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CEO Picks - The best that international journalism has to offer!

S1

Why humanity is a cosmic tale of despair and hope
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Earth is just one modest planet orbiting our Sun: one of ~400 billion
stars within the Milky Way.

Beyond the Local Group, much larger, richer, more massive groups and
clusters of galaxies abound.

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S2

The incredible powers of transcendental thinking, explained by a
neuroscientist
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Are our current school systems stifling learning that matters? Mary
Helen Immordino-Yang, a professor of education, psychology, and
neuroscience at the University of Southern California, says yes. 

According to Immordino-Yang, our education system focuses too much on
memorizing facts and procedures, neglecting autobiographical
memory—the personal story we tell ourselves about who we are and
what we stand for. This type of memory is crucial for growth,
development, and well-being.

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S3

Debunking 4 popular myths about intermittent fasting
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Fad diets come and go, but one appears to have staying power:
intermittent fasting. Roughly one in 10 Americans were estimated to
have practiced it in 2023. Interest in the eating strategy, as
indicated by Google searches, picked up in 2011 and has remained
elevated since. One could say that intermittent fasting is no longer a
fad — it’s simply a diet.

The eating strategy’s enduring popularity can likely be attributed
to a key distinction: It doesn’t tell you what to eat but merely
when to eat. There are no pricey supplements, bland meals, complicated
recipes, or maddening dietary restrictions. You simply eat what you
want at certain times, and at other times, you don’t eat at all.
It’s clean, simple, and effective.

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S4

Effective altruism is stumbling. Can "moral ambition" replace it?
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In 1785, a 25-year-old student at Cambridge University named Thomas
Clarkson participated in a Latin essay competition about the
immorality of slavery. Raised in a sheltered, upper-class environment,
Clarkson knew little of the practice at the foundation of the British
Empire’s wealth and power. But the more he read about the inhumanity
African slaves endured both during and after their passage to the
Americas, the more it affected him. Channeling his outrage into his
writing, Clarkson ended up winning the competition, a victory which in
retrospect marked the beginning of his lifelong career as an
abolitionist.

According to Dutch journalist and best-selling author Rutger Bregman,
Clarkson represents something we are sorely missing in today’s
world: a willingness among young people to use their talent and
ambition for the common good instead of personal profit and status.
While some fall down social media rabbit holes about dropshipping,
lured by the promise of getting rich quickly without making a
meaningful contribution to society, others slave away in
designer-furnished offices, working jobs that, though hard-earned and
well-compensated, lack a clear meaning and purpose.

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S5

The 6 Disciplines Companies Need to Get the Most Out of Gen AI
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Some observers are beginning to question whether gen AI will produce
enough value to exceed its costs. It can, but extracting economic
value from gen AI requires several different types of disciplined
capabilities. Unfortunately, most companies lack these. The good news
is they can develop them. Specifically, companies should invest in
behavioral change, controlled experimentation, measurement of business
value, data management, human capital development, and systems
thinking. Once these capabilities are in place, companies should focus
on picking the right projects for gen AI. They should do this by 1)
funding the responsible rebels, 2) choosing projects that are quick,
practical wins, and 3) linking those projects to the company’s
identity.

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S6

For Better Negotiations, Cut "But" from Your Vocabulary
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It’s hard to think of a word that triggers more reactivity and
drains more trust from conversation than “but.” Notice how often
you hear it (and say it) when you’re negotiating or arguing. Notice
how this one word changes the temperature and tone in the moment. To
prevent the damage that “but” inflicts, the author offers three
hacks: 1) Focus on what’s said before “but,” 2) Replace
“but” with curiosity, and 3) Stop before the “but.” Each of
these moves requires courage, patience, and practice — and the
return on investment is impressive.

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S7

The Innovator's Question: What Would Fosbury Do?
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When 16-year-old Dick Fosbury first attempted the high jump in high
school track-and-field, he couldn’t even qualify for his meets. With
a bad back, bad feet, and an easily worn-out body, Dick was hardly
champion material. He also had a terrible habit of jumping and landing
the wrong way, to the dismay of his coaches and probably his mother.

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S8

It's OK If Going to a Conference Doesn't Feel Like Real Work
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When I was just starting my career, going to conferences seemed like a
terrific perk. They were usually held in fun destinations and it was
exciting to be mingling with smart thought leaders. But I quickly
learned that attendance also came with an unspoken price tag. Not only
was I missing whatever work was required of me back at the home
office—work that I had to figure out how to get done either while I
was on the road or once I got back—I also felt a burden to prove
that it was worthwhile to send me to the conference in the first
place. That the airfare, hotel room, and cab rides were money well
spent.

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S9

Expose Your Company's Blind Spots
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Is your company unintentionally keeping your most senior people from
getting the feedback they most need? It can easily happen as an
unintended consequence of success. Consider these situations: Senior
executives at car companies drive only the newest models: For decades,
the top executives at America’s leading automobile manufacturers
always drove models fresh from the factory. Not only that, but these
cars were washed, maintained, and looked after by in-company
employees. They never experienced quality breakdowns as the cars aged,
rust problems, or issues with scheduling service calls at a snarly
auto shop. Imagine their surprise at hearing people complain about
problems that they don’t even know or think about!

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S10

Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the May 2013 Issue
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This month’s cartoons and caption contest from Harvard Business
Review.

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S11

Recent Grads Are Drowning in Uncertainty. Here's How to Stay Afloat.
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There are nearly fifty million twentysomethings in the United States,
most of whom are living with a staggering, unprecedented amount of
uncertainty. And now, millions of new would-be workers have
graduated, without the pomp and circumstance, into a global pandemic
and likely recession. Research shows that, rather than long for
certainties that do not exist, the best way to adapt to uncertainty is
to change how we think about it — and to find a way to keep moving.
If you’re feeling stuck, you should try to avoid mental time-travel,
build identity capital, resist reassurance, forget regret, and build
healthy habits.

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S12

What Makes the Best Infographics So Convincing
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A great infographic is an instant revelation. It can compress time and
space. (Good gosh – Usain Bolt is that much faster than all the
other 100-meter gold medalists who’ve ever competed?) It can
illuminate patterns in massive amounts of data. (Sure, we’re
spending much more on health care and education than our grandparents
did. But look how much less on housing.) It can make the abstract
convincingly concrete. (Which player was ESPN’s SportsCenter most
discussed during the 2012 football season? Tim Tebow — and by a
colossal margin. Seriously?)

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S13

Why Business School is a Great Time to Network
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Business school is more than a time to acquire skills for your desired
job; it’s also a chance to build a strong professional network to
build your career. Research shows that those with stronger networks
have higher salaries and more promotions throughout their career.
Rather than a selfish pursuit, networking is about building meaningful
relationships with those who can help you achieve your career goals.
Business school is filled with many opportunities to meet people who
would be willing to help you, including professors, peers, and alumni.
This tips will help you strengthen your approach networking approach.

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S14

Giving a High Performer Productive Feedback
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Giving feedback, particularly constructive feedback, is often a
stressful task. As counterintuitive as it may seem, giving feedback to
a top performer can be even tougher. Top performers may not have
obvious development needs and in identifying those needs, you can
sometimes feel like you’re being nitpicky or over-demanding. In
addition, top performers may not be used to hearing constructive
feedback and may rankle at the slightest hint that they’re not
perfect.

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S15

How Much Truth Should You Share?
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Comments for this Make Your Case installment are now closed. Thanks to
all who participated. This week’s guest commentator, Marshall
Goldsmith, has posted his response to your comments and shared some
thoughts of his own below. The opening to your cube is darkened by the
familiar figure of a longtime colleague. Though you’re his immediate
[…]

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S16

Nothing's CMF Devices Prove Yet Again Cheap Doesn't Have to Mean
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Budget gadgets are usually stuck with drab designs and lackluster
specs, a challenge Nothing's sub-brand CMF has decided to take on. The
relatively new offshoot from Nothing focuses on the extreme lower end
of the market and has until now sold a smartwatch, wireless earbuds,
and chargers. Today marks its first smartphone, the CMF Phone 1,
becoming available in the US through a beta program. It's accompanied
by unique accessories, plus the new Buds Pro 2 and Watch Pro 2.

What's most remarkable about these devices is the price. I have tested
cheap and flagship smartphones for nearly a decade, and after setting
up the CMF Phone 1, I was pretty surprised to hear it costs just
$199—it looks, feels, and performs nearly twice the price.
The Watch Pro 2, an equally well-built smartwatch, will set you back
just $69, and the Buds Pro 2 are $59. Better yet, they're not just
cheap devices. There's plenty of character in their designs that make
you want to use them.

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S17

AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream
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The day is slowly turning into night, and the American special
operators are growing concerned. They are deployed to a densely
populated urban center in a politically volatile region, and local
activity has grown increasingly frenetic in recent days, the roads and
markets overflowing with more than the normal bustle of city life.
Intelligence suggests the threat level in the city is high, but the
specifics are vague, and the team needs to maintain a low
profile—a firefight could bring known hostile elements down upon
them. To assess potential threats, the Americans decide to take a more
cautious approach. Eschewing conspicuous tactical gear in favor of
blending in with potential crowds, an operator steps out into the
neighborhood's main thoroughfare to see what he can see.

With a click of a button, the operator sees … everything. A
complex suite of sensors affixed to his head-up display start
vacuuming up information from the world around him. Body language,
heart rates, facial expressions, and even ambient snatches of
conversation in local dialects are rapidly collected and routed
through his backpack supercomputers for processing with the help of an
onboard artificial intelligence engine. The information is instantly
analyzed, streamlined, and regurgitated back into the head-up display.
The assessment from the operators’ tactical AI sidekick comes
back clear: There are a series of seasonal events coming into town,
and most passersby are excited and exuberant, presenting a minimal
threat to the team. Crisis averted—for now.

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S18

Google's Nonconsensual Explicit Images Problem Is Getting Worse
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In early 2022, two Google policy staffers met with a trio of women
victimized by a scam that resulted in explicit videos of them
circulating online—including via Google search results. The
women were among the hundreds of young adults who responded to ads
seeking swimsuit models only to be coerced into performing in sex
videos distributed by the website GirlsDoPorn. The site shut down in
2020, and a producer, a bookkeeper, and a cameraman subsequently
pleaded guilty to sex trafficking, but the videos kept popping up on
Google search faster than the women could request removals.

The women, joined by an attorney and a security expert, presented a
bounty of ideas for how Google could keep the criminal and demeaning
clips better hidden, according to five people who attended or were
briefed on the virtual meeting. They wanted Google search to ban
websites devoted to GirlsDoPorn and videos with its watermark. They
suggested Google could borrow the 25-terabyte hard drive on which the
women’s cybersecurity consultant, Charles DeBarber, had
saved every GirlsDoPorn episode, take a mathematical fingerprint, or
“hash,” of each clip, and block them from ever
reappearing in search results.

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S19

His Galaxy Wolf Art Kept Getting Ripped Off. So He Sued--and Bought a
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It took Berlin artist Jonas Jödicke only a few hours to create
the artwork that would change his life. He didn’t know it
then, of course. He didn’t even know whether he wanted to
post it online. “It was really just a test,”
Jödicke says. It was a painting, made in Photoshop, of a
wolf’s head crowned in stars, with one side the shade of
the summer sky at dusk and the other pale blue, the kind of thing
you’d see on a fantasy-loving goth kid’s
T-shirt. “I just wanted to put my own spin on [the
trend].”

There were galaxy wolves before Jödicke’s, but if
you were online in the mid-2010s, Where Light and Dark Meet is the one
you remember. People printed it on hoodies, sold it on mugs, pencil
cases, even toilet seats. His sister’s partner found it
hanging over his bed in a German hotel room, Jödicke says.
“Another friend of mine went to Vietnam and in a hotel
lobby one of my artworks was on the wall—like, really big
on the wall!”

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S20

Why the Run-Up to Prime Day is the Worst Time To Shop on Amazon
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As product experts, a large part of our job here at WIRED is to help
you get the best products at the best prices. That includes helping
you find great deals during massive sales events like Black Friday
and, of course, Amazon Prime Day. If you're looking to get the best
price on that gadget that's been sitting on your cart for months, it's
important to know when to pull the trigger—and when not to. Other
than a handful of good early Prime Day deals, now is almost certainly
the time to hold your fire.

Amazon, Walmart, and other major retailers tend to jack up pricing on
all sorts of products that have long since sunk below their
manufacturer’s suggested retail price ahead of a major sale. That
way once you see it on the big day it looks like a really great
deal—even when it would have been impossible to buy the product
at the inflated price displayed even if you had tried. This isn't a
new phenomenon, and it's not limited to online sellers. A Harvard
business professor wrote a paper about the phenomenon in 2018. There
have been unsuccessful class action suits against classic
brick-and-mortar retailers like Kohl’s and JCPenney over the
practice.

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S21

DJI Mic 2 Review: A Powerful Lav Replacement
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commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIRED

Anyone who has shot video outside can attest that getting decent audio
is a huge challenge. Every passing car and gust of wind can ruin
whatever you’re trying to record. That's what makes portable clip
mics like the new DJI Mic 2 so appealing. The previous wireless mic
solution from DJI was already one of the most convenient ways to
record audio on the go, and the latest version improves on it in
almost every way.

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S22

The Best Sheets for Every Body, Bed, and Budget (2024)
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Which material should you buy? Percale or linen? We tested dozens of
sheets to find our favorites and break it all down.

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S23

The Far Right Is Already Demonizing Kamala Harris
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Far-right communities online are already demonizing Vice President
Kamala Harris after speculation that she may replace President Joe
Biden as the Democratic nominee in the US election.

But rather than focusing on her policies, experience, or ability to do
the job, the vicious attacks have focused instead on her sex life, her
race, and rethreading old conspiracies about her eligibility to be
president.

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S24

Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in Frequency and Intensity in the Past
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It feels like we are getting used to the Earth being on fire.
Recently, more than 70 wildfires burned simultaneously in Greece. In
early 2024, Chile suffered its worst wildfire season in history, with
more than 130 people killed. Last year, Canada’s record-breaking
wildfires burned from March to November, and in August, flames
devastated the island of Maui, in Hawaii. And the list goes on and on.

Watching the news, it certainly feels like catastrophic extreme
wildfires are happening more often, and unfortunately this feeling has
now been confirmed as correct. A new study published in Nature Ecology
& Evolution shows that the number and intensity of the most extreme
wildfires on Earth have doubled over the past two decades.

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S25

17 Best Early Amazon Prime Day Deals (2024)
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Prime Day falls on July 16 and 17, but we’ve handpicked deals on
WIRED-tested products—from tech to blenders to hair
straighteners—sitting at some of their lowest prices ever.

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S26

Are Corporate Human Rights Practices Up to Par?
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The Zicklin Bright Index evaluated 150 corporations and their human
rights practices in 2023, revealing key challenges that are hindering
progress.

In May, a U.S. Senate committee revealed that vehicles made by BMW,
Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen contained parts from suppliers
banned in the U.S. for employing forced Uyghur labor in China.
“Automakers’ self-policing is clearly not doing the job,” said
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.

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S27

How farmworkers are fighting extreme heat
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Farm labor is hot, backbreaking and dangerous work. To protect workers
from extreme heat and workplace exploitation, farmworker Gerardo Reyes
Chávez has teamed up with farm manager Jon Esformes for a unique
partnership. Learn how their collaborative model is keeping
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Lessons from my father's final days
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"Life is an endless sushi conveyor belt of things that are going to
test you and teach you at the same time," says writer Laurel Braitman.
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Brad Pitt stages a Formula One racing comeback in first teaser for F1
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Can a washed-up Formula One driver come out of retirement to mentor a
young rookie into a champion? That's the basic premise for F1, a
forthcoming film starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski
(Tron: Legacy, Top Gun: Maverick). Warner Bros. dropped the first
teaser for the film yesterday, right before the 2024 British Grand
Prix.

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S30

Here's NASCAR's idea for a fully electric stock car
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This past weekend was a busy one on the racing calendar. Over in the
UK, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone was yet more evidence that
Red Bull no longer has the fastest car in F1. In Ohio, IndyCar had a
mostly successful introduction of its new supercapacitor-based hybrid
system. And a couple of Great Lakes over, NASCAR held its second
street race in Chicago, choosing that event to also show off its
prototype of a fully electric stock car.

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Boeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud FAA Aircraft
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Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge and pay $243.6
million for violating a 2021 agreement that was spurred by two fatal
crashes. The US government notified a judge of Boeing's plea agreement
in a July 7 filing in US District Court for the Northern District of
Texas.

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S32

Notepad's spellcheck and autocorrect are rolling out to everybody
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In March, Microsoft started testing an update to the venerable Notepad
app that added spellcheck and autocorrect to the app's limited but
slowly growing set of capabilities. The update that adds these
features to Notepad is now rolling out to all Windows 11 users via the
Microsoft Store, as reported by The Verge.

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First-known TikTok mob attack led by middle schoolers tormenting
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A bunch of eighth graders in a "wealthy Philadelphia suburb" recently
targeted teachers with an extreme online harassment campaign that The
New York Times reported was "the first known group TikTok attack of
its kind by middle schoolers on their teachers in the United States."

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S34

The president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack.
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Investigating how the world’s largest software provider handles the
security of its own ubiquitous products.

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S35

"Immensely disappointing": Nike killing app for $350 self-tying
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In 2019, Nike got closer than ever to its dreams of popularizing
self-tying sneakers by releasing the Adapt BB. Using Bluetooth, the
sneakers paired to the Adapt app that let users do things like tighten
or loosen the shoes' laces and control its LED lights. However, Nike
has announced that it's "retiring" the app on August 6, when it will
no longer be downloadable from Apple's App Store or the Google Play
Store; nor will it be updated.

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S36

Massive car dealer ransom attack is mostly over after 2 weeks of
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After "cyber incidents" on June 19 and 20 took down CDK Global, a
software-as-a-service vendor for more than 15,000 car dealerships,
forum and Reddit comments by service tech workers and dealers advised
their compatriots to prepare for weeks, not days, before service was
restored.

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S37

Kathryn Hahn is ready to walk the Witch's Road in Agatha All Along
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The true identity of nosy next-door neighbor Agatha—played to
perfection by Kathryn Hahn—was the big reveal of 2021's WandaVision,
even inspiring a meta-jingle that went viral. Now Hahn is bringing the
character back for her own standalone adventure with Agatha All Along.
Based on the first trailer, it looks like a lot of dark, spooky fun,
just in time for the Halloween season. The nine-episode series is one
of the TV series in the MCU's Phase Five, coming on the heels of
Secret Invasion, Loki S2, What If...? S2, and Echo.

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After two rejections, Apple approves Epic Games Store app for iOS
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It's been a whirlwind journey of stops and starts, but AppleInsider
reports the Epic Game Store for iOS in the European Union has passed
Apple's notarization process.

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Now Keir Starmer Has to Decide If He'd Use Nukes
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Becoming the British prime minister means giving top-secret
orders—immediately—that could determine the fate of the
world.Following a landslide victory for the Labour Party, Britain has
a new leader. The moment Keir Starmer is officially made prime
minister of the United Kingdom, he will be given a flurry of
briefings, piles of documents, and the urgent business to run the
country. Lurking among those papers is a moral land mine.

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S40

A Happiness Expert's Frank Advice for Joe Biden
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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you
through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas,
and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Arthur C.
Brooks, an expert on leadership and happiness, discusses the trap of
staying on too long.

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S41

Joe Biden Doesn't Understand the Post-debate Reality
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The president told George Stephanopoulos that he’d drop out only
if “the Lord Almighty” directed him to do so.No interview
could reverse the damage that Joe Biden did to his campaign in the
first presidential debate, but his conversation with George
Stephanopoulos tonight showed that the president doesn’t even
understand how profound the damage is.

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S42

Nothing Good Would Come of an Israeli War in Lebanon
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Last week, former Israeli Minister and retired General Benny Gantz
said that Israel could destroy Hezbollah’s military in a matter
of days. But if such a thing could be done, Israel would have already
done it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu similarly promised
“total victory” against Hamas after October 7.These
declarations are dangerous bluster. Not only do they ultimately
portend devastation, for Lebanon as for Gaza, but the military goals
they suggest are maximalist and largely unattainable. Israel tends to
underestimate the militias it’s fighting and to take a hammer to
a problem that a hammer has never fixed.

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S43

Jill Biden's Momentous Choice
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First ladies have unique influence over their husband’s decision
to embark on a presidential campaign, and over the presidency
itself.This weekend, first lady Jill Biden has a momentous choice to
make. Does she encourage her husband to overlook his personal
well-being, recover from last week’s debate debacle, and keep up
the campaign until November? Or does she persuade him to step aside,
and yield the nomination to someone else?

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S44

What the Supreme Court's Trump-Immunity Ruling Means for 2024
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“[The Court’s] own power is also enhanced by the fact that
it will be judges deciding what are official or unofficial
acts.”The Supreme Court made history this week by issuing a
landmark ruling that dramatically expands the power of the presidency
and helps protect Donald Trump from criminal prosecution.

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S45

The Millennial Cringe of Taylor Swift
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“That is Mother,” said Eswyn Chen, a doctoral student in
atmospheric science, gesturing at a life-size cutout of Taylor Swift.
The audience—several dozen academics, students, and fans in a
lecture hall, plus me—nodded in approval.And then she launched
into her version of Swift’s “Cardigan,” rewritten so
the lyrics were no longer about the reenergizing nature of a romantic
relationship, but instead about “contourf functions” and the
“eddy-feedback parameter.”

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S46

Eight Absorbing Reads for Independence Day Weekend
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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you
through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas,
and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Our editors
compiled a list of eight absorbing reads for your Independence Day
weekend. Spend time with stories about a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme,
the search for America’s Atlantis, why Americans can’t
access some of the world’s best sunscreens, and more.

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S47

U.S. Allies Are Already Worried About Another Round of Trump
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What should America’s allies do if the leader of the free world
doesn’t care about the free world or want to lead it?Most of
America’s allies would like Joe Biden to win the U.S.
presidential election in November. He has been a fine president. His
foreign-policy team is first-class. But what if Donald Trump should
win instead? In the aftermath of Biden’s poor debate performance,
the anxieties in allied capitals are spiraling.

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S48

The Fifth Circuit Won by Losing
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The court is too radical to win even this Supreme Court’s
approval, but not too radical to influence it deeply.One of the
surprising themes of the Supreme Court’s term that effectively
ended this past Monday was how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit—the federal appeals court in New Orleans that hears cases
from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas—won even as it lost. Of
the 11 appeals the justices heard from that court (itself an
eye-popping total), the Fifth Circuit was reversed in eight of
them—the most reversals, for the second year in a row, of any
court in the country from which the Supreme Court took appeals. And
many of those reversals were in some of the term’s most
ideologically charged cases, such as lawsuits seeking to block access
to mifepristone on a nationwide basis, to invalidate the way Congress
funds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (and a host of other
agencies), and to bar the Biden administration from even talking with
social-media companies about public-health-related mis- and
disinformation.

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S49

Eight Books That Will Change Your Perspective
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An epiphany isn’t always heralded by trumpets or bolts of
lightning. I once had a flash of clarity while unlocking my bike: As
if I had also unlocked my mind, I suddenly knew that I had to end the
relationship I was in. It was one of those rare moments when you face
a truth you’ve been avoiding or see life from a new perspective.
The resulting vision isn’t always pretty (I started crying as
soon as I got on my bike), but it sparkles with lucidity.Predicting
what will snap you into awareness like this is hard, but one of the
joys of reading is encountering someone else’s awakening on the
page. Their understanding may gather slowly over the course of the
book, or the clouds may suddenly part. You may be one step ahead of a
character and itching for them to catch up, or you may be stunned
right along with them.

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S50

Why That 'House of the Dragon' Death Matters
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If only Princess Rhaenys had unleashed her dragon, Meleys, in the
Season 1 finale of House of the Dragon. Back then, the Targaryen royal
(played with a quiet gravitas by Eve Best) had the perfect opportunity
to end a war before it began. But she left the throne’s usurpers
unharmed, later explaining that such a conflict was not hers to
start.As it turns out, it was hers to lose. In tonight’s episode
of HBO’s prequel to Game of Thrones, Rhaenys finally attacked on
behalf of her chosen ruler, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), burning
through many of the opposing troops until two more dragons appeared:
Sunfyre, steered by King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney), and the imposing
Vhagar, with Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) astride her back. As the first
airborne combat in the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the
Dragons, it’s the kind of visual-effects-laden spectacle that
many of the show’s fans have been waiting for, and it ended with
Rhaenys deliberately commanding Meleys to reenter the fray despite
their evident exhaustion. When Vhagar overpowers them, both dragon and
rider plummet from the sky, Meleys crushing Rhaenys when they fall.

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