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Wednesday 23 September 2026

1331 headlines from 32 sources

Hacker News

  1. OpenAI 'agent' hacked Australia's health service
  2. Claude's Load-Bearing Seams
  3. VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas
  4. OpenAI breaches Medicare, Albanese reveals
  5. DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why
  6. How we made claude.ai 3x faster in two weeks
  7. Show HN: I built a post-mortem debugger for native Windows x64/x86 crashes
  8. LensVLM: Compressing long context as images, expanding only relevant pages
  9. Cloud Agents Are Inevitable AI Prisons
  10. Swap, ZRAM, Zswap and Hibernate on NixOS

The Verge

  1. Meta Connect 2026: The biggest news and announcements
  2. Meta Connect 2026 live blog: On the ground at Mark Zuckerberg’s next big product launch
  3. Microsoft refreshes its smaller Surface Pro and Laptop with Qualcomm’s X2 Plus
  4. Microsoft’s new Surface Mouse has haptic feedback and a customizable action button
  5. Meta’s AI agent is a cute little guy who’s great at spending my money
  6. Data centers are black boxes, but California wants to change that
  7. Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
  8. Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prison
  9. Logitech’s new Blue Yeti 2 mic adjusts itself to where you are
  10. Logitech’s new haptics-based gaming mouse is a little better and $20 more

Ars Technica

  1. XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them
  2. Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash
  3. YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year
  4. Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains
  5. Netflix releases trailer for Brad Bird's Ray Gunn
  6. Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
  7. Former NASA chief sounds alarm on China's lunar "exploration" plans
  8. After multiple deaths and injuries, NHTSA is investigating comma.ai
  9. America gave up its rare earth edge. China took full advantage.
  10. Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis

TechCrunch

  1. Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big
  2. If Amazon doesn’t know how to eliminate carbon emissions, then who does?
  3. VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in (what else?) AI
  4. Enveda secures $311M to bring more nature-derived AI drugs into clinical trials
  5. Modal Motors is trying to cut China out of electric motors entirely
  6. Disney+ and Hulu add to the growing trend of streaming inflation
  7. The old cybersecurity model is breaking
  8. Zoox grounds Atlanta test fleet after workers report toxic gas exposure symptoms
  9. ChatGPT mobile app gets voice-based agentic features
  10. Even Americans who use AI every day are worried about it

Wired

  1. A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While
  2. AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot
  3. Bentley Wants Its Torcal SUV to Break the Curse of the Luxury EV
  4. The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs
  5. YouTube’s Custom Feeds Give You More Control Over the Algorithm
  6. Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw
  7. The Best Samsung Phones of 2026: Ultra, Fold, Budget
  8. A Startup Wants to Power Data Centers With ‘Supercritical’ Carbon Dioxide
  9. This App Makes Your Laptop Screen Look Like Paper
  10. SmartLabels QR Code Organizing System Review (2026): AI Made Sense of My Junk Drawer

Engadget

  1. ShinyHunters hackers claim to have 2-3TB of sensitive information about FBI employees
  2. Microsoft's new Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13 feature Snapdragon X2 Plus chips
  3. Disney+ and Hulu are getting even more expensive (again)
  4. Logitech's Yeti 2 brings the 17-year-old USB mic into the modern age
  5. Logitech just unveiled several new gaming accessories in its Pro line
  6. Roland just released a Minions keyboard complete with playable gibberish sounds
  7. Meta Connect 2026 live: Updates from Mark Zuckerberg's keynote on AI glasses, VR and more
  8. YouTube will soon let you generate custom feeds and use GIFs in comments
  9. Never use ChatGPT for these five tasks
  10. Apple links landmarks on its Maps app to Hidden Histories podcast episodes

9to5Mac

  1. Watch the trailer for Apple TV’s ‘Where’s Wanda?’ season 2
  2. MacWhisper update brings real-time meeting transcripts, improved speaker recognition, more
  3. Apple Podcasts will soon let creators offer exclusive videos to subscribers
  4. Apple releases watchOS 27.0.1 to fix Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 bug
  5. Here’s everything new for Apple Calendar in iOS 27
  6. 9to5Mac Daily: September 23, 2026 – Apple wearable rumors, more
  7. Here’s everything new Apple TV has coming in October
  8. iOS 27.2: New features, release date, more
  9. OpenAI just upgraded ChatGPT Voice in three ways
  10. Here’s what Siri AI looks like on HomePod, per leak

Guardian Australia

  1. Judge dismisses Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ lawsuit against Iowa newspaper and pollster
  2. Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’
  3. Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
  4. Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare
  5. Six Flags Magic Mountain sued over alleged ‘catastrophic brain damage’ from X2 ride
  6. Former NFL star Antonio Brown to avoid possibility of 30 years in prison with plea deal
  7. Texas to execute death-row prisoner over 2005 triple killing
  8. Bentley launches first fully electric car – with fake engine sounds to replace classic growl
  9. No signs Chagos deal can be adapted to suit Trump, say UK officials
  10. FBI investigates breach of jobs website as hackers claim ‘very sensitive data’ stolen

ABC News

  1. From disaster to destiny, it's taken a decade to rebuild Fremantle
  2. Hervey Bay's dugongs make positive start on slow road to recovery
  3. Police scour bushland near Albury for missing man
  4. 'Queen of Scones' hangs up apron after reaching volunteer age limit
  5. Prison to plate farm program helping to reduce reoffending in SA
  6. Victorian pubs to stay open until 3am under Labor election promise
  7. Migrant doctors filling GP gaps where 'there's nobody else'
  8. V'landys steps down as Racing NSW boss to secure firmer grip on NRL
  9. Live: ASX set to fall following sea of red on Wall Street
  10. Bindi Raye lives the ultimate FIFO lifestyle online. None of it is real

BBC News

  1. What video footage tells us about RAF training jet crash
  2. OpenAI and Anthropic bosses push UN for global terms on AI
  3. OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
  4. AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet
  5. I couldn't live with the agony of migraines any more but my GP called me dramatic
  6. Teenagers to be offered new vocational GCSE subjects in school
  7. UK survivor of Canadian poison seller says he exploited her despair
  8. Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes
  9. Burnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination'
  10. Blood tests find high level of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory

The Guardian

  1. Millions in England unaware they have ‘silent killer’ condition, research reveals
  2. Pupils to be offered vocational GCSEs in radical shake-up of system in England
  3. Tories target universal credit claimants in plan condemned as ‘fast track to poverty’
  4. Kaptein fantastic strikes early to give Chelsea WCL win against Austria Vienna
  5. Three charged with assault after anti-migration protests in Hampshire
  6. In a first, olive ridley turtles spotted nesting on California’s beaches
  7. Andy Burnham signals he may lift ban on alcohol in football stands
  8. Michael Kiwanuka says he faces ‘long, tough journey’ to recovery from stroke
  9. ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI
  10. How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation stokes division and sows despair

Al Jazeera

  1. FBI says investigating breach of ‘very sensitive’ data by hackers
  2. US aviation sanctions disrupt Iran flights, push travellers overland
  3. Gaza flotilla activist on hunger strike in Tunisia jail ‘on verge of death’
  4. Ethiopia warns of ‘destruction’ as Tigray rebels launch offensive
  5. Trump administration invites Putin to attend G20 summit in Miami
  6. Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in New York sexual assault retrial
  7. As major powers act unilaterally, experts say UN faces crisis in New York
  8. Manchester United losses jump nearly a third to $57m despite record revenue
  9. Ivory Coast vs Ghana: AFCON 2027 qualifier, kick-off time, lineups, teams
  10. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for sustained pressure to end ‘Putin’s crazy war’

NPR

  1. Judge considers restoring journalists' access to White House after Trump's ban
  2. Trump set to greet Xi for high-stakes state visit
  3. Iran's president gives a rare wartime speech at the U.N.
  4. A Catholic media star will be beatified in St Louis, moving a step closer to sainthood
  5. From cybersecurity to AI to Taiwan, what's at stake in Trump's summit with Xi
  6. It's getting harder to afford rent in the U.S., even for middle-income families
  7. Greetings from Edinburgh, where a cheeky tour guide makes art history hilarious
  8. Is Nepal's flood a harbinger of what's to come in the Himalayas?
  9. Dems have an edge over GOP, poll finds. And, ICE looks into 'mobile detention centers'
  10. U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz on Iran, Venezuela and Trump's foreign policy

Kottke

  1. The Museum of Time-Based Art. “My idea for this site is...
  2. I can’t remember where I heard about this, but judging by...
  3. When’s the Last Time You Cried?
  4. Chimpanzees use tools to collect food and deliberately...
  5. Some advice on giving good advice. “Not every situation...
  6. The Earth in the Sky
  7. TIL they can do wing replacements on injured...
  8. Engaging read on how the Bugs Bunny cartoon What’s Opera,...
  9. The 25 Photos That Changed Fashion Forever. “It didn’t...
  10. Some Newsletter Tidying

The Marginalian

  1. A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety
  2. The Three Elements of the Good Life
  3. How to Be a Poet: Elizabeth Alexander on the Yin-Yang of Connection and Contradiction
  4. Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life
  5. The Vampire Problem: The Paradoxical Psychology of Why It Is So Hard to Change
  6. How to Hold the Darkness: Notes on Living Through Uncertainty
  7. The Science of Waiting and the Art of Delay
  8. Steinbeck and the Difficult Art of the Friend Breakup
  9. Are You Working: In Defense of the Invisible Labors of Creativitiy
  10. The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel

Pitchfork

  1. serpentwithfeet Announces Sentinel EP and Signing to New Label
  2. Bad Brains Unearth Mythical First Demo Tape
  3. Queens of the Stone Age Ask “Where the Goth Girls At?” in New Song
  4. They Are Gutting a Body of Water Prep Huge Mixtape and Drop Three Songs
  5. Angine de Poitrine Awarded 2026 Polaris Prize
  6. Taylor Swift Announces The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore
  7. Dolly Parton Estate Sues Her Nephew, Alleging Extortion and Threats
  8. Outkast Sue Ovrkast for Having “Nearly Identical” Name
  9. 2hollis Announces New Album Pirouette
  10. Taylor Swift Announces New Single “Patient Zero”

Stereogum

  1. Naked Eyes Frontman Pete Byrne Dead At 74
  2. Yangze Announces Debut Album Heartbreak Stew: Hear “Okay”
  3. Scarlett Johansson & Tom Waits Costar In Ray Gunn – 18 Years After Her Waits Covers Album
  4. Hayley Williams Shares Statement On The Death Of Ex-Husband Chad Gilbert
  5. Ezra Collective Stay Hopeful
  6. Combust, Blow Your Brains Out, & Imposter Team Up On New Split United Nations
  7. So Faint – “Chain Chain Chain”
  8. Jane Remover – “Beauty Sleep”
  9. Justin Bieber Plays Random Acoustic Set In MacArthur Park
  10. This Is The Kit Announce New Album Ghost Coat: Hear “Skim A Stone”

Longreads

  1. My Two Front Teeth
  2. He Was One of the World’s Most Wanted Men. So He Bought a West African Country.
  3. Impossibility is a Myth
  4. Annie Dillard and the Writing Life
  5. The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird
  6. Where Cities and Oceans Meet
  7. Still On Its Way to Cleveland
  8. On Not Being a Homeowner
  9. Tomato Cure
  10. No, But

ScienceDaily

  1. The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes
  2. The Solar System chose fire over ice from the very beginning
  3. One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low
  4. This new drug could break cancer’s resistance to treatment
  5. Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
  6. This emerging treatment could help people avoid knee replacement surgery
  7. For the first time, scientists watch sound jump between quantum states
  8. Humpback whale mother may have mourned her dead calf for days
  9. MIT’s tiny flying robot gets 450% faster with AI
  10. This new concrete is stronger and pulls CO2 from the air

Quanta

  1. Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
  2. How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution
  3. Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich
  4. Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin?
  5. Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders.

NASA

  1. NASA Modernizes Commercial Airline Systems
  2. NASA Welcomes Croatia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
  3. NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class
  4. NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Research Flights Over Colorado
  5. NASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova
  6. Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2026 Annual Minimum Extent
  7. Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir
  8. FFA 2026 Hyperwall Schedule
  9. Risk of Hydrazine Use Following Freeze–Thaw Exposure
  10. NASA’s Hubble Seeks Lensed Supernova, Marks 200,000 Orbits

Nature

  1. This weird form of boron is a million times more conductive than chemists expected
  2. Lsp2 links early-life diet to adult translation and lifespan in Drosophila
  3. Genome project opens the next chapter for studying bat evolution
  4. A widespread agricultural practice is an unexpected CO2 sink
  5. Vast cellular gene-expression atlas could transform how scientists understand brain ageing and disease
  6. Conifer trees can prosper half a world away from their usual home
  7. Gravitational forces inside Earth drag some decades out — and make others fly by
  8. Surprising protein links dietary restriction to increased lifespan in flies
  9. The human skeleton’s unique adaptations relied on gene regulatory changes
  10. A plant that reproduces sexually but has clone-like offspring

Dezeen

  1. National Trust for Historic Preservation creates defense fund in light of "urgent threats"
  2. Bentley unveils first fully electric car that embraces heritage in "progressive way"
  3. Nicholas Galanin "interrupts sightline" of Gateway Arch with animal-hide sculpture
  4. Nuclear education centre within English garden among projects from Cardiff University
  5. Federico Stefanovich revamps studio in 1920s Mexico City building to showcase his lighting
  6. Nyla leather chair by Omidi
  7. Pend uses skinny red bricks for extension to stone townhouse in Edinburgh
  8. Dezeen Awards 2026 design shortlist announced
  9. Grid radiator by Elisa Ossino for Tubes
  10. "We remove places where young people can gather in small groups, then panic when they gather in large ones"

Design Milk

  1. The Artful—and Thoughtful—Side of Vegetables
  2. Listening Rooms Are Having a Design Moment
  3. Chloe Fineman Designs Her Life Like a Film Set
  4. Patty Studios Looks to the South of France for Its Debut Rug Collection
  5. Urban Cowboy Brings Its Maximalist Americana to Governors Island
  6. Elliot March Lets the Landscape Lead the Way
  7. Americans Aren’t Afraid of Dark Paint—They Just Want It Warmer
  8. The Best Advent Calendars of 2026 for Design Lovers
  9. The Kimchi Brings Seoul’s Visual Energy to Prague
  10. Veo’s Rover Electric Trike Makes Micromobility More Accessible

BBC Sport

  1. Barcelona rule out Alvarez deal - Thursday's gossip
  2. When Bellamy watched on as Ronaldo caused lockdown
  3. GB's Reid and Thomas reach finals at Europeans
  4. Eriksen leaves Wolfsburg by mutual consent
  5. Ronaldo spurred on by 1,000 goals and Portugal glory
  6. Ulster's Hume faces 'number of weeks' on sidelines
  7. GB sniff Road Worlds chance with Pogacar absence
  8. FA charges Cardiff's Bielik as police end inquiry
  9. Spotlight on new coaches as road to Afcon 2027 begins
  10. Wales suffer scrum-half Lockwood blow for USA Test

ESPN

  1. Judge says he intends to be available for G1 of Wild Card series
  2. Commanders reject notion they abandoned injured Daniels: 'Stuff is nonsense'
  3. Giants QB Dart to have knee surgery, miss rest of regular season
  4. Messier 'horrified' by Oilers' hire of Babcock as coach
  5. LSU's Wade 'going for it,' despite player eligibility concerns
  6. Seahawks coach apologizes to Payton for comments: 'Lesson learned'
  7. Indiana linemen Daley, Wyatt can play again after judge grants injunction
  8. Sources: Extension unlikely as talks between Knicks, Towns at standstill
  9. Sources: Giants QB Dart expected to have season-ending knee surgery
  10. Browns QB Watson 'ready for support' in first home game since boos

CNBC

  1. Meta's standoff with Amazon over Muse could be a sign of things to come
  2. Judge hears arguments on Trump White House media ban, hopes to rule 'soon'
  3. Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for New York sexual assault
  4. OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs push for AI cooperation at UN after Trump rebuffs 'globalist scheme' to control it
  5. A rare Microsoft bear warms up to the stock. Here's what changed their mind
  6. Bonds are getting thumped as yields surge. Here’s what it means for the 60/40 portfolio
  7. Here's what happens to the economy when Treasury yields soar like they are now
  8. Chip stocks are firming up after a tough summer. Katie Stockton likes the trend in this name
  9. Higher interest rates squeeze younger and lower-income households. 'A rate hike is a blunt tool,' says expert
  10. Oil industry warns a diesel export ban will raise fuel prices as Trump weighs restrictions

IGN

  1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 Hard Mode Is No Joke — Watch AI-Controlled Orks Wipe the Floor With 2 Developers Playing Space Marines
  2. Game of Thrones Star Kit Harington Isn't a Gamer, But He's Excited for Grand Theft Auto 6
  3. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls PC Sales Figures and Player Count Spark Worry From Players About Game's Longevity
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Switch Drops to $38.97 After This Walmart Coupon
  5. Grand Theft Auto 6 Shirts Given Away for Free at Tokyo Game Show Are Being Resold Online for Hundreds of Dollars
  6. After Asking Very Nicely For a Skin, Madison Beer Joins Fortnite Tomorrow
  7. Scrapped GTA 5 Story DLC Might Have Taken the Series Overseas for the First Time in 15 Years
  8. Paramount+ Reveals New York Comic Con Lineup: Dexter, Avatar, and Star Trek - Exclusive
  9. Bethesda Boss Issues Memo to Staff After Xbox Moves Obsidian Into the Fallout Company
  10. Fans Seem to Think The Witcher 3 Remastered Looks Worse Than the Original

Kotaku

  1. The First Ace Combat Game In Seven Years Is Playing For Keeps
  2. The 10 New Fall 2026 Anime You Should Be Most Excited For
  3. Can Everybody In Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Please Shut The Hell Up A Little Bit?
  4. Dressmaker Is The Dream Indie For People (Me) Who Spend Hours On Outfits In The Character Creator
  5. Xbox’s New ‘Mythic’ Achievement Features An Unlock Noise That Goes On For 15 Seconds
  6. Barbie Rewind Threatens To Bring Out My Inner Horse Girl
  7. McDonald’s Cramming Ads For Other Brands Into The Drive-Thru While You Wait To Pull Forward
  8. Xbox’s Restructuring Is A ‘Reverse Acquisition In Slow Motion,’ Analysts Say
  9. Lollipop Chainsaw 2: Back2Back Has No Idea What It Wants To Be
  10. Former Halo Devs React To Mass Layoffs And The Activision Takeover: ‘Absolutely Brutal To See That Studio Reduced To A Shell’

PC Gamer

  1. World of Warcraft: Forever's first patch will bring back the number one thing seasoned players missed from the MMO's past: storms
  2. Halo needed to change, but Activision faces a huge challenge to fix it
  3. My first MMO character #2: Joshua Wolens
  4. Steam game disables mods after facing its second Workshop malware outbreak this year
  5. World of Warcraft: Forever dev addresses the debate over who it's made for: 'I did not spend the last year of my life relearning and mastering how to do things like we did it 20+ years ago for retail players'
  6. I apologize in advance for this, but: Introducing Drillposting
  7. Shoot the tires, please
  8. Sometimes it's fun to hit a scorpion with a club for 38 seconds
  9. You can't have everything in Arc Raiders' reworked skill tree: 'We believe that creates more interesting choices and supports more playstyles'
  10. The Arc Raiders Frozen Trail update is bigger than anyone expected: new ARC, gun upgrades, a map, and personal outposts you can decorate

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. The Steam Machine handles Control Resonant capably, but the promised Steam Deck support is a letdown
  2. "This one is especially bad": Steam game about mistreating ragdolls suffers second bout of mod-based malware this year
  3. Microsoft want to record your face and feed it to a generative AI, telling it to go off and design a game from your frown
  4. Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op mod is out now in alpha form, paving the way for more boss battering with mates
  5. State of Decay 3 studio Undead Labs lay off "a significant number" of "exceptionally talented developers" after gaining independence from Xbox
  6. Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lose nearly half their staff and a new game project in mass Xbox layoffs
  7. Stuntboost is a Tech Dech, skateboarding platformer all about doing sick flips on cardboard constructs in your bedroom, and it's out now
  8. Furries, magical girls and slick hack 'n' slash combat blend promisingly together in the late 2000s inspired Break The Night
  9. Packed Lair, out today, is a Tetris-adjacent base builder about cramming as much as you can into a tiny evil lair to aid your army in conquering the world
  10. Love 'em or hate 'em, if it weren't for the Sonic the Hedgehog films, the blue blur might have been canned entirely, so says series boss Takashi Iizuka

Eurogamer

  1. Discord launches controversial age-verification system "using the most privacy-preserving approach we could build" months after first delay
  2. As Halo goes to Activision, fans are worried about this year's Halo Fest and a potential lore reboot from the Call of Duty publisher
  3. Obsidian's "creative identity and strengths" will remain intact, promises Bethesda, as it takes control of Fallout: New Vegas studio
  4. Beloved cockney-orc Lord of the Rings games Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War finally make their way to Switch 2
  5. Blizzard to take "a somewhat different approach" to level-scaling in Diablo 5, suggesting more influence from Diablo 2 than Diablo 4
  6. Former Halo leaders lament effective closure of Halo Studios, as one employee finds themselves promoted and fired in same week
  7. Stellar Blade is a success now but once came close to the brink: "We could only pay salaries for about three months"
  8. Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lost "nearly half" of its staff during yesterday's Xbox cuts and move to Activision
  9. Star Wars Zero Company finds success in passing 1m sales, so can the furloughed development team be reinstated and paid now?
  10. Xbox lays off Gears of War: E-Day's story director barely two weeks before the game's launch