Ars TechnicaScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minNASA asks Northrop Grumman to stop working on lunar HALO moduleThree months ago, during a flashy event at its Washington, DC, headquarters, NASA announced that it was shifting the focus of its lunar plans from an orbital space station to a Moon base on the surface. As part of this, officials said work…Ars Technica
Ars TechnicaScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minApple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio BudsApple has updated its Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could be exploited by nearby hackers to eavesdrop on users. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-20701 , allowed improper authentication in the…Ars Technica
Times of IsraelScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minExplosion of feral dog population threatens big cities with rabies, nature expert warnsChief Scientist of Israel Nature and Parks Authority notes huge increase in dogs with rabies, wider distribution, while blaming poor sanitation The post Explosion of feral dog population threatens big cities with rabies, nature expert…Times of Israel
BloombergScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minInvestors Anticipate Fresh Liquidity Following Historic SpaceX DebutSpaceX's historic public debut comes during a critical inflection point as a wave of multibillion-dollar AI companies prepare to go public. With the unprecedented IPO, investors are anticipating a wide-scale "distribution event" that will…Bloomberg
CNBCScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minThe average SpaceX buyer post-IPO is almost under water after two-day slideShares of SpaceX fell as much as 7% Thursday to $178, leaving the stock trading roughly in line with its volume-weighted average price of just under $180.CNBC
CBCScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minGaza sisters recycle war rubble into bricksIn this issue of our environmental newsletter, we learn how two young innovators are recycling war rubble into something to build back with; see how fungi help restore ecosystems after a wildfire; and hear why young people are suing the…CBC
EngadgetScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minHow to pay with Google Wallet using your Samsung Galaxy WatchYou don't have to have a Pixel Watch to use Google Wallet. Here's how to set it up on your Galaxy Watch.Engadget
BloombergScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minTesla Stock Underperforms SpaceX in First Week After IPOTesla Inc. stock is set to end the holiday-shortened week lower after SpaceX went public last Friday.Bloomberg
Philippine Daily InquirerScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minDoubleDragon secures 99% of MerryMart sharesMANILA, Philippines – DoubleDragon Corp. said shareholders of nearly 99 percent of MerryMart Consumer Corp. had tendered their shares under its acquisition offer, bringing the conglomerate closer to fully consolidating the listed retailer…Philippine Daily Inquirer
Ars TechnicaScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minAfter Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoringIn May, the federal government announced without warning that it would take apart a network of ocean monitoring systems that it had spent over $350 million to build. No reason was given for the decision to shut down the Ocean Observatories…Ars Technica
VentureBeatScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minNew AI optimization framework beats Claude Code and Codex by 2.5x on the same compute budgetImagine your engineering team just deployed an AI agent to search through internal company documents and answer employee questions. It works perfectly in development, but in production, it consistently hallucinates or misses key…VentureBeat
Hacker NoonScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minCentralized AI Is a Massive Data Liability: What Enterprises Can Do To Mitigate RisksIt was a perfectly ordinary Tuesday in March 2023 when Samsung's semiconductor engineers started using ChatGPT to help debug code. Makes sense: it's a useful tool. The company had just lifted its ban on the chatbot. Who wouldn't want a…Hacker Noon