1. Photographed slide from the AIDS 2026 conference showing a State Department map that mislabeled Nigeria, Mozambique, Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire, Malawi and Cameroon
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    State Department Map Mislabels Every African Country at AIDS 2026 Conference

    A State Department map shown at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro mislabeled every country it depicted, misplacing Nigeria, Mozambique, and Cote d'Ivoire. Reuters found a watermark on the image indicating it was made with OpenAI's tools.

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  2. Nike Air Zoom Flight '98 "The Glove" in Black/White-University Red
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    The Daily Roundup: Nike's Air Zoom Flight '98 'The Glove' Returns, Draymond Green Re-Signs for $27.7M, Spider-Man: Brand New Day Opens, and Apple Briefly Tops $5 Trillion — July 31, 2026

    Nike's Air Zoom Flight '98 'The Glove' returns at $170, Draymond Green re-signs with the Warriors for $27.7 million, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens with a $230M-plus weekend projected.

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  3. Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City
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    Apple Briefly Reaches $5 Trillion Market Cap, Second Company Ever

    Apple shares hit an intraday high of $342.89 on July 28, pushing its market cap to roughly $5.036 trillion and making it only the second company, after Nvidia, to cross that threshold.

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  4. NikeSKIMS Rift Satin sneaker in the Night Silver colorway
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    The Daily Roundup: NikeSKIMS' Rift Satin 'Night Silver' Releases, Red Sox and Pirates Strike MLB Trade Deadline Deals, The Odyssey Crosses $289M, and Microsoft's $90B Quarter — July 30, 2026

    Nike x SKIMS' Rift Satin "Night Silver" releases for $160, MLB's Aug. 3 trade deadline heats up with the Red Sox and Pirates already dealing, and Microsoft posts $90B in quarterly revenue with a $3.2B gain from its Anthropic stake.

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  5. Open laptop with lock iconography, illustrating Anthropic's cryptography research
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    Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview Finds New Weaknesses in HAWK and AES Ciphers

    Anthropic disclosed that its unreleased research model found a faster attack on the post-quantum candidate HAWK, roughly halving its effective security, and a much faster attack on a reduced-round AES-128 variant — with no impact on production systems, the company says.

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  6. Air Jordan 6 "Oreo" 2026 lateral view, style code CT8529-108
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    The Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 6 'Oreo' Returns, Kawhi Leonard Investigation Ends Fact-Finding, CVC Buys DistroKid, and Nvidia's $250B Ohio Deal — July 28, 2026

    The Air Jordan 6 "Oreo" returns August 8 for $215, the NBA's Kawhi Leonard investigation ends its fact-finding phase, CVC Capital Partners acquires a majority stake in DistroKid, and Nvidia is in talks to guarantee $250 billion for OpenAI's Ohio data center.

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  7. NVIDIA domestic AI infrastructure manufacturing
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    Nvidia in Talks to Guarantee $250 Billion for OpenAI's Ohio Data Center

    Nvidia is in talks to guarantee roughly $250 billion in financing for OpenAI's planned 10-gigawatt data center in Piketon, Ohio, built by SoftBank's SB Energy. The full project, including chips, could cost more than $500 billion.

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  8. Air Jordan 13 "Flint" 2026 lateral view showing navy mesh, Flint Grey suede and white leather
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    The Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 13 'Flint' Returns, NFL Camps Open With Mahomes Cleared, JAY-Z Pursues Fenty Beauty, and Nvidia's $500B Korea Deal — July 27, 2026

    The Air Jordan 13 "Flint" returns August 1 for $215, Patrick Mahomes is fully cleared for Chiefs training camp, JAY-Z pursues LVMH's Fenty Beauty stake, and Nvidia strikes a $500 billion AI deal with South Korea's SK Group.

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  9. Jensen Huang and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won at a dinner in Woodside, California ahead of the AI Summit
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    SK Group and Nvidia Announce $500 Billion-Plus AI Infrastructure Partnership

    SK Group and Nvidia announced a partnership worth more than $500 billion to build AI infrastructure in South Korea, anchored by a 2-gigawatt data center coming online in 2027.

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  10. Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 launch announcement graphic
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    Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5 as New Default Model on Claude Max

    Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026, pricing it at $5 and $25 per million tokens and making it the default model on Claude Max, the strongest available on Claude Pro.

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  11. Aechelon, a Shield AI company, simulation graphic showing autonomous aircraft over terrain
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    Shield AI Raises $1.5B Series G at $12.7B Valuation, Acquires Aechelon

    Shield AI raised $1.5 billion at a $12.7 billion valuation to fund its acquisition of Aechelon Technology, a maker of military flight-simulation software.

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  12. The United Center in Chicago, host of the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game.
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    The Daily Roundup: Nike's 'WNBA All-Star' Sneaker Drops, the WNBA All-Star Game Lands in Chicago, Charli xcx and Tyla Lead New Music Friday, and the White House Accuses Moonshot of Copying Anthropic — July 24, 2026

    Nike's Kobe "WNBA All-Star" Dunk Low leads a weekend of All-Star sneaker drops, the WNBA All-Star Game tips off Saturday at Chicago's United Center, Charli xcx and Tyla headline New Music Friday, and the White House accuses Moonshot AI of copying Anthropic's Fable model.

    ·4 min read