Joe Biden wants you to be able to fix your own damn iPhones

PLUS: Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance, and more [View this email in your browser]( | [Manage newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=wir) [[(image) WIRED Daily Newsletter Logo]07.09.21]( [two men behind glass]( [TRACKING | 7-MINUTE READ]( [Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance]( BY MATT BURGESS, WIRED UK [Companies are racing to track everything about you. It could be a convenient way to reduce fraud—or seriously creepy and discriminatory.]( [THE MONITOR | 3-MINUTE READ]( [Black Widow Is Right on Time—and Too Late]( BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER [Yes, Covid-19 delayed the film, but the movie should have come out years ago.]( [People in Pokemon hats looking at phone]( [PLAINTEXT | 6-MINUTE READ]( [5 Years After Pokémon Go, It's Time for the Metaverse]( BY STEVEN LEVY [Plus: The biggest idea of 2016, the ethics of synthetic data, and a blaze on the Gulf of Mexico.]( [President Biden at podium]( [RIGHT TO REPAIR | 5-MINUTE READ]( [Joe Biden Wants You to Be Able to Fix Your Own Damn iPhones]( BY LAUREN GOODE [A sweeping new presidential directive includes, among other things, an initiative to secure consumers’ right to repair their own devices.]( [[GET WIRED]( [Stare the future right in the eye.]( [Get 1 year of unlimited access to WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote!]( [Subscribe now.](]( [assembling furniture]( [PARTS AND LABOR | 4-MINUTE READ]( [Why Scientists Love Making Robots Build Ikea Furniture]( BY MATT SIMON [This robot can help a human assemble a bookcase by predicting what part they’ll want next and handing it over.]( [macro of a chip design]( [SMARTS | 4-MINUTE READ]( [Need to Fit Billions of Transistors on a Chip? Let AI Do It]( BY WILL KNIGHT [Google, Nvidia, and others are training algorithms in the dark arts of designing semiconductors—some of which will be used to run artificial intelligence programs.]( [Tie Fighter]( [PODCASTS]( [It's OK to Feel Sorry for TIE Fighter Pilots]( BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY [They’re treated as cannon fodder. “Amara Kel’s Rules for TIE Fighter Pilot Survival (Probably)” gives them a different life.]( [Lemuel Plummer and Joseline Hernandez]( [STREAMING WARS | 4-MINUTE READ]( [Zeus Network’s Niche as a Streaming Service? Raw Drama]( BY JASON PARHAM [B-list reality stars. Sex workers. A shirtless cooking show. Programming on the renegade platform finds comfort among the uncomfortable.]( [homemade beer ]( [BIG GULP | 9-MINUTE READ]( [Everything You Need to Make Beer, Wine, Cider, and Mead]( BY PARKER HALL [Indoor plants and sewing projects don’t taste as good. Here’s what you need to make booze at home.]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [(image) WIRED Logo]( [(image) WIRED on Facebook]( [(image) WIRED on Twitter]( [(image) WIRED on Instagram]( [(image) WIRED on LinkedIn]( [(image) WIRED on YouTube]( [Podcasts]( 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) Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.