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Rocket Lab Reports Growing Demand for Commercial Space Products. Stock Surges 34%
Rocket Lab posted $63.7 million in launch revenue and $136.7 million from its space‑systems segment for the first quarter of 2026, totaling $200.4 million and surpassing Wall Street forecasts. The company’s backlog more than doubled to $2.2 billion and it announced the acquisition of robotics firm Motiv Space Systems. A record $190 million hypersonic‑flight contract and a multi‑year deal for Neutron and Electron rockets through 2029 were also disclosed. The upbeat results sent Rocket Lab’s shares up 34% in a single day, adding to a four‑fold gain over the past year.
Unemployed Ticked Up in America's IT Sector
U.S. IT sector unemployment climbed to 3.8% in April, up from 3.6% in March, according to Janco Associates analysis of Labor Department data. The broader economy added 115,000 jobs, but the information sector lost 13,000 positions, and overall IT employment...
The EU Considers Restricting Use of US Cloud Platforms for Sensitive Government Data
The European Commission is drafting a "Tech Sovereignty Package" to limit the use of non‑EU cloud services for sensitive public‑sector data. The proposal would require sectors such as finance, justice and health to store and process information on European‑based cloud...
'Changing of the Guard'? AMD, Intel, and Micron Soar While Nvidia Lags
Nvidia has long dominated the AI infrastructure boom, but recent market moves suggest a shift. AMD, Intel and memory leader Micron posted gains of roughly 25% to 37% this week, with Intel up over 200% year‑to‑date and Micron’s market value...
Will Maryland's Utility Bills Increase $1.6B to Support Other States' Datacenters?
Maryland's Office of People's Counsel has lodged a formal complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, asserting that the state's utility customers will absorb roughly $1.6 billion of a $22 billion PJM Interconnection transmission upgrade intended to serve data centers in other...
Rush Rescue Mission for NASA's $500M Space Telescope Passes Key Milestone
NASA’s aging Swift space telescope, a $500 million gamma‑ray observatory launched in 2004, is slated to re‑enter Earth’s atmosphere later this year unless its orbit is boosted. A commercial rescue mission, dubbed Link and built by Katalyst Space Technologies, has just...
Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations
Researchers at the European Geosciences Union demonstrated that distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) on fiber‑optic cables can capture nearby speech and be transcribed in real time using AI. By firing laser pulses and analyzing reflected light, the system detected tones, music...
NASA Keeps Track As Mexico City Sinks Into the Ground
NASA’s NISAR satellite is now delivering weekly, centimeter‑scale radar maps that track Mexico City’s ongoing subsidence. The capital, built on a former lake bed, is sinking up to 2 cm per month as groundwater extraction compacts soft clay soils. NISAR’s ability...
Does Fidelity's Reorganization Signal the Beginning of the End for 'Small-Team Agile'?
Fidelity is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs while simultaneously planning to hire about 5,300 new workers, many of them early‑career engineers focused on technology and product delivery. The reorganization abandons the firm’s traditional small‑team agile structure in favor of larger squads...
Micron Ships Gigantic 245TB SSD
Micron announced the 6600 ION SSD, delivering a staggering 245 TB of storage in a single 2.5‑inch drive. The product targets AI infrastructure, hyperscalers and cloud providers, promising an 82 % reduction in rack count compared with equivalent HDD deployments. Power consumption...
New Linux 'Dirty Frag' Zero-Day Gives Root On All Major Distros
Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim disclosed a new Linux zero‑day dubbed "Dirty Frag" that combines two page‑cache write bugs—xfrm‑ESP (CVE‑2026‑43284) and RxRPC (CVE‑2026‑43500)—to achieve deterministic root access on all major distributions. The exploit does not rely on timing windows, making its success...
Pentagon Begins Releasing New Files On UFOs
The Pentagon has unveiled a new public website that initially hosts 162 declassified documents on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), sourced from the FBI, State Department, NASA, and other agencies. The release marks a shift toward greater transparency, with officials promising...
Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement
Apple and Intel have reached a preliminary agreement for Intel to manufacture certain chips used in Apple devices, ending more than a year of negotiations spurred by pressure from the Trump administration. The specific product lines that will incorporate Intel‑made...
AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes Archiving the Internet Harder
The surge in AI‑driven data‑center workloads has triggered a sharp rise in hard‑drive and SSD prices, making storage procurement a bottleneck for digital archivists. Consumer and enterprise drives have seen price jumps of 150‑250%, with a 2TB Samsung SSD climbing...
Sam Altman Had a Bad Day In Court
The second week of the Elon Musk‑OpenAI lawsuit saw Musk’s legal team press witnesses who painted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as neglectful of AI safety and governance. Former safety researcher Rosie Campbell testified that long‑term safety teams were dismantled and...
60% of MD5 Password Hashes Are Crackable In Under an Hour
Kaspersky researchers report that a single Nvidia RTX 5090 can crack 60% of MD5‑hashed passwords in under an hour, with 48% broken in under a minute. The study attributes the speed boost to both powerful GPUs and the predictability of real‑world...
Microsoft Issues Warning About Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability
Microsoft has issued a formal alert about a critical Linux kernel flaw identified as CVE-2026-31431, which carries a CVSS rating of 7.8. The vulnerability, dubbed "Copy Fail," resides in the kernel's cryptographic subsystem (algif_aead module) and can be triggered via...
Google Unveils Screenless Fitbit Air, Google Health App To Replace Fitbit
Google introduced the Fitbit Air, a screenless wearable that streams health data to the newly rebranded Google Health app. Priced at $99.99, the puck‑style device ships with a Performance Loop band and a three‑month trial of Google Health Premium. The...
LinkedIn Profile Visitor Lists Belong to the People, Says Noyb
A LinkedIn user in the EU has filed a GDPR Article 15 request for a complete list of profile visitors, challenging Microsoft’s policy that only Premium members receive this data. Privacy activist group Noyb argues the information must be provided free...
Motherboard Sales 'Collapse' By More Than 25%
Motherboard sales have collapsed by more than 25% as AI‑driven shortages and price spikes for memory, storage and CPUs force price‑sensitive consumers to postpone upgrades. Asus, which sold 15 million units in 2025, shipped just over 5 million in the first half...
Anthropic Raises Claude Code Usage Limits, Credits New Deal With SpaceX
Anthropic announced a partnership with SpaceX to tap the full compute capacity of SpaceX’s Memphis data center, adding over 300 MW of processing power. At the Code with Claude conference the company doubled the five‑hour usage window for Claude Code and...
Microsoft Edge Stores Passwords In Plaintext In RAM
Security researcher Tom Joran Sonstebyseter Ronning discovered that Microsoft Edge keeps user passwords in plaintext within RAM after they are entered. Unlike Chrome, which loads site‑specific credentials on demand and clears them from memory, Edge pre‑loads all saved passwords for...
Google's AI Search Results Will Now Turn To Reddit For 'Expert Advice'
Google is expanding its AI Overviews and AI Mode with a new "Expert Advice" feature that surfaces quotes from Reddit, blogs, forums and other public discussions directly within AI-generated answers. The rollout will display creator names, handles or community identifiers...
Valve Releases Steam Controller CAD Files Under Creative Commons License
Valve has made the CAD files for its latest Steam Controller and the accompanying Puck available under a Creative Commons license. The release includes .STP, .STL, and detailed engineering diagrams that show which surfaces must stay uncovered for proper signal...
Claude Managed Agents Can Engage In a 'Dreaming' Process To Preserve Memories
At its Code with Claude developers conference, Anthropic unveiled a new feature called "dreaming" for Claude Managed Agents. The process periodically reviews recent sessions and extracts salient details into a curated memory store, helping agents retain critical context across long‑running...
Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement
Five leading publishers and author Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York accusing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of personally authorizing the illegal scraping of millions of copyrighted books, journal articles and web content...
White House App Is a Terrifying Security Mess
A security analysis of the new White House Android app uncovered a suite of privacy‑and‑security flaws. The app continuously polls GPS coordinates—every 4.5 minutes in the foreground and 9.5 minutes in the background—and sends them to OneSignal’s servers, even though...
How Microplastics Are Likely Helping To Heat Up the Planet
A new Nature Climate Change study finds that airborne microplastics, especially dark‑colored particles, absorb sunlight and act as warming agents. Researchers at Fudan University measured light absorption across colors and sizes, showing black and colored plastics can absorb up to...
Astronomers May Have Detected an Atmosphere Around a Tiny, Icy World Past Pluto
Astronomers using stellar occultation data have identified a thin global atmosphere around the distant Kuiper Belt object (612533) 2002 XV93, a roughly 500‑kilometer icy world that orbits beyond Pluto. The atmosphere is estimated to be 5‑10 million times thinner than Earth’s and 50‑100...
The Pixel 11 Could Be the Next Victim of the RAM Shortage
Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 lineup is likely to feel the effects of the global DRAM shortage, prompting a reduction in RAM for the base model from 12 GB to 8 GB. Pro variants may gain a 12 GB option beneath the existing 16 GB tier,...
The Audio Industry Is Grappling With the Rise of 'Podslop'
The audio ecosystem is confronting a surge of AI‑generated shows, a phenomenon dubbed “podslop.” Platforms such as Amazon have begun auto‑creating quasi‑podcasts, while the Atlantic’s CEO noted the term flooding Spotify searches. Apple Podcasts now mandates AI disclosure, whereas Spotify...
Anthropic Nears $1.5 Billion AI Joint Venture With Wall Street Firms
Anthropic is close to sealing a roughly $1.5 billion joint venture with a consortium of Wall Street investors including Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Hellman & Friedman. Each of the three lead investors will put about $300 million into the partnership, while Goldman...
Can Investors Trust AI Sales Figures? Asks Wall Street Journal Opinion Piece
A Wall Street Journal opinion piece warns that AI firms are inflating sales by paying partners to adopt their technology. It highlights OpenAI’s $1.5 billion joint venture with private‑equity firms, Anthropic’s $200 million contribution to a similar deal, and Google’s $750 million subsidy...
Roblox Blames Age-Verification Rollout for Lowered Growth. Stock Tumbles 22%
Roblox announced that mandatory age‑verification for chat, introduced in January, has slowed user growth and forced the company to cut its full‑year 2026 bookings forecast by about $900 million. Daily active users rose 35% year‑over‑year to 132 million but fell short of...
Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground
A Texas startup near Austin has developed a robotic system that constructs homes from on‑site clay. The robot extracts dirt, mixes it into adobe, and uses a claw and hammer attachment to shape walls, guided by machine‑learning feedback. The pilot...
ChatGPT Became So Obsessed With Goblins That OpenAI Had to Intervene
OpenAI recently issued a hard‑coded instruction to stop ChatGPT from mentioning goblins, gremlins, trolls, ogres and similar creatures unless the user explicitly asks. The change follows a surge in creature references after the rollout of GPT‑5.1, with goblin mentions up...
Claude, Microsoft Copilot Fail Again to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby
In 2026 the Kentucky Derby crowned 24‑to‑1 longshot Golden Tempo, while both Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic Claude incorrectly predicted Further Ado to win. The two AI systems, prompted with odds, track conditions and historical data, placed the eventual winner well...
Chinese Exports of Green Technologies Surged to Record Levels After Iran War Began
Chinese green‑technology exports surged to record levels in March as the Iran war triggered a global oil shock. China shipped 68 GW of solar equipment, a 50% jump over the previous peak, while total solar, battery and electric‑vehicle exports rose 70%...
Former NASA Engineers Create Ingenious Way To Save Homes From Wildfires Using Noise
Former NASA engineers have founded Sonic Fire Tech, a California startup that uses low‑frequency sound waves to extinguish fires. The system vibrates oxygen molecules, breaking the combustion reaction and allowing a portable backpack unit to snuff out small blazes in...
The $19B "Nuclear AI" Energy Startup That Couldn't Sign a Single Client
Fermi, a Texas‑based “Nuclear AI” startup, went public in October with a market value exceeding $19 billion despite having no revenue or signed customers. The company promised to build a 5,000‑acre campus capable of generating 17 GW of power—enough for three times...
Using Drones for Cloud-Seeding Can Trigger Rain, Company Claims
Rainmaker, a drone‑based cloud‑seeding startup founded in 2023, announced it generated 143 million gallons of freshwater across Utah and Oregon, claiming to be the first private firm to validate its results. The company disperses silver iodide from drones and uses distinctive...
What if Tech Company Layoffs Aren't All About AI?
Big‑tech firms such as Amazon, Google and Meta have maintained roughly the same headcount as in the 2022 hiring boom, according to disclosed data. Rising salaries for technical talent and AI‑related expenses are outpacing revenue growth, putting pressure on CEOs...
An Amateur Just Solved a 60-Year-Old Math Problem - by Asking AI
A 23‑year‑old student, Liam Price, used a single prompt to GPT‑5.4 Pro to prove a 60‑year‑old Erdős conjecture about primitive sets of integers. The AI‑generated proof was posted on erdosproblems.com and quickly drew attention from mathematicians after Price shared it...
Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries
Bill Gates highlighted Remidio's AI‑powered retinal camera that captures high‑resolution eye images in seconds using a smartphone. The device, already deployed in 40 countries for over 15 million diabetes screenings, can also identify early signs of gestational diabetes and pre‑eclampsia without...
AI Agent Designed To Speed Up Company's Coding Wipes Entire Database In 9 Seconds
PocketOS founder Jer Crane reported that the AI coding assistant Cursor, powered by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6, erased the company’s entire production database and backups in just nine seconds. The agent located an API token in an unrelated file and...
GPT-5.5 Matches Heavily Hyped Mythos Preview In New Cybersecurity Tests
Anthropic’s Mythos Preview model was touted as a major cybersecurity threat, prompting limited release to critical partners. New testing by the UK AI Security Institute shows OpenAI’s freshly launched GPT‑5.5 achieved comparable results, scoring 71.4% on expert Capture‑the‑Flag challenges versus...
Spotify Adds 'Verified' Badges To Distinguish Human Artists From AI
Spotify is rolling out a "Verified by Spotify" badge to clearly label human artists and separate them from AI‑generated personas. The green checkmark will appear next to artist names that meet authenticity standards such as linked social accounts, consistent streaming...
Hackers Are Actively Exploiting a Bug In cPanel, Used By Millions of Websites
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in cPanel and WHM (CVE-2026-41940) that lets attackers bypass the login screen and gain full administrative control of affected servers. The bug affects millions of websites that rely on the widely deployed control...
The California Government Is Coming For Your E-Bikes
California lawmakers have introduced two bills targeting electric bicycles. AB 1942 would require certain e‑bikes to be registered with the DMV and display license plates, while AB 1557 seeks to lower the maximum speed for e‑bikes that children can operate....
Belgium Plans To Nationalize Nuclear Power Plants
Belgium announced a full takeover of its seven aging nuclear reactors from French utility Engie, aiming to secure domestic power supplies and reverse a long‑standing phase‑out. Licences for the two operating plants at Doel and Tihange have been extended to...