19 Jun 2026
Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars
A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Relativity CEO Eric Schmidt speak to employees about a new Mars mission. Credit: Relativity Space Welcome to Edition 8.46 of the Rocket Report! We don’t mention Starship in the body of this week’s report, so I’ll give a brief update here. The next test flight of…
19 Jun 2026
The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
This week, the UK announced a wide-ranging ban on social media that will soon block users from communicating or accessing information on apps such as X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat unless they prove that they’re over the age of 16. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, called the policy “ a line in the sand ”. “Tech giants had their chance and failed,” he said , “but we’re…
19 Jun 2026
New robot plugs moving wires with 99.5% accuracy in factory test
Canadian robotics company Sanctuary AI has reported a significant achievement in industrial automation. The firm said its system achieved a task success rate of more than 99.5 percent during a complex wire-plugging task for a global Tier 1 automotive supplier.
19 Jun 2026
Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman, OpenAI Film ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon MGM Studios
Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Luca Guadagnino ‘s upcoming film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman , The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
19 Jun 2026
Musk's SpaceX stake is worth over $1 trillion. Here are the other billionaire shareholders
SpaceX 's record-breaking IPO boosted founder and CEO's Elon Musk 's personal stake in the company to more than $1 trillion. But he isn't the only one seeing huge gains from SpaceX's blockbuster listing. The IPO also minted thousands of new millionaires — and saw stakes of some shareholders surpass the billion-dollar mark.
19 Jun 2026
US export ban on Anthropic’s AI models further strains alliances
Artificial intelligence has become the latest issue to drive a wedge between the United States and its allies after US President Donald Trump ordered tech giant Anthropic to cut off foreign access to its powerful Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5 AI models, citing national security concerns.
19 Jun 2026
Step into Midjourney's spa for a body scan
Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. Midjourney has spent years turning text prompts into surreal images. But its next big image project is a little more personal: the inside of your body. The company just revealed a full-body scanner that lowers users through an ultrasound ring for fast body maps, and wrap
19 Jun 2026
Why right now might be the best opportunity to get hired at Silicon Valley's most coveted employers
For years, a job at Google was the ultimate status symbol in tech. Now, a new pair of employers is attracting the industry's most ambitious workers. OpenAI and Anthropic have become the hottest career destinations in Silicon Valley, drawing a flood of applicants eager to work at the epicenter of the AI boom.
19 Jun 2026
Intel Stock Outlook: Can Intel Reach $200 in 2026?
Round numbers do something specific to investor psychology, and $200 is doing it to Intel stock right now. It's not just a price target. It's a threshold that asks a harder question — not whether Intel can recover, but whether the recovery is real enough and durable enough to justify that kind of valuation. Those are different questions, and the market is increasingly treating them that way. The…
