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Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public, again, and I have questions Tim De Chant 7:50 AM PDT · May 23, 2026 One news headline this week had a whiff of déjà vu about it. Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced that it was going public, hoping to garner investor support to build...

Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans Dominic-Madori Davis 8:08 AM PDT · May 23, 2026 Two years ago, IBM realized there was one glaring omission in its roster of sports partnerships: Formula One. Formula One has become one of the world’s most popular sports, especially in the U.S...

In the latest sign of these AI-heavy times, the National Transportation Safety Board temporarily removed access to its docket system after discovering that voices of pilots who were killed in a UPS plane crash last year had been re-created using AI and were circulating on the internet. The NTSB...

Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’ Sarah Perez 2:02 PM PDT · May 22, 2026 So bad, it’s good? Google on Friday joined in the disco ball icon fun taking place on home screens everywhere. After Spotify’s temporary new disco ball app icon...

SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return Sean O'Kane 3:55 PM PDT · May 22, 2026 SpaceX has launched the upgraded third version of its Starship rocket for the first time, though the test launch did not go perfectly for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company. The...

How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups Marina Temkin 1:40 PM PDT · May 22, 2026 Last month, Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of the legal AI startup Spellbook, took to X in an effort to expose what he called a “ huge scam ” among AI startups: inflation of the revenue...

Earlier this week, Google rolled out a completely new Search experience , foregrounding AI summaries and kicking the traditional “10 blue links” far down the page. But the sheer scale of Google Search means there are lots of edge cases that the company doesn’t seem to have considered. For...

Apple says Epic lawsuit shouldn’t reshape App Store rules for all developers Sarah Perez 9:27 AM PDT · May 22, 2026 In Apple’s seemingly never-ending lawsuit with Fortnite maker Epic Games over App Store commissions, the iPhone maker is once again fighting a court’s ruling. Its latest tactic...

We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there Sarah Perez 8:37 AM PDT · May 22, 2026 At the Google I/O developer conference this week, we had the opportunity for a brief hands-on with Google’s upcoming AI-powered glasses — not the audio-only glasses that the company said will begin...

Spotify’s AI bet: more of everything, less of what you want Ivan Mehta 9:18 AM PDT · May 22, 2026 Spotify was a music app at one time. Then it added podcasts. Then audiobooks. Now the company is piling AI features into its app at a pace that can feel overwhelming. The latest wave, announced at...

SpaceX may have stolen the show with its IPO prospectus, but Elon Musk’s aerospace-AI-data center company wasn’t the only notable business to file to go public this week. On Thursday, Finnish smart ring company Oura said that it had confidentially submitted a Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and...

Who will benefit most from SpaceX IPO? Mostly Elon — and a few from his inner circle Julie Bort 2:39 PM PDT · May 21, 2026 While there are some shocking revelations in SpaceX’s S-1 as it gets ready to become a public company, Elon Musk’s total control of the company perhaps isn’t one of them. I...

Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods Sean O'Kane 5:37 PM PDT · May 21, 2026 Waymo has now paused service in four cities because its robotaxis are struggling to deal with heavy rain and flooded roads, a problem that already prompted the company to issue a...

Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 12:33 PM PDT · May 21, 2026 An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced Thursday that they took down a popular virtual private network service used by cybercriminals and...

How Elon Musk will increase his power through the SpaceX IPO Sean O'Kane 12:35 PM PDT · May 21, 2026 Elon Musk has incredible sway over the companies he leads. And while he already calls himself “TechnoKing” at Tesla, he is a real ruler over SpaceX, wielding an unprecedented level of control...

SpaceX scrubs first Starship V3 launch just before liftoff Sean O'Kane 5:07 PM PDT · May 21, 2026 SpaceX has scrubbed the first launch of its third-generation Starship rocket system from its headquarters in Starbase, Texas. The company is expected to make another attempt on Friday. It’s a...

Forget ‘TechnoKing’: Elon Musk will really be king at SpaceX Sean O'Kane 12:35 PM PDT · May 21, 2026 Elon Musk has incredible sway over the companies he leads. And while he already calls himself “TechnoKing” at Tesla, he is a real ruler over SpaceX, wielding an unprecedented level of control...

President Donald Trump has delayed signing an executive order that would allow the government to evaluate AI models before they’re released. Trump claimed he is not happy with the language of the order: “I didn’t like certain aspects of it,” he told the White House press pool. “We’re leading...

Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive ‘universal’ AI interface Tim Fernholz 7:00 AM PDT · May 21, 2026 What will it take to launch the first must-have AI consumer product? Maybe $700 million. At least according to Hark, an AI lab building models and hardware for an AI personal assistant...

This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century Dominic-Madori Davis 9:00 AM PDT · May 21, 2026 Fragrance tech company Patina says it has raised $2 million in funding investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures. The company focuses on...