SpaceX Completes Full Static Fire of 33-Engine Booster Ahead of Flight 13
In the salt flats of Boca Chica, Texas, SpaceX ignited all 33 Raptor engines on a Starship Super Heavy booster in a static fire test, clearing a key hurdle before…
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Mark Zuckerberg spent the day before the launch telling anyone who would listen that Meta’s new model would be the cheapest serious option on the market. On July 10, the…
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For 48 hours, the release hung in limbo. A Trump administration security review had halted OpenAI’s plans to launch its newest model, and the company’s engineers spent the intervening time…
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Months after it shipped with a browser’s worth of ambition, ChatGPT Atlas is gone. OpenAI shut down the Atlas browser on July 9, folding its AI features into the newly…
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The pre-market tape told a divided story on July 10. Meta was up more than 4 percent, leading the technology sector, while the chip stocks that have powered the AI…
OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Departs After Nine Years
Joshua Achiam posted the news himself, the way he has handled most things at OpenAI: directly, on social media, with no drama attached. The company’s chief futurist said he would…
Blue Origin Raises $10 Billion in First Outside Funding at $130 Billion Valuation
The New York Times reported the numbers first, and the reaction inside the space industry was immediate: after 26 years of being bankrolled by a single billionaire, Blue Origin is…
U.S. Clears OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 After Two-Day Policy Reversal
OpenAI got its model back. The company’s latest flagship, GPT-5.6, released in late June and then held up by a U.S. government security review, has been approved for public rollout,…
Meta Rolls Out Muse Image Generator as Users Question Training Data
Meta’s newest image generator arrived with a splash and a question mark. The company launched Muse Image this week, an AI tool woven into Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp that…
Tesla Starts Building Six-Seat Model Y L in Texas
The first unit rolled off the line at Giga Texas on Tuesday, and for the crowd watching through the factory windows it was a small piece of automotive history: the…
