For whatever it's worth: After hitting 404 errors attempting to download version 436.02 for most of Tuesday (8/20), I returned this morning and downloaded 436.02-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql-rp.exe at around 9am PST. Even after they took it down on 8/20, it seems that NVIDIA re-enabled...
I suppose that why it was published in their Opinion and Editorial section. It does seem to be striking a chord, and it looks to be creating a divided opinion on the topic.