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.
SpaceX
- SpaceX Q3 2026 Results: $14.6 Billion Revenue and a $4.4 Billion Profit: Revenue rose 161% to $14.6 billion and net income reached $4.4 billion, with the Super Intelligence segment bringing in $7.56 billion and Starlink hitting 13.6 million consumer subscribers.
- SpaceX Will Try to Catch Both Starship Stages on Flight 15 Next Month: Musk said the flight, expected next month, will try for the first full recovery of an orbital launch vehicle, and Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX expects the FAA license to cover tower catches for both stages.
Tesla
- Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Have Formed Special Committees to Explore a Merger: On SpaceX’s earnings call, Musk said independent-director committees at both companies are discussing a possible tie-up. No terms have been agreed, and Tesla would need approval from 50% of all its shares.
Red Hat
- Red Hat Expands NVIDIA Work at GTC Berlin With Vera CPU Support in RHEL for NVIDIA: RHEL for NVIDIA now supports NVIDIA Vera CPUs, Red Hat promises Day 0 support for Vera Rubin, and the companies published a joint model-serving reference design built on vLLM and llm-d.
SUSE
- SUSE Announces SLES for NVIDIA and OpenShell Support in SUSE AI Factory: The new SLES for NVIDIA edition is built on SLES 16 and planned for general availability in November, and SUSE is a launch partner for NVIDIA’s OpenShell agent architecture.
- SUSE and Fujitsu Team Up on a Hybrid Quantum and AI Stack Using NVIDIA CUDA-Q: The two companies are packaging NVIDIA CUDA-Q with SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA on Fujitsu servers so IT teams can run hybrid quantum workloads with tools they already use. It’s due in late 2026.
No new non-security news turned up today for Oracle Solaris 11, FreeBSD or AlmaLinux.