Tech News - August 21, 2025

Tech news from the last day.
Sources used:

Verse 1:
• OpenAI's Altman Raises Stakes for AI Bubble With Spending Push
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/after-successes-like-severance-and-the-studio-apple-tv-gets-a-price-hike/
• AI Data Center Startup Crusoe in Talks for $10 Billion Valuation
https://www.theverge.com/news/763778/google-canceled-tablet-no-smart-ring-or-flip-phone-glasses

Verse 2:
• Apple TV+ gets a price hike
https://www.wired.com/story/tony-hawks-pro-skater-remasters-deal/
• Starlink wants billions in grants, but state governments aren't cooperating
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/andreessen-horowitz-hires-former-biden-cyber-official-neuberger
• Google reveals it isn't making tablets, smart rings, flip phones, or glasses
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/neolithic-people-took-gruesome-trophies-from-invading-tribes/

Verse 3:
• Kanye West Said Memecoins 'Prey On Fans.' Then He Apparently Launched One
https://www.theverge.com/tech/763409/le-creuset-saute-pan-favorites
• Africa Is Buying a Record Number of Chinese Solar Panels
https://www.wired.com/story/kanye-west-memecoin/
• Neolithic people took gruesome trophies from invading tribes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/openai-s-altman-raises-stakes-for-ai-bubble-with-spending-push