Genetically tweaked viruses just saved a sick teen

PLUS: Google's new security feature, Lyft's first earnings report, and a close-up with dinosaurs. [View this email in your browser]( [[Wired Magazine]5.8.19]( [a wall of clocks] privacy Limit How Long Google Keeps Your Data With This New Setting By Lily Hay Newman Google has a new feature that lets you delete your web and app activity after three months. Here's how to use it. [Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton head] Photo Gallery Dinosaurs Get Their Close-Ups in These Stunning Photos By Michael Hardy Christian Voigt used analog and digital trickery to isolate individual dinosaurs from larger exhibitions. Open Source Enemies No More: Microsoft Brings the Linux Kernel to Windows By Klint Finley Microsoft is bringing the heart of Linux to Windows, the latest sign of the software giant's increasing receptiveness to open source software. [bacteriophage for Pseudomonas aeruginosa] phage therapy Genetically Tweaked Viruses Just Saved a Very Sick Teen By Megan Molteni With a stroke of last-minute luck, scientists engineered bacteria-killing viruses to help an ailing girl recover from a deadly infection. [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( Get WIRED Get 12 months of WIRED for just $10. Stories to help you understand the future. Subscribe now [Master & Dynamic MW65] Product Review These Headphones Cost $500—and They’re Worth Every Penny By Michael Calore The new wireless MW65 ANC headphones take the excellent sound Master & Dynamic is known for and add active noise-canceling. [portrait of Lyft President John Zimmer while still speaking] Ride Hailing Lyft’s Loss Grows, but Execs Say the Bleeding Will Stop Soon By Aarian Marshall In its first quarterly results as a public company, Lyft said revenue almost doubled, but its loss grew even faster. [Aparna Chennapragada director of Google Now] i/o Google’s Latest Message: We’re Just Here to Help By Nitasha Tiku Google executives outlined new privacy-focused services at its annual I/O conference—while omitting that the company still needs to make money. [Hand on computer mouse over zodiac symbols] Charts The Internet Changed Astrology. Then Came the Memes By Justice Namaste The future of the practice may live online. WIRED Opinion The Law Being Used to Prosecute Julian Assange Is Broken By Tor Ekeland Opinion: Julian Assange is being prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a minimally defined statute that can have maximally destructive consequences. [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( [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 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.