• ☝️ 35Awards recently announced the best underwater photo winners from its ninth annual international photography awards.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed (S&P: -0.9%; Dow: +0.1%; Nasdaq: -2.0%) | 📈 The US Consumer Price Index rose 3.0% year-over-year in June, matching its lowest level since March 2021; core inflation rose 0.1% compared to May, the smallest monthly increase since August 2021.
• 🥤 PepsiCo reported Q2 earnings that beat analysts’ estimates, but also warned of weaker US consumer demand. | ✈️ Delta reported record Q2 revenue, though earnings fell below analysts’ expectations due to discounted fares; the airline also forecast record revenue for Q3 thanks to booming summer travel demand.
• 🙅 Google parent Alphabet has reportedly abandoned its plans to acquire marketing software maker HubSpot. | 🚖🤖 Tesla is reportedly postponing its planned robotaxi unveiling from August to October (a huge surprise given the company’s history of meeting timelines).

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🍿 Inside Out 2 is now Pixar's highest-grossing film of all time, with $1.25+ billion in global ticket sales less than one month after its release.
• 🙏 Shelley Duvall, the actress best known for her starring roles in The Shining and Nashville, passed away at 75.
• 🏀 The NBA has reportedly reached an official agreement on a record 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal with ESPN, Amazon, and NBC. | ⚖️ Former NBA player Jontay Porter, who was banned from the league for life for gambling on his own performance, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a case tied to his gambling scandal.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🎗️📉 Nearly half of all US adult cancer deaths could be prevented by making lifestyle changes, per a new American Cancer Society study.
• 💊 Pfizer said it’ll continue to develop a once-daily version of its weight loss pill, danuglipron, after it saw “encouraging” data in an early-stage trial.
• 🦣 A piece of wooly mammoth skin dating back 52,000 years that was excavated from the Siberian permafrost was found to contain a fossilized chromosome with its 3D structure still intact, marking a first-of-its-kind discovery.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• ⚖️🏥 The FTC reportedly plans to sue the largest three pharmacy-benefit managers for how they negotiate drug prices; this comes after the agency delivered a scathing report on the practice earlier this week.
• 🚢🇨🇳 The US Coast Guard said it encountered four Chinese military vessels in the Bering Sea off Alaska; the ships were legally located in international waters but within the US exclusive economic zone.
• 🇺🇸🇲🇽 President Biden announced new 25% tariffs on steel product imports from Mexico that weren’t melted and poured in the US, Mexico, or Canada; the move is aimed at limiting China’s evasion of existing US tariffs.

CLICKBAIT

• 🛒 What your grocery cart says about you.