VOL. 2026 · NO. 193 WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2026

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Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name

When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biotech was still reeling from its post-pandemic crash. Now, the venture outfit has a team of 17; a cluster of blockbuster drugs are all losing patent protection in roughly the same window, creating all kinds of new opportunities; and AI has gone from a curiosity to, in Jobs's words, a huge part of what Yosemite does. "I didn't expect Yosemite to be moving this fast," he said.
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'Animals', Hand of God and Beckham - Argentina and England's World Cup rivalry

As England and Argentina prepare to go head-to-head in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final, BBC Sport looks at their footballing rivalry.
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'The perfect football song': Why England fans (like Beckham) and players love Wonderwall

David Beckham joined in with the latest Oasis singalong, following England's World Cup win in Miami.
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US Senator and close Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness'

The influential politician had just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
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