Sources: SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a $6B valuation; 1X sought $1B at a $10B valuation in 2025, but raised <50% (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/softban…
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata
J.J. McCarthy gets day off for injured ankle; Vikings hope he can play in preseason finale https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7540942/2026/08/26/jj-mccarthy-vikings-injury-ankle-preseason/
Mike McCarthy came home to Pittsburgh, his family and the grief he can’t escape https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7468717/2026/07/27/pittsburgh-steelers-mike-mccarthy-homecoming/
🥳 Auto Encrypt Localhost version 11.0.0 released
This is mostly a bug fix, code quality, and modernisation release.
Auto Encrypt Localhost automatically provisions and installs locally-trusted TLS certificates for Node.js https servers in 100% JavaScript (without any native dependencies like mkcert and certutil).
https://
Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voter suppression bill
Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill
-- even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it.
Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster,
which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate,
or …
What should Vikings do with J.J. McCarthy? Divorce seems inevitable after losing starting job to Kyler Murray
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/what-should-vikings-do-with-j-j-mccarthy/
scotus_majority: SCOTUS majority opinions
Network of legal citations among majority opinions written by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), from 1754-2002 (2008 version) and 1792-2006 (2007 version). In addition to the citation network, node metadata is included giving some description of each opinion.
This network has 25417 nodes and 216738 edges.
Tags: Informational, Legal, Unweighted, Metadata, Temporal
How Chinese platforms like ActID and New Claw are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, often using vague licensing terms (Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-microdramas-face-licensing/
at_migrations: Austrian internal migrations (2002-2022)
A network of migrations between municipalities in Austria, from 2002 to 2022. A weighted directed link from source to target indicates a migration flow from these two municipalities. Edges are annotated with migration volume (number of people), nationality, sex, and year.
This network has 2115 nodes and 2908569 edges.
Tags: Social, Economic, Travel, Weighted, Politlcal, Timestamps, Metadata