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Edition No. 54 · Sat 15 Aug 2026 · 25 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Edition No. 54
Saturday 15 August 2026
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21 · Puck
"Meet the Flockers"Why it matters
Flock Safety, valued at $8.4B, will cut data retention from a month to a week, and Ian Krietzberg presses founder Garrett Langley on it.
Story page →22 · Reuters
"Record US wildfire season: firefighter entrapments hit 20-year high"Why it matters
Firefighters are being overrun at the highest rate in two decades, with months left in a record wildfire season.
Story page →23 · Vox
"How to rebuild your attention span"Why it matters
The decline in attention span is not permanent, and resting the brain is most of the fix.
Story page →24 · Vox
"Spokane wildfires and the West's burning suburbs"Why it matters
The wildland-urban interface story, told through Spokane and the West's burning suburbs.
Story page →25 · SportBusiness
"Token gains: OneFootball back from the brink"Why it matters
OneFootball has reached positive EBITDA four years after the NFT deals that nearly killed it.
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