The Archive

Day one ended the LNG export pause

On 20 January 2025 President Trump signed E.O. 14154. The Energy Department, the same day, ended the Biden-era pause on non-FTA LNG export applications. Commonwealth LNG in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, got the first post-pause license on 14 February 2025.

Brookshire starts Megapack 3

On 6 August Tesla’s Megapack account said Megapack 3 is rolling at the new Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas. Designed capacity is 50 GWh a year. Each unit holds about 5 MWh.

Apple’s bigger on-device model needs 12 GB and an iPhone 17 Pro

WWDC, 8 June. Expressive Siri and advanced dictation stay on the 12 GB phones. The base iPhone 17, at 8 GB, does not get them.

Apple opens Core AI so apps load a model like a font

WWDC, 8 June. The inference stack behind Apple Intelligence is now a Swift API, a .aimodel file, and a public Qwen, Mistral, and SAM 3 repository.

Commodore puts six Alien Breed games on modern machines

Pixel Arcadia on 24 August 2026 named Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection. Commodore publishes. Antstream builds. Team17 licenses. 24 September on PC, PlayStation and Xbox. Switch later in 2026.

Devil May Cry 5 arrives as a Switch 2 cart

Capcom put the physical Devil Hunter Edition on Nintendo Switch 2 on 28 August. Digital has been on the eShop since 23 June. The series turned 25 on 23 August.

Ship 40 heads home

SpaceX photos, 27 August: Flight 13’s ship inspected off Christmas Island, loaded for the long tow back to Starbase. Morse, then ROT13.

Surprise and shine

Apple’s 9 September invite, sent this week from Cupertino: Surprise and shine, 10 a.m. Pacific. Hex, ASCII, spaces are 20.

Thirty-three on the pad

Friday 28 August: SpaceX ran a full-duration 33-engine static fire of Super Heavy Booster 21 for Flight 14. Caesar plus seven.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 launches on PS5, Xbox and PC

Daybreak and Cold Iron dated the sequel 25 August 2026. Four-player co-op, five classes plus Specialist, Horde maps at launch. $49.99 standard. Switch 2 waits until 29 September.

Resonance puts Sophia on the Minotaur’s Island

Asobo and Focus dated the Plague Tale prequel 27 August 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC. Sophia, the Minotaur’s Island, a stolen Minoan sphere. Game Pass day one. $49.99 on Steam.