How to spot misinformation on the web

PLUS: How to Make Your Web Searches More Secure and Private, and more [View this email in your browser]( | [Manage newsletter subscriptions]( [WIRED logo and a robot carrying a WIRED magazine]( [11.26.23](   [magnifying glass]( [EYES OFF | 6-MINUTE READ]( [How to Make Your Web Searches More Secure and Private]( BY BOONE ASHWORTH, DAVID NIELD, AND MATT BURGESS [What you look for online is up to you—just make sure no one else is taking a peek.](   [magnetic fields]( [HEARTS OF GIANTS | 5-MINUTE READ]( [Starquakes Might Solve the Mysteries of Stellar Magnetism]( BY JACKSON RYAN [In their jiggles and shakes, red giant stars encode a record of the magnetic fields near their cores.](   [LG SC9S soundbar]( [PRODUCT REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ]( [LG’s Slim Soundbar Is Good—but It Can’t Compete With Sonos or Bose]( BY RYAN WANIATA [An upfiring driver in the middle of this soundbar is a nice addition, but other bars have better features.](   [instrument creating lines on graph paper]( [EYES OPEN | 3-MINUTE READ]( [4 Tips to Spot Misinformation on the Web]( BY DAVID NIELD [Don't believe everything you read on social media.]( ADVERTISEMENT [GET WIRED]( [Stay WIRED-IN during our exclusive Black Friday Sale. Get full gear + gift coverage with a subscription to WIRED for just]([$29.99 $5.](Plus free stickers! Subscribe Now.   [BioBlack pigment and dye]( [DYE TRYING | 6-MINUTE READ]( [The Black Print on Your T-Shirt Is Filthy and Toxic. Now, There’s a Cleaner Alternative]( BY ALDEN WICKER [Nature Coatings makes a petroleum-free alternative to a widely used—and particularly toxic—black dye. But the problem it’s solving isn’t one the fashion industry is desperate to fix.](   [Indian workers crush stone into sand at an illegal mine near Raipur Village in India on March 18, 2015.]( [SAND MAFIAS | 12-MINUTE READ]( [WIRED Classics: The Deadly Global War for Sand]( BY VINCE BEISER [The global demand for plain old sand is so high that illegal mines are everywhere, and mafias around the world are killing for the stuff. (From March 2015) Get the best and weirdest stories from WIRED’s iconic archive every Saturday, with [WIRED Classics](.](   [Firefighters extinguishing a wildfire in a smoke filled Sequoia forest]( [CODE RED | 6-MINUTE READ]( [California’s Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble]( BY JIM ROBBINS [Ancient sequoias are facing an existential threat from increasingly intense wildfires linked to climate change. The question of how to save them has sparked a fierce debate.](   [Screenshot from the game, 'Baldur's Gate 3', featuring an ornate character posing and holding one finger up]( [SPEED DATING | 3-MINUTE READ]( [How Baldur's Gate 3 Became the Horniest Game of the Year]( BY MEGAN FAROKHMANESH [Ever since Larian Studios released Baldur's Gate 3 in August, players have been finding new, inventive, and incredibly fast ways to get it on. When it lands on Xbox, the sexiness is sure to continue.](   [still of murder at the end of the world]( [CULTURE GUIDES | 15-MINUTE READ]( [The 37 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now]( BY JENNIFER M. WOOD AND WIRED STAFF [Just scored Hulu's Black Friday deal? These are the shows you need to watch on the service—from A Murder at the End of the World to Fargo.]( ADVERTISEMENT   [WIRED logo image]( Thanks for reading. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. Plus, [browse more newsletters]( from WIRED. [(image) WIRED on Facebook]( [(image) WIRED on Twitter]( [(image) WIRED on Instagram]( [(image) WIRED on LinkedIn]( [(image) WIRED on YouTube]( [Podcasts]( [TikTok](   You’re receiving this email because you signed up for the Daily newsletter from WIRED. [Manage your preferences]( | [View our Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Have questions or comments? [Reply to this email](mailto:hello@wired.com?subject=Daily%20newsletter%20feedback). Need help? [Contact us](. Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.