Bloody Elbow: Dana White revives Max Holloway’s long-held UFC dream with Hawaii
event tease
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/09/03/dana-white-revives-max-holloways-long-held-uf
c-dream-with-hawaii-event-tease/
The Verge: Congressman says TikTok backed out of a meeting to avoid child safety
questions
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/989769/tiktok-house-committee-china-kids-online-
safety
TechCrunch: Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/abliteration-ai-is-making-a-business-out-of-re
moving-ai-guardrails/
The Verge: Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/989499/samsung-q-series-soundbar-dbrand-killswi
tch-2-deal-sale
TechCrunch: Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/meta-is-paying-to-peek-at-how-you-use-their-la
test-ai-model/
Wired: GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-says-gpt-6-can-use-a-computer-better-than-a-h
uman/
The Verge: OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/989601/openai-gpt-6-astra-re
lease
TechCrunch: OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/openai-launches-astra-its-powerful-and-controv
ersial-new-model/
Bloody Elbow: Israel Adesanya is training with Alexander Volkanovski and
Mauricio Ruffy after City Kickboxing exit
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/09/03/israel-adesanya-is-training-with-alexander-vo
lkanovski-and-maur...
NASA News: NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-cover-progress-96-spacecraft-launch-do
cking/
Ars Technica: Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/
The Verge: Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for
Ultimate subscribers
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/news/989166/microsoft-xbox-cloud-gaming-hourly-limits-c
hanges
TechCrunch: Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman in $70M round on bet to turn smart rings
into computers
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/qualcomm-backs-ultrahuman-in-70m-round-on-bet-
to-turn-smart-rings-into-computers/
NASA News: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4988-4994: More New Tricks for an Old Dog
Link:
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4988-4994-more-new-tricks-for-
an-old-dog/
MMA Fighting: Tyson Fury moving on from Anthony Joshua fight, trashes Eddie
Hearn: ‘I can’t make a coward fight’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/boxing/508371/tyson-fury-moving-on-from-anthony-josh
ua-fight-trashes-edd...
Bloody Elbow: Ethyn Ewing reveals ‘superpower’ he has that Joe Rogan says gives
him a huge advantage in the UFC
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/09/03/ethyn-ewing-reveals-superpower-he-has-that-jo
e-rogan-says-gives-hi...
Wired: OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-elon-musk-cursor-billion-revenue/
TechCrunch: Circular unveils Ring 3 series with contactless payments and
on-finger vibration alerts
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/circular-unveils-ring-3-series-with-contactles
s-payments-and-on-finger-vibratio...
TechCrunch: Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI
assistant race
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/ollie-is-betting-privacy-can-win-the-ai-assist
ant-race/
Wired: Lenovo’s Project AeroBlade Fanless Laptop Takes Thin and Light to the
Extreme
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/lenovo-project-aeroblade-ifa-2026/