21 May 2026
SpaceX Officially Files IPO and Plans to Be Traded as ‘SPCX’
SpaceX, which reportedly filed for an IPO confidentially last month, has now filed for its IPO officially and publicly.
@Gizmodo, Mike Pearl
2026
20 May 2026
Elon Musk's pay package reveals SpaceX actually is: a $1 trillion monster built to colonize Mars
Elon Musk’s new pay package at SpaceX , the largest in corporate history, comes with one little catch: He doesn’t get the money until one million people live on Mars.
Eva Roytburg
2026
20 May 2026
OpenAI takes the lead in AI IPO horse race: 'Getting to public markets first is very important'
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Davis Giangiulio
2026
20 May 2026
Mini Shai Hulud: Compromised @antv npm packages enable CI/CD credential theft
Microsoft has identified an active supply chain attack targeting the @antv node package manager (npm) package ecosystem. A threat actor compromised an @antv maintainer account and published malicious versions of widely used data-visualization packages, resulting in cascading downstream impact.
Microsoft Defender Security Research Team
2026
20 May 2026
Zuckerberg says 'success isn't a given' in memo to employees amid Meta layoffs
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in a Wednesday memo that the company's decision to lay off 8,000 employees is necessary because 'success isn't a given' in the fierce and competitive space of artificial intelligence.
Jonathan Vanian
2026
20 May 2026
Cheap AI could derail OpenAI and Anthropic's IPOs
This earnings season, the cost of AI started showing up in the numbers. Meta, Shopify, Spotify, and Pinterest all flagged rising AI and inference costs as a drag on margins. Shopify said economies of scale were 'partially offset by increased LLM costs.' This is the bill coming due for the pricing model that underpins OpenAI's and Anthropic's expected IPO valuations, both projected north of $800…
Deirdre Bosa, Jasmine Wu
2026
20 May 2026
NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae
NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a study recently published in AGU Earth and Space Science, researchers reported the tool was able to fuse data from multiple satellites and detect harmful algal blooms that occurred in western Florida and Southern California.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2026
20 May 2026
Microsoft Reshapes Workforce As AI Spending Raises New Execution Questions
Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) is reducing its U.S. workforce, with a voluntary early retirement program targeting about 7% of employees. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, is cutting 900 roles as part of a broader realignment.
News Desk
2026
20 May 2026
Nvidia earnings live updates: Data center sales, margins and AI outlook in focus
Nvidia reports fiscal first-quarter results after the bell. Here's what analysts are expecting, according to LSEG. Earnings per share: $1.76 Revenue: $78.85 billion
Jonathan Vanian, Katie Tarasov
2026
