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Available Sept. 10: 'Tools and Weapons' from Microsoft President Brad Smith

Can the world control the technology it creates? Tools and Weapons from Microsoft President Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne looks at the impact of AI, the rise of cyberattacks, threats to digital privacy and other big technology issues. Read about it here.

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As missiles fly and oil prices soar, the Iran war is exposing another major resource vulnerability in the Middle East: water. Fresh water has been a scarce commodity in a region defined by a dry climate and low rainfall, but attacks on the region’s desalination plants, which convert seawater into drinking water, threaten to open a new front.