The Verge: America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops
out at 19mph Link:
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/962753/fiat-topolino-ev-us-price-specs-m
icromobiilty
Wired: Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/dimming-the-sun-would-lower-risks-of-el-nino/
MMA Fighting: UFC 329 media day live stream Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/498094/ufc-329-media-day-live-stream
TechCrunch: Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the
internet Link:
https://techcrunch.com/video/why-this-ceo-thinks-video-games-make-better-trainin
g-data-than-the-internet/
The Verge: Cockroaches will learn to fear my SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/962163/switchbot-bot-rechargeable-hands-on-revi
ew
The Verge: If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it? Link:
https://www.theverge.com/games/962837/microsoft-xbox-spin-off-sell-divest-layoff
s-asha-sharma
TechCrunch: Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says
otherwise. Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/meta-wants-its-ai-glasses-to-seem-less-creepy-
its-ai-strategy-says-otherwise/
Live Science: We remember little to nothing of early childhood — and a recent
mouse study may help explain why Link:
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/we-remember-little-to-nothing-of
-early-childhood-and-a...
The Verge: ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/962856/chatgpt-upgraded-voic
e-mode-gpt-live
Bloody Elbow: Gable Steveson makes history before even stepping into the Octagon
for his debut at UFC 329 Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/08/gable-steveson-makes-history-before-even-step
ping-into-the-octagon-for-h...
TechCrunch: Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical
frontier’ startups Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/crypto-vc-firm-paradigm-raises-1-2b-to-invest-
in-technical-frontier-startups/
TechCrunch: Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build
their own AI agents Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/prime-intellect-raises-130m-series-a-to-help-e
nterprises-build-their-own-ai-agents/
Ars Technica: Two teens learn the hard way not to do toy gun drive-bys from a
Waymo Link:
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/two-teens-learn-the-hard-way-not-to-do-toy-
gun-drivebys-from-a-waymo/
TechCrunch: Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license
numbers Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/another-massive-data-breach-exposed-millions-o
f-drivers-license-numbers/
Nature: Nukes in space? Orbital detector could sniff out warheads Link:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02141-z
MMA Fighting: Conor McGregor coach says lightweight days are done, would like to
see him fight again in 2026 Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/498101/conor-mcgregor-coach-says-lightweight-day
s-are-done-would-like-to...
Bloody Elbow: Conor McGregor tells ‘not bad’ Alexander Volkanovski what he must
do to move up his ‘pecking order’ Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/08/conor-mcgregor-tells-not-bad-alexander-volkan
ovski-what-he-must-...
Live Science: Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth's mysterious
'quasi-moon' — and it may pose a big problem Link:
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/secretive-chinese-probe-snap
s-first-ph...
TechCrunch: These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/these-ai-startups-are-growing-revenue-at-faste
r-and-faster-rates/
Wired: Republicans Gleefully Celebrate Midterms Chaos in Maine Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/republicans-gleefully-celebrate-midterms-chaos-in-ma
ine/