The Guardian Europe
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.
TechCrunch
SpaceX is building a second $100 billion Starship spaceport in Louisiana, because one in Texas wasn't enough, and it's hoping to launch by 2029 - or maybe 2030, depending on who you ask.
BBC World
Ukraine's sacked defence minister says Zelensky has some explaining to do about corruption, while also hinting he might fancy a promotion himself someday.
TechCrunch
Tesla's solar roof has gone the way of the dodo, but who knew a product with $200,000 price tags and melting underlayment was doomed?
Ars Technica
SpaceX's Starship, after a surprise intact splashdown, gets a 24-day ocean tow to Christmas Island, proving that even rockets need a good sea story.
MIT Technology Review
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.
Ars Technica
Nvidia's $21B SpaceX stake shows that in the AI industry, financial entanglement is the new handshake, and Jensen Huang is the master of ceremonies.
TechCrunch
A woman claims her stepfather used Grok to create 7,000 explicit images from her childhood photo, joining a lawsuit against xAI that alleges the chatbot lacks basic safeguards.
TechCrunch
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially part of SpaceX, gaining access to the world's largest GPU fleet - and a lawsuit over gas turbine pollution.
TechCrunch
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.
TechCrunch
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.
TechCrunch
SpaceX's new chip factory in Texas will be powered by natural gas, because why use free sunlight when you can burn fossil fuels?
BBC Business
SpaceX employee Andre Lavoie is cashing in his $23m stock bonanza, proving that even rocket scientists know when to take the money and run.
TechCrunch
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.
BBC Business
SpaceX's first earnings report shows revenue doubling but spending quadrupling, leading to a $2bn loss and a stock drop - because 'underestimated' apparently means 'burning cash like it's going out of style.'
The Verge
SpaceX wants to be your phone carrier now, using satellites and Starlink dishes duct-taped into cell towers. T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon, beware.
Ars Technica
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.
The Guardian
Rupert Lowe wants to make up with Nigel Farage - but only if they can agree on mass deportations, banning a bunch of stuff, and leaving the Tories out of it. Romance is alive in British politics.
TechCrunch
A federal judge tells xAI to stop dragging its feet, allowing Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on nudify apps to take effect while the lawsuit rumbles on.
Ars Technica
Starship's ceramic tiles survived another flight, but experts warn they're a dead end for rapid reuse - like a space shuttle with better PR.
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