TechCrunch: Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar
Atomics
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/sequoias-shaun-maguire-leads-1b-round-for-nucl
ear-startup-valar-atomics/
NASA News: Guinea-Bissau Tidal Waters
Link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/guinea-bissau-tidal-waters/
MMA Fighting: UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn running for local office in Hawaii
amid numerous other legal issues
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/502989/ufc-hall-of-famer-b-j-penn-running-for-lo
cal-office-in-hawaii-am...
Bloody Elbow: Zabit Magomedsharipov set to face different UFC contender after
withdrawing from Raul Rosas Jr match
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/03/zabit-magomedsharipov-set-to-face-different-u
fc-contender-after...
TechCrunch: Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard
batteries
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/base-power-raises-another-1b-to-save-the-grid-
using-backyard-batteries/
The Verge: Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/games/974544/microsoft-xbox-360-games-pc-disc-digital-p
rogram
TechCrunch: Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/congresss-favorite-ai-tool-chatgpt/
TechCrunch: Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, updated terms
suggest
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/wispr-flow-is-preparing-to-launch-a-meeting-no
tetaker-updated-terms-suggest/
Ars Technica: SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern
Louisiana
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/spacex-is-set-to-acquire-130000-acres-of-m
arshland-in-southern-louisiana/
Bloody Elbow: Dana White should give Usman Nurmagomedov whatever he wants in
order to send a message says UFC GOAT
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/03/dana-white-should-give-usman-nurmagomedov-wha
tever-he-wants-in-...
Nature: Gasdermin D-mediated delivery of caspase inhibitors to suppress
pyroptosis
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10957-y
Live Science: Scientists uncover big clue as to how Antarctica's mysterious
Blood Falls came to be
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/scientists-uncover-big-clue-
as-to-how-antarcticas-mysterious-b...
The Verge: Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/974387/bluesky-toni-schneider-interview-ai-atpr
oto-atmosphere
MMA Fighting: PFL CEO John Martin on MVP MMA merger: ‘Together, we can really
accelerate and fundamentally change this sport’
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/pfl/502591/pfl-ceo-john-martin-on-mvp-merger-togethe
r-we-ca...
Bloody Elbow: Eddie Hall reveals date and location for his next MMA fight after
missing out on Dillon Danis clash
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/03/eddie-hall-reveals-date-and-location-for-his-
next-mma-fight-afte...
The Verge: Palworld’s expanding to mobile with a new MMORPG
Link: https://www.theverge.com/games/974450/palworld-online-mobile-mmo
The Verge: Spider-Man and The Odyssey are splitting up IMAX screens after a
record-breaking weekend
Link: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/974411/spider-man-the-odyssey-imax
Ars Technica: Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/trump-wants-the-power-to-stop-the-pu
blic-from-suing-polluters/
NASA News: Ike Theriot Helps Prepare Astronauts to Work on the Moon
Link:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/ike-theriot-helps-prepare-as
tronauts-to-work-on-the-moon/
The Verge: Samsung’s 2TB 9100 Pro SSD is actually somewhat reasonably priced
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/974391/samsung-nvme-ssd-2tb-steelseries-arctis-
omni-pixel-10a-deal-sale