On Today’s Episode:

• Global Tech Outage Grounds Flights and Hits Businesses, by Derrick Bryson Taylor

• Six Takeaways From the Republican Convention, by Shane Goldmacher

• People Close to Biden Say He Appears to Accept He May Have to Leave the Race, by Michael D. Shear, Peter Baker and Katie Rogers

• The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast, by Kevin Roose

• Bob Newhart, 94, Dies; Soft-Spoken Everyman Became a Comedy Star, by Neil Genzlinger

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