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• World Cup host city Philadelphia put on the country's only free FanFest.
• Planning for the 39-day festival began in 2019 to cement the city's status as an event-hosting hub.
• We attended on July 2 to experience "soccer Coachella" ourselves.

For the past month, World Cup hospitality has been the

When I arrived at Wimbledon's All England Club on Friday, men's semi-final day, security guards and ball boys were arriving for work before the ground opened to the public at 10 a.m.

It was at 8.20 a.m., and in Wimbledon Park opposite, thousands of would-be spectators stood in a line that appeared to stretch for at least a

• USS Arlington, an active US Navy warship, offered tours in honor of America's 250th anniversary.
• My tour included the well deck, hangar bay, flight deck, and forecastle.
• Security was tight, and photography was off-limits in some locations.

As a resident of New York City, I'm used to

• Dad and I were flying across the Atlantic because I had a business launch, and he was my plus one.
• When we checked in, we realized that my dad had accidentally bought Mom's passport instead of his.
• He was distraught, and I calmed him down, as if I were the parent. Still, I left him at the airport.

I was a Londoner and had recently accepted a job at a

• DoD announced big awards for the development of new laser weapons.
• Projects involving lasers and other directed-energy weapons are seen as low-cost defense options.
• With these weapons, there have long been concerns about the technical hurdles and

• House GOP introduced a slate of bills intended to "right-size" the Education Department.
• One of the bills codifies the department's plan to transfer student-loan accounts to the Treasury.
• The transfer is set to occur in phases

• Fidij Simo is stepping down from her executive role at OpenAI.
• Simo took medical leave in April to treat postural tachycardia syndrome, or POTS.
• POTS is a disorder that can cause heart palpitations, lightheadedness, and fainting.

Fidji Simo is stepping down from her executive role at OpenAI.

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Nine months ago, OpenAI announced the launch of its brand new web browser known as Atlas. Now the AI giant has announced it is sunsetting the product.

OpenAI's James Sun, a member of the product staff, announced a slew of OpenAI updates Thursday. These included the new ChatGPT 5.6 and a new desktop app called ChatGPT Work.

But then at the end of the announcement, Sun revealed that the company was

Sometimes it feels like the European Union is the only entity on Earth that's interested in reigning in big tech companies.

Case in point: On Thursday, the European Commission preliminarily found that Meta apps like Facebook and Instagram were in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act, on the grounds that they feature "addictive design." The commission noted features such as autoplaying videos