SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO
SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.
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Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them
While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.
SpaceX gets $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking ‘Golden Dome’ satellites
The Pentagon awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to build missile-tracking satellites for President Donald Trump’s planned “Golden Dome” defense system, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In an announcement on Friday, the US Space Force says the sensor-equipped satellites will allow it to detect and track targets from space. The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX – which … Read more
‘He’s Full of Shit’: JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon Takes Aim at Coinbase CEO Over Clarity Act
Dimon vowed to fight the passage of the crypto market structure bill until the bitter end.
CFTC backs crypto perpetual contracts, issues advisory on 24/7 trading
The CFTC issued notices affecting platforms seeking to offer cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts, including a no-action position for Coinbase and approval for Kalshi.
Treasury Secretary Bessent Says US Has ‘Grabbed’ $1 Billion in Crypto From Iran
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. has “outright grabbed” roughly $1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies from Iran via seizures.
Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Files to Have 12-Year Crypto Fraud Sentence Vacated
Celsius founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky hopes to have his prison sentence vacated, claiming a legal conflict tied to Sam Bankman-Fried.
‘The banks will not accept it’: Dimon escalates battle over stablecoin rewards in CLARITY Act debate
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned the current CLARITY Act framework could ultimately fail, as banks and crypto firms clash over whether stablecoin issuers should be allowed to offer yield-bearing rewards that resemble bank deposits.
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Coinbase Becomes First US Exchange Allowed to Offer Global Crypto Perps Trading
Coinbase can offer U.S. customers access to offshore crypto perpetual futures, a risky form of leveraged crypto trading, the CFTC said Friday.
Lenovo Stock Doubles in May on AI Server Boom—Best Month in 27 Years
The world’s biggest PC maker surged 109% in May after AI revenue hit 38% of quarterly sales. Goldman Sachs more than doubled its target.
How Blindness Led Me to Cybersecurity — and to Securing Accessibility Itself
Most people think cybersecurity is a visual field. They imagine glowing monitors, endless terminal windows, lines of code scrolling across multiple screens, analysts staring at dashboards, and hackers tracking packets in dark rooms illuminated by LEDs. I cannot see any of that. I am completely blind. And yet, cybersecurity became my life. My name is … Read more
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Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games
The Acer Nitro Blaze Link might run on Linux, but it’s no Steam Deck. Acer says it’s a “streaming-first handheld and companion device,” like a PlayStation Portal for your PC. Announced at Computex on Friday, it’s launching in Q4 2026 with a 7-inch (1920 x 1200) display, Wi-Fi 6, just 1GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and … Read more
Sui network temporarily stalls again after Thursday’s outage
The outage was caused by the same network update software bug that disrupted the protocol on Thursday, which resulted in nearly six hours of downtime.
You Can Now Read the US Constitution via the Bitcoin Blockchain
One of America’s most important historical documents will forever be inscribed on a Bitcoin block, thanks to someone’s $83 transaction fee.
NYSE Parent Isn’t ‘Freaked Out’ by Hyperliquid—It’s Learning From the Crypto Perps Giant
Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said his company and Hyperliquid are learning from each other as crypto perps gain ground.
What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?
The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, … Read more
Coinbase brings global crypto derivatives markets to US institutional clients
The exchange’s integration with Deribit gives eligible US institutional investors access to global crypto options and perpetual futures markets.
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers’ homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of … Read more
After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.
AI Models Can’t Agree on Basic Facts Most of the Time, Study Shows
A new study gave five frontier AI models 1,000 real-world claims to fact-check. They disagreed on 67% of them.
Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation
A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.
Bitcoin plums new six-week lows as analyst eyes BTC price dip ‘end’ at $72K
Bitcoin saw its lowest levels since the middle of April as BTC price action continued ot diverge from thriving US stock markets.