MMA Fighting: UFC 330 broadcast team revealed with usual trio calling Islam
Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry main event
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/504374/ufc-330-broadcast-team-revealed-with...
Bloody Elbow: Coach who said he’d ‘get rid’ of Islam Makhachev thinks Ian
Machado presents ‘rare’ grappling issue
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/11/coach-who-said-hed-get-rid-of-islam-makhachev...
The Verge: Another OpenAI executive takes off
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/978048/brad-lightcap-openai-
executive-departure
Claude AI has increased its usage limits, but is it really enough? I don’t think
so. You’re still limited by tokens, and tokens still cost money.
I much prefer a shared usage pool—the same one you’d...
Bloody Elbow: Quillan Salkilld now one spot below Paddy Pimblett in UFC rankings
update after main event win
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/11/quillan-salkilld-now-one-spot-below-paddy-pim
blet...
Bloody Elbow: Ian Machado Garry claims it’s ‘not a discussion’ that he’s fought
tougher UFC opposition than Islam Makhachev
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/11/ian-machado-garry-makes-bold-compar...
Live Science: 'Like a jail door slamming': Male sperm whales' mysterious
rhythmic clanging is the loudest communication sound of any animal
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/animals/whales/like-a-jail...
The Verge: ‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977909/zoom-vulnerability-ai
-attack
every single one of you.
Wired: AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-could-help-fossil-fuel-companies-create-more-emis
sions/
The Verge: Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977733/amazon-order-emails-g
oogle-gmail-ai-agents-data
The Verge: GuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift
thumbsticks
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/976972/gulikit-es-max-anti-drift-tmr-switch-2-wire
less-controller-price-...
TechCrunch: Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music
from recommendations
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/spotify-will-label-ai-persona-profiles-and-exc
lude-their-musi...
The Verge: Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977823/anthropic-claude-ai-w
atermarks-c2pa-text-images
TechCrunch: Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/anthropic-says-it-will-watermark-text-generate
d-by-its-ai-models/
Bloody Elbow: Alex Pereira’s 6’8” training partner pays homage to ‘Poatan’ with
KO to advance to Grand Prix final
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/11/alex-pereiras-68-training-partner-pays-homage...
Wired: A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-trick-reveals-ai-models-inner-thoughts/
The Verge: The AI takeover of mathematics has begun
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977273/the-ai-takeover-of-ma
thematics-has-begun
Sherdog: Rizin 54: Kyoma Akimoto Beats Kleber Koike Erbst, ‘Patchy’ Mix Loses
Again
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Rizin-54-Kyoma-Akimoto-Beats-Kleber-Koike-Erbs
t-Patchy-Mix-Loses-Again-2023...
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