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Plaud's One earbuds put a 4G radio in the charging case
Plaud's One Explorer Edition earbuds come with a charging case that has 4G LTE and an eSIM. Only 2,000 are being made, at US$249.99.Intel's Nova Lake-S needs the new LGA1954 socket
Intel’s Design-In Tools store listed an ILM kit for LGA1954 NVL-S on 30 August. Nova Lake-S will not drop into today’s LGA1851 boards.ASIC: cash settlements in at least 63% of final home claims
ASIC’s Monday review found cash settlements in at least 63 percent of final home claims. IAG and Allianz each used cash in more than 80 percent.Trump says Venezuelan crude will refill the US oil reserve
President Trump says Venezuelan crude will refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which held about 290 million barrels on 21 August.Judge Rita Lin vacates Pentagon's risk label on Anthropic
Judge Rita Lin has vacated the Pentagon's supply-chain risk label on Anthropic, granting summary judgment in California. The D.C. case is still open.Intel put LGA1954 on the store
An Intel Design-In Tools listing names the LGA1954 socket next to Nova Lake-S, so Arrow Lake's LGA1851 won't carry the next desktop chips.Print one cycloidal actuator first
Berkeley Humanoid Lite builds should start with one 3D-printed 6512 cycloidal actuator, which costs $188 in US parts. Get that turning before the robot.Microsoft named TerminalFix
Microsoft's 28 August Threat Intelligence post names TerminalFix, a ClickFix variant that sends the paste to Windows Terminal or PowerShell.Starship Booster 21 held a full-duration static fire
SpaceX ran a full-duration, 33-engine static fire of the Super Heavy booster for Starship Flight 14 at Starbase on Friday 28 August.Serious Sam: Shatterverse lands on 31 August
Serious Sam: Shatterverse, a co-op roguelite for one to five players, launches 31 August 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series, Steam and the Microsoft Store.NASA put the Roman launch on tape
NASA's official YouTube video 9wq3VHsL_bE shows the Roman Space Telescope's Falcon Heavy launch from 39A at 7:26 a.m. Eastern on 30 August.Carpenter's The Thing is still the coldest workplace
John Carpenter's The Thing opened on 25 June 1982, with Rob Bottin's creature work and Dean Cundey's light on the ice. It still holds.Cregger’s Resident Evil is dated 18 September
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil reboot opens on 18 September 2026, with Austin Abrams as a medical courier. It was filmed in Prague for IMAX.Church of the Highlands opens its new Oxford, Alabama, building
Church of the Highlands opened its new Oxford, Alabama, campus on 30 August, with 1,200 seats. Services run at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00.Musk: Neuralink's Blindsight human implants six to 12 months out
Elon Musk says Neuralink's Blindsight human implants are six to 12 months out. There are still no human Blindsight implants on the public record.Neuralink's VOICE speech trial is recruiting at UT Southwestern
Neuralink's VOICE speech trial is recruiting at UT Southwestern, with enrolment listed as six. It's a separate product from Telepathy's cursor control.One Nation takes Secret Harbour
Luke Herdegen is One Nation’s first Western Australian lower-house MP after the 29 August 2026 by-election. Labor’s Georgia Tree conceded on 30 August.Neuralink says 21 people are now in its human trials
Neuralink says 21 people are now in its human trials worldwide, and its Telepathy post reports zero serious device-related events.XMG puts 240 Hz OLED on the NEO 16
XMG's NEO 16 gaming laptop now gets the 240 Hz OLED that used to sit on the FUSION 16, with a Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, from €3,199.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.
