24 May 2026
Space rockets, satellites, data centers and Grok: What's the right S&P sector index for SpaceX?
SpaceX is on the verge of going where no initial public offering has ever gone before. The company, created and led by Elon Musk, is targeting a stratospheric valuation of $1.75 trillion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. SpaceX may be fast-tracked into broadly held indexes like the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 at light speed.
Jason Gewirtz
2026
24 May 2026
GDP, Earnings and Other Key Things to Watch this Week
Markets enter the final week of May with a holiday-shortened trading schedule following Memorial Day Monday closure, compressing important economic data and high-profile earnings into four sessions.
Gavin Mcmaster
2026
24 May 2026
Something ‘unprecedented’ is now happening to Earth’s rotation, scientists say
Every day, without you noticing, Earth is taking slightly longer to complete its rotation. The shift is only measured in fractions of a millisecond, but the forces required to produce it are almost incomprehensibly large. And according to a new study, the rate at which our days are lengthening is now “unprecedented” in 3.6 million years of geological history.
Tom Howarth, [email protected]
2026
24 May 2026
TechCrunch Mobility: Robotaxi reality check
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! Robotaxis are here! And yet, they’re not. That contradiction neatly captures Waymo’s current reality. Anyone walking around San Francisco could reasonably declare that robotaxis have arrived. But arrival,…
Kirsten Korosec
2026
24 May 2026
A slow laser bottleneck just got a 250x AI shortcut for next-generation X-ray experiments
Building a world-class X-ray experiment begins with a laser operating at the wrong frequency. Before it becomes useful, researchers pass the beam through precision crystals twice, stepping the light from infrared into ultraviolet. That type of conversion has to be simulated before any parameter can be adjusted. Until now, that simulation was a persistent slowdown.
Jordan Joseph
2026
24 May 2026
Microsoft (MSFT): One of the Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy Now for High Returns
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy Now for High Returns. On May 22, RBC Capital reiterated an “Outperform” rating and a price objective of $640.00 on the company’s stock.
Bob Karr
2026
24 May 2026
Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX) Hits 52-Week Low; Is It In Oversold Territory?
With an upside potential of 99.1% and a relative strength index (RSI) of 33.8, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:RXRX) stands out as one of the notable oversold play in the AI sector.
Faheem Tahir
2026
24 May 2026
SpaceX's next-gen Starship rocket enables high valuation, early investor says
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the biggest IPO in history, and its next-generation Starship vehicle may be the key to its sky-high valuation.
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
2026
24 May 2026
How to Tame AI’s Voracious Appetite for Energy
This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine . Featured Video As I sip coffee in my Berlin apartment and fire a question at Google’s AI chatbot Gemini, it’s easy not to think about the energy it takes to generate a response. Once the signal reaches my router, it whizzes, I assume, through copper wires or fiber-optic cables to one of Google’s data center hubs. Somewhere inside the data…
Katarina Zimmer
2026
