Did Sweden’s Covid-19 experiment work?
Coming up today: Sweden’s pandemic gamble; the deepfake bot being weaponised against women; and Natasha tries to put the ‘interesting’ in negative interest rates
The stories we talked about this week:
Did Sweden’s coronavirus experiment pay off? Not really
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/sweden-coronavirus-response-experiment
The end of free bank accounts is bad news for Monzo and its rivals
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/monzo-starling-negative-interest-rates
A deepfake porn bot is being used to abuse thousands of women
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/telegram-deepfakes-deepnude-ai
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess