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PLUS: The right reacts to Biden’s withdrawal, and more. [View in browser]( | [Your newsletter preferences]( 07.22.24 [SUBSCRIBE TO WIRED]( [FOR UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THESE STORIES]( FREE CASH FLOW | 3-MINUTE READ [Here's What Happens When You Give People Free Money (They Get Poorer)]( BY PARESH DAVE OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare.   [President Joe Biden]( ELECTION 2024 | 5-MINUTE READ [The Right Reacts to Biden’s Withdrawal: It’s a ‘Coup’]( BY DAVID GILBERT Accusations that Democrats engineered a coup to overthrow President Joe Biden's reelection campaign and disrupt the democratic process have [exploded on social media](. ● Also in the news: [Staffers were told Biden was leaving race in email telling them to check X](   [Photo-illustration featuring an ICBM launch site and a nuclear explosion]( TARGET PRACTICE | 5-MINUTE READ [The Pentagon Wants to Spend $141 Billion on a Doomsday Machine]( BY MATTHEW GAULT The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.   [Image may contain: Cutlery, Fork, Electronics, Logo, and Hardware]( OOPS | 7-MINUTE READ [How One Bad CrowdStrike Update Crashed the World’s Computers]( BY LILY HAY NEWMAN, MATT BURGESS, AND ANDY GREENBERG A defective CrowdStrike update sent computers around the globe into a reboot death spiral, taking down air travel, hospitals, banks, and more with it. Here’s how that’s possible. ADVERTISEMENT   [The CrowdStrike logo seen on an office building]( TAKING ADVANTAGE | 2-MINUTE READ [Don’t Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams]( BY LILY HAY NEWMAN Swindlers are spinning up bogus websites in an attempt to dupe people with “CrowdStrike support” scams following the security firm's catastrophic software update.   [A photo of an Anesthetist checking parameters gas and bloodstream of external heart on monitor during open heart surgery.]( DOWN TIME | 5-MINUTE READ [The Global IT Outage Sends Hospitals Reeling]( BY DAVID COX Doctors find themselves without critical systems and diagnostic tools—and face the daunting reality that a full recovery could take days—after CrowdStrike’s botched deployment of a software update.   [Wad of cash in a shirt pocket]( C.R.E.A.M. | 2-MINUTE READ [The Global CrowdStrike Outage Triggered a Surprise Return to Cash]( BY CAROLINE HASKINS The event caused chaos at airports, grocery stores, and Starbucks outlets.   [Travelers wait, following a global outage impacting computer systems, at Berlin Brandenburg Airport]( OUTAGE OF CONTROL | 3-MINUTE READ [Why the Global CrowdStrike Outage Hit Airports So Hard]( BY AARIAN MARSHALL The aviation industry is optimized within an inch of its life. A bad software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down computers running Microsoft Windows—and a cascade of airports with it.   [Avowed game]( BUYING GUIDE | 2-MINUTE READ [The Games We’re Still Most Looking Forward to in 2024]( BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT AND GEAR TEAM The gaming industry has been dropping hit after hit, but we have a running list of titles we can’t wait to play.   Looking for a new job? Check out these featured listings and search for openings all over the world on [jobs.wired.com](. [Senior Manager, Advertising]( [Spotify]( [Location: New York, USA]( [APPLY NOW]( [Senior Banker]( [Bank of America]( [Location: Remote, USA]( [APPLY NOW]( ADVERTISEMENT   [WIRED logo image]( Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. Plus, [browse more newsletters]( from WIRED. [(image) WIRED on Facebook]( [(image) WIRED on Twitter]( [(image) WIRED on Instagram]( [(image) WIRED on LinkedIn]( [(image) WIRED on YouTube]( [Podcasts]( [TikTok](   You’re receiving this email because you signed up for the Daily newsletter from WIRED. [Manage your preferences]( | [View our Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Have questions or comments? [Send us a message](mailto:hello@wired.com?subject=Daily newsletter feedback). Need help? [Contact us](. Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.