The Gold Standard

Carpenter’s station is still the coldest workplace

The Thing opened 25 June 1982. Universal. 109 minutes. Bill Lancaster from Campbell’s 1938 novella. Rob Bottin’s creature work. Dean Cundey’s ice light. The picture holds.

Cregger’s Resident Evil is dated 18 September

Sony Pictures Releasing dates the Capcom reboot 18 September 2026. Fantastic Fest on the 17th. Zach Cregger. Austin Abrams as a medical courier. Filmed in Prague for IMAX. About 93 minutes. About US$80 million.

Oxford opened the new house on Sunday

Church of the Highlands opened about 4,120 square metres at 1601 Leon Smith Parkway on 30 August. 1,200 seats. Highlands Haven for the first time at Oxford. Ribbon-cutting Saturday. Services at 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00.

Blindsight human trials are in the window

Elon Musk said on 24 August 2026 that Blindsight human implants are six to 12 months out. FDA Breakthrough designation is 17 September 2024. There are still zero human Blindsight implants on the public record.

VOICE is the speech trial

Neuralink’s VOICE study (NCT07224256) is recruiting at UT Southwestern. Enrollment is listed as six. Start 3 October 2025, primary completion October 2028. The speech stack is a different product from Telepathy’s cursor.

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.

Twenty-one Neuralnauts

Neuralink says 21 people are now in human trials worldwide. The company’s own Telepathy post puts numbers on bits per second, hours a day, and a safety line of zero serious device-related events.

XMG puts 240 Hz OLED on the NEO 16

Schenker’s gaming line finally gives the NEO 16 the 240 hertz OLED that used to sit on the FUSION 16. Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, RTX 50-series, from €3,199, order now.

Lenovo ships SteamOS on the Legion Go 2

22.4 cm 144 Hz OLED, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, up to 32 GB. From US$1,199. The Windows box from October now boots Valve's OS.

V3 Starlinks are sized for Starship’s bay

SpaceX’s Q2 2026 results said the next Starship test is meant to put V3 Starlink satellites into an operational orbit. The birds are built for that cargo bay, not a Falcon fairing.

The chopsticks caught Super Heavy in October 2024

Two mechanical arms at Starbase caught a falling Super Heavy booster in October 2024. The launch mount stopped being a one-shot stand. It became a gate.