30 May 2026
Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit from Florida (video)
A new batch of satellites for Amazon's internet constellation made it to orbit tonight (May 29). A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 7:53 p.m. EDT (2353 GMT).
29 May 2026
Bezos-owned rocket explodes in Florida, deals blow to Blue Origin
The night sky over Florida briefly blazed orange as a spectacular blaze swept the Atlantic Coast following an explosion of a rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
28 May 2026
FAA launches investigation into SpaceX Starship booster failure after test flight
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has directed SpaceX to investigate the failure of its Starship Super Heavy booster, which crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a test mission last week, the agency confirmed on Wednesday.
27 May 2026
China is giving all humanoid robots unique ID numbers to monitor safety risks
China is planning to roll out unique digital identity numbers for all its humanoid robots to track them better throughout their lifecycle, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
25 May 2026
Pope to release major artificial intelligence manifesto
Pope Leo XIV will release on Monday his long-awaited manifesto on artificial intelligence (AI), a bid to address ethical and social challenges as the technology rapidly develops worldwide. The US pope will attend the presentation of the "Magnifica Humanitas" (Magnificent Humanity) encyclical at the Vatican in person -- a first for the Catholic Church. He will be joined not only by officials from…
22 May 2026
Nicki Minaj Attends Failed SpaceX Launch & Praises Elon Musk ‘for Everything That You’re Doing for Humanity’
Nicki Minaj pulled up to SpaceX’s flight test in Texas on Thursday (May 21), but in this case, starships weren’t meant to fly, as the flight was postponed to due to technical issues with the the spacecraft. She joined the SpaceX broadcast for a brief chat at Starbase for the launch of the Starship rocket. Fittingly, the Queens rapper was rocking a T-shirt that was emblazoned with a “Starship”…
22 May 2026
Jimmy Kimmel mocks Elon Musk’s criticism of Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Odyssey’ casting
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel mocked Elon Musk’s criticism of Christopher Nolan’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o in The Odyssey during his May 20 monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . . Kimmel told viewers Musk had attacked Nolan for casting Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, arguing the role should have gone to a white actress. Kimmel read Musk’s post on X aloud, “Chris Nolan desecrated The Odyssey so that he would be…
19 May 2026
Sam Altman vs. Elon Musk: OpenAI CEO Claims Legal Victory Over Tesla Billionaire—but Whose Property Portfolio Is the Real Winner?
ChatGPT creator Sam Altman has claimed a courtroom victory against his OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk after a federal jury in California threw out a lawsuit in which the Tesla founder claimed that the artificial intelligence company had violated an agreement to operate solely as a nonprofit.
12 May 2026
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Connect 2026 playlist has the vibe of a cringey college party
Meta founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on May 12 that the company’s Meta Connect conference, which offers a glimpse into what the tech giant sees as the future, will take place September 23 and 24.
