MMA Fighting: Mailbag: Is Usman Nurmagomedov destined for the UFC, and if so,
who does he fight?
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/503568/mailbag-is-usman-nurmagomedov-destined-fo
r-the-ufc-and-if...
Bloody Elbow: Daniel Cormier praises Arman Tsarukyan for ‘saying yes to
everybody’ after UFC 331 opponent change
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/07/daniel-cormier-praises-arman-tsarukyan-for-sa...
The Verge: OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too
powerful
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/976948/openai-astra-model-pa
use-critical-cyber-capabili...
The Verge: Disney Plus tries a new AI-powered search
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/976881/disney-plus-ai-recommendation-espn-sea
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The Verge: What’s behind the Google AI shakeup
Link: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/976784/google-deepmind-ai-race-vergecast
TechCrunch: Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/cloudflare-launches-kitesurf-a-browser-built-f
or-ai-agents/
Bloody Elbow: Islam Makhachev warned of ‘nightmare’ fight against 30-1 UFC
welterweight who is ‘stronger’ than him
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/07/islam-makhachev-warned-of-nightmare-fight-ag...
TechCrunch: Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new
search function
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/airbnb-says-ai-is-helping-it-ship-features-fas
ter-as-it-tests-a...
Wired: Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-used-ai-to-create-16-new-viruses/
Bloody Elbow: Alistair Overeem tells Conor McGregor to retire after yet another
injury… ‘He’s not an athlete’
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/07/alistair-overeem-tells-conor-mcgregor-to-reti
re-...
Ars Technica: ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/bytedance-trains-massive-ai-model-in-bid-to-r
ival-anthropic/
Nature: Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales and mole
rats offer tantalizing hints
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02488-3
The Verge: The best classic slasher movie you’ll never watch
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/975850/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-mias
ma-production-design
The Verge: Trying to explain One Night Only’s tech-enforced sex dystopia
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/975917/one-night-only-sex-purge-movie-que
stions-tech
Wired: The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/this-chatbot-is-just-a-random-guy-lol/
Live Science: AI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption
systems — is your data under threat?
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-found-a-w...
Wired: One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Broken Containment
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/moonshot-kimi-k3-ai-model-escape-sandbox/
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The Idaho In-N-Out shooting is one of those stories where the politics gets loud
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From what police and local reporting have said, Jordan Salinas returned fire,
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TechCrunch: OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300
and $400
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/openais-new-ai-smart-speaker-will-reportedly-s
ell-for-between-300-and-...