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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> "Inside Out 2" hauls in $1.46B at global box office, surpassing "Frozen 2" as the highest-grossing animated film (More) | "Deadpool & Wolverine" expected to have biggest opening weekend ever for an R-rated film (More)

> US women's national soccer team kicks off Olympics group stage with 3-0 victory over Zambia (More)

> San Diego Comic-Con kicks off; see full convention schedule (More) | Screen Actors Guild calls for strike with video game companies over use of AI (More)


Science & Technology
> NASA provides update on Boeing Starliner currently stuck at the International Space Station due to issues with helium leaks and thruster control; no return date for pair of astronauts aboard the ISS (More)

> OpenAI announces pilot of SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine meant to compete with Google and Perplexity; launch will be initially limited to 10,000 users (More) | The history of OpenAI in three minutes (More, watch)

> Butterflies can use static electricity to pull pollen grains from flowers more than half an inch away, increasing the effectiveness of the pollinators as they fly (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.5%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.9%) as tech sell-off continues and investors assess US economic growth report (More) | Cold storage giant Lineage raises $4.4B in largest initial public offering of 2024 (More)

> Southwest Airlines to end open seating for first time in 53-year history, will also offer pricier seats with extra legroom; Southwest shares close up 5.5% on the news (More) | California Supreme Court upholds ballot measure classifying gig workers like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash drivers as contractors (More)

> Supermarket chains Kroger, Albertsons pause $25B merger amid federal and state legal challenges (More) | Meta reportedly to face antitrust fine from European Commission over its bundling of Facebook and ad service Marketplace (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to discuss the war in Gaza and potential cease-fire deal; trip marks Netanyahu's first White House visit since 2020 (More) | See war updates (More)

> The US indicts North Korean hacker accused of stealing military secrets and targeting US hospitals, NASA, and military bases in cyberattack (More)

> California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issues executive order to clear homeless encampments in the state (More) | Man arrested for allegedly starting California's largest fire of the year, which has burned over 70,000 acres of land (More)

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