Facebook. Google. Netflix. Sometimes your accounts get compromised, so it's vital to understand the threats.     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