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This summer, Fernando Alfonso, the Texas editor for The New York Times, got in a car with a man named Philip. They drove around the suburban streets of Dallas searching for traffic cameras — not for a red-light camera, or a speed-trap camera, but something new, an automatic license-plate reader made by a company called Flock.

Law enforcement officials say these cameras are essential to fighting crime, but Phillip and people like him, who have located 100,000 flock cameras all over the country, see them as something else: the beginnings of a surveillance state.

Today, Kashmir Hill, a technology and privacy writer at The New York Times, discusses the company behind the cameras and the mounting backlash.

Guest: Kashmir Hill, a technology and privacy writer at The New York Times.

Background reading: One thing Texan liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.

Photo: Desiree Rios for The New York Times

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The U.S. Open, the final tournament of the tennis season, is getting underway. The world’s best players are heading to the U.S.T.A. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., to battle it out for the chance to play a championship match at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena in the world.

The players come freighted with great expectations, previous victories and defeats, aches and pains, personal dramas and professional rivalries, all of which they will carry with them out on the court when they play. Tennis is a game that exposes a lot about its players, which is one of the things that makes it so beloved around the world.

In this episode of the “Sunday Daily,” the host Natalie Kitroeff talks with Matthew Futterman, a senior tennis writer for The Athletic and the author of “The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis,” about this year’s crop of players. They’ll dig into the biggest rivalries and dramas brewing in the tournament ahead.

On Today’s Episode:

Matthew Futterman, a senior tennis writer for The Athletic, and the author of “The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis.”

Background Reading:

“U.S. Open Men’s Title Contenders: Jannik Sinner Cut, Carlos Alcaraz In and a U.S. Man’s Big Chance?”

Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images.

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At 78, the cookbook author and Food Network host knows what she likes, knows what she wants and isn’t stopping anytime soon.

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Warning: this episode mentions suicide.

The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother who is being tried for the killings of her three young children, has captivated the country for weeks. It has also raised difficult questions about how we treat postpartum women who are in crisis.

Ellen Barry, a New York Times reporter who has been covering the trial, takes us inside the courtroom and explains the stakes of the outcome.

Guest: Ellen Barry, a reporter covering mental health for The New York Times.

Background reading:

What we know about the trial of Lindsay Clancy for her children’s deaths.

Why the Lindsay Clancy case is dividing Americans.

How to understand the wide range of sympathy for a mother on trial for murder.

Photo: Pool photo by Greg Derr

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Meta, the world’s biggest social media company, reached a multibillion-dollar legal settlement on Wednesday over claims that its technology was addictive to children.

The company agreed to impose major changes to how minors use its products.

Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains why a company that almost never backs down finally cut a deal, and whether this will start a new era of accountability for Big Tech.

Guest: Cecilia Kang, a reporter covering technology and regulatory policy for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion over claims of social media addiction.

A movement to restrict social media for children has taken hold globally.

Photo: Jason Henry for The New York Times

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