The Verge
SpaceX gets a $4.16 billion Pentagon contract to build missile-tracking satellites for Trump's Golden Dome, because what's a defense system without a little Musk magic?
TechCrunch
Waymo's robotaxis are real but not permanent, pausing operations in multiple cities due to rain; Elon Musk's companies engage in a $506M Megapack lovefest; and the Nissan Leaf finally gets a decent backup camera.
BBC World
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.
TechCrunch
SpaceX's biggest rocket ever flew, lost a booster to the sea, an engine to space, but still managed to deploy some fake satellites before exploding on cue. IPO pending.
The Verge
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 Verge
Elon Musk sued Sam Altman over OpenAI's for-profit conversion, the jury said 'too late,' and everyone learned that the AI industry's leaders are about as mature as the guy who gave out jackass trophies.
BBC Business
SpaceX delays Starship launch due to a wonky pin, right before a record-breaking IPO that could make Elon Musk the first trillionaire - because nothing says 'invest in me' like a rocket that needs a hardware fix.
The Guardian Europe
Lupita Nyong'o calmly explains that the ancient Greek epic is, in fact, not a historical documentary, while Elon Musk and others have strong feelings about her casting anyway.
Ars Technica
SpaceX files for IPO, reveals $18.67B revenue, $4.94B loss, and a plan to dominate AI compute in orbit - because rockets alone weren't ambitious enough.
TechCrunch
Elon Musk's xAI is being sued for air pollution, so it's doubling down with $2.8B in new gas turbines. Because nothing says 'we care about the environment' like buying more of the thing you're being sued for.
MIT Technology Review
Chickens hatch from plastic cups, Musk loses to OpenAI, a brain waits in a vat, and AI continues to be both promising and problematic - just another Tuesday in tech.
The Atlantic
The Musk-Altman trial ended with a jury verdict that didn't resolve much - except that two billionaires can make a courtroom feel very small.
MIT Technology Review
In a trial featuring a golden donkey trophy, unflattering mugshots, and a bridge metaphor, a jury must now decide if Elon Musk is a safety crusader or a sore loser - and whether OpenAI ever truly was a nonprofit.
Ars Technica
OpenAI discovers that Apple's idea of a promotional partnership is making users say 'ChatGPT' like it's a magic word, then showing the results in a window the size of a Post-it note.
The Verge
X picks a side in the Tates' legal vendetta against anonymous critics, accidentally defending free speech while Musk's 'free speech absolutism' gets a stress test.
BBC Business
Elon Musk and Sam Altman's courtroom drama reveals free Teslas, sperm donations, and a whole lot of 'he said, he said' - because nothing says 'saving humanity' like a billion-dollar hissy fit.
BBC Business
Trump and Xi's Beijing summit produced lots of handshakes, a Boeing order, and a new 'Board of Trade' - but the big economic breakthrough remains as elusive as a quiet moment at a state banquet.
The Guardian Europe
Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI goes to jury, with both sides accusing each other of lying, greed, and general billionaire shenanigans.
Ars Technica
In a trial that’s basically a billionaire ego-off, Sam Altman admitted he’s heard people call him a liar, while Elon Musk played the victim - and both revealed they’d ditch the mission if their feelings got hurt.
TechCrunch
Elon Musk's xAI is running 46 gas turbines in Mississippi on flatbed trailers to dodge pollution rules, and the NAACP is not laughing.
The Good Times
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