How to make remote learning work for your children

PLUS: The wrong logic of contact tracing, turning military bases into 5G 'sandboxes,' and a new Alexa bug. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  08.13.20   ELECTIONS One IT Guy's Spreadsheet-Fueled Race to Restore Voting Rights BY JACK HITT This fall, thousands will show up to vote only to find out they've been purged. Lots of activists—and one Ohio man with lots of cats—are on a quest to fix that.   RE: TARGETING She Helped Wreck the News Business. Here's Her Plan to Fix It BY GILAD EDELMAN Nandini Jammi's advertiser boycotts scared brands away from journalism and into shady ad tech. Now she wants to teach marketers to think for themselves again.   OPINION The Logic Around Contact Tracing Apps Is All Wrong BY KIMON DRAKOPOULOS Rather than tracking individual exposures, we should be using them for real-time info on what activities and locations may be responsible for the spread.   SCHOOL DAZE How to Make Remote Learning Work for Your Children BY ADRIENNE SO If you're preparing for yet another round of homeschooling, we've identified a few ways to make this school year suck just a little bit less. How should we handle school in the fall? Join the conversation in the comments section on this story.   SPONSORED CONTENT Save $40 On AncestryDNA® For A Limited Time Our Summer Sale is on. Now is the perfect time to uncover more about the places you come from. Ends 8/17   VOCAL SPY An Alexa Bug Could Have Exposed Your Voice History to Hackers BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Amazon has patched the flaw, but its discovery underscores the importance of locking down your voice assistant interactions.   CATCH UP A Plan to Turn Military Bases Into 'Sandboxes' for 5G BY WILL KNIGHT A top Trump adviser outlines a blueprint for experimenting with wireless tech on bases and using software to counter China's lead in hardware.   TAGGED Photoshop Will Help ID Images That Have Been … Photoshopped BY TOM SIMONITE Adobe is adding technology to tag images with metadata, part of an effort to identify deepfakes and other efforts at manipulation.   LOVE BUG Should We Conserve Parasites? Apparently, Yes BY ERIC NIILER A group of ecologists and biologists say the world's ticks, leeches, and tapeworms need love and conservation, too. Now they've got a 12-point plan.     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