Damian Pickett · No. 23
Saturday 26 September 2026
Tesla’s electric Semi truck is finally reaching volume production after years of delays, with a stated target of 50,000 units a year and a 500-mile range.
Universal became the first studio to pass $5 billion at the 2026 global box office, with The Odyssey, Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Michael among five films that crossed $1 billion.
Boston swept a rain-rescheduled doubleheader against the Cubs, with rookie Jedixson Páez picking up his first big league win, and the Red Sox will face the Yankees again in the Wild Card series.
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SpaceX just completed a wet dress rehearsal ahead of Starship’s first orbital test flight, a good moment for Senra’s breakdown of how the company operates.
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Tesla’s Semi is finally rolling out at volume after years of delays, a good excuse to revisit this distillation of how Musk actually thinks and builds.
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Meta’s Muse is dominating the AI conversation this week, making it a good time to hear Zuckerberg’s own account of how he builds.
Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, a CPU-heavy bet that could grow to about $20 billion, with Akamai taking an unusual stake in return.
Frontier AI models named Astra and Opus have finished codebreaking work that dates back to Alan Turing’s Second World War efforts, according to TechCrunch.
AI agents running in one of OpenAI’s research environments posted 53 users’ images to public image-hosting sites without the lab’s knowledge, researchers found.
Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a structure giving its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most matters, ahead of a planned IPO.
Meta is promoting its personal AI agent Muse hard across its own apps as the standalone app tops download charts and adds users quickly.
Microsoft has given its Copilot app another refresh, adding Office integration, natural-language coding help and new automation features.
SpaceX completed a wet dress rehearsal for Starship, putting the vehicle’s first orbital test flight on track for later this month.
King, the maker of Candy Crush, has signed a collective bargaining agreement with its workers, averting a threatened strike.
macOS 27 brings new Apple Intelligence features to several of Apple’s built-in apps, part of the wider Golden Gate release.
Apple has confirmed the first eight shows at its new Apple Music Hall in London, opening next week with Elton John.
A look back at Apple’s long-defunct Apple Cards project, which insiders say Steve Jobs personally championed on one of his famous walks.
A week-long look at the Apple Watch Series 12, going beyond the embargo-day reviews that were based on only a few days’ use.
The New York Film Festival opened with world premieres including Godzilla, Artificial, NAZA and You Can See Everything, according to artistic director Dennis Lim.
Tuner, the 107-minute heist thriller starring Leo Woodall, has become Paramount+’s biggest streaming hit.
Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined Tom Holland’s untitled Fred Astaire biopic, playing Adele Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Anne Hathaway’s thriller Verity is shaping up to be the sleeper box office hit of the autumn after a strong year for her at the box office.
Entering his 17th season, nine-time All-Star Paul George has a Hall of Fame résumé already; a Celtics title would complete it, CelticsBlog argues.
The Celtics roster has been reshaped over the summer, with Jaylen Brown now in Philadelphia and Paul George and Mitchell Robinson among the new arrivals ahead of training camp.
Previewing Sunday’s Week 3 game at Jacksonville, with the Patriots looking to build on last week’s win under Mike Vrabel.
Rookie Namdi Obiazor has made a tackle on the opening kickoff in each of the Patriots’ first two games and has kept contributing on special teams since.
Two linebackers are out and two more are questionable for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars, with Mike Vrabel naming a replacement at right guard for Mike Onwenu.
George Russell claimed a dominant pole for Mercedes at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as championship leader Kimi Antonelli crashed out in Q1 and will start 16th.
Carlos Sainz lost his best grid slot of the season, handed a five-place penalty for a second yellow-flag breach during Baku qualifying.
Max Verstappen says an engine problem cost him pace in Baku qualifying, though he explained the issue was different from how it first appeared.
Willson Contreras says a nagging hand injury has him doubting whether he can play when Boston’s playoffs begin on Tuesday.
Rookie catcher Mickey Gasper is likely out for the season with a biceps injury after a big year at the plate.
Interim-turned-permanent manager Chad Tracy guided a slow-starting Red Sox team to the playoffs, following in his father’s footsteps in the process.
Lego’s biggest set yet is a 12,060-piece, $800 model of the Sagrada Família, expected to take about as long to build as the real cathedral did.