The rise and fall of Pret a Manger

Lucid Air car review | Flexible working Today's top stories The rise and fall of Pret a Manger Pret cashed in as office workers spent thousands on coffees, baguettes and fruit pots. As shops stand empty, what comes next might be worse Lucid Air is a 500-mile range Tesla rival that charges in just minutes The pandemic is giving people what they want: flexible working what you need to know App tells if office workers are not socially distanced A social-distancing app which alerts someone when a colleague is too close is being used by Network Rail. The technology uses audio and Bluetooth signals to detect if users are in close proximity to one another.  Facebook may be ordered to change data practices Irish regulators have started an inquiry into Facebook's movement of data on European users to the United States. The concerns follow the European Court of Justice ruling the EU-US Privacy Shield failed to protect privacy and data protection rules. L'Oreal launches make-up recycling across UK shops Cosmetics giant L'Oreal is introducing make-up recycling bins across 1,000 UK stores in an environmental push. Its Maybelline brand and recycling firm TerraCycle will install the recycling points in branches of Tesco, Boots, Sainsbury's and Superdrug. Dune's new trailer drops The film, an adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune books, is directed by Denis Villeneuve, whose previous work includes Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and Zendaya lead the cast. ONE MORE THING... Philanthropy, it is popularly supposed, transfers money from the rich to the poor. This is not the case. In the US, which statistics show to be the most philanthropic of nations, barely a fifth of the money donated by big givers goes to the poor. A lot goes to the arts, sports teams and other cultural pursuits, and half goes to education and healthcare. At first glance that seems to fit the popular profile of "giving to good causes". But dig down a little. The Guardian explains how philanthropy benefits the super-rich. from the wired archive Physics explains why you can never open a plane door mid-flight A British Airways passenger caused chaos after trying to open the aircraft door during a flight, but air pressure and clever design makes it impossible FEATURED JOBS INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST – GLOBAL APPLY DATA SCIENCE LEAD – MONZO 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