TechCrunch
Musk's Gas Turbine Gambit: AI's Power Problem Solved, Pollution Problem Created
Musk's plan to cast gas turbine blades in-house could speed up AI's power supply - but at what cost to public health and the environment?
2026-08-31
TechCrunch
2026-08-29
The Guardian Europe
China's Robot Olympics: Faster, Higher, Funnier - and Occasionally Exploding
China's robot Olympics showcased staggering progress and hilarious failures, proving humanoids aren't quite ready to take over - or even pour water without spilling it.
2026-08-18
MIT Technology Review
Astronauts Go to the Moon, Mostly Because Humans Have Itchy Feet
Humans go to space because we have itchy feet, and also because we want to see what's on the other side - even if that other side is a black void that makes us question everything.
2026-08-12
TechCrunch
Tesla's $10.1B Solar Factory: Because Why Not Add Another Gigafactory to the Mix?
Tesla plans a $10.1 billion solar panel factory in Texas, because why not? It'll create jobs, cost a fortune, and maybe power some space data centers.
2026-08-08
TechCrunch
X Replaces 'Misaligned' Revenue Sharing With Original Content Rewards, Because Of Course
X is killing its Revenue Sharing program for a new one that rewards 'original' content, because the old incentives were apparently too aligned with making money.
2026-08-05
TechCrunch
X's Head of Product Steps Down to Return to His 'Natural State': Posting
Nikita Bier exits X's top product role after a year of launching 30 products and weathering Grok-related scandals, declaring his true calling is just posting online.
2026-08-04
Ars Technica
China's Tesla Factory Cranks Out Cars Nobody's Buying Locally, But Hey, Exports!
Tesla's Shanghai plant is cranking out record numbers, but Chinese buyers are yawning, so the company is shipping cars abroad - and maybe considering a SpaceX merger to spice things up.
2026-07-24
The Atlantic
Tesla: Somehow Still the Least-Bad Option in a Burning EV Market
Tesla’s Cybertruck sales are a rounding error, Musk’s distracted, and the EV market is on fire - yet somehow Tesla is still the king of the hill.
2026-07-20
The Guardian Europe
Physicist Warns Space Is Becoming a Corporate and Military Free-for-All, As Usual
Physicist Laura Grego warns that space is becoming a corporate and military free-for-all, with SpaceX planning up to 1 million satellites.
2026-07-17
The Guardian
Mother of Son Who Sparked Riots With Fake Racism Claim Jailed for Knife Removal: The Ultimate 'Clean-Up on Aisle Murder'
Kiran Kaur gets three years for removing the murder weapon from her son's crime scene - because nothing says 'supportive parent' like hiding the evidence and helping your son's fake racism story ignite a riot.
TechCrunch
SpaceX Starship V3 Launch Aborted After Engines Decide They'd Rather Not
SpaceX's Starship V3 launch aborted after some engines refused to participate, tanking the stock and delaying orbital dreams.
2026-07-15
TechCrunch
Google Drops 1.8 Gigawatts of Solar and Batteries 40 Miles From xAI's Unpermitted Gas Plant, Because Subtlety Is Overrated
Google drops a massive solar-plus-storage project near Memphis, while 40 miles south, Elon Musk's xAI runs an unpermitted gas plant. Irony: still undefeated.
TechCrunch
Tesla Driver in Fatal Crash Hit Pedal to 100%, NTSB Confirms, Because of Course
NTSB confirms the Tesla driver floored it, overriding the self-driving system, in a crash that killed a 76-year-old. Musk's 'makes no sense' now makes slightly more sense.
2026-07-13
TechCrunch
Sam Altman Drops 'Homeboy' on Musk, Says Space Data Centers Are a Pipe Dream (Experts Agree)
Sam Altman calls Elon Musk's space data center plans a short-term sell, and experts - plus SpaceX's own IPO docs - agree it's a 2030s thing at best.
2026-07-02
BBC Politics
Culture Secretary Flees X, Calls Platform 'Not Great' for Democracy, Communities, and Basic Decency
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits X, calls it 'not healthy for democracy' - joins the growing list of officials who'd rather be anywhere else.
2026-06-13
TechCrunch
State Attorneys General Decide It's Time to Ask OpenAI Some Uncomfortable Questions
New York's attorney general subpoenas OpenAI over advertising, data handling, and treatment of minors - just another Tuesday for the company that's also sued by Florida and apologizing to Canada.
The Guardian Europe
Labour Flirts with Idea of Taking Money from People Who Have Way Too Much of It
Labour hints at taxing billionaires, because watching Elon Musk's fortune rocket skyward while the rest of us pay higher rates is getting old.
2026-06-12
The Verge
Elon Musk Officially First Trillionaire, Making 'Count Your Pennies' Advice Even More Insulting
Elon Musk is now a trillionaire, a number so big it takes 31,700 years to count in seconds, and could end world hunger with change left over.
2026-05-23
BBC World
SpaceX Starship V3 Achieves 'Planned Explosion' in Indian Ocean, Mostly Succeeds
SpaceX's Starship V3 mostly succeeds in its test flight, ending in a planned explosion - because sometimes you have to blow things up to prove they work.
2026-05-22
The Verge
Grok Flops in Government AI Adoption, Proving Even Bureaucrats Have Standards
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot barely registers in government AI adoption records, trailing far behind OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic - awkward timing for SpaceX's $28.5 trillion IPO pitch banking on it.
The Good Times
News in your inbox.
One sardonic roundup, delivered on your schedule. Free. Unsubscribe whenever your tolerance for wit runs out.
Already subscribed but we never reach your inbox? Check your spam folder and hit 'Not spam' (or 'Remove from spam') to bust us out of junk-mail purgatory. You'll be helping everyone else too.