TBT: A brutal murder, a wearable witness, and an unlikely suspect

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 09.10.20 On September 8, 2018, Karen Navarra's heart rate apparently spiked and then plummeted. By 3:28 pm, she wasn't registering a heartbeat. Navarra had been brutally murdered, and for five days nobody knew. But there was a witness: Her Fitbit. Read all about how a wearable helped solve a brutal murder mystery, plus the best WIRED stories from this month a year ago below.   A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn't see anything. But her Fitbit did. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year Pagers, Pay Phones, and Dialup: How We Communicated on 9/11 The world was a different place when the 9/11 attacks happened 18 years ago. Imagine how social media would fuel—and befoul—the reaction to a similar event today. The Area 51 Raid Was the Worst Way to Spot an Alien or UFO Dozens of revelers gathered near the top-secret base, purportedly hoping to glimpse some extraterrestrial life—but all they got were memes and selfies. Apple's AR Glasses Are Hiding in Plain Sight The company's iOS 13.1, due out today, contains new glimpses of smart glasses currently in progress. Richard Stallman and the Fall of the Clueless Nerd The controversial pioneer of free software resigned from MIT over his remarks on Jeffrey Epstein and Marvin Minsky. Stallman won't be the last. These Hallucinatory Landscape Photographs Will Blow Your Mind Photographer Cody Cobb created the images during long solo camping trips across America. Elon Musk: Humanity Is a Kind of 'Biological Boot Loader' for AI AI is outpacing our ability to understand it, says the Tesla CEO. It will open a new chapter for society, replies the Alibaba cofounder.     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