Companies Target the Moon as Demand for Helium-3 Grows
Companies are developing ways to extract helium-3 from the Moon as demand rises from quantum computing, scientific research, and possible nuclear fusion applications. The rare gas currently comes mainly from…
Stanford Graduates Walk Out During Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
Around 200 Stanford University graduates reportedly walked out as Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai delivered the university’s commencement address on Sunday. Students also booed and displayed signs criticizing Google’s…
Meta Adds AI Mode Search and New Editing Tools to Facebook
Meta is rolling out new AI features on Facebook that change how users search for information and edit photos and videos. The main addition is AI Mode, which uses Meta…
SpaceX IPO Raises $85.7 Billion After Underwriters Buy Additional Shares
SpaceX has increased the amount raised through its initial public offering to $85.7 billion after the offering’s underwriters exercised their option to buy the maximum number of additional shares. The…
Salesforce to Acquire Fin for $3.6 Billion to Strengthen Agentforce
Salesforce has agreed to acquire AI customer service company Fin for approximately $3.6 billion, bringing Fin’s customer support agent technology and development team into its Agentforce business. The companies expect…
Loft Orbital Satellite Uses AI To Identify Targets Without Ground Analysis
An Earth observation satellite has used a vision-language model to identify requested features in imagery without relying on analysts on the ground, marking the first reported use of this type…
Fox to Acquire Roku in $22 Billion Cash-and-Stock Deal
Fox Corporation has agreed to acquire streaming company Roku in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $22 billion. The deal combines Fox’s news, sports, and streaming operations with Roku’s connected…
Orbio Raises $21 Million To Expand AI Agents For Frontline Workforce Management
Orbio has raised $21 million in Series A funding to expand its AI agents for recruiting, onboarding, and managing frontline employees. Dawn Capital led the round, bringing the enterprise startup’s…
Convicted Frank Founder Charlie Javice Reportedly Seeks Trump Pardon
Charlie Javice, the convicted founder of financial aid startup Frank, is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon while appealing her conviction for defrauding JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million acquisition. People…
KPMG Withdraws Agentic AI Report After Organizations Dispute Its Claims
KPMG has withdrawn a report about agentic AI after several organizations said descriptions of their AI use were false or misleading. Research group GPTZero said many of the report’s citations…
FBI Uses Replica Town To Train Investigators For Real-World Cyberattacks
The FBI has revealed a 22,000-square-foot replica town in Huntsville, Alabama, where investigators train to respond to cyberattacks involving homes, businesses, hospitals, vehicles, and critical infrastructure. Known as the Kinetic…
World Cup Advertisers Turn Commercials Into Star-Studded Mini-Movies
Nike and other major brands are releasing lengthy, celebrity-filled campaigns around the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, with commercials increasingly presented as entertainment rather than conventional product advertising. Nike’s six-minute…
Investment And Energy Help U.S. Economy Withstand Global Shocks
The U.S. economy has continued to grow despite tariffs, immigration restrictions, energy disruption, and persistent inflation, supported by business investment, productivity gains, domestic energy production, and flexible financing markets. The…
Bluesky Adds Group Chats As It Builds More Community Features
Bluesky has launched support for group chats, giving users a way to hold private conversations with up to 50 people as the social network adds more community-focused features. The feature…
Meta Previews AI Assistant And Desktop Version For Edits Video App
Meta has previewed new features for Edits, its Instagram video-editing app, including an AI assistant, a desktop version, a Beta tab, and expanded audience insights. The company showed the upcoming…
Coinbase Introduces AI Agent For Crypto Trading And Payments
Coinbase has introduced Coinbase for Agents, a new tool that lets users connect an AI agent to their Coinbase account so it can trade, pay, and execute workflows within user-controlled…
Deezer Launches AI Music Detector For Playlists Across Streaming Platforms
Deezer has launched a free online AI music detector that scans playlists from major streaming platforms to identify AI-generated tracks, as concerns grow over copyright training data and possible streaming…