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Pre-orders are open for Grand Theft Auto VI
Rockstar dated 19 November 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Standard US$79.99, Ultimate US$99.99. A code in the box. PC later, no date.
Tech
Poco put two hundred on the back
F9 Ultra and F9 Pro, 1 September. 200MP main with OIS on both. Ultra adds a 5× periscope Poco claims as 10× lossless and 20× processed. 8,050 mAh on the Ultra.
Hacking
The KEV named SharePoint
CISA put CVE-2026-55040 on the catalog 18 August. July KBs for Subscription Edition, 2019 and 2016 already exist. Due date was 21 August. The how-to is not here.
Video
The OCISLY tape is the webcast
Starlink Group 15-23 from Vandenberg 4E, about 08:42 UTC. SpaceX, Spaceflight Now, NASASpaceflight. Landing burn on the company clock at T+8:01. Not confirmed sat down.
AI / LLM
Fable took the board
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 on 1 September. Artificial Analysis has Fable 5.1 at 66 on the Intelligence Index, ahead of Opus 5 at 63. Cache reads cut 75 percent.
Space
BepiColombo splits on Thursday
ESA’s Mercury Transfer Module separates 3 September 2026 at 14:00 CEST from ESOC Darmstadt. MPO and Mio stay stacked. Science in April 2027.
Computing
Zen 6 stays on AM5
InstLatX64 captured AMD's Technical Information Portal on 26 August: Olympic Ridge and Medusa1 on AM5, Medusa1 and Medusa2 on FP10. Computex 2026 pledged AM5 through 2029. No consumer launch date from AMD.
Tesla
Forty-five on the Texas book
Tesla Robotaxi LLC listed 45 purpose-built 2026 Cybercabs on TxMCCS on 31 August. VINs begin 5YJA. Trackers put the Texas robotaxi book above 300. A listing is not a fare.
SpaceX
B1063 is up for its thirty-fifth
Starlink Group 15-23, Falcon 9 from SLC-4E Vandenberg, Wednesday 2 September, delayed from the 1st. B1063's 35th. 27 Starlink V2 Mini. Landing targeted on Of Course I Still Love You. Not confirmed flown at copy close.
Live · Breaking
Blue Origin gets the Mars radio
NASA awarded Blue Origin a firm-fixed-price contract on 1 September, maximum potential about US$700 million, for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Orbiter due 31 December 2028. Operations at Mars by 2030.
Game Reviews
Review: Sony PlayStation
Sony’s original PlayStation shipped in Japan on 3 December 1994, in the United States on 9 September 1995, in Europe on 29 September 1995, and in Australia on 15 November 1995.