SpaceX Notches 600th Booster Reuse as Its Stock Faces Three Headwinds
A Falcon 9 booster came back to Earth, was refitted, and flew again this week, the 600th time SpaceX has reused a booster, according to Spaceflight Now. The number is…
OpenAI Ships GPT-5.6 With Three Price Tiers Named Sol, Terra, and Luna
OpenAI released GPT-5.6 to the public this week, with the model split into three pricing tiers named after the sun, the earth, and the moon: Sol for flagship work, Terra…
General Fusion’s Nasdaq Debut Makes It the First Listed Fusion Company
A Vancouver company that has never delivered a watt of electricity to a grid began trading on the Nasdaq this week, and investors bid its shares up sharply on the…
Intel Commits €5 Billion to Europe as Nova Lake Production Comes Home
Intel said it will spend €5 billion, about $5.7 billion, to expand chip manufacturing in Europe, concentrating the investment on its fab complex in Ireland. The same day, TechPowerUp reported…
ASML’s Earnings Will Test the Chip Industry’s Faith in Its Order Book
When ASML reports quarterly results, investors will be looking for answers to two questions: how quickly the Dutch company can clear its backlog of advanced lithography machines, and how much…
SK Hynix’s U.S. Rally Collides With a Capacity-Reality Check
Since listing American depositary receipts in New York, SK Hynix’s shares have climbed sharply, with Barron’s describing American money as the Korean memory maker’s new growth engine. This week came…
TSMC Heads Into Earnings With AI Carrying a Fifth Straight Record Quarter
When TSMC reports second-quarter results on July 16, the market expects its fifth consecutive quarter of record profit, driven by a single engine: AI chips. Reuters reported the expectations ahead…
Samsung Floats a U.S. Listing, Then Says It Isn’t Coming
Bloomberg reported that Samsung Electronics was evaluating a New York listing through American depositary receipts, a move that would give the world’s largest memory-chip maker direct access to U.S. capital…
KeyBanc Cuts Apple While Monness Turns Bullish in Same-Day Split
Two analysts looked at the same company on the same day and reached opposite conclusions. KeyBanc cut Apple’s rating, citing weak iPhone demand, pressure from Huawei, and slowing growth in…
Google Signs Record Solar-and-Storage Deal to Power an Arkansas Data Center
In West Memphis, Arkansas, a solar and battery-storage project under construction will send every watt it produces to a single customer. Google has signed a power purchase agreement covering 100…
