The Archive
The Archive
Tech
Apple opens Core AI so apps load a model like a font
WWDC, 8 June. The inference stack behind Apple Intelligence is now a Swift API, a .aimodel file, and a public Qwen, Mistral, and SAM 3 repository.
Tech
Apple’s bigger on-device model needs 12 GB and an iPhone 17 Pro
WWDC, 8 June. Expressive Siri and advanced dictation stay on the 12 GB phones. The base iPhone 17, at 8 GB, does not get them.
United States
Day one ended the LNG export pause
The Energy Department ended the Biden-era pause on LNG export applications on 20 January 2025. Commonwealth LNG got the first post-pause license.
Australia
Hanson took the energy package to the Press Club on 17 June
Pauline Hanson used her 17 June National Press Club address to lay out One Nation's energy plan, including treating gas as a strategic asset.
Australia
Hanson's Press Club speech put nuclear back in the argument
Pauline Hanson's 17 June Press Club speech put civil nuclear back in the national argument, with a call for a reactor and repeal of the net-zero law.
Computing
Lenovo ships SteamOS on the Legion Go 2
Lenovo's Legion Go 2 now runs SteamOS from US$1,199, with a 22.4 cm 144 Hz OLED, Ryzen Z2 Extreme and up to 32 GB of memory.
Game Reviews
Lost in Tandem and Wild Ice bring finished co-op games to Steam
Tempete Studio's Lost in Tandem shipped on 22 July, and Journey Bound Games' Wild Ice followed on 19 August. Both are finished co-op games.
SpaceX
NASA slipped Crew-13 after a Dragon oxidizer leak
NASA has delayed Crew-13 to fix an oxidizer leak in Dragon's propulsion system, found in standard prelaunch processing. There's no new date yet.
Game Reviews
Split Fiction has sold more than seven million copies
Hazelight's co-op adventure Split Fiction has sold more than seven million copies since its 6 March 2025 launch. Steam reviews are 97 percent positive.
SpaceX
Starlink Mobile spans 650 satellites and 22 countries
SpaceX's Starlink Mobile, the renamed direct-to-cell service, has about 650 satellites and 16 million unique users, Starlink's Michael Nicolls says.
Tesla
Tesla's Brookshire Megafactory starts Megapack 3
Tesla's Megapack 3 is rolling off the line at its new Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas, designed for 50 GWh a year. Each unit holds about 5 MWh.