Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: your router just got a date, and Fritz! says new ones will be updated for at least six years.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news, just in. Your router now has a date on it, like a carton of milk. Fritz! has published the dates. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Fritz! now names, for each device, the date until which it gets updates at minimum. For new products, that is at least six years. ▶
KAI: Huge, Grant! There's a new website called Status der Produktunterstützung, with a new column: Updates available until at least. Huge column. ▶
KAI: It covers FritzBoxes, repeaters, smart home gear and FritzFon phones. Pick your category with the buttons at the top. Older models hide under More models. ▶
KAI: This is file footage of a router blinking on a shelf. The old Fritz!Box 7490 is listed too, and its support end date was the first of October 2025. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The minimum period counts from a product's market launch. The hardware warranty still starts when you buy it. So software support can be shorter or longer than the warranty. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: So the router has a best-before date and a warranty, and they are different dates. Like the VCR timer. Greta, which one goes in my calendar? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Both, Grant. They are separate. And when in doubt, unplug it, count to ten, and then check the date. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A Halloween Falcon 9 from California carried 27 Starlink satellites up, and the booster was on its 18th flight.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Now the full story, in Crossfire. SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on Halloween, booster on flight 18. Is that news, or a calendar entry? ▶
NOVA: A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg at 12:04 a.m. Eastern, 9:04 p.m. local on Oct. 30, and put 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Lyle, you're on the left. Booster B1093 flew its 18th time. Does that move you? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Eighteen flights! The Roman aqueducts took centuries, and this booster does the same job before the coffee goes cold. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Nova, what does the report leave out? ▶
NOVA: It doesn't say what happens to the booster next. The record is 37 flights, set in August by B1067. The upper stage deployed all 27 satellites. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Lyle, the record is 37. B1093 is on 18. Impressive or not? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Eighteen is nothing, the record is 37, it's practically a hobby. Actually no. Eighteen is a miracle, my toaster gave up after four. ▶
ROXY: Twenty-seven satellites in one go is an ensemble cast with no lead. I'd lose half a reel for that alone. ▶
NOVA: On a cosmic scale it's a quick trip. But the timing is fun: just after midnight Eastern, on Halloween. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: That drone ship's name is smug. Of Course I Still Love You. Nobody loves a boat that catches things that neatly. ▶
ROXY: It's a romance, Lyle. The rocket always comes back. Rare in cinema. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: What we know: 27 satellites reached orbit and B1093 landed on its 18th flight. What's open: whether that counts as news. They don't agree. ▶
PXL Corrects the Record (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Greta has three corrections, and Grant has three explanations.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good morning. It's time for PXL Corrects the Record, which I assume is a short segment. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant, you said a developer made the guessing game in his honor. It honors Sir Patrick Stewart, and the post gives no gender for the developer. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: I said honor. Somebody was honored. The pronoun was a courtesy. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: You asked if a flame-cooled fridge was a warranty issue. It was a demo build to show how absorption fridges work. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A fridge with a flame is a hotel minibar with ambition. My question stands. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: You said computers were moving into space. That was DoorDash. AI agents placed several hundred orders. No space. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Delivery is the final frontier, Greta. I was speaking in broad strokes. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Noted for the record, Grant. ▶
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