Ars Technica: Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on
kids
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/weak-roblox-safeguards-failed-to-sto
p-adults-contacting-kids-regulator-says/
TechCrunch: Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/castelion-hits-13b-valuation-to-mass-produce-h
ypersonic-missiles/
MMA Fighting: Daniel Marcos opens up on surprising UFC departure ahead of PFL
Tampa debut
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/492568/daniel-marcos-opens-up-on-surprising-ufc-
departure-ahead-of-pfl-tampa-debut
Bloody Elbow: Paddy Pimblett breaks down his UFC beefs: Why he respects Ilia
Topuria, but not Arman Tsarukyan
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/paddy-pimblett-breaks-down-his-ufc-beefs-why-
he-respects-ilia-topuri...
Wired: Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-doesnt-get-why-you-hate-ai/
The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/982955/meta-mark-zuckerberg-strancally-castle-irel
and
TechCrunch: Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just
track a schedule
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/linkdazes-smart-calendar-is-built-to-run-a-hou
sehold-not-just-track-a-schedule/
Bloody Elbow: Shavkat Rakhmonov will ‘never fight again’ according to fellow UFC
contender who believes ‘he’s done’
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/shavkat-rakhmonov-will-never-fight-again-acco
rding-to-fellow-u...
The Verge: Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/games/982885/roblox-australia-safety-regulator-child-sa
fety
TechCrunch: Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/grok-keeps-sending-gibberish-responses-to-user
s/
TechCrunch: The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need
to know
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/the-investors-guide-to-techcrunch-disrupt-2026
-everything-you-need-to-know/
The Verge: Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its
older laptops
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/982800/framework-laptop-13-amd-7040-bios-320-br
icking-warranty
TechCrunch: A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of
AI authorship, study finds
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/a-third-of-webpages-published-since-chatgpts-l
aunch-show-signs-of-ai-auth...
TechCrunch: Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure
partner
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/early-cerebras-investor-adit-singh-joins-mayfi
eld-as-infrastructure-partner/
Live Science: 'This is not the outcome we were working towards': $30 million
mission to save NASA's Swift telescope fails
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/this-is-not-the-outcome-we-w
ere-working...
MMA Fighting: BKFC president David Feldman reacts to Mike Perry taking Dillon
Danis fight rather than return to BKFC
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/bkfc/505754/bkfc-president-david-feldman-reacts-to-m
ike-perry-taking...
Bloody Elbow: UFC ‘cannot legally’ make Usman Nurmagomedov an offer as PFL boss
clarifies his free agent status
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/ufc-cannot-legally-make-usman-nurmagomedov-an
-offer-as-pfl-boss-cl...
TechCrunch: Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ramp-launches-its-own-ai-model-router-called-r
outer/
Bloody Elbow: Jon Jones takes advice from Joe Rogan regarding treatment as he
hopes for UFC return
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/jon-jones-takes-advice-from-joe-rogan-regardi
ng-treatment-as-he-hopes-for-ufc-r...
TechCrunch: Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled
safeguards
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/senators-demand-answers-from-tiktok-over-exper
iment-that-disabled-safeguards/