20 Jun 2026
SpaceX Starfall Demo Flies Tuesday: Disk Capsule Bets on Orbital Manufacturing Scale
SpaceX is preparing to fly its first Starfall prototype on Tuesday, June 23, in a low-profile demo that could upend the economics of an entire emerging industry. The disk-shaped reentry capsule — designed to return up to 1,000 kilograms of cargo from orbit — is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral at 6:43 a.m. ET, with a window that closes at 7:43 a.m. ET. The…
20 Jun 2026
Apple Launches Core AI for Apple-Silicon Optimized On-Device Generative AI
At WWDC 26, Apple announced the Core AI framework, the official successor to Core ML. It is designed to allow developers to run large language models and generative AI entirely on-device, supporting both custom-converted PyTorch models and pre-optimized open-source models.
20 Jun 2026
Security News This Week: Hackers Claim to Leak Stolen Madison Square Garden Data
Meta is testing face-recognition software built by the United States military and regional police department supplier Rank One, WIRED found in an investigation this week. Meta has been exploring the possibility of adding face recognition tech into its smart glasses, and WIRED previously reported that the app for the glasses contained code —now deleted—that would have enabled the company to…
20 Jun 2026
Claude Fable 5 on Bedrock Requires Sharing Inference Data with Anthropic
Using Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 or Mythos 5 on Amazon Bedrock requires opting into provider_data_share, a data retention mode that sends prompts and outputs to Anthropic for 30-day retention with human review. There is no alternative mode.
20 Jun 2026
The hidden cost of letting AI choose your lunch
Some AI users now ask chatbots what to eat, what to text, what to wear, and when to go to bed. Researchers worry they're losing the ability to think for themselves and letting AI shape beliefs. A Wharton researcher says AI users risk becoming "followers of unthought thoughts." People are giving away their most powerful tool to AI: The ability to think.
20 Jun 2026
Why odds of SpaceX merger with Tesla keep climbing every time the stock shoots up
In a CNBC interview on June 12, host Morgan Brennan asked SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell whether the rocket and AI player might buy Elon Musk’s second largest holding, Tesla. She didn’t dismiss the possibility, and even suggested that it might make sense. “There’s a convergence we’re all trying to accomplish in the future,” she declared, adding that the tie-up “might make Elon’s life a…
20 Jun 2026
Key facts: Musk Exercises 304M Options; Sweden Pushes FSD Ban; ARK Buys
Elon Musk exercised options for ~303.96M Tesla shares at $23.34, surrendered ~17.53M to cover a $7.09B tax bill, keeping voting stake near 19.9%.
20 Jun 2026
Meet the SpaceX insiders Elon Musk trusts to run his $1.25 trillion empire
Everyone knows Elon Musk is the genius behind the biggest stock market debut of all time. But even a genius, in the immortal words of Jim Collins, needs a thousand helpers. So who, exactly, is helping him run SpaceX?
20 Jun 2026
There’s an Unfathomably Huge Network of Fungi Lurking Beneath the Earth
Deep beneath your feet, there is a vast, sprawling, unfathomably huge network of fungi that, when laid end to end, would extend for a mind-boggling 68 quadrillion miles.
