The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle
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The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/982955/meta-mark-zuckerberg-strancally-castle-irel and
TechCrunch: Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/linkdazes-smart-calendar-is-built-to-run-a-hou sehold-not-just-track-a-schedule/
Bloody Elbow: Shavkat Rakhmonov will ‘never fight again’ according to fellow UFC contender who believes ‘he’s done’ Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/shavkat-rakhmonov-will-never-fight-again-acco rding-to-fellow-u...
The Verge: Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem Link: https://www.theverge.com/games/982885/roblox-australia-safety-regulator-child-sa fety
TechCrunch: Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/grok-keeps-sending-gibberish-responses-to-user s/
TechCrunch: The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/the-investors-guide-to-techcrunch-disrupt-2026 -everything-you-need-to-know/
The Verge: Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops Link: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/982800/framework-laptop-13-amd-7040-bios-320-br icking-warranty
TechCrunch: A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/a-third-of-webpages-published-since-chatgpts-l aunch-show-signs-of-ai-auth...
TechCrunch: Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/early-cerebras-investor-adit-singh-joins-mayfi eld-as-infrastructure-partner/
Live Science: 'This is not the outcome we were working towards': $30 million mission to save NASA's Swift telescope fails Link: https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/this-is-not-the-outcome-we-w ere-working...
MMA Fighting: BKFC president David Feldman reacts to Mike Perry taking Dillon Danis fight rather than return to BKFC Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/bkfc/505754/bkfc-president-david-feldman-reacts-to-m ike-perry-taking...
Bloody Elbow: UFC ‘cannot legally’ make Usman Nurmagomedov an offer as PFL boss clarifies his free agent status Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/ufc-cannot-legally-make-usman-nurmagomedov-an -offer-as-pfl-boss-cl...
TechCrunch: Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ramp-launches-its-own-ai-model-router-called-r outer/
Bloody Elbow: Jon Jones takes advice from Joe Rogan regarding treatment as he hopes for UFC return Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/jon-jones-takes-advice-from-joe-rogan-regardi ng-treatment-as-he-hopes-for-ufc-r...
TechCrunch: Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/senators-demand-answers-from-tiktok-over-exper iment-that-disabled-safeguards/
TechCrunch: Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/meta-brings-pocket-an-app-that-lets-you-vibe-c ode-and-share-games-to-us-users/
TechCrunch: The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/the-2026-startup-battlefield-200-is-here-see-w ho-made-the-cut/
Live Science: Climate change will triple the number of days over 105 F in the US. The health impacts will be dire. Link: https://www.livescience.com/products/health-fitness/climate-change-will-triple-t he-number-of-days-...
MMA Fighting: Khamzat Chimaev seemingly responds to Namo Fazil’s claims of being jumped prior to DWCS loss Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/506075/khamzat-chimaev-seemingly-responds-to-nam o-fazils-claims-of-being-j...
Bloody Elbow: Alex Pereira vs Josh Hokit ‘definitely being discussed’ by UFC as Ariel Helwani provides update Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/20/alex-pereira-vs-josh-hokit-definitely-being-d iscussed-by-ufc-as-arie...
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