Can DNA tests help us make the perfect dog? Podcast 408

https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast-assets.wired.co.uk/wireduk408-080319.mp3?_=1
Coming up today: why you need to change your phone number right now, the rise of transparent influencers and how DNA testing could create more top dogs.

Join the WIRED Book Club – we’re reading The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-book-club-uninhabitable-earth

Stories we mentioned this week:

If you want online privacy, change your phone number immediately
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/change-your-phone-number-online-privacy

YouTubers are finally showing where their money comes from
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/transparent-influencers-youtube-instagram

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Show produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Brian Satis

Brian is WhatPod's Technology Editor. San Jose resident and veteran of the first Silicon Valley tech boom, Brian is founder of Duotone Game Studio and a contributing writer for Synthetic Dimensions, Podzone and Tech News Monthly.Got a podcast to suggest ? Contact Brian (brian.satis@whatpod.com.au)