24 Jun 2026
Less than a third of the world's ocean floor has been mapped to modern standards, meaning humanity currently knows more about the surface of Mars than about th…
The Seabed 2030 project has lifted global ocean-floor coverage from 6% to approximately 28.7% since its launch in 2017. Four years remain to close the rest of the gap, and the physics of deep-ocean mapping make that a formidable task.
24 Jun 2026
SpaceX’s IPO: Enriching the Few, Harming the Many
On June 12, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX went public. The company was the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history, hitting a public market valuation of $2.1 trillion and becoming the sixth-most valuable US firm overnight, later rising even higher to fourth.
24 Jun 2026
Betting on People’s Worst Instincts Has Kind of Always Been Mark Zuckerberg’s Thing
In an effort to get in on the massive amount of cash changing hands on Kalshi and Polymarket, Meta is allegedly working on a predictions market app, according to a report from the New York Times. The app, dubbed “Arena,” would allow users across the company’s network of social apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—to place bets on anything and everything.
24 Jun 2026
Leaked Code Suggests Anthropic Is Preparing to Bring Fable 5 Back
In brief A leaker discovered new strings in Claude Code v2.1.190 suggesting Fable 5 usage will be bundled into weekly subscription limits rather than sold as a separate add-on.
24 Jun 2026
Boston Dynamics seeks to double local headcount with Greater Boston expansion
The robotics company is building a new advanced robotics and AI center in Waltham and expects to double its local workforce.
24 Jun 2026
Google delays Gemini 3.5 Pro launch to July as it tweaks its new frontier AI model
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's DeepMind. Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images The release date for Google's next frontier AI model has been pushed to July, Business Insider has learned.
24 Jun 2026
Meta plans to release AI-powered prediction market app, documents show
Meta is planning to launch its own prediction market app to compete with companies like Kalshi and Polymarket in a booming sector that some analysts project could become a $1 trillion industry in the coming years.
24 Jun 2026
We’re Sifting Through Tons of Prime Day Deals Slop to Bring You Only The Best
Here's the dealDeal we love Michael Hession/NYT WirecutterA bookworm's best suitcase space-saverThe waterproof Kindle Paperwhite is worth upgrading to if you want a bigger screen for reading more text at a...
24 Jun 2026
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as global tech rout hits SpaceX
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk lost his trillionaire status on Tuesday, less than two weeks after becoming the first person to achieve it following SpaceX's public debut, according to data from Bloomberg.
