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18 Feb, 7 tweets, 4 min read
We made some changes to @WiredUK at the start of the 2021. We're publishing fewer articles but going into greater depth.

Like what we do? Subscribe to the magazine! You can get 3 issues for just £1 right here wired.co.uk/subs/5WR19821

Some recent highlights... 🧵
.@mattsreynolds1's story about the origin of the UK variant has been read by more than 1 million people. It's a great example of impactful, thoughtful science journalism wired.co.uk/article/chroni…
Last month, @Gmvolpi delved deep into Facebook to tell the strange tale of two women who claimed the Covid-19 vaccine made them seriously ill. This is the exhaustive, relentless reporting that the misinformation beat demands. And it's a great read wired.co.uk/article/covid-…
Last week, @TashaBernal unpicked one of the strangest bust to boom stories of the pandemic. This is the tale of how Deliveroo, from the brink of collapse, found itself on the verge of a bumper IPO. All thanks to Amazon wired.co.uk/article/delive…
On the privacy beat, @mattburgess1 reported on one of the most significant updates Google will ever introduce – a takedown of third-party cookies that could rewrite the rules of the web wired.co.uk/article/google…
.@WillBedingfield told the story of Allana, a young girl confined almost entirely to her bed who found new friends and adventures on RuneScape. It's a beautiful story about how much good gaming can do wired.co.uk/article/runesc…
What's great is we're reaching a bigger audience than ever before by doubling down on quality.

If you've been enjoying our work then there's never been a better time to subscribe. You can get 3 issues of the magazine for just £1 right here wired.co.uk/subs/5WR19821

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19 Feb
Breaking: Uber has lost a landmark gig economy case in the Supreme Court. Uber drivers must now be classified as workers and receive minimum wage and holiday pay
Throughout this process Uber has been criticised for the level of control it exerts over its drivers. The Supreme Court ruling is no different: the only way for drivers to make more money is to work longer hours. This is the UK's highest court ruling that the gig economy is a lie
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8 Dec 20
I was at VivaTech when Hancock and Zuckerberg had their secret meeting. Hancock had another meeting that day with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. It was in the VIP green room. What neither of them realised was I was sitting at the other end of the table pretending not to listen...
Hancock sounded very impressed by Uber's flying taxi plans. He clearly wanted to present himself as friendly to big tech. Hancock was very fawning – lots of smiling and hanging on Khosrowshahi's every word.
It was fascinating to watch Hancock fawn over Uber and see how eager he was to be friendly with Khosrowshahi. He came across more like an excited teenager than a senior government minister. The content of the meeting was inconsequential. But the tone wasn't.
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7 May 20
People who believe the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory are still attacking key workers. I've got new data showing the scale of the problem.

One person was spat on, they've now got coronavirus. Another was stabbed. There have now been 77 arson attacks wired.co.uk/article/5g-cor…
The data shows a clear spike in attacks in early April, but there have been dozens of attacks and attempted attacks in the last couple of weeks. More here: wired.co.uk/article/5g-cor…
Openreach is also getting caught up in this 5G hysteria. As its engineers are more visible – working in city centres and on residential streets – they've been targeted with some really vile abuse.

I've spoken to engineers about what they're going through wired.co.uk/article/5g-cor…
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27 Mar 20
Airbnb property moguls are furious that their businesses are collapsing in the wake of coronavirus.

In the UK, it's creating a sudden surge in bargain-basement long-term rentals. New listings on Rightmove were up 78% in Bath last week. In London, up 45%

wired.co.uk/article/airbnb…
For the short-term rental industry, the collapse of Airbnb is a disaster. Many people don't own the properties they list on Airbnb, they rent them. They still have to pay those rents to landlords. But now they have no tenants
Alex Milburn, who has a number of properties listed on Airbnb and also featured in WIRED’s recent investigation into rogue Airbnb hosts, claims to have already lost £35,000 due to cancelled bookings
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11 Feb 20
There's a huge Airbnb scam hiding on the streets of London. I uncovered a network of accounts that had been pumping out fake reviews and fake listings for years. The scam encompasses more than 200 listings, 2,100 reviews. And it's really weird wired.co.uk/article/airbnb…
At the centre of the scam is this apartment block in Battersea that is being run as a de facto hotel. When I stayed there I was put in the wrong apartment. One group in the building complained of a missing bed. Another of an empty kitchen. I decided to investigate.
I soon discovered the scam was far bigger than one building. The Airbnb accounts I uncovered had spent years posting fake host and guest reviews, fake listings, and had used pictures of, amongst other people, the chief executive of a Brazilian wireless carrier. It gets weirder.
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11 Feb 19
This week on @WiredUK we're taking an in-depth look at how technology is changing love, sex and relationships.

First up, what the alleged Jeff Bezos dick pic teaches us about online intimacy wired.co.uk/article/jeff-b…
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