20 May 2026
Elon Musk’s Plan to Make You Invest in SpaceX
SpaceX is planning a monster initial public offering (IPO). Elon Musk is reportedly seeking to raise some $75 billion, at a valuation of $1.75 trillion, next month. It will be both his birthday and a moment when Venus and Jupiter will be in alignment. It would be the biggest IPO in history by far, utterly dwarfing Saudi Aramco’s $29 billion figure back in 2019.
@theprospect, Ryan Cooper
2026
20 May 2026
The sea change in defence tech
Warships are expensive, slow to build, and difficult to replace. At the same time, navies are being pushed to patrol larger areas, protect undersea infrastructure, and respond to the growing use of drones and autonomous systems at sea — especially given current geopolitical events in the Middle East and beyond.
Paul Sawers
2026
20 May 2026
How This is Your Brain on Music Transformed Neuroscience
Elizabeth Margulis on the Importance of a Seminal Work of Popular Science on the Field of Music Cognition Twenty years ago, when This Is Your Brain on Music was published, the idea that music could be studied with the tools of biology and neuroscience was a niche one.
Elizabeth H. Margulis
2026
20 May 2026
Entrepreneurs from Farms: After Building Flying Cars, They Bet $39 Billion on Robotics.
Figure AI, a humanoid robotics company, recently launched a 'Human vs. Robot' parcel sorting challenge, attracting global attention. This narrow victory for humans has been summarized by many as 'humans have won now, but lost in the future.' This statement is not unfounded; before the competition even began, Figure had already started live-streaming the robot sorting process, and has been doing…
Zen
2026
20 May 2026
Strengthening Singapore’s AI Future: A New National Partnership
May 20, 2026 Responsibility & Safety Google DeepMind Partnering to apply frontier AI to advance health and life sciences, reimagine classrooms and support the workforce of the future. At Google DeepMind, we believe frontier AI can be a powerful force for good. Last year, we opened a new research lab in Singapore to expand the impact of our work across the Asia-Pacific region. Today, we are taking…
Google DeepMind
2026
20 May 2026
Google is making its biggest change to the search bar in years
CUPERTINO, Calif. — To get ahead in the new internet age, Google wants to help you google less. The company on Tuesday revealed a flurry of AI-powered features for its search engine, AI assistant Gemini and other services. It's part of Google's latest effort to revamp its decades-old business model to fit the era of artificial intelligence.
Lisa Eadicicco
2026
20 May 2026
Google CEO Sundar Pichai brought big AI promises and one very awkward delay to I/O
Here are the 5 biggest takeaways from Google I/O By Charles Rollet
Charles Rollet
2026
19 May 2026
SpaceX picks Goldman Sachs to lead record-breaking IPO, sources say
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a state banquet for President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images
Leslie Picker
2026
19 May 2026
Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What?
After a couple of hours of apps and itineraries, Google’s big AI presentation turned philosophical.
Stevie Bonifield
2026
