TechCrunch: Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends
without an account
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/instinct-brings-its-ai-agent-to-group-chats-ev
en-for-friends-without-an-account/
Nature: The top cancer success stories of the past 50 years, by the numbers
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03157-1
Bloody Elbow: Legend calls for ‘AI judging’ after criticizing UFC 332 main event
scorecards: ‘Put a chip in the gloves’
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/05/legend-calls-for-ai-judging-after-criticizing
-ufc-332-main...
Ryan Hall Y'all: Something Is Trying To Form In The Gulf
Link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Hp43MzlHMM
The Verge: Hyundai CEO says only a ‘level playing field’ can minimize damage
from China
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1004785/hyundai-ceo-china-ev-us-market-s
hare
TechCrunch: TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/tiktok-rolls-out-an-ai-shopping-assistant-and-
one-click-checkout/
Wired: Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-confirm-discovery-of-youngest-known-exop
lanet-ever/
The Verge: OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004880/openai-chatgpt-text-
watermarks-eu-ai-act
TechCrunch: At 19, founder raises $11 million for Ghost, maker of a $3,499
computer for personal AI
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/at-19-ghost-founder-raises-11-million-to-build
-a-3499-computer-for-your-persona...
MMA Fighting: Michael Morales puts UFC welterweight division on notice, Ian
Machado Garry responds
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/514280/michael-morales-puts-ufc-welterweight-div
ision-on-notice-ian-machado-garry-...
Bloody Elbow: Khamzat Chimaev weighs in on Sean Strickland’s UFC pay issues with
fight offer of his own
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/05/khamzat-chimaev-weighs-in-on-sean-stricklands
-ufc-pay-issues-with-fight-of...
NASA News: NASA Astronaut Christina Koch at Eagles vs. Rams
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-astronaut-christina-koch-at-eagles-vs-ra
ms/
Wired: The Best Early Amazon Prime Day Deals 2026: WIRED-Tested Picks to Shop
Now
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-prime-day-early-deals-10-05-2026/
TechCrunch: Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hot-girl-hotline-is-like-dear-abby-for-the-ai-
era/
Ars Technica: F1 in Bahrain... in Malaysia: The race needed a software update to
start
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10/f1-in-bahrain-in-malaysia-the-race-needed-a
-software-update-to-start/
Ryan Hall Y'all: All Or Nothing Winter
Link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yp4J7_WjP6c
Bloody Elbow: Dana White explains why he refused to let women in the UFC until
‘unicorn’ Ronda Rousey came along
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/05/dana-white-explains-why-he-refused-to-let-wom
en-in-the-ufc-until-...
The Verge: OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about
a ChatGPT user’s suicide
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004827/openai-sam-altman-va
nity-fair-interview-pr
TechCrunch: HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job
interviews could become
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/hackerranks-ai-interviewer-offers-a-glimpse-in
to-what-job-interviews-could-become/
MMA Fighting: Dana White discusses complicated relationship with mother after
‘disgusting’ book comments
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/514286/dana-white-discusses-complicated-relation
ship-with-mother-after-disgu...