15 Jun 2026
QuEra Announces 2028 Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer and Expanded Multi-Year Strategic Collaboration with AWS
QuEra announced Libra, a fault-tolerant quantum computer planned for 2028, alongside an expanded multi-year collaboration with AWS to make the system available through Amazon Braket.
Mohib Ur Rehman
2026
15 Jun 2026
SpaceX Stock Soared 19% on Its Market Debut. Here's Why I'm Not Buying It.
SpaceX ( SPCX +8.28% ) went public on Friday, June 12, and ended the day with a 19% gain. The company had a market capitalization of $2.1 trillion at the close of trading, making it the world's seventh-most-valuable company. While SpaceX is best known for developing the world's first reusable rockets, management believes space-related solutions actually represent its smallest financial…
Anthony Di Pizio
2026
15 Jun 2026
Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away?
A prototype of the Libra quantum computer
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
2026
15 Jun 2026
Monday Morning Commentary: Why Inequality Still Matters
In a recent essay titled “The Trouble with Inequality Politics,” writers Jerusalem Demsas and Milan Singh argue that Americans are focusing on the wrong problem when they obsess over Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire.
@DavisVanguard, David M. Greenwald
2026
15 Jun 2026
Forbes Daily: SpaceX IPO Rockets Elon Musk To Trillionaire Status
The world officially has its first trillionaire in Elon Musk, after SpaceX started trading on the Nasdaq Friday.
Danielle Chemtob
2026
15 Jun 2026
A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here’s what that means
For the first time, an Earth observation satellite has found what it was looking for — on its own, without human analysts on the ground. The milestone, which occurred in April, marks the first reported use of a vision-language model in orbit, and offers a glimpse of how AI could fundamentally change what space-based sensors are capable of — and how much they’re worth.
Tim Fernholz
2026
15 Jun 2026
Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica — and they're happening in a very odd location
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revealed hundreds of previously unknown earthquakes beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, including some in an unexpected place: in the middle of a tectonic plate, far from a plate boundary.
Olivia Ferrari
2026
15 Jun 2026
Unitree's G1 humanoid robot eyes challenging Mount Everest summit
A Unitree G1 humanoid robot is being prepared for a planned Mount Everest expedition later this year after taking part in a high-altitude test on Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.
@IntEngineering, Atharva Gosavi
2026
15 Jun 2026
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe backs humanoid robots as next frontier in manufacturing
RJ Scaringe’s new venture, Mind Robotics, aims to bring AI-powered humanoids into factories, with Rivian serving as both investor and launch customer.
@carbiztoday, Jaelyn Campbell
2026