The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research

The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of Management and Budget…

SpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn't start

SpaceX called off a test flight of its powerful Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as the countdown clock reached zero Thursday at the company’s spaceport in South Texas. The launch…

San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco

In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators its time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo.

HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs

The Indian government has fined HP India and its partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (about $14.4 million) for working with reseller partners in the “cartelization” of computers, ink…

Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing

Two nominees for high-profile health roles in the Trump administration faced scrutiny from the Senate health committee Wednesday—and both crashed and burned in their own special ways. The Senate Committee…

SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition

The company didn’t immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX’s stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses.

Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack

Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will “remain suspended” in the United States following a hack.

Trump teleprompter aide made $100,000 betting on what Trump would say, reports say

Kalshi is a high-tech prediction market that allows people to “forecast the future” (their term). It is about contracts and information, the company says, making its offerings more like a…

Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory

Thousands of unionized Hyundai auto workers began walking off the job early after negotiations with the South Korean automaker broke down over plans to deploy humanoid robots—the most significant pushback…

xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.

Facing mounting pressure to acknowledge that Grok can still be used to generate non-consensual sexualized images of adults and minors, xAI filed a lawsuit Tuesday, suing the first user that…