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AI / LLM
Crusoe Hit Thirty Billion
Crusoe has raised more than US$3 billion. The round values it at about US$30 billion, and Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI are among its customers.
Tech
Samsung Left the IFA Floor
Samsung has skipped the main IFA Berlin floor for the first time since 1991, holding its Connect show at Humboldt Carré instead.
Tech
Xiaomi makes its full IFA exhibitor debut in Berlin
Xiaomi is a full IFA exhibitor for the first time in 2026, showing more than 380 products. It says its platform links more than 1.1 billion devices.
Live · Breaking
NHTSA opens audit of Tesla Cybercab certification on launch day
Same day Cybercab rides began, NHTSA opened AQ26002 into Tesla’s FMVSS certification paperwork.
Tesla
Fremont Builds the First Optimus
Tesla is building Gen 3 Optimus at low volume on Fremont's old Model S/X floor for internal training. Outside sales are aimed at the second half of 2027.
SpaceX
Eighty Starlinks and Counting
A Falcon 9 was set to fly Starlink Group 15-24 from Vandenberg as SpaceX's 80th Starlink mission of 2026, as Florida Starlink flights shift to Starship.
Space
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum reaches orbit from Andøya
Isar Aerospace's second Spectrum flight reached orbit from Norway with customer payloads, Europe's first commercial orbital success from the mainland.
Tesla
Megapack 3 Rolled in Texas
Tesla's Brookshire Megafactory in Texas started Megapack 3 production on 6 August, designed for 50 GWh a year, with deliveries aimed at late 2026.
SpaceX
SpaceX Picked Vera Rubin
Elon Musk called Nvidia's Vera Rubin the best AI computer and said SpaceX will build only on Nvidia as its installed compute grows from 1.4 GW.
Roads
Electric trucks need megawatt chargers, ARENA report says
AECOM's 2025 report for ARENA says interstate trucks need up to 165 megawatt charging hubs. Fleet EV News puts demand at 11.5 to 16 TWh a year by 2040.
Roads
Nullarbor EV charger gaps shrink to about 175 to 200 km
EV charger gaps on the Eyre Highway across the Nullarbor are now about 175 to 200 km for most legs. The Stuart Highway still has a gap of about 625 km.