Science

4 giant rockets, one will win: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/the-year-2020-could-see-the-unheard-of-debut-of-four-big-rockets-or-not/

Technology

Verizon stops activating 3g phones: https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/17/verizon-stops-activating-3g-phones/

Verizon throttles fire dept during a fire: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-throttled-fire-departments-unlimited-data-during-calif-wildfire/

Microsoft and Walmart team up against Amazon: https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/17/microsoft-walmart-alliance-against-amazon/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Homemade flying cars: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/video/surprise-homemade-flying-car-bad-idea

Let's nuke Mars: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/sorry-elon-nuking-mars-icecaps-wont-geoengineer-it/