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1. Mysterious Midwest Tornadoes, Airbnb's NYC Truce, and More News

   Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

2. 885 Million First American Financial Records Exposed Online

   Real estate giant First American left Social Security numbers, tax documents, and more publicly available.

3. Gadget Lab Podcast: Samsung’s Innovation Dilemma

   David Eun, president of Samsung’s innovation arm NEXT, says younger consumers are shifting towards experiences, not things. What does that mean for a company that makes devices?

4. Apple's MacBook Pro Keyboard Fix Comes Down to Tiny Tweaks

   There are at least two material differences in the 2019 MacBook Pro keyboard, intended to fix its sticky keys.

5. Netflix's Anything-Goes Philosophy Gets to Parody Rap with Lonely Island's 'Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience'

   A surprise "visual poem" from Lonely Island embraces late-’80s sports and rap nostalgia—and tightens Netflix's grip on comedy gambles.

6. 'Game of Thrones': A Battle of Reality Versus Fantasy

   And reality won.

7. Climate Change Is Bringing Epic Flooding to the Midwest

   We often focus on coastal cities when we talk about rising waters, but massive rainfall in the middle of the US has put millions at risk, harming the nation’s ability to produce food.

8. Midwest Tornadoes: Why It’s So Hard to Predict Where a Twister Will Strike

   A series of tornadoes has brought devastation to the Midwest. Ideally, we could forecast such twisters, but the phenomenon is confounding.

9. WIRED's 14 Must-Read Books of Summer

   It's time to charge up the Kindle.

10. The Tricky Physics of How the Avengers Manage to Fly

    To understand how Star-Lord flies, you have to consider both the forces acting on him (hello, jet boots) and the torque.