24 Jun 2026
First Humanoid Robot Maker Goes Public In U.S.: $2.5 Billion Deal, New Robot, $300 Million In Pre-orders
An early version of Agility Robotics' Digit. Version 5 is set to roll out soon, and the company says it has $300 million in multi-year orders.
John Koetsier
2026
24 Jun 2026
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as global tech rout hits SpaceX
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk lost his trillionaire status on Tuesday, less than two weeks after becoming the first person to achieve it following SpaceX's public debut, according to data from Bloomberg.
Fran Velasquez
2026
24 Jun 2026
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal
Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp XI in a deal that values the company at roughly $2.5 billion.
Kirsten Korosec
2026
24 Jun 2026
I rounded up the best Prime Day 2026 laptop deals, and these five are the ones I’d buy
If you’ve been keeping up with recent laptop launches, you’ve probably noticed just how expensive they’ve become . Laptop prices have been climbing for the past year, and there’s little indication that they’re coming down anytime soon. That makes the ongoing Prime Day 2026 sale an exceptionally good time to buy a new laptop. Many of the discounts apply to devices at or near their original launch…
Shikhar Mehrotra
2026
24 Jun 2026
I've been reviewing laptops for years: These are my 25 favorite Prime Day laptop deals
Amazon's flagship Prime Day sale kicked off yesterday, and the laptop deals are in full swing. We're tracking sales from MacBooks and Windows PCs from all the major brands: HP, Lenovo, Acer, Asus, and Dell, and Apple, surfacing the best deals worth your time.
@ZDNET, Kyle Kucharski
2026
24 Jun 2026
OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom
On Wednesday, OpenAI unveiled its first custom-built inference processor, designed and manufactured in collaboration with Broadcom. Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI’s inference systems.
Russell Brandom
2026
24 Jun 2026
Tesla cofounder JB Straubel’s first pitch to Elon Musk failed. Then he turned his ‘hobby’ into a $1.3 trillion success
Before Tesla became a $1.3 trillion juggernaut eyeing a potential megamerger with SpaceX, Elon Musk was writing a check to a then-27-year-old Stanford engineer who couldn’t get anyone to take his electric car idea seriously.
Rachel Ventresca
2026
23 Jun 2026
Here’s Why Micron Shares Fell 13% Tuesday
Topline Micron shares plummeted over 13% on Tuesday, falling as South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service contributed to a global chip sell-off with a warning about risky ETFs tied to memory chip companies like Samsung and SK Hynix. Micron's stock is up more than 260% on the year.
Antonio Pequeño IV
2026
23 Jun 2026
Robot Memory Is The Next Big Robotics Frontier
Robotic memory getty Last week, MIT researchers introduced DAAAM , short for Describe Anything, Anywhere, at Any Moment. While the name is a bit long, the idea is simple: give robots a memory of the places they visit.
Ron Schmelzer
2026
