Ars Technica: Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-instal
ling-mcafee-ads-on-windows/
The Verge: The Echo Show 21 is a great smart home hub that’s $80 off
Link: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/970254/amazon-echo-show-21-deal-sale
TechCrunch: AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack scale system
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/amd-takes-on-nvidia-with-its-helios-ai-rack-sc
ale-system/
TechCrunch: Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its
third round in eight weeks
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/insurance-startup-corgi-reportedly-raised-more
-money-at-4b-its-third-round...
TechCrunch: Tesla’s door handles may spur new U.S. safety rules
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/teslas-door-handles-may-spur-new-u-s-safety-ru
les/
The Verge: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/970284/brendan-carr-fcc-chairman-first-amendment
Bloody Elbow: Islam Makhachev tipped for MMA Mount Rushmore spot if he achieves
historic feat at UFC 330
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/23/islam-makhachev-tipped-for-mma-mount-rushmore
-spot-by-breaking-anderson-s...
TechCrunch: Meta drops out of a major clean energy pact as its natural gas
buildout accelerates
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/meta-drops-out-of-a-major-clean-energy-pact-as
-its-natural-gas-buildout-accelerates...
NASA News: Look for NASA+ Now Streaming on Amazon Fire TV
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/look-for-nasa-now-streaming-on-amazon-fire-tv/
MMA Fighting: Rankings Shakeup: Paddy Pimblett will not be denied
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/499486/rankings-shakeup-paddy-pimblett-will-not-
be-denied
The Verge: Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970065/anthropic-voice-mode-
claude-opus-sonnet-haiku-ai
TechCrunch: Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/anthropic-updates-claude-voice-mode-with-more-
capable-models/
Bloody Elbow: Last man to beat Arman Tsarukyan has signed a new UFC contract
ahead of upcoming main event return
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/23/last-man-to-beat-arman-tsarukyan-has-signed-a
-new-ufc-contract-ah...
Wired: Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-david-bowie-apocalypse-ad-is-optimistic-actuall
y/
TechCrunch: AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop
AI-driven spear phishing
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/aegisai-founded-by-former-google-security-exec
s-lands-36m-to-stop-ai-driv...
Wired: For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly
Went Dark
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversia
l-cameras-briefly-went-dark/
Bloody Elbow: Kamaru Usman reveals he fought Dricus Du Plessis with debilitating
injury as he reconsiders retirement
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/23/kamaru-usman-reveals-he-fought-dricus-du-ples
sis-with-debilit...
The Verge: Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/970211/patreon-layoffs-ai
Ars Technica: Final Coyote vs. Acme trailer drops at SDCC
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/final-coyote-vs-acme-trailer-drops-at-sd
cc/
MMA Fighting: Kamaru Usman contemplating ‘whether it’s worth continuing to do
this’ after lopsided loss to Dricus du Plessis
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/500761/kamaru-usman-contemplating-whether-its-wo
rth-cont...