Rocket Report: Europe joins the commercial launch club; a Ravn X sighting?
Welcome to Edition 9.10 of the Rocket Report! This week we’re celebrating a historic moment in Europe when a German rocket company successfully put its
Category: Tech
Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown
The debate over the safety of artificial intelligence grew personal as key tech leaders said calls for government regulation were self-serving and misplaced.
MAKERphone 2.0 Lets You Build a 4G Phone and Vibe-Code Its Apps
Most of us carry a phone every day, but very few of us could say what’s actually going on inside one. That gap is exactly
Privacy Notes: Markdown Editor With Built-in Encrypted Vault
There is no dearth of note taking apps for Linux. There are tools like Obsidian that are local first, tools like Joplin that are both
From IFA demonstrations to a wider design question: why should an office chair expect the body to stay still?
At IFA Berlin 2026, ARBREST put a chair through movements that office furniture often treats as exceptions. COVE is the new brand’s first product, made
Australia’s AI music decision opens a new front in the fight over human creativity
Wholly AI-generated songs are no longer accepted in Australia. This August, ABC News reported that the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) stripped machine-made tracks from
From tools to AI teammates: the next era of investing
Investment tools are powerful, but largely reactive. They help investors research, analyze and act, but they still depend on the investor to decide what deserves
Anthropic has chosen Nasdaq for its October IPO, in the week OpenAI ruled one out
Anthropic has settled on Nasdaq for a listing it still hopes to complete in October, according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke
I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.
There is something wrong with the tractor. The water-in-fuel sensor, a small device embedded in the John Deere machine that monitors the integrity of its
Could United Launch Alliance’s money problems finally force its owners to sell?
Pretty much every rocket company in the United States, save one, has embraced two fundamental tenets: reusability and diversification. Most famously, SpaceX branched out from
What Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Argued in His Call for AI Slowdown
Dario Amodei’s 3,800-word letter laid out a three-step plan to rein in artificial intelligence.
Z.ai raises $5bn in Hong Kong including $3bn of zero-interest bonds
Z.ai, the Chinese model developer listed in Hong Kong as Zhipu, has raised about $5bn in a single move. Roughly $2bn came from placing 21.97
Obama warns AI in private hands could be dangerous and urges Democrats to act
Barack Obama told a closed Democratic fundraiser last Thursday that artificial intelligence is “moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on
Trump’s former AI czar tells Anthropic and OpenAI to slow down, and to stop asking for anything in return
David Sacks told Anthropic and OpenAI to go ahead and pace the frontier but to stop seeking an antitrust waiver or an approval regime, arguing