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Wellington Dam's new A$37 million dual-lane bridge opens
Water Corporation opened the A$37 million Wellington Dam bridge near Collie on 7 October. The 64-metre dual-lane span replaces a 1966 single lane.How to update to VS Code 1.141 and turn on agent sandboxing
VS Code 1.141 landed on 7 October with agent sandboxing, worktree cleanup and sign-in to several GitHub Enterprise hosts. Here's how to turn them on.DOJ and FBI seize Flax Typhoon tools Microscan and FishHub
The DOJ and FBI have seized domains behind Microscan and FishHub, two hacking tools run by China's Integrity Tech. A joint warning for defenders came too.GTA VI names its radio stations: the long road to launch
Rockstar named GTA VI's first six radio stations on 8 October, six weeks before the 19 November launch. Here's how the game got here and what's unknown.Tesla files permit for a Semi service center in Las Vegas
Tesla has filed a Clark County permit for a Semi service center at 3780 N Las Vegas Blvd. It's still Awaiting Plans, with no opening date yet.Grok Bot can search, read and monitor X without a connector
Grok Bot can now search, read and monitor X without an X connector, SpaceXAI says. There's no published quota, history window or docs page yet.SpaceX says Pad 39A Starship tower is almost complete
SpaceX's Julianna Scheiman said on 1 October that Pad 39A's Starship tower is almost complete and testing has begun. No Florida launch date yet.WHO presses Russia for answers on Irkutsk lab worker's death
Russia says an Irkutsk anti-plague institute worker who died on 2 October had pneumonia of unknown cause, not plague. WHO says it still needs answers.Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for showing how reactions can make just one mirror image of a molecule.Saab video shows first Brazil-built Gripen E's maiden flight
Saab's video shows the first Gripen E built in Brazil flying from Embraer's Gavião Peixoto plant on 6 October, the first of 15 jets.Warhammer Survivors launches 10 November for US$7.99
Warhammer Survivors launches 10 November on PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch and mobile for US$7.99, with Game Pass on day one and a new demo out now.Review: Gears of War: E-Day wins critics over with its combat
Gears of War: E-Day scores 87 on OpenCritic. Critics call its shooting the best in the series but split on the prequel story.RTX Spark laptops hit preorder as Windows opens to AI agents
NVIDIA RTX Spark laptops, led by Microsoft's US$2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra, are on preorder and ship 16 October. Windows is opening up to AI agents too.ESA's Hera spots the Didymos asteroids and gets ready to brake
ESA's Hera saw the Didymos asteroids from 236,500 km on 7 October, two years after launch. A 93-minute braking burn on 15 October begins its arrival.Trump's Arsenal-2 submarine yard gives taxpayers a 40% stake
Anduril's US$6.6 billion Arsenal-2 shipyard near Baltimore will build Virginia-class submarine parts from 2030. Trump says taxpayers get a 40% stake.Lee Hanson hopes the Richmond cafe that singled her out succeeds
One Nation’s Tasmanian president Lee Hanson says a Richmond cafe she backed for years singled her out over the party’s ad. She still wants it to do well.Greens’ Vica Bayley backed a cafe that singled out a customer
Opinion: Greens deputy Vica Bayley met Lee Hanson’s hurt with “cry me a river”. His party preaches inclusion, then backed a cafe that singled her out.Germany backs EU-wide approval of Tesla's FSD Supervised
Germany's transport minister wants EU-wide approval for Tesla's FSD Supervised, with a vote in December at the earliest. Tesla's agreed a 10% speed cap.Telstra's Aura fibre now runs Perth to Sydney: what it means
Telstra switched on the Perth to Sydney route of its Aura fibre network on 7 October. Here's what Aura is, who's buying it and what it costs.Grok Bot will run on Claude Opus 5.5 and tap Midjourney and Suno
SpaceXAI's Grok Bot will tap rival AI models including Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno, Elon Musk said on 7 October. No start date yet.
