How technology is changing the way we love

PLUS: Long-distance dating, love without apps, and dog video chats. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.14.21   HOW WE LOVE Has Tech Ushered in a Golden Age of Long-Distance Dating? BY ARIELLE PARDES Communicating has never been easier, but there are still limits to the intimacy we can experience with conventional technology.   HOW WE LOVE Is It Possible to Find Love Without Dating Apps? BY ALEX BAKER-WHITCOMB I ditched Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge and set out on a journey to find old-fashioned love in a newfangled world.   I'M NOT A CAT How to Have a Meaningful Video Chat … With Your Dog BY HAHNA YOON Has the pandemic separated you from your best four-legged friend? These tips will help you stay in touch.   HOW WE LOVE How Technology Is Changing the Way We Love BY PETER RUBIN WIRED investigated humanity's reckoning with the state of romance in an on-demand world. GET WIRED Exclusive Offer! Ending Soon: Get 1 year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   SOUND OFF How to Level Up Your At-Home Recording Studio BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT Ready to upgrade your USB microphone or headset to something a little more comprehensive? Here's how to make sense of pro(ish) audio gear.   HANG TIME Researchers Levitated a Small Tray Using Nothing but Light BY MAX G. LEVY One day a "magic carpet" based on this light-induced flow technology could carry climate sensors high in the atmosphere—wind permitting.   CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Vaccine Progress, New Mask Guidelines, and More Coronavirus News BY EVE SNEIDER Catch up on the most important updates from this week.   SINGULARITY Don't Tell Einstein, but Black Holes Might Have 'Hair' BY JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN The general theory of relativity states that black holes have only three observable properties; additional ones, or "hair," do not exist. Or do they?   DNA What Happens When You Swap a Human Gene With a Neanderthal's? BY TIMOTHY B. LEE, ARS TECHNICA Now that we've gotten a look at the genomes of archaic humans, researchers are trying to determine whether our differences are due to genetics.     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