TechCrunch: Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/snapchat-no-longer-rewards-fully-ai-generated-
spotlight-content/
The Verge: The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/973741/ai-music-major-record
-labels-charts
MMA Fighting: Dana White reacts to Anthony Smith’s arrest after alleged
altercation with his wife: ‘Personal experience, it can happen to anyone’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/502396/dana-white-reacts-to-anthony-...
Wired: Can Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/can-republicans-actually-send-anthony-fauci-to-jail/
TechCrunch: Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/siri-ai-could-come-with-a-paywall-for-power-us
ers/
Bloody Elbow: Dana White says Jake Paul’s MVP MMA isn’t competition to the UFC
in critical dismissal of PFL merger
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/31/dana-white-says-jake-pauls-mvp-mma-isnt-compe
tition-to-the-ufc-...
Wired: Best Robot Vacuum of 2026: Shark, Eufy
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/best-robot-vacuum/
MMA Fighting: Jake Paul targets 2027 for MMA debut
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/mvp-mma/502371/jake-paul-targets-2027-for-mma-debut
TechCrunch: GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/gm-and-ford-are-talking-less-and-less-about-ev
s/
Bloody Elbow: UFC Belgrade weigh-ins reveal huge 50lb disadvantage for debutant
who ‘had to take’ heavyweight bout
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/31/ufc-belgrade-weigh-ins-reveal-huge-50lb-disad
vantage-for-debuta...
TechCrunch: Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last
until 2028
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/samsung-expects-memory-shortage-to-worsen-thro
ugh-2027-and-last-until-2028/
The Verge: New York sues Kalshi for allegedly running an ‘illegal gambling
operation’
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/973709/new-york-kalshi-lawsuit-illegal-gambling-op
eration
TechCrunch: SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another
year
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/spacex-wont-remove-all-of-xais-unpermitted-tur
bines-for-another-year/
NASA News: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4961-4967: Approaching a Break in the Rock
Record?
Link:
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4961-4967-approaching-a-break-
in-the-rock-record/
MMA Fighting: Archie Colgan plans to find out if Usman Nurmagomedov is really
that great or not: ‘July 31, we’ll have those answers’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/pfl/502188/archie-colgan-plans-to-find-out-if-usman-...
Wired: AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-slop-melodramas-are-taking-over-x-and-their-creat
ors-are-cashing-in/
Bloody Elbow: Georges St-Pierre advises Justin Gaethje to retire now but plan a
comeback for one special UFC fight
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/31/georges-st-pierre-advises-justin-gaethje-to-r
etire-now-but-plan...
Wired: This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend's Incompetence
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/this-ai-assistants-whole-pitch-is-making-up-for-your
-boyfriends-incompetence/
TechCrunch: Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral
posts
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/reddit-is-testing-a-new-way-to-watch-and-liste
n-to-its-viral-posts/
TechCrunch: WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/whatsapp-is-testing-a-new-folder-for-messages-
from-large-businesses/