TechCrunch: Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12
years ago
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/replikas-founder-built-the-ai-assistant-she-pitched-at-disrupt-12-years-ago/
NASA News: Software
Link: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/acoustics-software/
TechCrunch: Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/tenstorrent-hits-6-2b-valuation-to-scale-open-weight-ai-chips/
NASA News: Experimental Facilities
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/acoustics-experimental-facilities/
NASA News: NASA’s Simulated Mars Crew Marks One Year Inside Habitat
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasas-simulated-mars-crew-marks-one-year-inside-habitat/
TechCrunch: AI assistant startup Town nabs unicorn valuation four months after
launch
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/ai-assistant-startup-town-nabs-unicorn-valuation-four-months-after-launch/
Bloody Elbow: Arman Tsarukyan snubbed as he misses out on pound-for-pound crown
in RAF’s newly-debuted rankings
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/19/arman-tsarukyan-snubbed-as-he-misses-out-on-pound-for-pound-crown-i...
TechCrunch: Rivian’s CEO says autonomy will enable ‘dramatically different’
vehicle designs
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/rivians-ceo-says-autonomy-will-enable-dramatically-different-vehicle-designs/
Bloody Elbow: Shakur Stevenson secures release from Zuffa Boxing just months
after signing with Dana White
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/19/shakur-stevenson-secures-release-from-zuffa-boxing-just-months-after-sig...
NASA News: Instrumentation
Link: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/instrumentation-2/
Sherdog: Boxer with 14.5 million followers signs bare-knuckle deal with BKB
Link:
https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Boxer-with-145-million-followers-signs-bareknuckle-deal-with-BKB-203270
MMA Fighting: UFC Edmonton viral video allegedly shows police officer brutally
suplexing fan amid crowd brawl
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/516645/ufc-edmonton-viral-video-allegedly-shows-police-officer-brutally-...
Bloody Elbow: Alexander Volkanovski highlights two featherweight contenders he
would fight after UFC 333
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/19/alexander-volkanovski-highlights-two-featherweight-contenders-he-would-fig...
TechCrunch: Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal
plant
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/amazon-to-fund-12-small-nuclear-reactors-at-former-indiana-coal-plant/
NASA News: Instrumentation
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/acoustics-instrumentation/
Ars Technica: Huge DMV data breach impacted current and former Florida residents
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/huge-dmv-data-breach-impacted-current-and-former-florida-residents/
Live Science: The world's fastest AI-powered racing drone outflies the best
human drone pilots
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/the-worlds-fastest-ai-powered-racing-drone-outflies-the-best-human-dron...
NASA News: Martian Dawn
Link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/martian-dawn/
Wired: All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale: Cookware Deals for Fall Cooking
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/all-clad-factory-seconds-sale-october-2026/
The Verge: Apple teases MacBook Pro event next week
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013028/apple-second-october-product-launch-announcement