Ars Technica
Nvidia Discloses $21B SpaceX Stake, Because Apparently Chip Money Grows on Rockets
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.
2026-08-17
Ars Technica
2026-08-11
TechCrunch
OpenAI Gives Employees $7 Billion to Not Think About the IPO Yet
OpenAI buys back $7 billion in employee shares, likely delaying its IPO to avoid public scrutiny, while rival Anthropic lurks in the shadows.
2026-08-01
The Guardian
Trump Selling Early Access to His Own Posts, Because Why Not Monetize the Presidency?
Trump launches a pay-to-play service for early access to his Truth Social posts, because why let policy announcements wait for the plebs?
2026-07-16
TechCrunch
Coca-Cola's Fairlife Dairy Takes an Unplanned Siesta Thanks to a Ransomware Attack
Coca-Cola's Fairlife dairy pauses U.S. production after a ransomware attack, proving that even milk isn't safe from cybercriminals.
2026-07-09
TechCrunch
Judge Approves Elon Musk's $1.5M SEC Settlement, Grudgingly
Judge approves Musk's $1.5M SEC settlement for Twitter disclosure delay, despite 'significant misgivings.' SEC says the delay saved him $150M. No wrongdoing admitted.
2026-07-06
TechCrunch
Nearly 1 Million People Lost $3.8 Billion on Trump's Memecoin, Which Is a Lot of 'Making Crypto Great Again'
Nearly a million people lost $3.8 billion on Trump's memecoin, while the president made $636 million. Making crypto great again, one bagholder at a time.
2026-05-21
Ars Technica
SpaceX Finally Shows Its Receipts, Reveals It's Basically an AI Company That Also Does Rockets
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.
2026-05-13
TechCrunch
WallStreetBets Tells SEC: 'You'll Pry Our Quarterly Reports From Our Cold, Dead Robinhood Accounts'
WallStreetBets fires off a scathing letter against the SEC's plan to halve quarterly reporting, arguing that retail investors need all the 10-Qs they can get to compete with institutional satellite imagery of parking lots.
2026-04-20
BBC World
Traders Keep Winning the 'Guess What Trump Will Tweet Next' Lottery
A BBC analysis finds traders keep making millions by betting just before Trump's major announcements, in a pattern some call insider trading and others call being really, really good guessers.
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