Five rules for thinking about risk during the coronavirus pandemic

Don't buy a Huawei phone | Dump data centres in the sea Today's top stories Five rules for thinking about risk during the coronavirus pandemic The pandemic has turned life into one long, frustrating, risk assessment. But changing how you think about risk can make things feel easier Don't buy a Huawei or Honor phone. Do buy their laptops and watches Turns out dumping data centres in the ocean could be a good idea what you need to know US judge halts TikTok app store ban TikTok has avoided a government-ordered block on new downloads in the US after a judge issued a temporary injunction. The video-sharing app was due to be removed from the App Store and Google Play at midnight local time in Washington DC.  Flaw fixed in NHS Covid-19 app  People tested for Covid-19 in NHS hospitals and Public Health England labs were unable to share their results with the NHS contact tracing app in England, it has emerged. The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed that the issue was fixed on Saturday. Amazon's Prime Day date confirmed  Prime Day, Amazon's annual deals extravaganza, will run from October 13 to 14, the company has announced. Amazon says the two-day shopping event will feature over one million deals. Scientists may have found a material for building on Mars A team of scientists from the Singapore University of Technology and Design discovered that, using simple chemistry, the organic polymer chitin – contained in the exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans – can easily be transformed into a viable building material for basic tools and habitats.  ONE MORE THING... Their alleged targets were almost comically obscure — a mom-and-pop blogging duo from a suburb of Boston and a Twitter gadfly who wrote often in their comments section. According to the government, their methods were juvenile and grotesque, featuring cockroaches, pornography, barely veiled threats of violence and death, physical surveillance and the weaponisation of late-night pizza. Inside eBay's cockroach cult: the ghastly story of a stalking scandal. from the wired archive How to stop your personal information leaking to the world At some point you have probably shared too much online. Here's how to reclaim some privacy and make sure your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn aren't leaking private information FEATURED JOBS SALES SPECIALIST – THOMSON REUTERS APPLY TOTAL REWARDS PARTNER EMEA – AIRBNB APPLY On the podcast + 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