RuneScape saved her life. Fifteen years later, she’s still playing
In today's WIRED DAILY, we ask players why they've been playing the same game for decades, explain how to buy the best headphones no matter your budget, and follow the race to stop scalping bots from buying every single PS5.
Today's headlines Reddit traders target silver After GameStop stock soared last week, the investor army is turning its sights to precious metals. Silver prices leapt to a five-month high on Monday, as traders invested in smaller Australian mining firms. Australians could only use Bing in the future The standoff between the Australian government and Google continues over the country's news media code, which will require tech firms to pay news organisations for content. Supposedly, Microsoft's Bing is ready to swoop in to replace Google in the country. Progress between EU and AstraZeneca AstraZeneca has overcome shortages and will supply nine million more coronavirus vaccine doses to the EU. The EU had threatened to block Belgian-produced Covid-19 vaccines to the UK in order to vaccinate its own member states. Republicans ask Biden to scale back Covid-19 plan The president has committed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package to fight the virus. Moderate Republicans claim this is too much, and have suggested a $600 billion alternative.
What we're reading Guy Babcock vividly remembers the chilly Saturday evening when he discovered the stain on his family. It was September 2018. He, his wife and their young son had just returned to their home in Beckley, an English village outside of Oxford. Mr. Babcock still had his coat on when he got a frantic call from his father.
Outrageous lies destroyed Guy Babcock's online reputation. When he went hunting for their source, what he discovered was worse than he could have imagined.
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