Contact tracers are unprepared, confused and bored

Summer holidays | Netflix's Space Force Today's top stories England's contact tracers are unprepared, confused and bored Contact tracers we spoke to were left feeling unprepared, confused and bored as the system got off to a wobbly start Post-lockdown holidays in China show this summer is going to suck Netflix's Space Force is totally ridiculous, and entirely plausible what you need to know Twitter hides Trump tweet for 'glorifying violence' Instead of being deleted, the tweet has been replaced with a warning and can be viewed by clicking on it. The warning says: "Twitter has determined that it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible." US relaxes rules for opioid substitutes during lockdowns While lockdowns have made life harder for addicts in many ways, those working in addiction therapy say the new rules for the crisis, which make it easier for addicts to obtain methadone and other treatment drugs, could encourage more people to seek treatment. World's oldest bug found A 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is the world's oldest bug, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The findings offer new evidence about the origin and evolution of bugs and plants, suggesting that they evolved much more rapidly than some scientists believe. South Korea re-imposes some coronavirus restrictions Following the biggest spike of new coronavirus infections in nearly two months, museums, parks, and art galleries will all be closed again from Friday for two weeks, with authorities struggling to identify transmission routes Special offer: Get three issues of WIRED magazine for just £1 ONE MORE THING... In the third installment, 2003's The Matrix Revolutions, Keanu Reeves' Neo and Hugo Weaving's Agent Smith duke it out in the pouring rain as what seem like hundreds of clones of Smith look on. Viewers today may assume Weaving was filmed and then copy-pasted over and over again, but in fact these shots involve no digital effects to speak of. The team actually built 150 realistic dummies of Weaving as Smith, all operated by 80 human extras themselves wearing intricately detailed silicon-rubber Smith masks. Ever wanted to see what The Matrix looks like without CGI? Well now you can. from the wired long read archive Hidden for centuries, Rembrandt's secrets are finally being revealed An unprecedented project is analysing Rembrandt's masterpiece down to individual chemical elements, to give insight into how the Old Master approached his work FEATURED JOBS PRODUCT MANAGER – VODAFONE APPLY SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER, VOICE TRANSFORMATION – VIRGIN MEDIA APPLY On the podcast Subscribe to WIRED + Received this from a friend? Subscribe to The Email from WIRED + Prefer a weekly digest? Subscribe to WIRED Weekender FOLLOW WIRED Unsubscribe   |   View this email in your browser Queries about this email? Contact datacontroller@condenast.co.uk Condé Nast Publications 1 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU © The Condé Nast Publications Ltd Our Privacy Policy