Bloody Elbow: Khamzat Chimaev’s return card in RAF adds world title match
between Olympic champions
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/05/khamzat-chimaevs-return-card-in-raf-adds-worl
d-title-match-between-olympic-cha...
The Verge: Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/975723/ring-wired-doorbell-pro-battery-doorbell
-plus-deal-sale
TechCrunch: Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/lucid-motors-just-delayed-its-affordable-ev-no
w-what/
Ars Technica: After jacking up prices, Disney+ and Netflix consider offering
free alternatives
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/after-jacking-up-prices-disney-and-netfl
ix-consider-offering-free-alternatives...
Live Science: Why the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse appears to move backward on
maps
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/why-the-aug-12-total-solar-eclipse-app
ears-to-move-backward-on-maps
The Verge: Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/975651/uber-ceo-earnings-waymo-partnersh
ip
NASA News: Artemis III Orion Crew and Service Models Joined
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/artemis-iii-orion-crew-and-service-models-joi
ned/
Wired: DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s
Homes Abroad
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-is-hiring-bounty-hunters-to-find-and-photograph-
deported-peoples-homes-abroad/
The Verge: Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/975603/refurbished-apple-macbook-neo-google-wir
eless-charger-deal-sale
TechCrunch: Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/meet-the-eight-startups-pitching-at-startup-ba
ttlefield-australia/
MMA Fighting: Robert Whittaker calls Joe Rogan’s UFC 329 fight commentary
‘upsetting’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/503193/robert-whittaker-calls-joe-rogans-ufc-329
-fight-commentary-upsetting
Bloody Elbow: Kamaru Usman’s manager provides retirement update as he claims
change may be coming
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/05/kamaru-usmans-manager-provides-retirement-upd
ate-as-he-claims-change-may-be-comi...
The Verge: Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/975677/google-deepmind-ai-demis-hassabis-shakeup
TechCrunch: PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/psa-apples-private-relay-can-leak-your-real-ip
-address/
Ars Technica: D-Wave on rails: Company tests entanglement on its dual-rail
qubits
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/d-wave-on-rails-company-tests-entangleme
nt-on-its-dual-rail-qubits/
Wired: Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ran-ads-that-contained-ai-generated-child-sexua
l-abuse-imagery/
The Verge: SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/science/975545/spacex-x-earnings-ai-data-centers-comput
e-space
Live Science: Stunning fossil from Australian outback reveals pliosaur killed a
sea monster that had just eaten a pterosaur
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/stunning-fossil-from-austral
ian-outba...
Wired: Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/jeff-dean-google-discovery-loop-startup/
The Verge: Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/975398/reddit-ai-rules-hub-moderator-old-reddit-de
veloper-platform