October 2026

Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract

Welcome to Edition 9.13 of the Rocket Report! This week, SpaceX celebrated the first orbital launch of its new Starship rocket. I’m not sure many people, at least those outside of SpaceX, expected it to take 14 flights of Starship before it technically reached low-Earth orbit, but Monday morning’s launch finally added that to SpaceX’s

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Despite IPO jitters and AI safety worries, Anthropic sticks to a 2026 offering

How quickly things change in the artificial intelligence era. Just a few months after everyone was scrambling to infuse AI into every enterprise operation — and frankly they still are, as agents have captured the enterprise imagination — everyone now is saying, “Whoa, where’s the brake pedal?” That’s why controlling agents is the next infrastructure

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The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI

The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s getting more expensive. Even devices with years-old tech inside are still apparently subject to that unwritten rule. Nvidia has just announced that the Shield TV Pro is getting $100 more

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‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash

‘AI factories’ developer on track to launch the second-biggest IPO in Australian history, but investors warn its forecasts are ‘a little bit of a fairytale’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast From her balcony in Launceston, Kayla Thompson can see the buzz of construction at what will soon be one

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OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers

Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government faces significant “tech debt” that could bring a big bill for taxpayers after the OpenAI Medicare breach, as government agencies will

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AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson

Australians are conversing less every year, with a recent study showing we lost an average of 338 spoken words each day between 2005 and 2019 We talk a lot about losing our ability to write as a result of AI. I’m convinced our greatest loss might be our ability to listen. Listening to different views

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