16 Jun 2026
500 hidden earthquakes beneath Antarctica, and the strangest ones are shaking the middle of a tectonic pla
When it comes to earthquakes, Antarctica has always been the calm, frozen outlier. Most of the planet’s shaking occurs where tectonic plates grind against each other, and Antarctica is in the middle of one giant plate, far from those messy edges. That reputation just received a blow. In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers used artificial intelligence to comb through two…
16 Jun 2026
Ex-Microsoft duo behind Security Copilot raises $100M seed to catch AI threats before they strike
Ent, an endpoint security company created by the team behind RiskIQ and Microsoft Security Copilot, has emerged from stealth with $100 million in seed funding. The round was led by Decibel, with Sequoia, Crosspoint Capital, Craft Ventures, Shield Capital, Felicis, and In-Q-Tel also investing. This is one of the biggest seed rounds in cybersecurity history. It shows that investors believe current…
16 Jun 2026
Trump just found the worst way to regulate AI
In a sense, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is getting what he wanted. Amodei has long argued that AI is becoming dangerously powerful — and thus, that regulatory restrictions on the technology are urgently needed.
15 Jun 2026
1 Top ETF to Buy for the $1 Trillion AI Infrastructure Boom
The amount of money pouring into computing power has reached a scale that's hard to wrap your head around. Research firm Dell'Oro Group now projects that global data center capital expenditures will top $1 trillion in 2026, as cloud computing providers race to build the data centers that artificial intelligence (AI) runs on. For investors, the hard part isn't believing that money will get spent.…
15 Jun 2026
Scaling AI with 8 to 20x energy efficiency
As AI becomes part of daily life for people and organizations around the world, that shift brings a key question from leaders: can AI scale sustainably?
15 Jun 2026
AI robots can go rogue – a researcher on how easily it happens
Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world record by almost seven minutes. This performance came with many asterisks. The robot followed a pre-mapped track, stayed in its own dedicated lane, and had a human support crew trailing behind it in…
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…
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.
15 Jun 2026
Meet the 22 Investors to Know in Robotics and Physical AI
For decades, software ate the world. Venture investors chased companies that could grow without factories, supply chains, or machines. Hardware was almost a dirty word. But now, Silicon Valley is getting physical.
