TechCrunch: Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product
builder
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/tim-cooks-parting-message-apple-is-in-the-hand
s-of-a-product-builder/
MMA Fighting: Video: Sean O’Malley shares stunned reaction to Song Yadong
putting Umar Nurmagomedov to sleep at UFC Shanghai
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/507982/video-sean-omalley-shares-stunned-reactio
n-to-son...
The Verge: Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/986869/apple-phil-schiller-stepping-down
The Verge: Markiplier is now GoPro’s biggest shareholder
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/986847/markiplier-gopro-investor
The Verge: Read Tim Cook’s final message to Apple staff as CEO
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/986832/read-tim-cooks-final-message-as-ceo-to-appl
e-staff
TechCrunch: VLC crosses 7 billion downloads
Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/vlc-crosses-7-billion-downloads/
TechCrunch: Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at
$250M
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/three-year-old-ai-media-search-startup-clipto-
hits-a-250m-valuation/
Bloody Elbow: Zabit Magomedsharipov earns title shot: Date and location revealed
after comeback win over UFC star
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/31/zabit-magomedsharipov-earns-title-shot-date-a
nd-location-reveale...
Wired: George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/george-santos-gets-a-lifetime-ban-from-kalshi/
The Verge: Debian won’t ban AI code from its Linux distribution
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/986789/linux-debian-generative-ai-policy
TechCrunch: How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/how-ai-could-make-it-harder-for-governments-to
-use-hacking-tools/
TechCrunch: Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s
AI chip buildout
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/nvidias-3-5b-mediatek-bet-reveals-its-plan-for
-tackling-big-techs-ai-chip-buildou...
MMA Fighting: Carlos Prates confident he knocks out Islam Makhachev after
getting ‘smashed’ early
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/507444/carlos-prates-confident-he-knocks-out-isl
am-makhachev-after-getting-smashed-...
TechCrunch: MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to
rename Lake Ontario
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/mapquests-app-surges-to-no-1-in-navigation-aft
er-refusing-to-rename-lake-ontario/
Bloody Elbow: ‘I’m ready’… Khamzat Chimaev calls out 4 top middleweights as he
seeks to rebound from first loss
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/31/im-ready-khamzat-chimaev-calls-out-4-top-midd
leweights-as-he-seeks...
Ars Technica: ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU's toughest online safety rules
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/chatgtp-and-reddit-now-face-eus-toug
hest-online-safety-rules/
NASA News: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-launc
hes/
The Verge: New York governor to 3D printed gun leader: ‘tell Cody I will get
ahead of him’
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/986733/kathy-hochul-3d-printed-guns-cody-wilson-
response
The Verge: New York Governor Kathy Hochul thinks AI should be ‘less evil’
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/986661/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-ai-data-centers-ban-
3d-printed-guns-flock-cameras
Bloody Elbow: Muhammad Mokaev sends message to Dana White after winning MMA and
BJJ titles outside of the UFC
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/31/muhammad-mokaev-sends-message-to-dana-white-a
fter-winning-mma-and-bj...