Jeff vs Elon: the billionaires’ space race is heating up

May 10, 2019January 25, 2020 Brian Satis 169 Views Wired

Coming up today: The UK’s coal-free week, Jeff Bezos’s space plans, and our verdict on Pokémon Detective Pikachu.

Join the WIRED Book Club – we’re reading Lost in a Good Game, by Pete Etchells

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-book-club-lost-in-a-good-game

Stories we talked about this week:

Jeff Bezos wants to colonise space, but he’s paying for it by destroying Earth
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bezos-amazon-blue-origin-moon-analysis

Pokémon Detective Pikachu would be so much better without humans
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/pokemon-detective-pikachu-review

The UK just went a week without using coal. Here’s how it did it
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-coal-power-energy-renewables

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)