20 May 2026
Markets are awaiting SpaceX's public IPO filing. Here's what investors should know.
SpaceX could file publicly for its historic IPO any day now. The offering could raise $75 billion and value SpaceX at up to $2 trillion. Starlink, the launch business, and orbital AI compute are the key components investors should be looking at.
20 May 2026
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta kicks off major bloodbath with 8,000 layoffs as AI roils tech giant
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta on Wednesday kicked off a major bloodbath with 8,000 layoffs – among the largest in the social media giant’s history – as a disruptive shift toward artificial intelligence continues to roil the tech giant.
20 May 2026
Bristol-Myers taps Anthropic's Claude for 30,000 workers (BMY:NYSE)
Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY ) is rolling out Anthropic ’s ( ANTHRO ) flagship Claude AI platform to more than 30,000 employees, expanding its use of artificial intelligence and AI agents across research, clinical development, and corporate operations. The collaboration signals a meaningful evolution in
20 May 2026
Hubei becomes first region in China to introduce “digital ID cards” for humanoid robots
China’s Hubei Province has become the first region in the country to introduce official “digital identity cards” for humanoid robots, marking a major step towards the standardisation and regulation of next-generation intelligent machines, reports Xinhua News Agency, a partner of TV BRICS.
20 May 2026
World’s Largest Thermal Energy Storage System Goes Live in South Dakota | Antora - News and Statistics
May 20, 2026 Antora, a thermal energy storage technology company headquartered in California, has deployed what is described as one of the globe's largest energy storage installations, situated in South Dakota.
20 May 2026
Exclusive: Quantum Bridge secures $8M to protect finance, government and defence from quantum cybersecurity risks
Cybersecurity startup Quantum Bridge has raised a $8 million Series A The round was led by Primo Capital SGR, and a global syndicate including Wayra The round was led by Primo Capital SGR, and a global syndicate including Wayra (Telefónica), Cadenza VC, Club degli Investitori angels, HPE, and Bacchus Venture Capital also participated.
20 May 2026
US startup Antora deploys 5GWh thermal energy storage system at biofuels facility in South Dakota
Charging occurs when electricity is used to resistively heat the carbon blocks, with their high thermal conductivity enabling fast charging. The blocks then store energy at temperatures up to 2,400°C, high enough to enable the thermal battery to serve continuous industrial demand for multiple days. In addition, Antora has developed thermophotovoltaic (TPV) heat-to-power technology that converts…
20 May 2026
How This is Your Brain on Music Transformed Neuroscience
Elizabeth Margulis on the Importance of a Seminal Work of Popular Science on the Field of Music Cognition Twenty years ago, when This Is Your Brain on Music was published, the idea that music could be studied with the tools of biology and neuroscience was a niche one.
19 May 2026
‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns of similarities between AI boom and dot-com bubble
Famed investor Michael Burry is warning that the current rush to pour billions of dollars into artificial intelligence bears eerie similarities to the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s.
