The Gold Standard
The Gold Standard

Game Reviews
Onimusha kept the blade
Capcom's sword-first Onimusha reboot opened 4 Sep 2026 on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC. Review as craft — Gaming.net, Polygon roundup, Game Informer. Positive where fair.

SpaceX
Flight Fourteen asks for orbit
FCC STA for Starship Flight 14: orbital second stage, window from 15 September 2026 NET. Starlink V3. Booster 21 already static-fired. Radio authority, not a flight licence. TeslaNorth, earnings context, FAA week.

Tech
Razr got the crystals
Motorola IFA 3 Sep: Razr 70 Brilliant Collection with Swarovski — 35 crystals + hinge crystal; PANTONE Meteorite; 3.6-inch cover / 6.9-inch fold; 50MP; 4800 mAh. Edge 70 Plus / Watch Ultra as colour. GSMArena.

EV
BYD overseas set the record
August 2026: 440,293 NEVs (+17.84% YoY); overseas record 189,466 (+134.45%), ~43% of month; domestic 250,827; passenger BEV 256,230. JingPost / company materials.

Tech
Eighteen Fold lands on the seventh
Xiaomi 18 Fold shown IFA 2026; China launch 7 Sep; first commercial phone with XRing O3; LPDDR6 CXMT claimed; cherry red unit. Ubergizmo/Android Authority. Price CNY 10k+ and battery labelled leaks.

EV
Sealion took twelve thousand
BYD Sealion 08 launched 2 Sep 2026; Ocean sales said >12,000 orders in 24 hours. PHEV from ~229,900 yuan; EV pack 115.072 kWh, CLTC up to 900 km. Electrek 3 Sep.

Hacking
Entra was already mitigated
Microsoft Entra ID CVE-2026-62916 elevation of privilege, MSRC 3 Sep 2026: already fully mitigated by Microsoft; no customer action. Transparency CVE. Cloud fix without a user patch.

Tesla
Austin hailed the two-seater
3 Sep 2026: Cybercab commercially hailable via Robotaxi app after Austin invite night. Two seats, no wheel or pedals. NHTSA AQ26002 same day. Electrek/AP/Engadget.

Hacking
Seven more on the KEV
CISA 2 Sep 2026 added seven to KEV: Sangoma, Starlette, Kestra, LiteLLM, JFrog Artifactory, two SonicWall SMA1000. BOD 26-04 clocks ~5 Sep and 16 Sep for two. Public book, patches exist.

Tesla
Sparks opens on the twenty-fourth
Tesla Semi account sets 24 Sep 2026 inauguration for the Nevada Semi factory. About 1.7 million sq ft, 50k trucks/year nameplate. Standard ~325 mi / Long ~500 mi. Electrek 24 Aug.

AI / LLM
Fairwind named the defenders
Google Fairwind (~2 Sep 2026) gates Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber to trusted defenders. Parallel Anthropic Mythos 5.1 / OpenAI Daybreak framing. Hacker News thread on the Flash Cyber drop. Defenders get tools.
