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Democrats Bet America Is Ready to Elect a Black Woman President

Gender and race move to the center of the campaign with Kamala Harris expected to lead the party’s ticket

A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money

The top shows are adding video, merchandise and live tours and signing megadeals with Spotify, Sirius and Amazon.

Why a Cold-Storage Company Just Delivered the Year’s Hottest IPO

Lineage just had the biggest stock offering of the year. It’s speeding up how we get everything from strawberries to steaks.

CrowdStrike’s CEO Has Known Failure—but Never Like This

‘A piece of software shouldn’t be able to take everything out,’ says George Kurtz

Paris Olympics Open With Tour de Force on the River Seine

The three-hour show saw 205 delegations on 85 boats wind past a string of stages on the nearly four-mile course

Harris Erases Trump’s Lead, WSJ Poll Finds

Two candidates are effectively tied after Biden’s exit shakes up race

Silicon Valley Steps Up for Native Kamala Harris in Trump Showdown

Tech industry is hopeful she will have a friendlier stance on artificial intelligence and mergers

Can the Olympics Save the Summer?

In the nick of time from Paris: Sprinters, ballers, leapers, break dancers (!), Seine-swimming triathletes (!!) and robot Al Michaels (!!!) are here to provide badly needed seasonal relief

The Dirty Secret of Olympic Swimming: Everyone Pees in the Pool

Between intense hydration and skin-tight swimsuits, athletes say they often have no choice when nature calls but to trust that swimming-pool chlorine will do its job

French Rail Lines Hit by Coordinated Attack as Paris Olympics Begins

French officials say arson along several lines of France’s high-speed trains caused outages that could last for days