MMA Fighting: PFL Washington D.C. loses one half of main event, replacement
stepping into title fight
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/pfl/500820/pfl-washington-d-c-loses-one-half-of-main
-event-repl...
The Verge: Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated
instructions
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/970399/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-update-smart-home-devi
ces
TechCrunch: AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack scale system
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/amd-takes-on-nvidia-with-its-helios-ai-rack-sc
ale-system/
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-a...
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 j...
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, re...
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-f...
The Verge: Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/969939/lawmakers-ai-kill-swi
tch-proposal