Games to Watch — Monday, August 31: Brewers open four at Wrigley, 11 more MLB games
The Brewers, 85-52 and the best record in baseball, open four games at Wrigley against the 77-60 Cubs at 7:40 ET, and Vegas has it as a coin flip. Eleven other MLB games fill out the Monday slate.
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The Daily Roundup: Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO at $160, Aaron Donald Returns to the Rams, and Amazon Closes Mechanical Turk — August 31, 2026
The Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO releases today at $160 in Terracotta and Alloy, Aaron Donald unretires on a one-year, $20 million deal with the Rams, and Amazon closes Mechanical Turk on September 30.
The Daily Roundup: Westside Gunn x Saucony Grid Jazz 9 at $225, Liverpool Host Nottingham Forest in Matchday Two, Alabama Shakes Return After 11 Years, and a Judge Voids the Pentagon's Anthropic Label — August 28, 2026
Westside Gunn's Saucony Grid Jazz 9 "Awesome God" releases at $225, Chris Sale strikes out 11 in a 1-0 shutout to sweep the Dodgers, Alabama Shakes return after 11 years, and a judge voids the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk label on Anthropic.
The Daily Roundup: Supreme x Nike Air Max 2001 'Air Ecstasy' at $180, Braves Beat Dodgers 6-5, Erykah Badu and The Alchemist Release Friday, and OpenAI Details Jalapeño — August 27, 2026
Supreme's Nike Air Max 2001 'Air Ecstasy' drops today in three colorways at $180, the Braves walked off the Dodgers 6-5 in Atlanta, Erykah Badu and The Alchemist release their first joint album Friday, and OpenAI detailed its Jalapeño inference chip at Hot Chips.
The Daily Roundup: Chevy x Nike Book 2 'Pretty Penny' Drops at $155, NFL Rosters Cut to 53 by Sunday, Prince's 'Timeless' Arrives Friday, and Meta Settles for $16.68 Billion — August 26, 2026
The Chevy x Nike Book 2 'Pretty Penny' releases today at $155, NFL teams must reach 53 players by 6 p.m. ET Sunday, Prince's Timeless arrives Friday with 10 unreleased Vault recordings, and Meta agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion to settle state claims.
The Daily Roundup: Nike SB's Air Force 1 'Light Chocolate' Drops at $120, Dodgers Visit the Braves on TBS, Katseye's 'Wild' Debuts at No. 1, and Hugging Face Explores a $13 Billion Sale — August 25, 2026
Nike SB's Air Force 1 Low 'Light Chocolate' releases today at $120, the Dodgers visit the Braves at 7:15 p.m. ET on TBS, Katseye's Wild debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 170,000 units, and Hugging Face is exploring a sale at a $13 billion valuation.
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The Daily Roundup: Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO at $160, Aaron Donald Returns to the Rams, and Amazon Closes Mechanical Turk — August 31, 2026
The Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO releases today at $160 in Terracotta and Alloy, Aaron Donald unretires on a one-year, $20 million deal with the Rams, and Amazon closes Mechanical Turk on September 30.
Amazon Shuts Down Mechanical Turk on September 30 After 21 Years
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on September 30, 2026, after 21 years, along with SageMaker Ground Truth and Amazon Augmented AI. The platform listed over 500,000 workers across 190 countries and paid cents per task.
Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO Drops August 31 for $160
Salehe Bembury releases the PUMA Velum 2 NITRO on August 31 through his own site at $160, in Terracotta and Alloy. It is a new shape in the Velum line rather than a colorway of the original, with a wider PUMA launch following in early September.
Aaron Donald Unretires, Signs One-Year, $20 Million Deal With Rams
Aaron Donald is returning to the Los Angeles Rams for 2026 after two seasons away, on a one-year deal worth $20 million and up to $30 million with incentives. He joins Myles Garrett, whom the Rams acquired from Cleveland in June.
JENNIE x adidas Superstar Square Ballet Drops September 1 for $150
BLACKPINK's JENNIE releases her first adidas Originals collaboration on September 1: a Superstar rebuilt as a ballet flat, with a squared shell toe and an elastic strap in place of laces, in two colorways at $150.
Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.1 Billion Machine Age Fund for AI Hardware
Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.1 billion for the Machine Age Fund, a dedicated hardware vehicle backing the chips, memory, data centers and robots AI runs on. Hardware is now over 20% of the firm's deal flow.
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