Ars Technica: New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/new-surveillance-tech-links-your-phone-
to-your-license-plate/
TechCrunch: Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/bumble-ditches-its-rule-that-kept-men-from-mak
ing-the-first-move/
NASA News: NASA Shares Station Research Today Supporting Moon, Mars Tomorrow
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nasa-shares-station-research-
today-supporting-moon-mars-tomorrow/
MMA Fighting: Umar Nurmagomedov reacts to Merab Dvalishvili brawling with friend
at RAF event: ‘How do you live with that?’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/504264/umar-nurmagomedov-reacts-to-merab-dvalish
vili-braw...
Bloody Elbow: Dana White reacts to his assistant fighting for a UFC contract on
Contender Series
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/11/dana-white-reacts-to-his-assistant-fighting-f
or-a-ufc-contract-on-contender-serie...
Wired: AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-could-help-fossil-fuel-companies-create-more-emis
sions/
TechCrunch: North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says
FBI
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/north-korean-remote-it-staffer-worked-for-us-g
overnment-agency-says-fbi/
The Verge: Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977733/amazon-order-emails-g
oogle-gmail-ai-agents-data
Ars Technica: New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about
passkeys
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/heres-why-the-new-pass-ta-key-attack-is
-mostly-a-nothingburger/
The Verge: GuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift
thumbsticks
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/976972/gulikit-es-max-anti-drift-tmr-switch-2-wire
less-controller-price-availability
TechCrunch: Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music
from recommendations
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/spotify-will-label-ai-persona-profiles-and-exc
lude-their-music-from-recommendatio...
MMA Fighting: Matt Brown: Ian Machado Garry has championship potential but Islam
Makhachev is the ‘wrong guy at the wrong time’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/504200/matt-brown-ian-machado-garry-has-champion
ship-...
Bloody Elbow: Dana White open to introducing new UFC belt but shuts down
possibility of new weight class
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/11/dana-white-open-to-introducing-new-ufc-belt-b
ut-shuts-down-possibility-of...
Wired: A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/a-zoom-screen-sharing-bug-let-anyone-take-over-other
-devices-on-a-call/
The Verge: Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977823/anthropic-claude-ai-w
atermarks-c2pa-text-images
MMA Fighting: RIZIN 54 results: Patchy Mix drops fourth in a row, Alex Pereira
teammate replicates iconic celebration after violent knockout
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/rizin/504241/rizin-54-results-patchy-mix-drop...
TechCrunch: What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his
case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/what-comes-after-the-smartphone-amazons-panos-
panay-will-make-his-c...
TechCrunch: Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/anthropic-says-it-will-watermark-text-generate
d-by-its-ai-models/
MMA Fighting: Morning Report | Chael Sonnen calls Ian Machado Garry ‘the perfect
bad guy’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/503433/morning-report-chael-sonnen-calls-ian-mac
hado-garry-the-perfect-bad-guy
The Verge: Joby flexes military muscle with $500 million defense acquisition
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/977533/joby-resonant-sciences-acquisitio
n-evtol