Games to Watch

Games to Watch — Friday, August 7: Braves at Yankees, Valkyries visit the Wings

Max Fried faces the Braves, the team he pitched for through 2024, at 7:05 PM ET on ESPN with the Yankees at -156. Zack Wheeler starts in Philadelphia at 6:40, and the 21-9 Valkyries visit the Dallas Wings at 9:30.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Nike LeBron 23 "Hardwood Classic" at $210, Chelsea Gray's Buzzer-Beaters Give the Aces an 86-84 OT Win, Karol G's Drake Collab, and Demis Hassabis Steps Down at DeepMind — August 7, 2026

Nike's LeBron 23 "Hardwood Classic" arrives at $210, Chelsea Gray's two buzzer-beating threes give the Aces an 86-84 overtime win over the Fever, Karol G and Ravyn Lenae headline New Music Friday, and Demis Hassabis steps down as Google DeepMind CEO.

Culture

New Music Friday: Ckay, Beyoncé & Whitney Houston — August 7, 2026

Ckay's Banger Boy, Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Morning Dew (Donk) remix, and a Whitney Houston hits collection led a stacked August 7, 2026 release day.

Technology

Atoms Names Former Uber Finance Chief Gautam Gupta CFO After $1.7B Round

Atoms, Travis Kalanick's industrial AI company, named former Uber finance chief Gautam Gupta as CFO on August 5, weeks after a $1.7 billion round led by a16z that included $100 million from Uber.

Technology

Anthropic Builds In-House Custom Silicon Team to Design Chips for Claude

Anthropic confirmed on August 5 that it is assembling a custom silicon team to design its own AI chips, posting chip-design roles at $320,000 to $485,000 while keeping its AWS, Google, Nvidia and AMD hardware.

Sports

Dillon Brooks Agrees to Three-Year, $73 Million Suns Extension Through 2029-30

Dillon Brooks agreed to a fully guaranteed three-year, $73 million extension with the Phoenix Suns on August 5, running through 2029-30 after a career-high 20.2 points per game in his first season in Phoenix.

Sneakers

Awake NY x Air Jordan 6 "Playful Pink" Drops August 29 for $230

Angelo Baque's Awake NY releases its third Jordan Brand collaboration, the Air Jordan 6 “Playful Pink,” on August 29 for $230. A “Midnight Navy” companion pair follows in September at the same price.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 13 "Wings" at $215, NFL Preseason Opens in Canton, ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face Tour, and Anthropic's $10 Billion Volta Deal — August 6, 2026

The Air Jordan 13 "Wings" releases at $215 in a run reported at 12,000 pairs, NFL preseason opens with Panthers vs Cardinals in Canton, ScHoolboy Q books a 10-date Blank Face LP anniversary tour, and Anthropic signs a $10 billion compute deal with Volta.

Sneakers

Paige Bueckers' Nike GT Cut 4 'Shirley Buckets' Gets a General Release at $210

Nike is releasing Paige Bueckers' 'Shirley Buckets' GT Cut 4 to the public at $210, style code IX2111-600. The cherry-soda graphic traces back to the Shirley Temple Gatorade flavor the brand made for her in June 2025.

Technology

Valar Atomics Raises $1 Billion Series B Led by Sequoia at a $6 Billion Valuation

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics raised $1 billion led by Sequoia Capital at a $6 billion valuation, tripling its April mark, weeks after its Ward 250 reactor powered an Nvidia Blackwell system.

Sports

Ravens Sign Zay Flowers to Four-Year, $140 Million Extension With $108 Million Guaranteed

The Ravens signed Zay Flowers to a four-year, $140 million extension with $108 million guaranteed, tying him with Justin Jefferson as the NFL's fourth-highest-paid receiver at $35 million per year.

Technology

Anthropic Signs $10 Billion, Six-Year Compute Deal With Volta for a Norway Data Center

Anthropic signed a six-year, $10 billion cloud compute agreement with startup Volta for 121 IT megawatts at Bitdeer's Tydal campus in Norway. Volta's own 16-year lease from Bitdeer runs about $4.7 billion and is to be backed by $1.3 billion in letters of credit.