The Idea of North America Is Over

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1. The idea of North America is over.

By Benjamin Wallace-Wells in the New Yorker

2. America is facing a dangerous enemy. We just can’t agree who.

By Uri Friedman in the Atlantic

3. Artificial intelligence has a PR problem.

By Jerry Kaplan in MIT Technology Review

4. This is how YouTube will kill cable.

By Mike Elgan in Computerworld

5. Newsrooms are making leaks easier — and more secure than ever. Here’s how.

By Charles Berret in the Columbia Journalism Review

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