12 Best Prime Day Deals on TVs, Soundbars, and Streaming Devices

Parker Hall

From gorgeous OLEDs to giant projector replacements, these are the best upgrades to your home cinema.

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AI Can Be an Extraordinary Force for Good—if It’s Contained

Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar

No one has a plan for regulating AI yet. These are the questions that leaders must ask to contain the coming wave.

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Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again

Nicole Kobie

Meta says it will retire Facebook’s “news” tag in the UK, France, and Germany, ahead of rules that might force it to pay for content. Users may not care, but it has left media scrambling.

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Trump Squeezed America’s Geek Squad. Biden Built It Back Stronger

Steven Levy

The US Digital Service has seen its staff and budget expand under president Biden. Administrator Mina Hsiang says online government services should be made as compelling as apps from Silicon Valley.

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Your New Car Is a Privacy Nightmare

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.

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Rivers Are Drowning in Toxic Sludge

Chris Baraniuk

Harmful algal blooms are taking over as the world warms and grows richer in carbon dioxide—and there’s no easy fix.

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