18 May 2026
Google I/O primer: Alphabet's AI showcase is its chance to wow Wall Street
Alphabet 's stock is up 140% over the past year, with a cloud business that is growing faster than Amazon's and Microsoft's . But 18 months ago, the Google parent looked like it had spent a decade preparing for the artificial intelligence era, only to watch OpenAI define the market. Now, Wall Street is valuing Alphabet like one of the few companies positioned to profit from every layer of the…
MacKenzie Sigalos
2026
18 May 2026
When is next rocket launch from Vandenberg? Where to see SpaceX liftoff
Before SpaceX launches its Starship rocket in Texas, the company has another Falcon 9 mission planned in California. Here's where you can see liftoff.
Ventura County Star
2026
18 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st-ever Starship V3 test gets new launch date
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 will now launch on May 21 The test flight will send Starship's upper stage on a suborbital trajectory partway around the world, with splashdown coming in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia about 65 minutes after liftoff. Starship's Super Heavy first stage will make a controlled splashdown of its own in the Gulf of Mexico about seven minutes after launch. Flight 12…
@SPACEdotcom
2026
18 May 2026
Apple kicks off Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8
Apple kicks off Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8
News Desk
2026
18 May 2026
Communities are blocking billions in data centers. Big Tech has wagered $1 trillion otherwise
The town of Saline, Michigan, didn’t want a $16 billion data center in its backyard. Residents voted against it. Weeks later, as Fortune ‘s Sharon Goldman reported , construction began anyway.
Nick Lichtenberg
2026
18 May 2026
The AI Era Is Reordering The 4 Paths Of Business Education
Finding the Right Path getty Artificial intelligence is challenging one of the core assumptions behind modern business education: that business schools are the primary gateway to business knowledge and managerial capability.
Dileep Rao
2026
18 May 2026
Tesla Releases Unredacted Robotaxi Crash Reports
Tesla has quietly pulled back the curtain on its autonomous data, resolving a longstanding point of tension with safety researchers and public advocates. For the better part of a year, the automaker stood alone as the only autonomous vehicle operator filing safety data that hid the contextual specifics of its accidents. Every single incident report filed by Tesla featured a summary with the exact…
Nehal Malik
2026
18 May 2026
Android Chipset Makers Are Losing Millions Of Dollars By Failing To Adopt An Apple Strategy Practiced Since The Original iPad Launch
The rising cost of memory is putting a massive dent in the earnings of Android chipset manufacturers like Qualcomm and MediaTek, and even though these companies have managed to address the lower-tier end of the smartphone market through less capable SoCs, they continue to avoid a practice that Apple has adopted since the latter introduced the original iPad in 2010.
Omar Sohail
2026
18 May 2026
Healthy Extracts Acquires Sommer Ray’s Imaraïs Beauty In $20M Deal
Healthy Extracts has acquired Sommer Ray ’s Imaraïs Beauty in a transaction valued at approximately $20 million, underscoring deal momentum in supplements and the acquisition appeal of influencer-led wellness brands.
Claire McCormack
2026
