SpaceX successfully launched Falcon Heavy carrying the classified NROL-97 payload from Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A on October 1–2, marking the NRO's first use of Falcon Heavy under the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 contract. Side boosters landed at Cape Canaveral.
SoftBank finalized a $10B tranche of its OpenAI commitment (total ~$30B for ~13% stake). Broadcom agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42B to finance TPU infrastructure leases, creating a circular financing structure. The deals underscore AI's massive capital requirements.
Tech in Asia says local giants YandexGo and Kaspi mean copy-paste strategies won’t work in Central Asia.
BGR says both models are worth buying in 2026, citing long-lasting reliability, comfort and sound quality.
The Wall Street Journal reports alleged sharing with an outside AI safety group; OpenAI cites policy violations.
BGR says a few key features can help shoppers judge which mesh Wi-Fi systems are worth buying.
Techmeme, citing MBI Deep Dives, says Meta could focus on building trust first and possibly collect merchant transaction fees later.
Digit says the model can hold face-to-face video conversations and answer questions in real time.
PCMag compares app compatibility, ease of use, hardware availability, interface design and gaming support to help readers choose.
Cloudflare introduced Clef and Clef-flash on Oct. 1, published the models on Hugging Face under Apache 2.0, and says Clef tops a Jev leaderboard marked self-reported and not yet reproduced upstream.
Techmeme, citing the Financial Times, says the discussed deal would place the chips in a special-purpose vehicle for leaseback to Amazon's US data centers.
BGR says 3D-printer parts can be helpful tools for other purposes, though making them work takes creativity.
Neowin says the developer expects the tool to work on CPUs with PopCnt but without SSE4.2.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched Oct 1 from Cape Canaveral carrying commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, CSA's Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos' Sergey Teteryatnikov. Targeted for ~7-hour launch-to-docking to ISS.
BGR says scientists have found no health concerns, though a centralized spot in the house is best for placement.
Digit India advertised a OnePlus 13s price below Rs 50,000 and Rs 35,999 for the Redmi Turbo 5 after offers.
Techmeme, citing Kat Boboris at arXiv, reports a record 40,363 submissions in September 2026, versus 20,569 in September 2024.
Microsoft said its official X account was accessed without authorization. The Verge reported the compromised profile followed a Clippy crypto account, reposted one of its tweets, and changed its image to Clippy before the posts were removed.
BGR says a Roku TV should appear when you open screen mirroring, but a few common issues can keep it off the list.
SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-13 mission with four astronauts to the ISS aboard Falcon 9/Dragon and cut U.S. Starlink Mini kit price to $149 (or $12.41/month financing) with updated roaming plans.
