09 Jun 2026
Blue Origin 'earthquake,' summer launch guide and KSC director top newsletter
Blue Origin New Glenn explosion caused 'earthquake' across Florida The New Glenn rocket explosion during a static fire test on May 28 created a shockwave felt as far away as Clearwater, Florida, the USGS National Earthquake Information Center reported. Meanwhile, assessments continued not only of the extensive damage to Blue Origin's Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 but what it could mean for…
09 Jun 2026
Elon Musk flags declining fertility in India. What's driving the dip? How bad is it?
An uncomfortable but important topic has found its way back into the public discourse of the world's most populous country, India. Thanks to Tesla boss Elon Musk. The American tech tycoon, who spent the weekend highlighting falling birth rates in the US and other countries such as Australia, weighed in on India's declining fertility rate.
09 Jun 2026
Apple's Tim Cook bows out with careful keynote that's light on AI
Opinion Apple Intelligence for the rest of America, not Wall Street. By Chris Taylor
09 Jun 2026
SpaceX’s AI Wing Casts Cloud Over Future Earnings, Leading Experts Say
While SpaceX is now a world superpower in crafting reusable rockets, its high-priced takeover of the AI start-up xAI should be factored into calculating the value of the combined outfit and its IPO share price (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images While SpaceX is now a world superpower in crafting reusable rockets, its high-priced takeover of the artificial…
09 Jun 2026
ChatGPT maker OpenAI files for U.S. initial public offering
ChatGPT maker OpenAI confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering recently, the company said on Monday, joining rival Anthropic in a push toward the stock market as investors seek exposure to the artificial intelligence boom.
09 Jun 2026
OpenAI files confidential SEC paperwork for IPO, opening the door to a Wall Street debut
ChatGPT maker OpenAI filed preliminary paperwork that would open the door to it becoming a publicly traded company, the third in a powerhouse trio of artificial intelligence companies racing to Wall Street debuts.
08 Jun 2026
SpaceX's stock market blast-off could be Musk's biggest gamble yet
It's 07:25 am, 13 October 2024, at Starbase, near Boca Chica on the Texas side of the US/Mexico border, and on the launch pad stands the biggest rocket ever made. Its engines fire and it climbs into the skies over the Gulf of Mexico to cheers and screams in the SpaceX control room. But the launch is not the main event. What goes up must come down – and how it comes down will become a milestone in…
08 Jun 2026
Could humanoid robots be heading for the battlefield?
I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps. Instead, the black shiny faceless Phantom robot is engaged in "free play", manipulating a bunch of coloured kids blocks.
08 Jun 2026
CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Humanoid robots are great, but they need buyers too
A Lingyi iTech factory in Beijing is ramping up production of humanoid robots for various startups. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I'm seeing and hearing from local businesses.
