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The Archive
Space
Roman is on Falcon Heavy, nine months early
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 7:26 a.m. Eastern Sunday from 39A. The readiness date was May 2027. The fairing already says Roman.
Hacking
PaperCut shipped Emergency Patch Release 2 for NG and MF
PaperCut warned on 27 August AEST that attackers were exploiting NG and MF, then shipped Emergency Patch Release 2 on 28 August. Two CVEs are listed.
United States
Oak Ridge starts the interior of America’s new fuel plant
TRISO-X has started interior work at its TX-1 nuclear fuel plant in Oak Ridge, which is designed to make 700,000 fuel pebbles a year.
Upcoming
Toy Story 5 streams on Disney+ on 23 September
Pixar's Toy Story 5 streams on Disney+ from 23 September 2026, after taking more than $1.1 billion since 19 June. The 4K and Blu-ray land 22 September.
Australia
One Nation previews coal and gas policy at Marnoo
One Nation previewed coal, gas and a VicGrid strip for VNI West at a Farmers Fightback rally. The formal launch is Monday at Yallourn.
SpaceX
Forte leaves Christmas Island with Starship 40 for Starbase
The heavy-lift ship Forte left Christmas Island on 28 August with Starship 40 on deck, bound for Starbase about 20,000 km away.
Live · Breaking
NASA and SpaceX are go for Roman at 7:26 a.m. Eastern
NASA and SpaceX are go to launch the Roman Space Telescope on a Falcon Heavy from 39A on Sunday 30 August, with the weather odds at 50 percent.
How-to
Build the Maker Monday cyberdeck
Raspberry Pi's official cyberdeck tutorial uses a Pi 5, a 17.8 cm Touch Display 2 and a CASOMAN case. The 4 GB board lists at $110.
Tech
Apple puts M5 Max and M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio
On 25 August Apple put M5 Max and M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio. Pre-orders are open, and it ships on 22 September. The 512 GB model follows in late October.
Tech
Apple's 2nm M6 lands in the Mac mini, M5 Ultra in the Studio
Apple's first 2-nanometre chip starts at US$899 in the Mac mini, and the M5 Ultra Mac Studio starts at US$5,499. Both ship on 22 September.
Computing
Nvidia puts Groq 3 LPX into production
Nvidia said at Hot Chips on 24 August that its Groq 3 LPX rack, with 256 LP30 chips, is in full production. Nebius is the first AI cloud on the list.