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.
08 Jun 2026
China's NEO Brain Chip Beats Neuralink to First Commercial BCI Sale
China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved NEO — a coin-sized invasive brain-computer interface from Neuracle Technology and Tsinghua University researchers — for commercial use beyond clinical trials, making it the world's first invasive BCI cleared for sale, according to MIT Technology Review, Scientific American, and People's Daily reporting on the March 2026 decision…
08 Jun 2026
How China's Unitree Will Dominate Global Robotics
We are witnessing the birth of another Chinese hardware giant. Three years ago, Unitree was a quadruped company. By last year, they parlayed quadruped dominance into creating and leading the humanoid market. This year, their G1 humanoids are finally entering into viable deployments, and three new designs are on the way, including their most-direct Western humanoid competitor.
08 Jun 2026
Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes Jumpstart Booster Themes
We're assembling your favorite Marvel characters from across the vast Marvel Universe in Magic: The Gathering ® | Marvel Super Heroes Jumpstart Boosters! Jumpstart Boosters bring some of the biggest names in Marvel to Magic —Doctor Doom, the Avengers, the Thunderbolts—along with ultra-flavorful cards for fan-favorite characters.
08 Jun 2026
China: 100 humanoid robot to take over household chores in free trial
A robot doing backflips is impressive. A robot finding your socks, folding them, and putting them away is much harder. A Chinese robotics company has begun placing its humanoid robots inside real homes, marking a significant step in the race to develop machines capable of performing everyday household tasks.
08 Jun 2026
Stocks Set to Open Higher Despite Israel-Iran Escalation, U.S. Inflation Data and SpaceX IPO Awaited
June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are up +0.60%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are up +1.11% this morning, signaling a modest rebound from Friday’s tech-led selloff on Wall Street even as tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher.
08 Jun 2026
Robot.com CEO Wants to Automate the Work That Makes People Quit
Felipe Chavez, CEO of Robot.com, wants to use robots to fill in the jobs people don't want.
