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ON THE COVER

TOTALLY WIRED • DIARIES OF AN UNBRIDLED DIGITOPIAN

RANTS AND RAVES

METAPHORS MATTER • Warfare may be a rousing way to speechify, but it’s perilous when used to describe disasters from Hurricane Katrina to pandemics.

CHARTGEIST

WE ARE ALL STARS NOW • Software tools simulate work. They should really let us put on a show.

NO CODE, NO PROBLEM • Now you don’t need to know any programming to launch a startup. We’ve been approaching this moment for years.

ANGRY NERD

ZOOM WINDOW • A viral close-up, thanks to electrons.

Key Change • To learn to play music while staying socially distanced, just follow the rainbow.

Quiet Riot • Kids’ Zoom parties, the roar of delivery trucks, and neighbors yelling to each other across the street are no match for our favorite noise-canceling headphones.

Ready, One Player • Things get lonely fast under quarantine. Here’s a selection of videogames that will keep you feeling social.

Break Free • You may not have heard of these no-cost streaming services, but they’re the perfect cure for subscription fatigue.

Auto Tune • Throw a house karaoke party—or just practice solo—using gear you already have or can pick up at a big-box store.

Beyond Monopoly • Those old board games were fun for the first two months. Here are four fresh options to enjoy while you wait for the world to reopen.

Class Struggle • The past few months have given parents a crash course in “crisis schooling.” We’re not really up to the task, and that’s OK.

FEATURES

FLYING FISH IS LISTENING

Is the brain a useful model for AI?

Why didn’t AI save us from Covid-19?

As machines get smarter, how will we relate to them?

Are killer robots inevitable?

What exactly is intelligence?

Please, let us be lucky. • The quest to find a vaccine for Covid-19 has become a worldwide race of unprecedented scope and speed. The first contender entered human trials—and Neal Browning’s arm—on March 16. Inside the early days of what might, just might, be the world’s fastest vaccine.

_27 DAYS IN TOKYO __ BAY

THE CONFESSIONS OF MARCUS HUTCHINS • At 19, he was a security blogger with a mysteriously deep understanding of malware. At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to WannaCry, the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then, just as he was being celebrated as the internet’s savior, Marcus Hutchins was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story.

IN SIX WORDS, WRITE ABOUT LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS: SO I MARRIED THE DELIVERY MAN.