Morning editionWednesday 2 September 2026
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Tech

The socket is nineteen fifty-four

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.

Tech

The case carries the radio

Plaud One Explorer Edition is 2,000 units at US$249.99. The charging case has 4G LTE and an eSIM. Eight countries. The United States page is waitlist. A NotePin thirty-percent offer ends 30 August.

Australia

Cash is not a rebuild

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.

United States

The reserve gets the oil

On Sunday Trump said Venezuelan crude will refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The stockpile was about 290 million barrels on 21 August, against 714 million of capacity.

AI / LLM

Lin vacated the supply-chain label

Thursday evening, 27 August. Northern District of California. Judge Rita Lin granted Anthropic summary judgment on the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk designation. The D.C. case is still open.

Computing

Intel put LGA1954 on the store

The Design-In Tools listing, spotted 28 August and filed through 30 August, names LGA1954 next to NVL-S. Arrow Lake’s LGA1851 does not carry the next desktop.

How-to

Print one cycloidal actuator first

Hackaday filed Berkeley Humanoid Lite on 30 August. The 6512 is $188 on the US bill. Print the gearbox, glue the magnet, then decide whether you want a robot.

Hacking

Microsoft named TerminalFix

Threat Intelligence blog, 28 August. A ClickFix variant that sends the paste to Windows Terminal. Reverse tunnel. This page is the vendor note, not a kit.

SpaceX

Booster 21 held the full duration

Friday 28 August at Starbase. SpaceX: a full-duration 33-engine static fire on the Super Heavy for Flight 14. Ship 41 already burned. Mid-September is the talk, not a clock.

Game Reviews

Serious Sam: Shatterverse lands on 31 August

Behaviour Interactive and Devolver Digital date the co-op roguelite 31 August 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Steam and the Microsoft Store. One to five players. Five lieutenants. Croteam’s blessing.

Video

NASA put the Roman launch on tape

The official YouTube is 9wq3VHsL_bE: Sunday’s Falcon Heavy from 39A. Coverage from 6:20 a.m. Eastern. Liftoff 7:26. Here’s the identifier.

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