Technology
SpaceX Hits 33-Flight Booster Record as Vulcan Faces National Security Launch Pause
The U.S. Space Force halted Vulcan Centaur missions after recurring solid rocket booster anomalies, while SpaceX extends its reusability lead and Blue Origin struggles with lunar lander development delays.
NASA Pivots Artemis Timeline to 2028 as China Lunar Ambitions Escalate Space Race
Administrator Isaacman announces two potential crewed landings in 2028, accelerating timelines amid strategic pressure from Beijing's 2030 target.
CoreWeave Secures $8.5 Billion in Meta-Backed Debt as AI Infrastructure Arms Race Intensifies
The specialized GPU cloud provider's massive loan — the largest AI infrastructure financing of 2026 — signals both surging demand for compute and growing anxiety about the sector's financial interconnectedness.
BMW Completes 11-Month Humanoid Robot Trial as Manufacturing Automation Race Accelerates
Figure AI's robots handled 90,000 parts in BMW's Spartanburg plant, marking the first sustained deployment of general-purpose humanoids in high-volume automotive production.
RetroTick Brings Windows 95-Era Gaming to the Browser Without Installation
Open-source x86 emulator launches with drag-and-drop support for classic executables, targeting gap between DOS emulators and full retro consoles.
Trump Media Explores Truth Social Spin-Off as Stock Languishes 89% Below Peak
The social media platform could become an independent public company following a complex merger with fusion energy firm TAE Technologies.
California’s Operating System Age Gate Goes Live in Ten Months
AB 1043 requires Windows, macOS, and Linux to collect user age during setup and transmit signals to every app—no ID required, but enforcement on open-source remains unclear.
Tech Stocks Face Worst Month in Nearly a Year as Geopolitics and AI Doubts Converge
February's triple threat—US-Iran crisis, rising oil prices, and mounting AI valuation concerns—delivers a reality check to markets after 2025's exuberance.
Pentagon Threatens to Blacklist Anthropic in Escalating AI Safety Standoff
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given the AI company until Friday to remove restrictions on Claude's military use or face designation as a supply chain risk—a move typically reserved for foreign adversaries.
Trump Forces Tech Giants to Bankroll Their Own Power as Grid Strains Under AI Demand
White House event on March 4 will formalize pledges from Amazon, Google, Meta, and others to build or buy their own electricity supply for data centers as consumer bills surge nationwide.
Denmark’s MitID Outage Exposes Single-Point Failure Risk for 5.8 Million Users
A 25-minute service disruption on February 27 locked millions out of banking, government services, and digital payments—illustrating the fragility of countries dependent on monopolistic digital identity infrastructure.
Seoul Ends 19-Year Standoff, Grants Google Maps Access Under US Trade Pressure
South Korea conditionally approved Google's export of high-precision map data after rejecting similar requests in 2007 and 2016, as Washington linked the restrictions to tariff negotiations worth billions.