Slack just won the office-messaging wars

PLUS: The really long lunar eclipse you have to see, the question of the meme, and the rising cost of electricity. [View this email in your browser]( [logo]( [[WIRED Magazine]7.27.18]( Nobody puts party parrot in the corner. This week, Slack proved it still [owns the work messaging space]( as software company Atlassian announced it's shuttering Stride, a similar communications product, due to a decline in users. Also: The [really long lunar eclipse]( you have to see, the [question of the meme]( and the [rising cost of electricity](. Totality LIVE: How to Watch Today’s Super-Long Lunar Eclipse By Rebecca Heilweil This so-called blood moon will be visible from every continent on Earth except North America. Influencers Is a Meme Born in a Private Account Still a Meme? By Emma Grey Ellis Meme creators are locking their accounts in a secret ploy to lure advertisers. But can memes, built to move through the web unhindered, adapt to a walled garden? Power Down Much of the US Electric Grid Could Go the Way of the Landline Phone By Nick Stockton As renewable energy picks up and electricity demand drops, it's getting way more expensive for a large part of the grid to produce electricity, and that's a problem for everyone. Teamwork The Office-Messaging Wars Are Over. Slack Has Won By Klint Finley As Atlassian transfers the intellectual property for Stride and HipChat to former rival Slack, Microsoft trails far behind as the last workplace messaging competitor. [WIRED Magazine Subscription] Get Wired Unlimited access to an ad-free WIRED.com + a free YubiKey. Subscribe now TV The Good Place's Podcasters Are Smart Motherforkers By Adam Rogers And their show is part of NBC's ever-evolving experiment with digital engagement. Videogames The Overwatch League Finals Aren't the Only Thing Happening in Games By Julie Muncy Steam also has a new update, and there is an orphaned, yet still updating game we need to talk about. Product Review Apple's Newest MacBook Pro Is Fast but Flawed By Brendan Nystedt The 2018 update to Apple's laptop for creative professionals has a speedy new Intel processor—and many of the same shortcomings of the previous model. Silver Bullets Airstream’s $40,000 Baby Trailer Gets an Off-Roading Upgrade By Alex Davies The new X-Package upgrade gives the Basecamp a 3-inch lift kit that increases ground clearance, plus all-terrain tires from Goodyear. Genetics European Ruling Could Slow Africa’s Push for Crispr Crops By Eric Niiler Court says crops using new gene-editing tools should be regulated just like older GMOs. [WIRED Magazine]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( 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]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2018. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.