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Deliveroo’s shares are a mess

The bitcoin terrorists of Idlib are learning new tricks   In today's WIRED DAILY, we look at how Deliveroo's IPO hasn't gone to plan  and investigate the bitcoin terrorists of Idlib. Deliveroo's shares are a mess Deliveroo should be celebrating the launch of a blockbuster IPO. Instead, it is licking its wounds after market volatility and an investor revolt forced it to drop its listing price from a maximum of £4.60 a share to £3.90.   The move wiped close to £1 billion off the company's valuation and, with the shares falling by over 30 per cent to below £3 in early morning trading, questions have been raised about how appetising Deliveroo's stock will prove when it begins publicly ...

Pandemic’s creator is making a board game about climate change

The next hot investment is water   In today's WIRED DAILY, we ask Pandemic's creator why he is making a board game about climate change and explain why the next hot investment is water. Pandemic's creator is making a board game about climate change When game developer Matt Leacock released his best-selling board game Pandemic, he didn't expect that 12 years later people would be using it to help them process an actual pandemic sweeping the world. But with his new game, Leacock is hoping that it will be extremely relevant to one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: the climate crisis.   Leacock is now designing a detailed cooperative board game called Climate Crisis, along wit...