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TechnologyInstinct Raises $250 Million Series B at $2.5 Billion Valuation Led by Index and Benchmark
Instinct, the year-old personal AI assistant from 23-year-old founder Noah Shinn, raised a $250 million Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark at a $2.5 billion valuation while still in private beta.
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SportsNFL Moves 53-Man Cutdown Deadline to Sunday for First Time Since 2004
NFL rosters must be cut from 90 players to 53 by Sunday, August 30 at 6 p.m. ET, the first Sunday deadline since 2004. A by-law passed in March let the league move it up 46 hours for the 49ers-Rams game in Melbourne.
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SneakersWestside Gunn x Saucony Grid Jazz 9 'Awesome Gods' Drops August 28 at $225
Westside Gunn's Saucony Grid Jazz 9 "Awesome Gods" arrives August 28 for $225 under style code S71047-5. The hair-on animal-print panels are cut individually, so no two pairs share the same print placement.
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CultureAuthentic Brands Group Buys 51% of Drake's OVO as Vince Takes Operating Business
Authentic Brands Group has acquired 51 percent of OVO's intellectual property, leaving Drake with 44 percent of the Toronto label he co-founded in 2008. Vince Holding Corp. takes 5 percent and becomes the brand's core apparel licensee.
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CultureNew Music Friday: Erykah Badu & The Alchemist, Fat Joe, Rod Wave — August 28, 2026
Erykah Badu's first album in 16 years leads a stacked New Music Friday alongside Fat Joe, Rod Wave, DJ Dahi, Majid Jordan, Trippie Redd, and Sy'Rai.
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Daily RoundupThe 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.
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Games to WatchGames to Watch — Friday, August 28: Red Sox open four games at Yankee Stadium
Boston opens a four-game set at Yankee Stadium at 7:15 pm ET on Apple TV, with New York laid -147 and the total at 7. The Rangers visit the majors-best Brewers at 7:40, and the Fever host Connecticut at 7:30.
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Games to WatchGames to Watch — Thursday, August 27: Dodgers at Braves, NFL preseason wraps
The two best records in the National League meet in Atlanta at 7:15 PM ET, with Chris Sale against Yoshinobu Yamamoto and a first-round bye on the line. Also on the board: Astros at Yankees, the 27-11 Valkyries in Brooklyn, and the last of the NFL preseason.
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Daily RoundupThe 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.
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TechnologyGatik Raises $200 Million Series D Led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch
Autonomous trucking company Gatik raised a $200 million Series D co-led by the Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies after completing more than 85,000 fully driverless orders.
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CultureIowa and Montana Ask the Supreme Court to Halt the 12-State Paramount-Warner Suit
Iowa and Montana filed a 56-page motion asking the Supreme Court to throw out the antitrust suit that 12 states brought to block Paramount's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The filing asks for responses by September 15.
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SportsWarriors Complete Their 15-Man Roster With a One-Year, $3.9 Million Deal for Georges Niang
Golden State agreed to a one-year, $3.9 million deal with veteran forward Georges Niang, filling the final spot on a 15-man roster the team spent the offseason re-signing rather than rebuilding.