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The Archive
SpaceX
Starlink Mobile goes live in Kazakhstan with Beeline
Starlink Mobile went live in Kazakhstan through Beeline on 29 September, a first for Central Asia, and it's free to try during the launch period.
SpaceX
Starlink opens sign-ups for Community hosts selling hourly passes
Starlink is signing up Community hosts who'd share one kit with neighbours on hour, day, week or month passes. No prices have been announced yet.
Roads
Strzelecki Track sealing nears halfway with a new 67 km stage
Sealing has started on a 67 km stretch of SA's Strzelecki Track. The $215 million project has now sealed 225 of the track's 472 km.
Game Reviews
007 First Light's free update adds New Game+ and Valhalla runs
IO Interactive's free Extended Operations update for 007 First Light landed on 1 October with New Game+, a 00 difficulty, photo mode and over 700 fixes.
Breaking
Amazon deal funds a 190 MW boost at Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant
Amazon signed a 20-year deal on Wednesday 30 September for 690 MW from Calvert Cliffs, backing a 190 MW nuclear uprate due by 2032.
Computing
AMD prices all 31 EPYC Venice chips, topping out at US$14,904
AMD's priced all 31 of its Zen 6 EPYC Venice server chips, from US$700 for eight cores to US$14,904 for the 256-core EPYC 9996.
EV
Ampol agrees to buy Evie Networks' EV chargers for $225 million
Ampol will buy Evie Networks for $225 million. If the ACCC clears the deal, its charging network grows to about 1,425 bays at more than 400 sites.
Space
Artemis Accords signatories, now 76, meet in Antalya on Monday
NASA's Artemis Accords signatories meet in Antalya on Monday 5 October. Albania, Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire and San Marino joined in September, making 76.
EV
BMW opens its Irlbach-Straßkirchen battery plant for the new i3
BMW opened its roughly €1 billion Irlbach-Straßkirchen battery plant on 1 October 2026. It's building Gen6 packs for the new i3 on two shifts from day one.
EV
BYD has its best month of 2026, with record electric car sales
BYD sold 463,561 new energy vehicles in September, its best month this year. A record 273,143 of them were battery-electric cars.
Space
ESA hires Airbus and OHB to study a European-led space station
ESA has two Airbus- and OHB-led teams studying a European-led space station for after the ISS. The nine-month studies began in June.