Wired: New Firefighting Technologies Could Help Battle Blazes Like Those in France and Spain Link: https://www.wired.com/story/firefighting-technologies-battle-wildfires-france-sp ain/
Live Science: Ancient human relative cannibalized both adults and children in a cave in Spain 850,000 years ago, fossils reveal Link: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/ancient-hu...
Bloody Elbow: Dan Hooker relieved to learn return details after being honest with coach about UFC Paris matchup Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/27/dan-hooker-relieved-to-learn-return-details-a f...
TechCrunch: Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the U.S. military Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/antares-raises-470m-to-build-nuclear-reactors- for-the-u-s-military/
TechCrunch: OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/openais-hugging-face-breach-has-reignited-the- debate-over-alignmen...
The Verge: Why China is giving away its best AI models Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/971444/how-chinese-open-weig ht-ai-models-impact-us-companies
TechCrunch: Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/threads-users-can-now-chat-with-meta-ai-in-the ir-dms/
TechCrunch: Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/googles-ai-search-is-rapidly-becoming-the-defa ult-new-data-shows/
TechCrunch: Power up your AI infrastructure! A first look at the Smart Systems Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/power-up-your-ai-infrastructure-a-first-l...
TechCrunch: Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/ilya-sutskevers-safe-superintelligence-partner s-with-nvidia-t...
Bloody Elbow: Magomed Ankalaev blames Bogdan Guskov for drab UFC Abu Dhabi main event in response to Paulo Costa Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/27/magomed-ankalaev-blames-bogdan-guskov-for-dra...
The Verge: SDCC 2026’s best trailers are heavy on cyberpunk and sci-fi Link: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/971285/sdcc-2026-trailers-neuromancer-bla de-runner-carrie
RootBadger stirred up so much shit?
Bloody Elbow: ‘He ate his purse’: Paddy Pimblett criticized by fans again for huge weight gain weeks after UFC 329 win Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/27/he-ate-his-purse-paddy-pimblett-criticiz...
ScienceDaily: Why Jupiter has several giant moons but Saturn has only Titan Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260727012143.htm
The Verge: Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance – without OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/971281/nvidia-open-secure-ai alliance-cyb...
MMA Fighting: Morning Report: Chael Sonnen claims security guard asked him to arrange Dana White meeting, UFC fight Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/501536/morning-report-chael-sonnen-claims-secu...
The Verge: With smart glasses, Meta holds all the cards but fails to play them well Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/970948/meta-smart-glasses-privacy-wearables
Everyone talks about missing the old Internet, but I’m curious what people think actually ruined it. Was it social media algorithms? Reddit-style voting? SEO spam? Influencers? Corporate moderation? M...
Ars Technica: Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/artist-sues-ai-meme-generator-for-se lling-deeply-persona...