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Is Firefox OK? Feb 25, 2022

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Coming up today: Matt Burgess explains why all is not well at Firefox and we find out about the quest to make a digital replica of your brain.

Is Firefox OK?

https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-mozilla-2022/

The Quest to Make a Digital Replica of Your Brain

https://www.wired.com/story/the-quest-to-make-a-digital-replica-of-your-brain/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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You're (Maybe) Gonna Need a Patent for That Woolly Mammoth Feb 18, 2022

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Coming up today: why NFT marketplace OpenSea can’t win and we look at the wild, woolly world of mammoth patents.

You're (Maybe) Gonna Need a Patent for That Woolly Mammoth

https://www.wired.com/story/de-extinction-patents/

Why OpenSea’s NFT Marketplace Can’t Win

https://www.wired.com/story/opensea-nfts-twitter/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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How Humans Are Messing With Evolution Feb 11, 2022

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The latest on the porn block and why evolution is happening faster than anyone thought possible.

The stories we talked about this week:

A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolution

https://www.wired.com/story/database-humans-messing-with-evolution/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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Inside a Notorious Russian Ransomware Gang Feb 04, 2022

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Coming up today: Germany takes on Telegram and Matt Burgess dives deep inside a Russian ransomware gang.

The stories we talked about this week:

Germany Has Picked a Fight With Telegram

https://www.wired.com/story/germany-telegram-covid/

Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang

https://www.wired.com/story/trickbot-malware-group-internal-messages/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. Are You Ready? Jan 28, 2022

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Coming up today: the agony and ecstasy of learning to live with Covid and we look at how gravity storage could help in the fight against the climate crisis.

The stories we talked about this week:

Politicians Say It’s Time to Live With Covid. Are You Ready?

https://www.wired.com/story/living-with-covid-new-normal/

Gravity Could Solve Clean Energy’s One Major Drawback

https://www.wired.com/story/energy-vault-gravity-storage/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results Jan 21, 2022

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Coming up today: we look at how countries can best count deaths caused by the climate crisis and look at the latest twist in the gig economy workers’ rights saga.

The stories we talked about this week:

A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results

https://www.wired.com/story/uk-climate-change-deaths/

Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced

https://www.wired.com/story/gig-economy-outsourcing-uk/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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The great WIRED quiz of 2021 Dec 10, 2021

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Coming up today it’s the final WIRED podcast of 2021. That can only mean one thing: it’s quiz time.

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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What we need to know about the Omicron variant Dec 03, 2021

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Coming up today, the big problem with Gorillas, and everything you need to know about the Omicron variant

The stories we talked about this week:

Europe Went Bananas for Gorillas. Then Its Workers Rose Up

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gorillas-gig-economy-unions-germany

The Omicron Variant Is a Mystery. Here’s How Science Will Solve It

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/omicron-variant-facts

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean Nov 26, 2021

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Coming up today, how humans have broken a fundamental law of the ocean and we look into the UK’s plan to sequence the genomes of up to 200,000 babies.

The stories we talked about this week:

Humans Have Broken a Fundamental Law of the Ocean

https://www.wired.com/story/humans-broken-fundamental-law-ocean/

The UK Government Wants to Sequence Your Baby’s Genome

https://www.wired.com/story/whole-genome-sequencing-newborn-screening/

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax Nov 19, 2021

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Coming up today, nuclear fusion, treadmill hacking and Norway’s electric vehicle headache.

The stories we talked about this week: