TechCrunch: Asos confirms breach of customer data after hackers send rogue app
notification
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/asos-confirms-breach-of-customer-data-after-ha
ckers-send-rogue-app-notification/
Bloody Elbow: Jake Paul lays out ambitious 15-fight hit list that includes Tom
Aspinall and Francis Ngannou
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/08/jake-paul-lays-out-ambitious-15-fight-hit-lis
t-that-includes-tom-aspin...
The Verge: 75 great October Prime Day deals are still happening
Link: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1007804/october-prime-day-leftover-deals
TechCrunch: Spotify is getting more serious about selling enterprise software
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/spotify-is-getting-more-serious-about-selling-
enterprise-software/
TechCrunch: Waymo locks in $5B loan from Blackstone, PIMCO to fuel robotaxi
expansion
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/waymo-locks-in-5b-loan-from-blackstone-pimco-t
o-fuel-robotaxi-expansion/
The Verge: Atari is bringing back one of its earliest 8-bit home computers
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1007732/atari-console-800xl-basic-personal-compute
r-retro-preorder
The Verge: Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my
life
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1007565/amazon-alexa-plus-review-one-year-echo-sho
w-dot-max
TechCrunch: Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/cal-ais-19-year-old-founder-just-raised-10m-fo
r-his-new-ai-startup/
Ars Technica: ExxonMobil's own scientists doubted climate fixes the company
hyped
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/exxonmobils-own-scientists-doubted-c
limate-fixes-the-company-hyped/
ScienceDaily: NASA is searching for hidden caves to build its first Moon base
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261008005247.htm
MMA Fighting: Sean Strickland considers leaving UFC, rages over Conor McGregor
pay gap
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/514724/sean-strickland-considers-leaving-ufc-rag
es-over-conor-mcgregor-pay-gap
Bloody Elbow: Paulo Costa reaches out to Sean Strickland amid their public UFC
pay complaints: ‘I have a solution’
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/08/paulo-costa-reaches-out-to-sean-strickland-am
id-their-public-uf...
The Verge: Amazon’s new Kids Tablets let parents manage access to the Google
Play store
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1007768/amazon-kids-tablet-android-kid-proof-case-
google-play
TechCrunch: Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/google-releases-a-new-local-first-granola-comp
etitor/
The Verge: GTA VI leaks continue with a lengthy (and very nude) gameplay video
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/games/1007770/gta-6-leaks-cyberleek-jason-lucia-naked
TechCrunch: China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split
with Meta
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/chinas-manus-raises-over-500m-in-first-funding
-round-since-split-with-meta/
Wired: Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, Alexa Tablet 11, Alexa Tablet 8: Specs,
Features, Price
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-alexa-tablets-2026/
The Verge: Hands-on with Amazon’s Alexa Tablet 12 Pro and its wild new matte
display
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1007473/amazon-alexa-tablet-12-pro-nanomatte-hands
-on
TechCrunch: Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/last-call-to-volunteer-at-techcrunch-founder-s
ummit-2026/
MMA Fighting: Christian Leroy Duncan eyes Dricus Du Plessis — or a straight
title shot — after UFC Vegas 122: ‘I don’t see why not’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/514596/christian-leroy-duncan-eyes-dricus-du-ple
s...