The Archive
The Archive
United States
Four Reactors Hit Criticality
Four advanced reactors passed an early test, zero-power criticality, by 4 July 2026, beating the Trump administration's goal of at least three.
Australia
Henderson Gets the AUKUS Visit
Rear Adm. Douglas J. Adams's AUKUS visit put dry docks at Henderson, WA, on the record. Richard Marles says the first Virginia sub is still due in 2032.
Computing
Nova Lake Mass Production in Q4
Leaked slides put Intel's Core Ultra 400 Nova Lake-S into mass production in Q4 2026, with 28-core retail chips aimed at Q1 2027.
Christian
Pope Leo XIV's France trip motto: That the World May Have Life
Pope Leo XIV's France journey from 25 to 28 September takes its motto, "That the world may have life", from John 6:51.
Australia
Queensland's rating is on the brink
Queensland is close to losing its AA+ S&P credit rating, but no cut had come by 11 September. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers called it "very troubling".
Ciphers
Entry exam on the night desk
Five locks at the raised bar: tradecraft logic, a crossword, a find-a-word, Playfair, and a Cardano grille. Answers folded. They stay on the paper.
Hacking
Chromium Hit the KEV
The US cyber agency CISA has added Chromium flaw CVE-2026-85046 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Browser updates carry the fix.
Breaking
Eighty Starlink Missions This Year
Starlink Group 15-24 from Vandenberg was framed as SpaceX's 80th Starlink mission of 2026, on booster B1088's nineteenth flight or so.
Roads
EV fast chargers: the Hume Highway has no big gaps
The Hume, Pacific, Bruce and Western highways have no public fast-charger gap over about 150 km, EV Roadside and The Driven found in June 2026.
United States
Six bills, zero nays, four criticalities
Six nuclear permitting and fuel bills cleared House Energy and Commerce unanimously in early September, as a House panel heard reactor pilot results.
Australia
Hastie calls Hanson and Joyce lying cowards
Andrew Hastie has called Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce "lying cowards" after they denied calling him a traitor over a One Nation cartoon.