04 Jun 2026
Zapping Mosquitos With Lasers Is a Real Thing, Thanks to AI
As summer arrives, and mosquitoes celebrate another season of bloody conquest, you might be thinking, "Why do we even have all this AI tech if it can't do a single thing about these airborne pests?" There are plenty of reasons to complain about artificial intelligence, but its failure to fight mosquitoes is no longer one of them.
@CNET, Omar L. Gallaga
2026
03 Jun 2026
‘Indefensible’: Meta declares war on Australia’s plan to make it pay for news
Meta has launched a scorching attack on the Albanese government’s plan to force the world’s largest technology companies to fund Australian journalism, branding the proposed regime a “discriminatory tax built on a false premise” that will leave the media industry hooked on government handouts.
Calum Jaspan, David Swan
2026
03 Jun 2026
Tesla Owners Say Their Old FSD Contracts Were Quietly Changed
Tesla owners are reporting that old contracts mentioning the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature have been quietly changed.
@Gizmodo, Bruce Gil
2026
03 Jun 2026
SpaceX aims to make its stock market debut at $1.77 trillion value
Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced Wednesday that it intends to make its stock market debut next week at a $1.77 trillion valuation.
NBCNews, Steven Kopack
2026
03 Jun 2026
SETI Institute Searches for Technological Signs in Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS
In a groundbreaking pursuit to unravel the mysteries of interstellar phenomena and the possibility of extraterrestrial technology, researchers at the SETI Institute have undertaken a comprehensive search for technosignatures on the interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS. Detected in July 2025, 3I/ATLAS marks only the third confirmed object originating from beyond our Solar System, following the…
Bioengineer
2026
03 Jun 2026
Morningstar says SpaceX is overvalued by half and smart investors should wait out the hype
In just over a week, SpaceX is set to debut as one of the biggest IPOs in history with an eye-popping valuation of $1.75 trillion. One top analyst says it may actually be worth half of that, and investors may get a better deal by biding their time.
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
2026
03 Jun 2026
Robots join hotel staff: inside Singapore’s new training lab
YY Group (NASDAQ:YYGH) launched a Humanoid Robotics Training Lab in Singapore, powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing , and began pilot humanoid robot deployments in a major mall and luxury hotel. These steps extend its April 2026 AI training data strategy and support FY2026 revenue guidance of US$103–110 million and a path to profitability.
Stock Titan
2026
03 Jun 2026
Muon Space Unveils Condor-Ultra for Orbital Data Centers
Muon Space has announced the development of Condor-Ultra, a new “Starship-class” satellite platform tailored specifically for the emerging orbital data center market.
News Desk
2026
03 Jun 2026
The AI Race Is Quietly Becoming a Race for Electricity, Not Chips
For the past three years, the artificial intelligence (AI) race has looked fairly straightforward. Companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Alphabet have competed to build increasingly powerful large language models. Meanwhile, Nvidia has emerged as one of the biggest winners by supplying the powerful chips that enable those models. But a new reality is emerging. The winners in the next phase of…
Lawrence Nga
2026