October 2025

NASA’s X-59 experimental jet has completed its first flight, demonstrating quiet supersonic technology that could one day allow faster-than-sound travel over populated areas. The test marks a major step toward lifting U.S. restrictions on supersonic flight and could revolutionize commercial aviation.

Australia’s financial regulator, ASIC, has issued long-awaited guidance clarifying which crypto assets fall under financial products. The move provides legal certainty for firms but raises concerns about the regulator’s capacity to handle new licensing demands. Under the revised framework, stablecoins, wrapped tokens, and tokenised securities will need authorisation, while Bitcoin and NFTs remain exempt.

SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on October 27, 2025. The Falcon 9 booster B1082 returned safely to the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You after its 17th flight, marking SpaceX’s 137th orbital mission this year and advancing its growing Starlink broadband network.

Oppo Find X9 Pro was launched globally during the company’s event in Barcelona, Spain, alongside the standard Find X9. Both handsets were initially only available in China. Both handsets are powered by the same MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 4.1 internal storage. While the two carry Hasselblad-tuned 50-megapixel triple-rear camera setups, the Pro model gets a 200-megapixel telephoto camera instead of the 50-megapixel telephoto lens on the standard model. The Find X9 Pro and Find X9 pack 7,500mAh and 7,025mAh batteries, respectively.

Oppo Find X9 Pro is the company’s latest Find-series flagship device, featuring Hasselblad-tuned cameras. The phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC and features vapour chamber cooling. The smartphone has a minimalist design and is rated IP66, IP68, and IP69. In our limited time, we found the handset snappy and the camera capable. We will talk more about the performance, camera and battery in our review.

Stray, the action-adventure game where you play as a cat, is reportedly coming to PS Plus in November. According to a leak, the game will joing PS Plus Essential tier on November 4. Stray released on PC and PlayStation in 2022 and later launched on Xbox in 2023.