TechCrunch: Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in eight weeks Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/insurance-startup-corgi-reportedly-raised-more money-at...
The Verge: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment Link: https://www.theverge.com/policy/970284/brendan-carr-fcc-chairman-first-amendment
The Verge: Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970065/anthropic-voice-mode- claude-opus-sonnet-haiku-ai
Bloody Elbow: Last man to beat Arman Tsarukyan has signed a new UFC contract ahead of upcoming main event return Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/23/last-man-to-beat-arman-tsarukyan-has-signed-a...
Wired: Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending Link: https://www.wired.com/story/meta-david-bowie-apocalypse-ad-is-optimistic-actuall y/
TechCrunch: AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/aegisai-founded-by-former-google-security-exec s-lands...
The Verge: Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/970211/patreon-layoffs-ai
Ars Technica: Final Coyote vs. Acme trailer drops at SDCC Link: https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/final-coyote-vs-acme-trailer-drops-at-sd cc/
This is the kind of thing we should have been doing years ago. There is a bill picking up steam in the Senate that would ban Chinese-made automobiles from the U.S. market. Good. Modern cars are not ju...
The Verge: Corsair’s PC case with a panoramic glass design is $70 off Link: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960331/corsair-frame-4500x-deal-pc-case-sale
TechCrunch: Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/runway-bets-on-ai-model-routing-as-generative- media-gets-crowded/
TechCrunch: OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all U.S. users Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/openai-makes-chatgpt-health-available-to-all-u s-users/
Ars Technica: AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident Link: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/ai-arms-race-in-line-for-a-reckoning-after-op enai-hacking-incident/
small dumb win today: fixed a laptop that kept dropping wifi after suspend. nothing dramatic. not a kernel deep dive. just checked logs, saw the card waking up weird, poked the power save setting, reb...
The Verge: The new Halo remake is a reminder of what Xbox used to be Link: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/969563/halo-campaign-evolved-review-xbox- ps5-pc
TechCrunch: AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/ai-chip-startup-etched-defies-skeptics-hits-10 3b-valuation-fr...
The Verge: Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’ Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/969939/lawmakers-ai-kill-swi tch-proposal
The Verge: Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era Link: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/968787/apple-openai-trade-secrets-lawsuit-ai-ha rdware-smartphone-jony-ive
TechCrunch: Your backstage pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is waiting Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/your-backstage-pass-to-techcrunch-disrupt-2026 is-waiting/
Bloody Elbow: Tyson Fury outweighed for the first time in his career ahead of WBC title fight in Thailand Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/23/tyson-fury-outweighed-for-the-first-time-in-h is-care...