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Coming up today… we chart the rise and fall of Football Index and explain what the hell is going on with non-fungible tokens.

What’s the deal with NFTs?

Coming up today… the long-term psychological impacts of surviving ICU with Covid-19 and how Slack can actually fix workplace communications.

The terror and trauma of surviving ICU with Covid-19

Coming up today: we explain why anecdotal benefits of microdosing might only be a placebo effect and find out how a bunch of deepfakes could one day replace the cast of The Simpsons.

Can deepfakes replace The Simpsons?

The Uber lawsuit feeding frenzy, how growing grapes in space can make wine better on Earth and the reality of life under Myanmar’s internet shutdown.

Why grow grapes in space?

Coming up today: What Uber’s loss in the Supreme Court means for the gig economy, why Facebook was right to ban news in Australia and we go inside the UK’s controversial Covid-19 challenge trial

WIRED Book Club: Lost in a Good Game

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