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Excerpts: EVE Valkyrie creator CCP is pulling out of VR with major layoffs CCP Games is closing two studios and moving away from virtual reality, one of its main focal p...

Your WIRED daily briefing. Today, 2016 saw record levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, WhatsApp now lets you delete messages after they're sent, 126 million Americans saw Russian political propaganda on Facebook and more. Get WIRED Awake sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning by 8am. Click here to sign up to the WIRED Awake newsletter . 1. Record levels of atmospheric CO2 measured in 2016 A new report from the World Meteorological Organisation has found that last year's levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide where at their highest in 800,000 years ( BBC News ). Based on measurements taken around the world, CO2 levels increased from 400 parts per million in 2015 to 403.3ppm in 2016, driven by a combination of human activity and the El Niño weather system. Although human production of the greenhouse gas has slowed significantly in recent years, a great deal has accumulated in the atmosphere, while methane levels continue to rise. 2. WhatsApp now...

Excerpts: Nintendo raises Switch forecast to nearly 17 million units by April Nintendo has raised its sales forecast for its latest console, the Switch, following anothe...

Your WIRED daily briefing. Today, Elon Musk has revealed the first photo of The Boring Company's airport tunnel under Los Angeles, Facebook political ads will have to show who paid for them, scientists are mapping the cannabis genome for medicine, and more. Get WIRED Awake sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning by 8am. Click here to sign up to the WIRED Awake newsletter . 1. Elon Musk reveals the The Boring Company's first LA tunnel Elon Musk has published the first photo of the tunnel that The Boring Company is building under Los Angeles ( Instagram ). The company got permission in August from the LA suburb of Hawthorne to begin digging beneath the city. Commenting on Twitter and Instagram, Musk said that the tunnel was currently 500 feet (152 metres) long and that the plan was for it to run to LAX airport, parallel to the Interstate 405 highway, with "electric skates" to carry cars and pods to carry people. 2. Facebook to show ...

Excerpts: Five short, spooky games to play this Halloween There's no shortage of great horror games out there, running the gamut from subtle psychological thrills to...

  We need to talk about science’s sexism problem The gender divide in science is well documented. Not only do fewer females study science subjects at school and university, the percentage gets smaller the further on you look into a scientist’s career. According to research from Catalyst, just over a third of PhD graduates in the sciences were women in 2010, but women made up 23 per cent of mid-level academics and 11 per cent of those at a senior level. There are undoubtedly many factors playing into why women are not reaching these high-achieving academic positions. But one of the reasons comes down to the direct behaviour of their colleagues. And, in at least one case, it can impact the researcher for the rest of their career. I  spoke to one female researcher  who has experienced cycles of abuse, worked for no credit and faced sexism at every stage of her career in a male-dominated profession. Abigail Beall Reporter,  WIRED. ...