Langdon

Decoding the past, interpreting the future.

[Starlink @Starlink]

Introducing Mini 2, the next-generation portable Starlink. Get up to 4.5 hours of connectivity on a single charge with the quick-swap battery, or plug in with USB-C.

With built-in Wi-Fi, all you need is a clear view of the sky to get online in 60 seconds.

Preorders are now open by invitation in the US. Be the first to know when it's available → https://t.co/t2pSI1buaW

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

Our strongest frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, is now available.

Built for deeply complex, long-horizon workflows that push a frontier model’s intelligence, Carbon delivers frontier performance in agentic workflows across complex knowledge work, software engineering and web development, cybersecurity, and scientific reasoning.

While Gemini 4 Argon remains the ideal model for the majority of software engineering and knowledge work, Carbon steps in for your hardest tasks that push a model to its limits — from complex, multi-step debugging to open-ended scientific research.

Available starting today:
— Consumers: use it in the @GeminiApp and AI Mode in Search for Google AI Ultra subscribers
— Developers and Enterprises: build via the API in @GoogleAIStudio and @AndroidStudio, Google @Antigravity for Google AI Ultra subscribers, and Gemini for business
— Scientists and Researchers: apply for a chance to get 6 months free via @Antigravity
— Cybersecurity Defenders: apply to join the Fairwind Program for access to Carbon for cyber

Watch how Carbon brings reasoning and coding together, turning avian research into an interactive 3D simulation of a songbird’s vocal organ that synthesizes the sounds of six bird species live.

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, designed to tackle the most daunting technical challenges.

They’re capable collaborators on ambitious projects in many fields, and show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

SpaceX will attempt to catch both the Super Heavy booster and Starship on the upcoming flight.

If both are successful, it will mark the first time that all parts of an orbital rocket return to Earth intact.

This is the critical breakthrough needed to make life multiplanetary.

[Cybertruck @cybertruck]

Cyber Forever

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production

[Thinking Machines @thinkymachines]

Introducing Inkling 2 Small. Scoring 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, it's a big jump over its predecessor.

Inkling 2 Small is available for fine-tuning and inference on Tinker today, with full weight release planned soon.

https://t.co/VR02tw73fJ

[VeryGood @VeryGewd]

“Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I’d rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because they’ll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we’ve lived. After all, Number One, we’re only mortal.”

😭

[Patrick Stewart @SirPatStew]

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund   
https://t.co/luC5CdcWDy
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources    
https://t.co/zvNptfyuNd

Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia

[John Ternus @johnternus]

We’re glowing with excitement over the new MacBook Pro. You’ve gotta touch it to believe it.

[NVIDIA AI @NVIDIAAI]

Meet NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe 🎙️

An open-weight, promptable 30B MoE model with ~4B active parameters that brings transcription in 40 languages, speaker attribution, translation, contextual prompting and audio understanding into one checkpoint.

Watch it keep track of who said what when everyone’s talking at once.

1/ 🧵

[Greg Brockman @gdb]

Announcing three major scientific discoveries, one each in mathematics (harmonic analysis), computer science (complexity theory), and physics (quantum field theory).

AI starting to help us improve our understanding of the universe! https://t.co/VkfacopR2R

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

GPT-6.1 Terra: delivering fast and capable computer use at a lower price.

GPT-6.1 Terra understands what’s on screen, takes action across apps, writes naturally, and is a more capable model for your whole workday with the efficiency to take on more of it.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Correct.

Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be.

Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them.

Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.

Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact.

Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia.

SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.

That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell.

End of story.

[Claude @claudeai]

We’re opening a research preview of Claude Duet, a new app where Claude works as a proactive agent.

It comes to you with what needs your attention, completes tasks you ask of it, keeps working when you step away, and checks with you before it acts on your behalf.

[Reflection @reflection_ai]

Beam is now available across platforms, with open weights under the Apache 2.0 license - in collaboration with an ecosystem of 40+ partners.

We're releasing:
- Weights, tokenizer, and reference implementation
- BF16, FP8 and NVFP4 weights and a DFlash2 drafter
- The open source harness we built and trained Beam on: Mirror CLI

Weights and model card on Hugging Face: https://t.co/tPqWpk9RXL

[Waymo @Waymo]

We’re bringing the magic of Waymo to Toronto! 🇨🇦

In the coming days, you’ll begin seeing Waymo’s all-electric vehicles driving through Toronto’s streets as we lay the groundwork for our ride-hailing service.

Our goal is to begin serving riders in 2028.

Sign up for future updates: https://t.co/ndrwYQlbZJ

[Analogue @analogue]

Introducing Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+

The definitive way to play original Super Nintendo, Super Famicom, Sega Genesis, Mega Drive, and Master System.

Beginning with Super Nt in 2017, the originals set a new standard for video game preservation. Nearly a decade later, they return.

Super Nt+ & Mega Sg+. Definitive, all over again.

Now with Bluetooth + 2.4G. Reworked industrial design, OS, packaging, and more.

At the core: an FPGA architecture engineered in-house from scratch, backed by over a decade of development. Purpose-built 1080p for 2D gaming. No emulation. Zero lag. Total accuracy. Plug and play.

Preorder Oct 19, 8am PDT. Ships Dec 2026.

https://t.co/IsNLyVkMop

[Tesla @Tesla]

Our design language has evolved since the last reveal: from S3XY to Cybertruck, Cybercab & Optimus

Roadster is inspired by the SR-71 & F-35