29 Jun 2026
May Industrial Production and Investment Decline Amid Semiconductor Impact
May 2026 Industrial Activity Trends. [Photo=National Data Agency] Industrial production across all sectors fell last month due to weak mining and manufacturing, with facility investment also declining. Despite a boost in semiconductor exports, the sector's performance did not significantly impact overall industrial activity. However, retail sales saw a slight increase due to higher demand for…
29 Jun 2026
Russia’s Rassvet ambition: Sovereignty in space beyond Starlink
The contest for technological supremacy is no longer confined to artificial intelligence, semiconductors, or quantum computing. Increasingly, it is unfolding hundreds of kilometers above Earth, where satellites have become indispensable instruments of national power. Communications, navigation, military coordination, financial transactions, emergency services, and internet connectivity all depend…
29 Jun 2026
Rakuten-led group set for subsidies to build Japan's answer to Starlink
TelecommunicationGovernment readies $900m in support for homegrown satellite-to-mobile accessA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites lifts off into orbit after launching from Cape Canaveral,...
29 Jun 2026
Morgan Stanley warns of potential climax in silver, semiconductor markets
When silver miners and chip stocks start moving in lockstep, something interesting is happening. When Morgan Stanley’s top equity strategist calls it a potential peak, something interesting just became something urgent.
29 Jun 2026
Rocket Lab Buys Satellite Company Iridium To Go Up Against Starlink And Amazon's Leo
It wants its own satellite internet network. Rocket Lab / Iridium These days, it's not enough to own a company that sends things up into space; you also need to own the things you're sending up.
29 Jun 2026
Elon Musk says SpaceX is putting top Starship and Starlink engineers to work on Grok
Elon Musk said SpaceX would release new AI models "trained from scratch" every month. WEF/Getty images It's all hands on deck at SpaceX as the company plays catch-up in the AI race .
29 Jun 2026
SpaceX Orbits 7.5-Ton SiriusXM Satellite & 24 Starlinks
Latest Developments SpaceX capped a busy June 28 with back-to-back launches from opposite coasts, demonstrating the company’s sustained cadence across both commercial and constellation programs. First, a Falcon 9 lifted the 15,000-pound SiriusXM SXM-11 satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:25 p.m. EDT, the heaviest commercial comsat SpaceX has flown in recent months. Hours…
28 Jun 2026
SpaceX Just Spent $60 Billion on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Could Elon Musk Be Building the Next Amazon?
In the early days of online shopping, Amazon ( AMZN +2.44% ) was a simple website that sold books. In the years that followed, the company expanded its marketplace into a more comprehensive e-commerce platform. That eventually helped pave the way for the launch of its cloud infrastructure platform, Amazon Web Services ( AWS ). This chain of events quietly turned Amazon into an essential digital…
28 Jun 2026
OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT 5.6 Soul, Terra and Luna Models
OpenAI has introduced GPT 5.6, a release featuring three specialized models, Soul, Terra and Luna, tailored for different use cases. Soul uses its “Soul Ultra” mode to handle complex reasoning tasks, Terra offers a versatile option for general-purpose applications and Luna is optimized for high-speed, large-scale operations.
