Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy’s funding boom
Fusion startups and investors risk deepening fissures if some key disagreements aren't settled amicably.
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Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever
It's a major milestone for the company's new mega-rocket system, putting it in position to challenge SpaceX's dominance of the global launch market.
Robot dog with Elon Musk face spotted in San Francisco
A flesh-toned robot dog with an unsettlingly realistic face wandered the streets near Oracle Park in San Francisco on April 8, and the face belonged to Elon Musk. The android wasn't a glitch in...
Elon Musk fulfills teen's last wish in touching X post after she was too weak to take his call
A 15-year-old cancer patient dreamed of meeting Elon Musk. After she died, he answered her handwritten questions and made her plushie a SpaceX mascot.
Pope Leo warns 'we're in big trouble' if Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire
Among major corporations, CEO compensation in low-median worker pay categories reached an average of $17.2 million in 2024, ...
Elon Musk Promotes Story of Pilot Ousted for Urging Merit-Based Military
Elon Musk on Friday promoted a film about Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier’s fight against Marxist ideas invading the military.
Elon Musk Reveals ‘Fix’ for Unemployment Caused By AI
As conversations around artificial intelligence continue to intensify, concerns about job loss and economic disruption are ...
Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston
Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. The post says simply that “Robotaxi is now rolling out in Dallas & Houston 🤠” and includes a 14-second video showing Tesla vehicles driving without human monitors or drivers in the front seat. The company now […]
VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’
Conway wrote that he “will be stepping back from some of my usual activities,” but he will “continue to support” founders backed by his firm SV Angel.
Elon Musk's X Launches Cashtags Feature As It Aims To Bring 'Real-Time Financial Data' To Platform: Here's How It Will Work
Elon Musk's X is doubling down on its ambitions to become a financial hub with the rollout of a new Cashtags feature and early-stage trading integration. X Cashtags Feature Brings Real-Time Market Data To Social Media On Tuesday, Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, introduced Cashtags, a feature designed to connect conversations with live financial data. Users who type or search a cashtag—such as a stock ticker or crypto token—will now see suggestions to select the correct asset. Tapping on a cas
‘Buy Bitcoin’—Elon Musk’s ‘Massive’ U.S. Dollar Warning Fuels Wild Crypto Price Predictions
Musk, who has gone from trying to cut government spending with his Doge department of government efficiency to advocating for ...
Elon Musk has a solution for AI threat to jobs
The billionaire's proposal sparks a fiery debate about work, meaning, and moneY.
Donald Trump calls out his 'very rich and neurotic' friend over Ozempic use; People think its Elon Musk
Donald Trump shares a blunt anecdote about a “very rich and neurotic” friend whose Ozempic use failed, sparking online ...
Conflicting plans for Elon Musk’s X, Strait of Hormuz sets up France-Trump showdown
The Trump Justice Department is not playing along with France, as US officials refused to help French investigators go after ...
AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO
In recent months, the company announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services to use Cerebras chips in Amazon data centers, as well as a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth more than $10 billion.
Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing
Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of the Trump administration.
The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why
New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.
Europe is pouring tens of billions of public money into VC. The hard part is making it work
The European Investment Fund is raising a €15 billion fund of funds called ETCI 2 that aims to unlock up to €80 billion in scaleup funding across Europe. Germany’s WIN initiative is targeting €12 billion by 2030. France’s Tibi programme has pledged €7 billion in private capital and labelled 92 VC and growth funds with […]This story continues at The Next Web
Nvidia’s Huang warns DeepSeek running on Huawei chips would be ‘horrible’ for the US
In short: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned on the Dwarkesh Podcast that DeepSeek optimising its AI models for Huawei’s Ascend chips instead of American hardware would be “a horrible outcome” for the United States, as the Chinese AI lab prepares to launch its V4 foundation model on Huawei’s Ascend 950PR processor. The migration from Nvidia’s […]This story continues at The Next Web
Anthropic’s Amodei meets Wiles and Bessent at the White House in first step toward resolving Mythos standoff
In short: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday in what the White House called “productive and constructive” talks over access to Mythos, the frontier AI model capable of finding thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities. The meeting signals a thaw in the standoff that […]This story continues at The Next Web