The best WIRED Business stories of 2020

PLUS: Zuck's lost notebook, AI vs. Covid, and how Silicon Valley ruined work culture. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.28.20   [ EDIT ] Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet BY RICHARD COOKE People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it's a beacon of so much that's right.   BOOK OF CHANGE Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook BY STEVEN LEVY In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But a few revealing pages survived.   SLIP SLIDING AWAY Snow and Ice Pose a Vexing Obstacle for Self-Driving Cars BY WILL KNIGHT Most testing of autonomous vehicles until now has been in sunny, dry climates. That will have to change before the technology will be useful everywhere.   DEEP DIVE Researchers Will Deploy AI to Better Understand Coronavirus BY WILL KNIGHT More than 2,000 papers have been published about the virus since December. It will take some smart algorithms to mine insights from them. GET WIRED New year, new ideas. Get WIRED for $10 $5. Last chance to get 1 year of access for 50% off. Plus get free stickers! Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   GOLDEN ARCHES The Future of McDonald's Is in the Drive-Thru Lane BY BRIAN BARRETT The fast food chain is radically rethinking what the Golden Arches experience looks like, from a new loyalty program to more high-tech drive-thrus.   PICKY PICKY AI Helps Warehouse Robots Pick Up New Tricks BY WILL KNIGHT Backed by machine learning luminaries, Covariant.ai's bots can handle jobs previously needing  a human touch.    HOW WE WORK Silicon Valley Ruined Work Culture BY ARIELLE PARDES Why does every damn place—even old-school corporate offices—have to be fun and full of foosball?   WIRELESS WAR 5G Was Going to Unite the World—Instead It's Tearing Us Apart BY WILL KNIGHT Divisions over technical standards and the role of China's Huawei are jeopardizing the rollout of superfast connections.   CHAT ROOM What Is Clubhouse, and Why Does Silicon Valley Care? BY ARIELLE PARDES The latest app du jour is a social network centered on talking—and it's building buzz with the oldest trick in the book.     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