The Biggest Apple Launch Ever

The Email (from WIRED) Today's top stories Prepare Yourself for the Biggest Apple Launch of All Time The pursuit of the perfect red apple has created a plethora of fruits that are big on looks but small on flavour. The Cosmic Crisp is out to change that TikTok has broken rap music The strange science of the US Air Force's top-secret space plane what you need to know Twitter's banned all political advertising  The move prompted immediate (unflattering) comparisons to Facebook. But it's somewhat less admirable when you consider only a fraction of Twitter's revenue comes from political ads.  Apple smashed its Q3 targets  Despite sluggish iPhone sales, a boom in wearables and services meant that the company posted revenue of $64 billion for the last three months, exceeding analyst expectations.  Climate emissions from forest fires are underestimated By a factor of six, to be precise, according to researchers. This concerns the clearing of tropical forest between 2000 and 2013, and is likely still a conservative figure. Lyft lost less money than expected  The rideshare company's third quarter earnings set new records – but it still lost $463.5 million. Analysts have predicted it may beat Uber's Q3 earnings (to be announced on Monday).   ONE MORE THING... "You can replace your credit card number, but you can't replace your genome" A private DNA ancestry database has been used by police to catch criminals. Researchers say it's a security risk: hostile nations could steal DNA data on a million Americans. On the podcast Get the magazine + Received this from a friend? Subscribe to The Email from WIRED + Prefer a weekly digest? Subscribe to WIRED Weekender FOLLOW WIRED Unsubscribe   |   View this email in your browser Condé Nast Digital 1 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU © The Condé Nast Publications Ltd Our Privacy Policy