23 Jun 2026
‘Real, Actual Villains’: What’s Driving the Remarkably Bipartisan Backlash to Data Centers
This month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, unveiled a set of sweeping recommendations to rein in rampant data center development, urging Texas lawmakers to aggressively regulate the tech industry in a state that has a reputation for welcoming new development with open arms. At the same time, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, the Democratic leader of a…
23 Jun 2026
Here's what smart people are saying about the latest global stock sell-off
A bruising stock sell-off roiled global markets on Tuesday, led by sharp declines in some of the hottest chip stocks in the US and Asia. The chip sector tumbled as investors took stock of semiconductors' monster gains in the past month and rushed to take profits.
23 Jun 2026
Tesla admits FSD was on in fatal Texas crash, blames driver for ‘overriding’ it
Tesla now confirms that its self-driving system was engaged when a Model 3 left a residential road in Katy, Texas, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside her home — but the company says the driver overrode it by pressing the accelerator to 100%. Everything points to a pedal misapplication while the car was under “Full Self-Driving.” Does that mean Tesla is not at fault?
23 Jun 2026
A company outside Boston just craned the second 48-ton half of a steel donut into Tokamak Hall and pushed its compact fusion reactor to 75% built, a machine ch…
For decades the recipe for a fusion reactor barely changed: build it enormous. A tokamak traps a cloud of gas hotter than the Sun inside a magnetic field, and for most of fusion’s history the only way to make that field strong enough was to make the machine huge. That is why ITER, the giant international reactor going up in southern France, is the size of a cathedral and has been under…
23 Jun 2026
Morning Minute: Fomo's $75M Raise Shows Big VCs Are Still Betting on Consumer Crypto
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall 3-7% as stocks sell off; BTC at $62.3k Saylor raises $300M in cash; MSTR…
23 Jun 2026
The Brief: Investing in broadband for inclusive AI
Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Closing the digital divide with community finance Improving women’s access to healthcare Investors design natural capital for nature’s cycles Featured: Power in Place
23 Jun 2026
The AI talent wars are heating up again. In the battle for stars, Google is losing out.
Noam Shazeer is leaving Google to join OpenAI.
23 Jun 2026
SpaceX, GOOG weigh on tech sentiment
Asia market update: SpaceX, GOOG weigh on tech sentiment; KR VOL continues; IDX MSCI in focus; US quantum compute EO.
