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Anthropic has signed an agreement with SpaceX to use all of the compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee, providing access to over 300 megawatts of capacity (220,000+

On May 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FCC's rules prohibiting digital discrimination in broadband access . The court held that the FCC erred by adopting a dispar

Google DeepMind has entered a research partnership with Fenris Creations (formerly CCP Games) focused on advancing AI understanding of complex, dynamic systems by exploring long-horizon planning, memo

NASA has unveiled an expansive strategy to establish a permanent human base on the Moon, outlining a plan that includes 73 landing missions. The agency aims to undertake at least one surface landing e

An analysis of more than 5 million births nationwide identified an ongoing drop in newborns receiving a vitamin K shot that helps prevent dangerous bleeding , with the number of babies not receiving t

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe confirmed that the company is developing undisclosed variants of the R2, hinting at both a pickup truck and an 'R2X' performance model shortly after starting volume production o

SpaceX's IPO will give CEO Elon Musk 'virtually unchecked executive authority' and limit shareholder rights to sue the company. The company combines supervoting shares, mandatory arbitration, stricter

SpaceX is transitioning from the highly successful Falcon 9 rocket program toward the next generation as the Starship program enters its operational phase. SpaceX is preparing Starship V3, a larger an

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured the 'Hello, World' photograph of Earth from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission on April 2, 2026, during the spacecraft's outbound journey toward th

TSMC has signed a 30-year offshore wind power agreement to secure renewable energy as power demand from AI-driven chip production continues to climb. Taiwan's semiconductor industry faces a forecasted

The Department of Homeland Security demanded that Google turn over location data and activity logs from a Canadian man who had criticized U.S. government actions following ICE killings, invoking a 'cu

Google Home's May 2026 update brings a faster camera experience, Gemini 3.1 for complex voice commands, and new web-based controls. The refreshed camera UI features faster navigation and zoomed-in pre

Ford's Long Beach skunkworks operation houses an engineering team developing a new electric vehicle lineup that breaks with convention . The 350-member team has engineered Ford's Universal Electric Ve

The Netherlands approved Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system under UN Regulation 171 on April 10, 2026, becoming the first European country to do so. Other EU member states can recognize the

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to reduce 'overprescribing' of psychiatric medications and support alternative treatment options, while claiming antidepressa

Panthalassa, a US startup, is developing floating data centers powered by ocean waves and cooled by seawater to address AI infrastructure's growing energy demands. Peter Thiel led a $140 million inves

Reddit is locking out some mobile browser users with an un-dismissable banner, forcing them to download the official app instead. The popup freezes the entire page, preventing users from scrolling, ac

Kaspersky researchers discovered a supply chain attack targeting the official Daemon Tools website, where compromised installers deliver a backdoor alongside legitimate software, enabling remote code

AMD has announced HDMI 2.1 support for Linux and SteamOS, enabling higher bandwidth for 4K 120Hz gaming and variable refresh rate (VRR) . The initial update includes HDMI Fixed Rate Link but excludes

Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 Miami Grand Prix, extending his championship lead after surviving a close chase from McLaren's Lando Norris. Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull brought major upgrade packages to

A meta-analysis claiming ChatGPT has positive effects on students' learning performance, perception, and higher-order thinking was retracted on April 22, 2026 . The retraction highlighted that 'educat

MIT engineers have developed a 'computational violin' that uses physics-based simulation to realistically produce violin sound by modeling how the instrument and its vibrating strings interact with su

In his landmark trial against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk testified that he was deceived into funding the company , and argued he was trying to save OpenAI's mission to develop AI safely by resto

Toyota's Woven City is a $10 billion 'living laboratory' where the company tests futuristic mobility technologies with real residents , located at a former factory site in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefec

The Trump administration has brought onshore wind development to a halt, with the Pentagon holding up approvals for approximately 165 wind projects on private lands, citing national security concerns.

A startup called Sonic Fire Tech has developed an infrasound-based fire suppression system that disrupts oxygen flow to flames by vibrating oxygen at rates fire cannot consume, without using water or

Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE and Bahrain were directly struck by drones in March 2026, causing structural damage and disrupting power delivery. The facilities were damaged in drone stri

During its Q2 2026 earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that Mac mini and Mac Studio may take several months to reach supply-demand balance. Apple underestimated demand for these products, which h

A 78-year-old man with a 6-month history of progressive skin lesions developed the condition after returning from Florida. The case was diagnosed as disseminated Acanthamoeba infection through PCR tes

Minnesota passed the nation's first ban on 'nudification' apps in a 65-0 Senate vote , addressing nonconsensual deepfake imagery where photographs of fully clothed people are manipulated with generati

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy returned to flight this week, marking its first mission of 2026 by launching a heavy-lift payload for the US Space Force. Russia's Soyuz-5 rocket lifted off on April 30 from Baik

Research analyzing 18 scorpion species revealed distinct patterns of metal enrichment in their weapons, with zinc concentrated at stinger tips and zinc or zinc-iron combinations along pincer cutting e

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to ban senators and Senate staff from participating in prediction markets . The action was prompted by insider trading concerns, particularly after Kalshi suspended a

Canonical's web infrastructure is under a sustained, cross-border Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack , with the hacktivist group The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq, aka 313 Team claiming re

Virgin Galactic has completed assembly of its first Delta-class SpaceShip and begun ground testing in April 2026, with a second ship expected to enter service between late Q4 2026 and early Q1 2027. T

Three women from Arizona filed a lawsuit alleging that an artificial intelligence platform and related companies scraped their social media photos and turned them into explicit AI-generated content wi

China will ban the sale of drones in Beijing and require users to apply for permission for all flights in the capital under strict regulations entering force on May 1, 2026. Officials have cited publi

Blue Origin aims to reuse its New Glenn booster every 30 days or less during 2026 , reflecting aggressive launch rate targets to meet customer demand. New Glenn is scheduled to launch Blue Origin's Bl

During cross-examination in Musk's OpenAI trial testimony in April 2026, OpenAI's attorney William Savitt highlighted inconsistencies in Musk's recollection of a 2018 term sheet, with Musk claiming he

Microsoft released the earliest known DOS source code materials on the 45th anniversary of 86-DOS 1.00, including source listings for the 86-DOS 1.00 kernel, PC-DOS 1.00 development snapshots, and uti

Scientists have reengineered bacteria to run a core part of their cellular machinery with just 19 amino acids instead of the standard 20 , focusing on eliminating isoleucine through AI-guided protein

The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge's ruling that blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overhaul of the nation's childhood vaccine schedule . The March 16, 2026 federal co

CVE-2026-31431 ('Copy Fail'), a high local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel, was publicly disclosed on April 29, 2026, affecting every mainstream Linux distribution shipping kern

President Trump nominated radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general , replacing Dr. Casey Means whose nomination stalled in the Senate over questions about her experi

A spent Falcon 9 upper stage from a lunar lander mission launched in January 2025 is projected to impact the Moon on August 5, 2026 . The roughly 4,000-kilogram upper stage is projected to impact at a

The FCC ordered Disney's ABC to file license renewals for all eight of its owned television stations by May 28, 2026 , years ahead of their original schedule . The FCC cited Disney's diversity, equity