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Coming up today: how NFTs conquered football, and why captchas are getting more confusing

The stories we walked about this week:

NFTs Are Conquering Football
https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-conquering-soccer/

Smiling Dogs? Horses Made of Clouds? Captcha Has Gone Too Far
https://www.wired.com/story/smiling-dogs-horses-made-of-clouds-captcha-has-gone-too-far/

Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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Coming up today: Grace explores the monkeypox vaccine pipeline problems and Matt Burgess looks at Facebook's European data woes.

The stories we walked about this week:

The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short
https://www.wired.com/story/monkeypox-vaccine-supply-chain/

Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-eu-us-data-transfers/

Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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Coming up today: Morgan explores a plan to tackle deadly heatwaves through afternoon naps, and Grace investigates the technology hoping to tap into your brain
The stories we walked about this week:

The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizon
https://www.wired.com/story/synchron-brain-computer-interface/

How Siestas Might Help Europe Survive Deadly Heat Waves
https://www.wired.com/story/how-siestas-might-help-europe-survive-deadly-heat-waves/

Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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Coming up today: Morgan explores the global trade in abortion pills, and Matt Burgess investigates the strange case of the severed internet cables

The stories we walked about this week:

Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
https://www.wired.com/story/the-wild-abortion-pill-supply-chain/

The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris
https://www.wired.com/story/france-paris-internet-cable-cuts-attack/

Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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Coming up today: how China took control of the world’s lithium supply and we explain why your next car could be a threat to national security. Western automakers built their fortunes on the internal combustion engine. Now China has ambitions to define the electric vehicle age.
The stories we talked about this week (and more!):

China Built Your iPhone. Will It Build Your Next Car?
https://www.wired.com/story/foxconn-apple-car-china/

The Rise and Precarious Reign of China’s Battery King
https://www.wired.com/story/catl-china-battery-production-evs/

Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security?
https://www.wired.com/story/china-cars-surveillance-national-security/

Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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After a brief pause last week, the WIRED podcast returns.

Coming up today: Natasha on what it’s like working at Twitter amid Elon Musk chaos, and Matt Reynolds on a mad plan to grow plants without sunlight.

The stories we talked about this week:
As Elon Musk Walks, Twitter Workers Say No One’s in Charge
https://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/

Scientists Are Trying to Grow Crops in the Dark
https://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/

Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess


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