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Astra crossed the threshold

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra ~3–4 Sep 2026: first Critical cyber mark under the Preparedness Framework. Daybreak defenders first; Plus/Pro/Business/Enterprise days after. Verge, NBC, OpenAI. Models as products.

The coronagraph is alive

Roman’s Coronagraph powered 7:27–8:22 a.m. Eastern on 1 September. Antenna and visor already deployed. Three-month commissioning. First images early 2027. NASA blogs.

Halo Station at IFA

AMD at IFA 2026: Threadripper Halo Station — 96-core 9995WX, dual liquid-cooled MI350P (path to four), 2 TB DDR5, 288 GB HBM3E (up to 576). Trillion-parameter claim. No price. Tom’s Hardware.

Spark ships in October

NVIDIA at IFA: RTX Spark Windows PCs from October. N1X in two SKUs — 20-core/6144 CUDA up to 128 GB, or 18-core/5120 up to 32 GB. Lenovo, Acer, Microsoft and more. No prices.

KIER put twenty-six-seven on tandem

Korea Institute of Energy Research: Fraunhofer ISE-certified 26.7% perovskite/CIGS tandem, NLR best-cell chart. Beats SNU/KIST 26.3%. EurekAlert / Solar Now ~5 Sep.

Lean checked Fermat’s Last

Anthropic’s 4 September post: 11 days, ~13 million lines of Lean, ~29,500 intermediate theorems. Buzzard compiled and confirmed. New Scientist 5 September. First complete computer-checked FLT.

Tracking put a number on the courier

Deadline put Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil at about US$35 million for the 18 September open, with first-day sales that could push the forecast toward US$50 million. A Spanish-language teaser landed 4 September. Fantastic Fest screens it on the 17th.

Ink opened Venice with a red-top roar

Danny Boyle's Murdoch–Lamb drama opened the 83rd Venice Film Festival on 2 September. 116 minutes. Golden Lion competition. US theatres 11 December, Netflix 8 January.

Xiaomi showed the mid-fold

TechNode filed the Xiaomi 18 Fold exterior on 3 September: 5.38-inch cover, 7.58-inch inner, horizontal camera strip. Launch 7 September in China on Xring O3 with HyperOS 4 and on-device MiMo.

The work diary gets a second generation

The NHVR and Transport Certification Australia have a new Electronic Work Diary framework. Drivers on an approved system keep the one they have.

B1063 sat down two shy of the record

Starlink Group 15-23 from Vandenberg SLC-4E at 1:42 a.m. PDT, Wednesday 2 September. Booster B1063's 35th flight. 27 Starlink V2 Mini. Landed on Of Course I Still Love You.