Coming up today: the tech behind a high-school prank, and the hunt for Covid’s origins
The stories we walked about this week:
The Origins of Covid-19 Are More Complicated Than Once Thought
https://www.wired.com/story/tracing-covid-pandemic-origins/
Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll
https://www.wired.com/story/biggest-hacker-rickroll-high-school-prank/
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited by Matt Burgess
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