TechCrunch: An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/an-anthropic-researcher-just-gave-us-a-peek-at
-self-improving-ai/
Bloody Elbow: Dana White reveals key detail about ‘impossible event’ the UFC is
working on for 2027
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/28/dana-white-reveals-key-detail-about-impossibl
e-event-the-ufc-is-working-on-for...
MMA Fighting: Glover Teixeira not retiring after boxing Shogun Rua, jokes he
wants ‘easier’ matches next
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/boxing/507432/glover-teixeira-not-retiring-after-box
ing-shogun-rua-jokes-he-want...
Bloody Elbow: BKFC record holder Sean Weir was pulled out of a car wreck by a
UFC veteran in life-changing moment
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/28/bkfc-record-holder-sean-weir-was-pulled-out-o
f-a-car-wreck-by-a-...
TechCrunch: Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email
aliases
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/braves-browser-one-ups-chrome-with-its-new-sup
port-for-email-aliases/
Wired: Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-teams-is-becoming-a-haven-for-chinese-scam
mers/
TechCrunch: Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition
targets
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/open-weight-ai-companies-are-the-valleys-hotte
st-acquisition-targets/
Ars Technica: Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal
judge
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/trump-blacklisting-of-woke-anthropic
-deemed-illegal-by-federal-judge/
NASA News: President Honors NASA’s Artemis II Crew with Highest US Space Award
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/president-honors-nasas-artemis-ii-crew-with-hi
ghest-us-space-award/
NASA News: President Trump Signs Executive Order to Create US Space Academy
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/president-trump-signs-executive-order-to-creat
e-us-space-academy/
Bloody Elbow: Gypsy Crusader and King Azoulay’s massive 32lb weight gap revealed
as pair weigh in for grudge fight
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/28/gypsy-crusader-and-king-azoulays-massive-32lb
-weight-gap-reveal...
Wired: Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is
Falling Apart
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/mice-a-caved-in-ceiling-and-cloudy-water-the-gsas-ne
w-office-is-falling-apart/
TechCrunch: How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/how-sweden-built-one-of-europes-hottest-startu
p-ecosystems/
The Verge: Save hundreds on a TCL mini-LED TV with quantum dots and high refresh
rate
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/985741/tcl-qm7l-belkin-thunderbolt-dock-deal-sa
le
MMA Fighting: Mike Perry reacts to Dillon Danis withdrawing from fight: ‘This
was always their plan’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/latest-news/507480/mike-perry-reacts-to-dillon-danis
-withdrawing-from-fight-this-was...
Live Science: The popular diabetes drug metformin has been used for decades —
and scientists just figured out its main mechanism
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/the-popular-diabetes-drug-metf
ormi...
MMA Fighting: Spaten Fight Night 3 weigh-in results: Glover Teixeira 10 pounds
heavier than Shogun Rua
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/boxing/507487/spaten-fight-night-3-weigh-in-results-
glover-teixeira-10-pounds-heav...
Bloody Elbow: Moses Itauma gets slapped for pushing his world title fight
opponent off stage during final face-off
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/28/moses-itauma-gets-slapped-for-pushing-his-wor
ld-title-fight-opp...
The Verge: Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/986176/data-center-pollution
-epa-rule-change-air-permit
Ars Technica: Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on
nonconsensual recording
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/meta-tweaks-ai-glasses-to-block-some
-creepy-recordings-but-privacy-risks-r...