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SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship 'Version 3,' Elon Musk says

SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the ...

Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday, the planets

SpaceX eyes June for IPO to align with Musk's birthday and the planets.

Elon Musk shares AI-generated Sydney Sweeney video weeks after controversial comment about actress' body

"Grok video is now 10 seconds and the audio is greatly improved," Musk captioned a video of an AI-generated Sweeney on a ...

Deezer makes it easier for rival platforms to take a stance against AI-generated music

Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it’s now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well […]

Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better

The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit.

Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026

Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be "a big year for delivering personal super intelligence."

Trump energy department loosens rules on nuclear safety

The new rules apply to nuclear reactors built on Department of Energy property, which includes several currently being developed by startups.

Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter

Microsoft, one of OpenAI's major investors, is benefiting greatly from the AI lab's growth.

Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X

The company will stop making the pioneering EVs in the second quarter of 2026, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday.

Mark Zuckerberg says a future without smart glasses is ‘hard to imagine’

Take Zuckerberg's outlook with a grain of salt. After all, he thought we'd all be hanging out in the metaverse by now.

Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI

Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

Elon Musk teases a new image-labeling system for X… we think?

Elon Musk says X will begin identifying "manipulated media" but doesn't share details.

SpaceX is coming to the public markets, and secondaries are already on fire

paceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could provide the reset the market needs.  The company just completed a tender offer at an $800 billion valuation, and secondary market demand is through the roof. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near its rumored $1.5 trillion valuation, it could trigger an IPO cascade for other late-stage unicorns like OpenAI, Stripe, and Databri

AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, and other big names

Outtake makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect identity fraud. Its angel investors read like a who's who of tech industry names.

Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025

The company's sales fell for a second year in a row, as Tesla looks to AI and robotics, including a new $2 billion investment in CEO Elon Musk's company xAI.

ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic

ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.

Luminar sale approved despite last-minute mystery bid

An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was "substantially higher" than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it's not clear he was behind it.

WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy

WhatsApp plans to charge developers of AI chatbots per message.

Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm resumes IPO plans

The organic kids' snack food company may debut as soon as next week. It has issued a price range for shares, an SEC filing shows.

AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others

The deal’s purpose is primarily to acquire talent, aka an acqui-hire, adding nine key Cleanlab employees to Handshake’s research organization.