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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