TechCrunch: Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/michael-polansky-is-training-an-ai-model-on-sk in-thats-still-alive/
Ars Technica: Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land Link: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/trump-admin-calls-for-more-spaceports-to-h andle-surge-in-launches...
TechCrunch: Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/japanese-space-tech-startup-letara-expands-bey ond-satellite-thruste...
Wired: The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom Link: https://www.wired.com/story/the-unlikely-place-at-the-center-of-chinas-ai-boom/
Wired: Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet Link: https://www.wired.com/story/teslas-door-handles-lead-to-its-biggest-recall-yet/
TechCrunch: Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/anthropics-opus-4-6-is-a-smut-machine/
TechCrunch: Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/nvidia-partners-with-data-center-developer-clo verleaf/
The Verge: HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/983500/hoverair-versa-halted-us-fcc-drone-ban-indi egogo
TechCrunch: How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/how-ai-accounting-startup-rillet-raised-100m-a nd-became-a-unicorn-in...
Ars Technica: Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/researchers-use-thunderquakes-to-study-s tructure-of-earths-surface/
The Verge: Over one million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/983502/linkedin-ai-slop-butt on-one-million-people-message
TechCrunch: Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/apple-is-reportedly-cutting-hundreds-of-jobs-f rom-siri-vision-pro-teams/
TechCrunch: TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/tiktok-reaches-400m-settlement-over-childrens- privacy-lawsuit/
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Ars Technica: Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/motorolas-grapheneos-phones-will-launch- in-2027-priced-higher-th...
The Verge: Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Siri Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/983451/apple-layoffs-vision-pro-siri
TechCrunch: Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/nvidia-just-showed-that-the-harness-not-the-ai model-is-now-the-real-her...
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Ars Technica: Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars Link: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/chinese-regulators-tell-tesla-to-fix-nearly 3-million-cars/
TechCrunch: Tesla’s solar roof is dead. Here’s what went wrong Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/teslas-solar-roof-is-dead-heres-what-went-wron g/