The WIRED Podcast

Covid Tracking Apps Are Changing

The WIRED Podcast

Show Notes

Coming up today: how Covid tracking apps are pivoting for commercial profit and we talk about the future of genome sequencing.

The stories we talked about this week:

How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profit https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-data-switch/

How Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Lives https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/112/1120653/genomics--wired-guides-/9781847943408.html

Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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