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SpaceX Adds $1 Trillion in Value Since IPO

SpaceX has rapidly added $1 trillion in market capitalization since its recent public debut, reaching approximately $2.7 trillion and positioning itself as the fifth largest company globally, close to overtaking Microsoft. Mandeep Singh…

Americans Fear AI’s Societal Impact and Don’t Believe Government Can Regulate It, Pew Study Finds

Roughly two-thirds of Americans believe AI is advancing at too fast a rate — even as a majority of adults are using chatbots, according to a new Pew Research Center study examining U.S. sentiment toward the technology. The study also found…

Jaguar Land Rover reverses plans for an EV-only factory

Firm becomes latest carmaker to roll back on move away from fossil fuels with push for US sales growth Jaguar Land Rover has U-turned on plans to shift one of its factories to making only electric cars as part of an effort to focus on…

Why SpaceX is spending $60 billion to acquire AI coding startup Cursor

SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants

Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.

Scientists sample water, soil from submarine sinking site in Barents Sea

The K-159 submarine sank on August 30, 2003 near the Kildin Island while being towed for disposal

Rising temperatures may increase flood risk through river ‘whiplash’, study finds

Sudden shifts from wet to dry weather, or vice versa, may foil typical drought and flooding prevention measures Rising temperatures may trigger a dangerous increase in “hydroclimatic whiplash” in rivers that would make traditional…

Construction equipment multinationals may be aiding Israeli war crimes, experts say

Images show Israeli military using six companies’ bulldozers and excavators to demolish south Lebanon villages Human rights experts have alleged that six multinational construction equipment conglomerates may be aiding and abetting war…

France ramps up fight against tiger mosquitoes after record outbreaks

France is bracing for another summer of dengue and chikungunya risk, as climate change helps the disease-carrying tiger mosquito spread north and authorities test new ways to curb its advance.

The Download: a reality check for geoengineering and the science of interoception

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Hacking the atmosphere: geoengineering gets a reality check Solar geoengineering, the controversial…

Shared home, shared microbiome? Study says flatmates swap gut bacteria

You may share more than the kitchen with your flatmates: people who live together share parts of their oral and gut microbiome, according to a new study by the University of Trento in Italy.

Quantum tech firm EigenQ to go public in $3 billion SPAC deal