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TechnologyPrime Intellect Raises $130M Series A at $1B Valuation for Enterprise AI Training
Prime Intellect raised a $130 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation, backed by Nvidia, Intel, and Dell, to let enterprises train their own AI agents instead of renting them from frontier labs.
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SneakersSeptember 2026 Sneaker Releases: J Balvin's Air Jordan 4, Comme des Garçons, and the Full Drop Calendar
September 2026 is the calendar's busiest month yet — 43 drops, led by Comme des Garçons, Travis Scott, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny collabs over a deep Jordan retro wall. The full month, dated.
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SneakersAugust 2026 Sneaker Releases: Air Jordan 9 "Space Jam," AJ6 "Oreo," and the Full Drop Calendar
August closed with 45 tracked drops — the AJ1 "Love Letter," AJ6 "Oreo," AJ13 "Flint" and "Wings," the Laser pack — and an August 29 stacked with the AJ8 "Chrome," AJ9 "Space Jam," both Awake NY 6s and Bad Bunny's F50. The full month, dated.
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SportsGames to Watch — Monday, July 13: Lynx host the Mercury on a two-game WNBA night
The league-best Minnesota Lynx (17-6) host the Phoenix Mercury at 9 ET on Peacock, with rookie Olivia Miles fronting the Rookie of the Year race. Earlier, the Sparks visit the Atlanta Dream at 7 ET on USA Network. A quiet two-game WNBA night with MLB on its All-Star break.
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CultureJAY-Z Plays Three Yankee Stadium Nights With Beyoncé, Nas, Eminem and Rihanna
JAY-Z headlined three nights at Yankee Stadium July 10-12, 2026, marking Reasonable Doubt's 30th and The Blueprint's 25th, with guests from Beyoncé and Blue Ivy to Nas, Eminem and Rihanna.
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Daily RoundupThe Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 3 'True Blue' Returns July 18, the World Cup Semifinals Are Set, Nike's Jay-Z 'Reasonable Doubt 30' Air Force 1, and Apple Sues OpenAI — July 13, 2026
The Air Jordan 3 'True Blue' OG returns July 18 for $230, the World Cup semifinals are set (France-Spain, England-Argentina), Nike marks 30 years of Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt with an Air Force 1, and Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets.
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TechnologyMeta to Build C$13B (~$9.2B) Data Center in Alberta, Its First in Canada
Meta will build its first Canadian data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, a C$13 billion (about $9.2 billion) project starting at 1 gigawatt and scaling to 1.8 gigawatts.
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CultureBone Thugs-n-Harmony Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Cleveland hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 8, 2026, honored in the Recording category as Ice-T and Fat Joe paid tribute.
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SportsJannik Sinner Beats Alexander Zverev for Second Straight Wimbledon Title
Jannik Sinner came from a set down to beat Alexander Zverev 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 at Wimbledon on July 12, 2026, retaining his title and taking the fifth Grand Slam of his career.
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SportsGames to Watch — Sunday, July 12: Fever at the Aces on NBC, a 15-game MLB Sunday
The defending-champion Aces host the Fever on Sunday Night Basketball (9 ET, NBC), favored by 4.5 with Caitlin Clark sidelined. The rest of the day belongs to baseball, where the Dodgers, Brewers, and Cubs headline a 15-game MLB Sunday.
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CultureLetterboxd Holds Early Sale Talks With Netflix, Sony, and Paramount Skydance
Letterboxd, the film-logging social network, is in early talks to sell, with Netflix, Sony, Paramount Skydance, TPG, and Alexis Ohanian circling and LionTree valuing it around $250 million.
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TechnologyMeta to Begin Manufacturing Its Iris AI Chip in September 2026
Meta will begin manufacturing its custom Iris AI chip in September 2026, designed with Broadcom and fabricated by TSMC, part of a push to cut compute costs and reduce its reliance on Nvidia and AMD.