Live Science: Astronomers created the largest-ever 2D map of the universe,
charting 4 billion objects in the night sky
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/astronomers-created-the-largest-ever
-2d-map-of-the...
The Verge: An FCC filing points to new Sonos headphones coming soon
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/978355/sonos-headphones-fcc-filing
NASA News: What Is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope? (Grades 5-8)
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-the-nancy-
grace-roman-space-telescope-grades-5-8/
MMA Fighting: Uros Medic reveals he suffered serious injury just days before UFC
Belgrade: ‘I was just limping around fight week’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/504412/uros-medic-reveals-he-suffered-serious-in
jur...
Ars Technica: Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/meta-cant-stop-states-1-4-trillion-l
awsuit-from-going-to-trial/
NASA News: NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar
Surface
Link:
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasa-completes-astronaut-deployed-scie
nce-instrument-for-lunar-surface/
Wired: Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce Yet?
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/is-it-safe-to-eat-lettuce-yet/
MMA Fighting: Referee Herb Dean makes mess of The Ultimate Fighter 34 fight with
confusing call
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/504401/referee-herb-dean-makes-mess-of-the-ultim
ate-fighter-34-fight-with-confusing-c...
TechCrunch: Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/uber-surprised-robotics-company-serve-by-selli
ng-its-entire-stake/
Live Science: A solar eclipse will be visible to millions of people tomorrow:
How to watch in person and online
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/a-solar-eclipse-will-be-visible-to-mil
lions-of-people-tomor...
Bloody Elbow: Payton Talbott facing another ex-UFC champion after retiring Henry
Cejudo reportedly in the works
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/11/payton-talbott-facing-another-ex-ufc-champion
-after-retiring-henry...
The Verge: ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/978113/chatgpt-gemini-1-bill
ion-users
TechCrunch: FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to
steal their intimate pictures
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/fbi-says-cybercriminals-are-hacking-into-victi
ms-online-accounts-to-...
MMA Fighting: Dana White teases another UFC mega-event possibly in the works: ‘I
love it’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/504389/dana-white-teases-another-ufc-mega-event-
possibly-in-the-works-i-love-it
Ars Technica: Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/used-ev-buying-guide-the-30000-edition/
Wired: How and When to View the Perseid Meteor Shower (August 2026)
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/how-and-when-to-view-the-perseid-meteor-shower-augus
t-2026/
TechCrunch: OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/openai-launches-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux/
The Verge: Threads has a VR app now
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/978181/meta-threads-quest-vr-app
Live Science: Neanderthals passed on a gene that helps modern humans pack on
more muscle — but only a few people have it
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals/neanderthals-passed-on-a-ge
ne-that-help...
MMA Fighting: UFC 330 broadcast team revealed with usual trio calling Islam
Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry main event
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/504374/ufc-330-broadcast-team-revealed-with-usua
l-trio-calling...