The Verge
Tesla Roadster Flies, Drives Upside Down, Still Somehow Not for Sale
Tesla's long-promised Roadster finally flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second - still no price, still no release date, still no car you can buy.
2026-10-16
The Verge
2026-10-14
The Hill
Starlink Blinks, Ukraine Panics, Trump Rallies, and Inflation Refuses to Read the Room
Ukraine frets over Starlink speeds, Trump jets between rallies, and inflation climbs to 3.7 percent - proving some things never buffer.
BBC World
SpaceX Puts Speed Limit on Starlink, Because Nothing Says 'Support Ukraine' Like a 100mph Cap
SpaceX's 100mph Starlink speed cap disrupts Ukrainian drone missions, because nothing says 'support Ukraine' like a speed limit during a missile barrage.
2026-10-10
TechCrunch
Musk Calls Ambani India's 'Real Boss,' Because Subtlety Is for People Who Already Have Satellite Internet
Musk calls Ambani India's 'real boss' as Starlink's launch stalls, Tesla sells 699 cars, and everyone waits for the same security assessment.
2026-10-05
SpaceNews
Space Industry Discovers That Building 70,000 Satellites Requires, Unfortunately, Materials
Space companies want to launch 70,000 satellites, but AI data centers are buying up all the switchgears and China controls the gallium. Something's got to give.
2026-09-26
TechCrunch
Meta Reverses Ad Ban on Musk Doc, Proving That 'Error' Is the New 'Policy'
Meta discovers a convenient 'error' that just happened to block ads for the Musk doc, while X owner Elon Musk offers his own review: 'Dogshit is worth more respect than Gibney.'
2026-09-24
The Hill
D.C. Residents Confirm That Firing Lots of People Has Consequences, Study Finds
Gallup finds 55 percent of D.C.-area residents hurt by federal job cuts, because apparently firing two million people's worth of colleagues has downstream effects.
2026-09-13
TechCrunch
Tesla Promises Roadster Again, This Time With Actual Date And Maybe Thrusters
Tesla says the second-gen Roadster will be unveiled October 1, only eight years after it was announced, with production still 12-18 months away.
2026-09-12
The Atlantic
Anthropic CEO Says We Should Slow Down AI, Possibly Because It Keeps Trying to Kill Us
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pens 3,800 words urging the AI industry to slow down, and for one brief shining moment, everyone pretends to agree.
2026-08-31
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?
2026-08-29
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.
The Good Times
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