The Verge: YouTube is building AI creator tools that do almost everything for
them
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/999140/made-on-youtube-creator-tools-ai-thumbnails
-tests
TechCrunch: YouTube releases new AI features for creators within its Studio app
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/youtube-releases-new-ai-features-for-creators-
within-its-studio-app/
TechCrunch: Here’s the trailer for Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes
documentary, in theaters October 16
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/heres-the-trailer-for-nathan-fielders-elizabet
h-holmes-documentary-in-thea...
Ars Technica: America gave up its rare earth edge. China took full advantage.
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/reviews/2026/09/how-the-us-handed-china-control-of-the-r
are-earth-supply-chain/
Nature: Author Correction: Large recoverable elastic energy in chiral
metamaterials via twist buckling
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11189-w
TechCrunch: 3 days left to save up to $200 and make impactful connections at
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/3-days-left-to-save-up-to-200-and-make-impactf
ul-connections-at-techcrunch-dis...
MMA Fighting: Dana White supports Andy Foster’s push to ban oblique kicks in MMA
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/512089/dana-white-supports-andy-fosters-push-to-
ban-oblique-kicks-in-mma
Bloody Elbow: Dana White backs commissioner’s plan to make controversial strike
illegal
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/09/23/dana-white-backs-commissioners-plan-to-make-c
ontroversial-strike-illegal/
The Verge: McDonald’s is testing ads on its drive-thru menus
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/999295/mcdonalds-drive-thru-menu-ads
TechCrunch: Spotify’s is giving you the keys to its recommendation algorithm
with US launch of ‘Taste Profile’
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/spotify-is-giving-you-the-keys-to-its-recommen
dation-algorithm-with-...
Live Science: 3,000-year-old burial of ancient Egyptian horse found — and a
nearby stone carving depicts a captured prisoner
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/3-000-year-old-burial-
of-ancie...
MMA Fighting: Sean Sharaf reacts to massive upset win over Gable Steveson at UFC
331, reveals what happened in post-fight interaction
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/512130/sean-sharaf-reacts-to-massive-upset-win-o...
Wired: Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/metas-muse-ai-agent-zero-day/
Bloody Elbow: Ciryl Gane attacks ‘mentally fragile’ Tom Aspinall for his ongoing
issues and hiatus from the sport
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/09/23/ciryl-gane-attacks-mentally-fragile-tom-aspin
all-for-his-ongoing...
TechCrunch: Comma’s hands-off driving tech under investigation after 2 fatal
crashes
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/commas-hands-off-driving-tech-under-investigat
ion-after-2-fatal-crashes/
The Verge: Xiaomi’s new 18 Pro phones improve on Samsung’s privacy display
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/999253/xiaomi-18-pro-max-privacy-display-launch-ch
ina
Live Science: Earth's crust is 'unzipping' beneath Italy — and that could
explain most of the earthquakes in the region
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earths-crust-is-unzipping-beneath-italy
-and-that-cou...
MMA Fighting: Morning Report | Usman Nurmagomedov reacts to Gable Steveson’s
knockout loss, says he’s ‘not a fighter’ yet
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/511925/morning-report-usman-nurmagomedov-reacts-
to-gable-st...
TechCrunch: Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and
services
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/ema-raises-77m-as-ai-starts-eating-into-enterp
rise-software-and-services/
Ars Technica: Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/small-undersea-volcanoes-may-unleash-out
sized-tsunamis/