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-thrusters-with-16m/
Bloody Elbow: Vitaly and Larry Wheels weigh in almost 50lb apart ahead of Brand
Risk Promotions fight
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/21/vitaly-and-larry-wheels-weigh-in-almost-50lb-
apart-ahead-of-brand-risk-promo...
Bloody Elbow: Conor McGregor takes aim at ‘most punched face in UFC history’ Max
Holloway amid trilogy push
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/21/conor-mcgregor-takes-aim-at-most-punched-face
-in-ufc-history-max-hollo...
MMA Fighting: Rafael dos Anjos returns to fight Alexander Hernandez at UFC 332
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/506116/rafael-dos-anjos-returns-to-fight-alexand
er-hernandez-at-ufc-332
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/
MMA Fighting: UFC Sacramento Preview Show: Can Anthony Hernandez get back on
track against Gregory Rodrigues?
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/506190/ufc-sacramento-preview-show-can-anthony-h
ernandez-get-back-on-tr...
Bloody Elbow: Ex-UFC title challenger survives trend of surprise roster removals
by signing new 8-fight deal
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/21/ex-ufc-title-challenger-survives-trend-of-sur
prise-roster-removals-by...
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-48-hours/
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/
Bloody Elbow: Din Thomas did Gillian Robertson a favor by turning her into a
‘legit star’ argues former UFC fighter
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/21/din-thomas-did-gillian-robertson-a-favor-by-t
urning-her-into-a...
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
MMA Fighting: Gilbert Burns open to wrestling Colby Covington in RAF: ‘That
would be a good one’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/raf-wrestling/495252/gilbert-burns-open-to-wrestling
-colby-covington-in-raf-that-would-b...
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/