The best products and ideas from CES that signal the future

PLUS: Bitcoin ETFs Have Arrived. Here’s Who Stands to Get Rich, and more. [View this email in your browser]( | [Manage newsletter subscriptions]( [01.10.24](   GOLD RUSH | 4-MINUTE READ [Bitcoin ETFs Have Arrived. Here’s Who Stands to Get Rich]( BY JOEL KHALILI [The US approval of spot bitcoin ETFs, a new way to track the price of bitcoin, could trigger a gold rush for investors. But an exclusive cast of middlemen will earn big in the background too.](   [Chaotically stacked books in front of a white wall]( KINDLE SWINDLE | 5-MINUTE READ [Scammy AI-Generated Book Rewrites Are Flooding Amazon]( BY KATE KNIBBS [Authors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazon. There's little they can do to rein in the rip-offs.](   [positive covid tests]( PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ [There’s a Huge Covid Surge Right Now and Nobody Is Talking About It]( BY CELIA FORD [The US is in the midst of the largest Covid surge since Omicron, but with minimal testing and good population immunity, the wave is largely being ignored.](   [Supernal flying car]( CES 2024 | 12-MINUTE READ [The Best of CES 2024]( BY GEAR TEAM [These are the products, prototypes, and ideas that most distinctly signaled the future at this year’s consumer tech showcase.]( ADVERTISEMENT [GET WIRED]( [Our Winter Sale is Officially live! Subscribe to WIRED for only $29.99 $5.That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus](FREE WIRED stickers as a special bonus!   [Kansas Corn Stover]( CARBON SINK | 6-MINUTE READ [Why Humans Are Putting a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground]( BY MATT SIMON [Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.](   [Person wearing a navy blue suit sitting behind the bench in a senate hearing room]( LICENSING WARS | 3-MINUTE READ [Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data]( BY KATE KNIBBS [At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make OpenAI and other tech companies pay to license news articles and other data used to train algorithms.](   [3D render of desktop computer with a webpage and a store awning protruding from the screen]( GALAXY BRAIN | 4-MINUTE READ [OpenAI’s New App Store Could Turn ChatGPT Into an Everything App]( BY LAUREN GOODE [A new app store from the creator of ChatGPT invites companies to build custom “GPTs” that add functionality to the chatbot. OpenAI isn’t saying how app builders will get paid.](   [Signage outside of Meta headquarters on a sunny day]( REPEAT OFFENDER | 5-MINUTE READ [A US-Sanctioned Oligarch Ran Pro-Kremlin Ads on Facebook—Again]( BY DAVID GILBERT [Meta earned over $200,000 from an ad campaign, seen by millions, that pushed pro-Kremlin talking points and undermined local elections in Moldova, according to new research.](   [Gary Gensler ]( UNAUTHORIZED | 3-MINUTE READ [Lawmakers Are Out for Blood After a Hack of the SEC’s X Account Causes Bitcoin Chaos]( BY JOEL KHALILI [The US Securities and Exchange Commission is under pressure to explain itself after its X account was compromised, leading to wild swings in the bitcoin market.](   Looking for a new job? Check out these featured listings and search for openings all over the world on [jobs.wired.com](. [Game Capture Artist]( [Netflix]( Location: Los Gatos, CA, USA [APPLY NOW]( [UX Designer]( [Electronic Arts]( [Location: Orlando, FL, USA]( [APPLY NOW]( ADVERTISEMENT [(image) WIRED Logo]( [(image) WIRED on Facebook]( [(image) WIRED on Twitter]( [(image) WIRED on Instagram]( [(image) WIRED on LinkedIn]( [(image) WIRED on YouTube]( [Podcasts]( [TikTok]( Have questions or comments? [Reply to this email](mailto:hello@wired.com?subject=WIRED Newsletter Questions, Comments or Feedback). This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( or [Manage your newsletter subscriptions]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.