Wired: Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable
Smartphone—in the US
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-finally-buy-a-fairphone-a-sustainable-repair
able-smartphone-in-the-us/
TechCrunch: Einride strikes deal to add 500 Tesla Semis to its fleet
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/einride-strikes-deal-to-add-500-tesla-semis-to
-its-fleet/
Bloody Elbow: Wladimir Klitschko posts tribute to former fiancé and mother of
his daughter Hayden Panettiere
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/18/wladimir-klitschko-posts-tribute-to-former-fi
ance-and-mother-of-his-d...
Wired: The Cop Who Took On Flock
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/the-cop-who-took-on-flock/
TechCrunch: Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and
gas-powered vans
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/detroit-startup-grounded-raises-5m-to-customiz
e-electric-and-gas-powered-vans/
Live Science: Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud 'street' in the
East China Sea — Earth from space
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/giant-underwater-plume-blasts-i
nto-swirling-cloud-...
Nature: Heatwaves expose weak links in food systems
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02577-3
Wired: The Powerful Chinese Model Experts Warned About—and Waited for—Is Here
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/zai-open-weight-ai-models-release-cybersecurity-hack
ing/
The Verge: Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/981326/apple-airpods-with-cameras-demo-video-leak
Bloody Elbow: Sean Strickland leaks brutal war of words with Tyron Woodley after
Din Thomas criticism
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/18/sean-strickland-leaks-brutal-war-of-words-wit
h-tyron-woodley-after-din-thoma...
ScienceDaily: The bacteria that make cheese taste so good may also benefit your
gut
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260816044847.htm
Ars Technica: Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/theban-tomb-reveals-how-egyptian-burial-
trends-evolved-in-time/
Bloody Elbow: Arman Tsarukyan claims streamer N3on has paid him $200,000 to walk
out to his song at UFC 331
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/17/arman-tsarukyan-claims-streamer-n3on-has-paid
-him-200000-to-walk-out-t...
Sherdog: DWCS Week 2 official after all 10 fighters make weight
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/DWCS-Week-2-official-after-all-10-fighters-mak
e-weight-202403
Sherdog: Mackenzie Dern rips UFC 330 performance despite dominant title win
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Mackenzie-Dern-rips-UFC-330-performance-despit
e-dominant-title-win-202401
Sherdog: Arman Tsarukyan: Usman Nurmagomedov beats almost every UFC lightweight
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Arman-Tsarukyan-Usman-Nurmagomedov-beats-almos
t-every-UFC-lightweight-202400
Sherdog: Jalin Turner reveals UFC contract status after 39-second knockout
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Jalin-Turner-reveals-UFC-contract-status-after
-39second-knockout-202399
Sherdog: Kamaru Usman confident he can beat Islam Makhachev: ‘Styles make
fights’
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Kamaru-Usman-confident-he-can-beat-Islam-Makha
chev-Styles-make-fights-202398
Sherdog: Muhammad Mokaev names 4 fighters who allegedly backed out against him
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Muhammad-Mokaev-names-4-fighters-who-allegedly
-backed-out-against-him-202397
Bloody Elbow: Sean Strickland tears into ‘pathetic and weak minded’ fellow UFC
fighters
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/17/sean-strickland-tears-into-pathetic-and-weak-
minded-fellow-ufc-fighters/