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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 09.19.21   BUYING GUIDE | 6-MINUTE READ The Best TV Streaming Devices for Cord Cutters BY MEDEA GIORDANO AND JEFFREY VAN CAMP We've tested dozens of streaming devices for watching stuff on 4K or HD TVs. These are our favorites.   RAVES | 5-MINUTE READ This Magnetic Desk Is a Neat Freak's Dream BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU Secretlab's metal Magnus desk is expensive and heavy, but it makes cable management a breeze.   GET MOVING | 7-MINUTE READ How to Set Healthy Boundaries With Your Fitness Tracker BY JULIE GALLAGHER A smart wearable can be useful and fun—until it starts to fuel an obsession with numbers.   PLAINTEXT | 7-MINUTE READ It's Time to Talk About Facebook Research BY STEVEN LEVY Facebook keeps promising transparency on its data, but it has never come close to providing it. 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.   4-D | 7-MINUTE READ A Mathematician's Guided Tour Through Higher Dimensions BY DAVID S. RICHESON The concept of a dimension seems simple enough, but mathematicians struggled for centuries to precisely define and understand it.   SHARE FREELY | 4-MINUTE READ How to Set Up a NAS to Securely Share Files BY DAVID NIELD From file backups to movie streaming, network attached storage drives offer plenty of functions and features.   IDEAS | 5-MINUTE READ When You're Living in an Immaterial World, What's for Sale? BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN On influencers, symbolic analysts, and buying and selling in the age of turbo-capitalism. From the Archive   LONGREAD | 21-MINUTE READ The Neurologist Who Hacked His Brain—And Almost Lost His Mind BY DANIEL ENGBER Neurologist Phil Kennedy set out to build the ultimate brain-computer interface. In the process he almost lost his mind.   BACKCHANNEL | 31-MINUTE READ The Secret History of a Cold War Mastermind BY ALEX FRENCH Gus Weiss, a shrewd intelligence insider, pulled off an audacious tech hack against the Soviets in the last century. Or did he?     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.