New York City is ready to ditch the MetroCard

PLUS: Generative music apps, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, and things we loved in May. [View this email in your browser]( [[Wired Magazine]6.01.19]( [Woman walks past apple store in China.] Trade War If China Really Wants to Retaliate, It Will Target Apple By Zachary Karabell As the trade war heats up, Apple is an enticing target for Chinese reprisals. It derives a nearly 20 percent of its revenue from the country, and its supply chain is based there. Podcasts The YouTuber on a Mission to Save the Classic RPG By Geek's Guide to the Galaxy English professor Matt Barton is out to draw attention to the bygone favorites of the genre. [headphones surrounded by geometric shapes] robot dreams Generative Music Apps Let Your Phone Write Songs for You By Arielle Pardes Who needs Spotify playlists? These apps create truly endless tunes to match whatever mood you desire. [view of two MTA subway turnstiles with new contactless screen] No More Swipes New York Transit Edges Into a Future Without MetroCards By Aarian Marshall Beginning Friday, you can get into select subway stations by waving your phone. By 2023, MetroCards will go the way of the token. [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( Get WIRED Get 12 months of WIRED for just $10. Stories to help you understand the future. Subscribe now Travel Tips Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and the Art of Worldbuilding By Brendan Nystedt The new Disney Parks attraction is the ideal marriage of Lucasfilm's cinematic universe and Imagineering. [new balance 3724] gadget gallery Cheap Phones, Folding Bikes, and Everything Else We Loved This Month By WIRED Staff From Boosted's electric scooters to our new favorite Android phones. [MacKenzie Bezos standing next to Jeff Bezos] opinion 5 Mistakes MacKenzie Bezos and Other Mega-Donors Should Avoid By Phil Buchanan The philanthropic road is littered with the carcasses of those who thought that “disrupting” poverty would be as simple as disrupting the taxi industry. Sign Here Is Your Wobbly, Illegible Touchscreen Signature Still You? By Emily Dreyfuss Touchscreen computers and Square machines have turned signatures into a thing you must jab and press into existence—and it never looks quite right. [Sign up for WIRED's Transportation newsletter] SIGN UP Get Our Transportation Newsletter If you crave the latest news on self-driving cars, experiments in futuristic mass transit, and just about everything Tesla, this weekly newsletter is for you. Hop in! [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.