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Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/jeff-dean-google-discovery-loop-startup/

Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.

➡️ Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/bambu-lab-abusing-open-source-social-contract/
(This is a link from my bookmark collection. A new link gets posted each night.)

Tardigrade hunting is the first small step in a gargantuan, wildly ambitious scientific undertaking:
to sequence the genomes of all life on Earth.
Accompanied by Prof Mark Blaxter,
who leads the institute’s Tree of Life program,
Morek, a postdoctoral researcher and tardigrade expert,
goes on to collect lichen from a walnut tree on the lush campus, before returning to the lab with his samples.

Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth
As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winner

Raiders DE Paye, LB Dean speak from training camp — WATCH LIVE https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-de-paye-lb-dean-speak-from-training-camp-watch-live-3859025/

Love isn’t destiny or fate or some kind of cosmic force. Love is a choice. It’s a choice everyday, and you can… you can lean towards it or away from it…
—Sarah Nelson, Heartstopper Forever
https://akidnamedseanc.com/2026/08/29/heartstopper-forever/

Heartstopper Forever
Love isn’t destiny or fate or some kind of cosmic force. Love is a choice. It’s a choice everyday, and you can… you can lean towards it or away from it… —Sarah Nelson, Heartstopper Forever…

heise | Sechs Lauf-Apps im Praxistest: Tracking, Training und Analyse im Vergleich
Mehr als Strava: Wir testen sechs Lauf-Apps für Android und iPhone ausführlich. Außerdem stellen wir datensparsame Alternativen vor.

Sechs Lauf-Apps im Praxistest: Tracking, Training und Analyse im Vergleich
Mehr als Strava: Wir testen sechs Lauf-Apps für Android und iPhone ausführlich. Außerdem stellen wir datensparsame Alternativen vor.

The {cli} package makes it easy to show pretty and informative messages to the user of your code. #rstats #terminal

GitHub - r-lib/cli: Tools for making beautiful & useful command line interfaces
Tools for making beautiful & useful command line interfaces - r-lib/cli

Indonesia's enforcement of social media restrictions for under-16s has been patchy, with tech companies ignoring the rules and youth still accessing platforms (Marcel Thee/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/life-arts/life/indonesia-s-s…

Indonesia's social media ban tests families' digital reality
Teens and parents say online videos have become classrooms and creative spaces

Mexico takes on England in a World Cup round-of-16 match in Mexico City at 5 p.m. PDT (Fox, Telemundo).
https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/live/mexico-england-world-cup-start-time-watch-results-highlights-news

Mexico vs. England in World Cup: Start time, how to watch and analysis
Follow along for live updates and highlights as Mexico takes on England in a World Cup round-of-16 match in Mexico City at 5 p.m. PDT (Fox, Telemundo).

Sources: a16z told investors Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $5B-$6B led by Accel at a $40B pre-money valuation; Nvidia is expected to invest ~$2.5B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/thinking-…

Thinking Machines Lab In Talks to Raise Billions at Roughly $40 Billion Valuation
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI developer led by ex-OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, is in talks to raise at least $1 billion at a valuation of at least $40 billion before the investment, according to a person with knowledge of the fundraise. Existing investor Accel is in talks to lead ...