TechCrunch: Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings
call
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/elon-musk-repeatedly-one-upped-his-execs-on-sp
acexs-first-earnings-call/
TechCrunch: Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/lucids-turnaround-plan-hinges-on-1-4b-in-cash-
savings-robotaxis/
TechCrunch: How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/how-to-get-the-best-hotel-deals-for-techcrunch
-disrupt-2026/
Wired: The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-white-house-is-keeping-its-ai-cybersecurity-fram
ework-secret/
Ars Technica: Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets"
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/senators-demand-crackdown-on-wildfir
e-prediction-markets/
The Verge: Now you can securely link multiple phones to one Signal account
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/975407/signal-linked-devices-sync
MMA Fighting: Valter Walker unfazed by own submission record in UFC, celebrates
Fabricio Werdum as heavyweight GOAT
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/502977/valter-walker-unfazed-by-own-submission-r
ecord-in-ufc-cele...
Bloody Elbow: Watch Islam Makhachev’s striking-only spar with Khabib
Nurmagomedov in rare footage ahead of UFC 330
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/04/watch-islam-makhachevs-striking-only-spar-wit
h-khabib-nurmagome...
Live Science: Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought
impossible
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/physicists-find-a-way-to-control
-heat-in-a-way-once-thought-impossible
TechCrunch: SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/spacex-has-bought-329m-worth-of-tesla-megapack
s-so-far-this-year/
The Verge: AMD’s datacenter business is booming while gaming takes a backseat
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/975381/amd-q2-2026-earnings-ai-gaming-ryzen
Bloody Elbow: Joe Rogan plans to get Dana White involved in talks for Oleksandr
Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven rematch
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/04/joe-rogan-plans-to-get-dana-white-involved-in
-talks-for-oleksandr-u...
The Verge: SpaceX made more money as a neocloud
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/science/975335/spacex-made-more-money-as-a-neocloud
Ars Technica: Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid
overwhelming demand
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/texas-halts-data-center-connections-to-power-
grid-amid-overwhelming-demand/
TechCrunch: SpaceX doubles revenues on Anthropic and Google compute deals,
Starlink growth
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/spacex-doubles-revenues-on-anthropic-and-googl
e-compute-deals-starlink-growth/
The Verge: EA is now a private company
Link: https://www.theverge.com/games/974736/ea-private-company-deal-closed
TechCrunch: Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’
location data with advertisers
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/android-app-developers-may-be-unwittingly-shar
ing-their-users-location-da...
TechCrunch: Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety
gap remains.
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/open-weight-ai-models-are-catching-up-to-the-f
rontier-the-safety-gap-remains/
NASA News: NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/nasa-will-attempt-to-obser
ve-rocket-parts-lunar-impact/
MMA Fighting: Darren Till and Yoel Romero refuse to end staredown at BKFC press
conference
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/bkfc/503259/darren-till-and-yoel-romero-refuse-to-en
d-staredown-at-bkfc-press-conference