The origin of the UK variant


Coming up today: Matt Reynolds delves into the origins of the UK Covid-19 variant, Natasha looks at how Amazon saved Deliveroo from disaster and Amit charts the strange demise of Habbo Hotel

The stories we talked about this week:

A lone infection may have changed the course of the pandemic
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/chronic-infection-uk-coronavirus-variant

Amazon took a chunk of Deliveroo. Then things got interesting
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deliveroo-pandemic-amazon

The cursed demise of Habbo Hotel
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/habbo-hotel-update-chaos

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) 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)