Life in quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship

PLUS: absurdist memes, the return of the cubilce, and robot friends. [View this email in your browser]( | [Manage newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=wir) [[(image) WIRED Daily Newsletter Logo]04.30.20]( [Elon Musk ]( [CEO RAGE]( [Tesla Posts Another Profit as Musk Slams Virus Restrictions]( BY AARIAN MARSHALL [The CEO has criticized shelter-in-place orders, which have forced the closure of the company's California assembly plant.]( [Disloyal woman looking another man and her angry boyfriend looking at her on the street]( [DIGITAL CULTURE]( [An AI Meme Generator Gives Us the Absurdist Art We All Need]( BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER [Social media’s new favorite distraction feels as disjointed and surrealist as the current moment. Fire it up.]( [Moxie Robot]( [FRIEND ZONE]( [Moxie Is the Robot Pal You Dreamed of as a Kid]( BY DANIEL OBERHAUS [Four years ago, Paolo Pirjanian set out to “reinvent” companion robots. Now he’s ready for the world to meet his creation.]( [person in mask in front of a cruise ship]( [COVID-19]( [27 Days in Tokyo Bay: What Happened on the Diamond Princess]( BY LAUREN SMILEY [The cruise ship captivated the world as it docked in Yokohama, harboring Covid-19—and 3,711 people who became subjects in a life-and-death quarantine experiment.]( [SPONSORED CONTENT]( [A Must-Read to Help Save Our Planet]( [Journalist Thomas Kostigen brings readers to the frontlines of the geoengineering projects that scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and other visionaries around the world are developing to solve the problems associated with climate change.]( [Subscribe to WIRED]( [GET WIRED](  [Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.](  [Subscribe to support our journalism.](  [Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10.]( [Aerial view of identical cubicles with desktop computers]( [DIVIDE AND CONQUER]( [The Cubicle Is Back. Blame (or Thank) the Coronavirus]( BY WILL KNIGHT [As businesses reopen, social distancing rules will lead to new partitions between workspaces, reminiscent of the fabric-clad dividers of the 1980s.]( [two women in Nike workout gear ]( [GET FREE]( [3 Things to Consider Before Signing Up for a Free Trial]( BY LAUREN GOODE [Companies are blasting us with free trial offers while we’re stuck at home. That’s a good thing—until the bills show up.]( [Migrant workers can be seen in the S11 Dormitory]( [OPINION]( [What Singapore Can Tell the World About Personal Liberty]( BY JERRINE TAN [In a state of emergency, more than a few of us will find ourselves cutting deals with god, the devil, or the government alike.]( [Man in sports clothing doing squat while wearing VR glasses]( [IN THE BUFF]( [Naked and Unafraid to Exercise in Virtual Reality]( BY JESSE DAMIANI [Get over yourself and try VR workouts already. It’s private, liberating, and doesn’t require gym shorts.]( [(image) WIRED Logo]( [(image) WIRED on Facebook]( [(image) WIRED on Twitter]( [(image) WIRED on Instagram]( [(image) WIRED on LinkedIn]( [(image) WIRED on YouTube]( 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](newsletter=wir)