Description

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Mtn Dew HoneyDew

-MRI Machines are nuts: https://apnews.com/article/mri-machine-long-island-chain-necklace-24b4c34492811dd72b15c2fd26ec76fd#

-Ford is betting big on electric: https://electrek.co/2025/08/11/fords-new-universal-ev-platform-is-a-game-changer-for-30k-evs/

-Many states looking into Data Center power draw: https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-among-those-states-evaluating-data-center-power-impact-on-household-bills

Jarron:

-Computer science bubble is bursting:

https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/06/25/1730250/the-computer-science-bubble-is-bursting?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Perplexity offers to buy Chrome. Hahahaha.

https://www.theverge.com/news/758218/perplexity-google-chrome-bid-unsolicited-offer

-Goodbye AOL dial up:

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/10/0626249/aol-finally-discontinues-its-dial-up-internet-access---after-34-years?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Google is keeping goo.gl links alive afterall:

https://blog.google/technology/developers/googl-link-shortening-update/

-Epic wins again:

https://www.theverge.com/news/716856/epic-v-google-win-in-appeals-court

Owen:

-It all began when AI overcame the anti-bot checkbox. Checkmate humanity.
https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/28/2034216/openais-chatgpt-agent-casually-clicks-through-i-am-not-a-robot-verification-test

-ChatGPT-5 and 5-Thinking models released… and the launch was…bad.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/the-gpt-5-rollout-has-been-a-big-mess/