03 Jun 2026
Elon Musk is expected to become the world’s first trillionaire. Democrats are taking aim.
Progressive politicians are sharpening their attacks against tech tycoon Elon Musk, zeroing in on his soon-to-be-trillionaire status days before his company SpaceX’s record-setting initial public offering.
David Ingram, NBCNews
2026
28 May 2026
Student commencement boos are a sign of wider AI woes
As companies race to weave AI into nearly every industry, some college students are responding with open hostility. At at least three college commencement ceremonies this month, graduates loudly booed invited speakers who praised AI.
NBCNews
2026
21 May 2026
SpaceX to launch an even bigger Starship prototype
SpaceX is set to launch a new prototype of its Starship megarocket on a key test flight Thursday — one that could take astronauts back to the moon.
Denise Chow, NBCNews
2026
20 May 2026
SpaceX confirms plans for an IPO that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire
SpaceX confirmed plans to sell shares of its stock to the public for the first time, according to a securities filing Wednesday outlining the company’s fundamentals. The initial public offering (IPO) could make CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, a milestone that underscores the extraordinary wealth the tech industry has amassed over three decades.
David Ingram, NBCNews
2026
11 May 2026
Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company’s digital defense
Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group’s attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company’s previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry about AI’s risks for cybersecurity.
NBCNews
2026
11 May 2026
A third billionaire testifies in OpenAI trial: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the witness stand Monday in a trial about control of the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, making him the third tech billionaire to testify in the closely watched lawsuit in as many weeks.
David Ingram, NBCNews
2026
05 May 2026
OpenAI co-founder says he feared Musk would ‘physically attack’ him
Greg Brockman, a co-founder of OpenAI, testified Tuesday that he feared Elon Musk would "physically attack" him during a heated 2017 meeting where Musk opposed equal equity shares in a proposed for-profit OpenAI arm.
David Ingram, NBCNews
2026
02 May 2026
AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop
By the time doctors detect pancreatic cancer, it’s often too late to treat effectively. But a new study suggests that artificial intelligence might be able to find signs of the disease before tumors are visible on a scan. An AI model developed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, detected abnormalities on patients’ CT scans up to three years before they were diagnosed with pancreatic…
Aria Bendix, NBCNews
2026
