The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Be Unlike Any Before It

Daniele Polidoro

For the first time in history, the Olympics opening ceremony won’t be held inside a stadium. Instead, it will float down the Seine. Here’s everything you need to know.

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The 21 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now

Angela Watercutter

“Fancy Dance,” “The Velvet Underground,” and “Argylle” are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.

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The Thomas Crooks Conspiracy Theories Aren’t Going Anywhere

Tim Marchman

The FBI says Donald Trump’s would-be assassin acted alone; the CIA denies any association with him. But experts say the complex reasons for belief in conspiracies will likely keep people believing.

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A Former Google Engineer Built a Search Engine for Finding Every Privacy Violation You Face Online

Brian Merchant

Former Google engineer Tim Libert is releasing a search engine, webXray, that aims to find illicit online data collection and tracking—with the goal of becoming “the Henry Ford of tech lawsuits.”

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The Hugely Important Ocean Current You’ve Never Heard Of

Lauren Goode and Michael Calore

This week, we learn about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and how the failure of this critical ocean current could throw the world’s climate even further into crisis.

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Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It’s Calling Again

Steven Levy

In a recently uncovered 1983 speech, Steve Jobs predicted the ubiquity of personal computers. In 2024, AI has brought us to another inflection point.

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