Here’s what’s new from the past day across the platforms and companies we follow. Each item links to a full write-up with context and the original source.
Red Hat
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Becomes a First-Party Offering on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: RHEL 9 and 10 platform images are now selectable and billable directly in the OCI Console, and Ansible, OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization subscriptions are on Oracle Marketplace.
SpaceX
- Musk Pledges One SpaceX Share to Every Child in America Next Year: Musk says he’ll give one of his SpaceX shares to every US child next year, worth about $10.5 billion at Friday’s close, but offered no details on how.
- US Ambassador Warns EU of ‘Devastating’ Retaliation Over Starlink Spectrum Plan: Ambassador Andrew Puzder told the FT that European firms could face ‘very devastating’ consequences in the US market if the EU reserves most of the 2 GHz satellite-to-phone band for European operators.
- Launch update: SpaceX scrubbed Monday’s Bandwagon-5 rideshare because of poor weather in the booster recovery zone and is now targeting Tuesday, October 20, at 6:30 a.m. EDT, with a 90% chance of acceptable launch weather (Spaceflight Now).
Tesla
- Tesla’s 2026 Proxy Sets December 3 Meeting and Feeds SpaceX Merger Talk: The proxy sets a three-item ballot for December 3, launches a standing retail auto-vote program, and shows Musk pay terms that vest on a deal price, adding fuel to merger speculation.
No new non-security news turned up today for Oracle Solaris 11, FreeBSD, AlmaLinux or SUSE.