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Voice AI startup Wispr raised a $280M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $361M, and now has 100K business customers (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/wispr-2-billion-valuation-dictation…

Wispr talks its way to a $2 billion valuation. The company says dictation’s only the beginning
Wispr has raised $280 million in its Menlo Ventures-led Series B, as it looks beyond dictation.

On The Mic
This limited series dives into the stories behind researchers, industry leaders, and emerging talent who are driving innovation and impact across the agrifood sector...
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The shock gloves, he went on to explain, allow their wearer to inflict pain without leaving the sort of marks that could look bad to witnesses or leave an officer vulnerable to lawsuits.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/i…

The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.

Memo: MLB bans the use of league-provided dugout iPads to access GenAI for in-game strategy calls; sources say at least a third of teams used AI this way (Eno Sarris/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7448900/2026/07/16/mlb-bans-ai-…

MLB cracks down on using AI via dugout iPads to help shape in-game decisions
A third of the league relied heavily on the technology, which was effectively banned starting on Wednesday.

Baby, we can never kill excel. Long live spreadsheets
Source: https://hachyderm.io/@liztai/117097082760512046 (Forked due to the lack of proper alt text for the image in the original toot.)

This is serious - I've seen the progress we've made in women's healthcare rights in my lifetime and I know we can't afford to go backwards.
The threat to abortion in Australia and what’s at stake.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1458/ana

The threat to abortion in Australia and what’s at stake
Attempts by conservative forces to whittle back abortion rights in NSW, South Australia and Queensland have all been defeated for now. Kamala Emanuel looks at what’s behind these efforts and what is at stake.

"Beyond Lithium: New Battery Tech Starts to Break Through"
#Batteries #Energy
https://e360.yale.edu…

Beyond Lithium: New Battery Tech Starts to Break Through
As EV sales boom and grids seek more energy storage, researchers are racing to develop batteries that are cheaper, more powerful, and less reliant on hard-to-source materials. Lithium-ion still dominates, but sodium-ion and solid-state technologies are moving from lab to market.

i live in a small apartment without a lot of storage space. for LPs, i have two three-foot shelves, one for jazz, the other for everything else. last week, i made a new resolution to play at least one non-jazz record every day. here's how it's going.
#vinyl #OldVinyl

Mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galšpagos Islands this year were carried out as part of a covert CIA program.
According to the WaPo, citing a source with knowledge,
“the strikes were part of a ‘covert action’ program, a type of secret operation overseas that is approved by the president but where the role of the U.S. government is not publicly acknowledged.”
With the Pentagon denying any knowledge of or involvement with the strikes on …

CIA Behind Mystery Strikes on Ecuadorian Fishing Boats
FENIX 701 It took chipping away at it by the The Guardian,...

RG Life Hacks
A series exploring key topics that support registrars beyond the Rural Generalist Curriculum...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/rg-life-hacks/