Musk says Starship Flight 15 will try to catch its upper stage
Elon Musk said SpaceX would try to catch Starship’s upper stage on Flight 15. His Oct. 10 estimate was four to six weeks…
Recent archive · October 13, 2026
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JAXA schedules MMX launch for October 20, 2026
JAXA has scheduled MMX to launch at 04:41:03 JST on October 20, 2026, with a reserve period through November 7 and a Pho…
IMDEA Networks study finds chatbot data sharing in web and Android tests
Tests in Spain in May 2026 found conversation-data disclosures in 6 of 9 web clients and 3 of 8 Android clients, plus tr…
Amazon says the U.S. Army hosted an Amazon Leo demo
Amazon says the U.S. Army hosted an Amazon Leo demo. The reported peak topped 400 Mbps; further mobile and tactical-netw…
ESWIN Computing began trading in Hong Kong on October 9
ESWIN Computing began Hong Kong trading on October 9, 2026. Its IPO raised HK$2,385.7 million net; the prospectus detail…
JP Morgan’s reported estimate puts iPhone 18 Pro demand slightly above iPhone 17 Pro
Reported October supplier-order cuts and JP Morgan’s separate estimate use different measures; the iPhone 18 Pro demand…
ESA reports successful tests of two LUPEX spectrometer models
ESA reports two EMS-L development models assembled and tested. The instrument is designed to study the lunar exosphere o…
Meta settlement sets different payment routes for Alaska and Wyoming
The Meta settlement gives Alaska a 50/50 split and sends Wyoming’s installments to its General Fund, with a separate rou…
Google Meet’s post-quantum rollout began October 12
Google says Meet’s gradual post-quantum rollout began Oct. 12 for laptop web clients and room hardware. Updates are auto…
Tencent’s bond offering draws $17.1 billion in reported orders
Tencent’s reported bond offering drew $17.1 billion in orders. Its Q2 results detail cash-flow costs linked to computing…
Linus Torvalds used AI to review Linux code; tests confirmed one bug and found three more
Torvalds used LLM tools to clarify Linux’s assoc_array code. A user-space test confirmed one reported bug and found thre…
Yandex waives Cloud fees in Russian zones, with separate Yandex 360 and Yandex Pay measures
Yandex’s October 13 measures cover Cloud in Russian availability zones, Yandex 360 plans, a weeklong 20% annual Savings…
