Joe Biden wants you to be able to fix your own damn iPhones

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 07.09.21   TRACKING | 7-MINUTE READ Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance BY MATT BURGESS, WIRED UK Companies are racing to track everything about you. It could be a convenient way to reduce fraud—or seriously creepy and discriminatory.   THE MONITOR | 3-MINUTE READ Black Widow Is Right on Time—and Too Late BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Yes, Covid-19 delayed the film, but the movie should have come out years ago.   PLAINTEXT | 6-MINUTE READ 5 Years After Pokémon Go, It's Time for the Metaverse BY STEVEN LEVY Plus: The biggest idea of 2016, the ethics of synthetic data, and a blaze on the Gulf of Mexico.   RIGHT TO REPAIR | 5-MINUTE READ Joe Biden Wants You to Be Able to Fix Your Own Damn iPhones BY LAUREN GOODE A sweeping new presidential directive includes, among other things, an initiative to secure consumers' right to repair their own devices. GET WIRED Stare the future right in the eye. Get 1 year of unlimited access to WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote! Subscribe now.   PARTS AND LABOR | 4-MINUTE READ Why Scientists Love Making Robots Build Ikea Furniture BY MATT SIMON This robot can help a human assemble a bookcase by predicting what part they'll want next and handing it over.   SMARTS | 4-MINUTE READ Need to Fit Billions of Transistors on a Chip? Let AI Do It BY WILL KNIGHT Google, Nvidia, and others are training algorithms in the dark arts of designing semiconductors—some of which will be used to run artificial intelligence programs.   PODCASTS It's OK to Feel Sorry for TIE Fighter Pilots BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY They're treated as cannon fodder. "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Fighter Pilot Survival (Probably)" gives them a different life.   STREAMING WARS | 4-MINUTE READ Zeus Network's Niche as a Streaming Service? Raw Drama BY JASON PARHAM B-list reality stars. Sex workers. A shirtless cooking show. Programming on the renegade platform finds comfort among the uncomfortable.   BIG GULP | 9-MINUTE READ Everything You Need to Make Beer, Wine, Cider, and Mead BY PARKER HALL Indoor plants and sewing projects don't taste as good. Here's what you need to make booze at home.     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   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.