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As of Fri 31 Jul 2026 · 22 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest

Friday 31 July 2026

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  1. 01 · Business Insider

    3 biggest takeaways from the July Federal Reserve decision

    Kevin Warsh stripped back the Fed's forward guidance, and 30-year Treasury yields touched 5.24%, the highest since 2007.

  2. 02 · The Washington Post

    A divided Fed holds interest rates steady despite stubborn inflation

    The Fed held rates steady on Wednesday, and 30-year mortgage rates hit a one-year high of 6.66% by Thursday.

    Housing

  3. 03 · Business Insider

    Disney ditches GitHub Copilot for OpenAI's Codex

    Further reading from the day's section on the reckoning over AI capital spending.

    AI

  4. 04 · Business Insider

    Apple earnings preview: Tim Cook's last call

    Further reading from the day's section on the reckoning over AI capital spending.

  5. 05 · Platformer

    This AI notetaker won't sell surveillance to your boss

    Granola's Chris Pedregal says CEOs routinely ask for every employee's meeting transcripts, and Granola refuses.

    Surveillance · AI

  6. 06 · The Washington Post

    Early Brief: A divided field threatens Democrats' Montana Senate hopes

    Montana Democrats have until August 10 to resolve a three-way Senate race that may already be lost.

  7. 07 · The Washington Post

    5 takeaways from the Senate hearing where Fauci refused to answer questions

    Fauci invoked the Fifth at least 100 times before Rand Paul's committee, which votes next week on a contempt referral.

  8. 08 · Puck

    South Carolina's Other Graham

    Further reading from the day's section on Trump's direction of federal law enforcement and his fights with Senate Republicans.

  9. 09 · The Washington Post

    U.S. strikes Iran in response to surprise ballistic missile launch

    The US launched a heavy wave of retaliatory strikes on Iran, and Trump said he'll pretty much always hit back.

  10. 10 · The Washington Post

    A shrinking weapons stockpile is testing the Pentagon's sweeping new strategy

    Further reading from the day's section on Iran, the Gulf and the limits of American power.

  11. 11 · The Athletic

    Breaking down FIFA's stake sale, how it compares to other sports and whether it's necessary

    FIFA plans to spin its commercial operations into FIFA Forward Enterprise and sell roughly 20% at a $20B valuation to raise up to $4.2B.

  12. 12 · The Athletic

    FIFA's $4.2bn World Cup stake sale: Who will invest? Who could stop this?

    JPMorgan is running FIFA's stake sale, with Josh Kushner's Thrive reported to be in talks to lead.

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  1. 13 · The Athletic

    Is Infantino's indecent proposal really such a surprise?

    Infantino defended the stake sale as a golden opportunity after UEFA voted to boycott the World Cup and all FIFA competitions.

  2. 14 · The Athletic

    Apollo Sports Capital proposes $1.1B loan to the Bundesliga

    Apollo proposed a $1.1B loan to the Bundesliga backed by twenty years of media rights.

    Streaming rights

  3. 15 · Digiday

    Time has started serving ads to AI bots

    Time has started selling ads targeted at AI bots, with Ally Bank and the Project Management Institute among the first buyers.

    AI

  4. 16 · Digiday

    OpenAI's ChatGPT reaches the coupon stage of building an ad business

    OpenAI has reached what Digiday calls the coupon stage of building an ad business.

    AI

  5. 17 · Status

    The WSJ's Tech Tremors

    Status reports an unusual run of corrections from the WSJ's San Francisco bureau after Emma Tucker's tech-desk overhaul.

  6. 18 · Puck

    Could Trump Actually Make I.P.O.s Great Again?

    Bill Cohan uses SpaceX's $1.77T IPO, down about 50% from its June high, to argue for fixing IPO pricing.

    Space · IPO

  7. 19 · Digiday

    Inside Unilever's 300,000 creator network: the logistics behind the headline number

    Further reading from the day's reading list.

  8. 20 · Digiday

    Threatening to quit Google's crawlers is just publishers' new hope

    Further reading from the day's reading list.

  9. 21 · Defector

    Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Las Vegas Raiders

    Further reading from the day's reading list.

  10. 22 · Semafor

    A Republican in Montana's Senate race gets a boost

    Further reading from the day's reading list.

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