
- Sep 30
SpaceXAI weighs unified Grok and X subscription tiers from $8 to $100 a month
Internal plans outline four price tiers combining social features and artificial intelligence access, while rival developers introduce plans reaching $500 monthly.

- Sep 28
SpaceX Starship reaches orbit on Flight 14 and deploys 26 Starlink satellites before Pacific splashdown
SpaceX launched its 120-meter Starship rocket from Starbase, Texas, completing an orbital insertion and deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites before ending its three-hour mission in the Pacific Ocean.

- Sep 28
SpaceX Starship reaches Earth orbit for the first time on Flight 14 before Pacific splashdown
The 124-meter rocket deployed 26 Starlink satellites at an altitude of 275 kilometers before completing a controlled three-hour flight that ended north of Hawaii.

- Sep 22
Qualcomm debuts 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 with 5GHz cores and Extreme AI tier
Announced at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, the 2nm silicon arrives in standard and Extreme configurations featuring 5GHz Oryon CPU cores, upgraded Adreno graphics, and on-device AI processing for upcoming flagship phones.

- Sep 7
Hurricane Lowell passes west of Hawaii, cutting power to 90% of Kauai
Category 2 Hurricane Lowell passed west of Kauai and Niihau on Tuesday, triggering widespread outages, torrential rains, and Hawaii's first-ever tornado watch.
