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Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely

Verizon sent one of its customers a "refurbished" phone equipped with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile that gave the company remote control over the device. The serious mistake raises questions about Verizon's process for preparing…

Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday

Welcome to Edition 8.45 of the Rocket Report! Even though we are now two weeks removed from the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and its LC-36A launch pad, it continues to dominate discussion in the space community. This week…

Hedge funds sold broader tech ahead of SpaceX IPO, JPMorgan data shows

SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but your retirement fund is picking up the tab

Elon Musk is now worth more than $1 trillion. The SpaceX IPO, which priced 555.6 million shares at $135 each on 12 June, valued the company at roughly $1.77 trillion and pushed Musk past a threshold no individual has ever crossed. His…

Starlink is SpaceX’s cash machine, but the maths is getting harder

SpaceX’s satellite internet service had 10.3 million subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2026, more than double the 4.4 million it reported a year earlier. That growth rate is extraordinary by any standard in telecommunications…

SpaceX Poised to Pop After Record IPO

Shadow-market trading suggests a 35% gain for the shares.

Musk On Verge of Trillionaire Status With SpaceX IPO | The Opening Trade 6/12/2026

SpaceX has made history with the biggest-ever IPO, sending it into the top ranks of the largest public companies and putting founder Elon Musk on the verge of becoming the world’s first trillionaire. The company raised $75 billion in the…

How Musk's tactics left investors clamoring for SpaceX stock and ignoring risks

Europe is blaming China’s economic rise for its own failures, think tank says

As the European Union prepares tougher measures to counter what it sees as the “China shock 2.0”, a researcher with a Beijing-linked think tank has accused Brussels of clinging to a flawed narrative that China’s economic rise is an…

Elon Musk poised to become world’s first trillionaire with SpaceX IPO

Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire with SpaceX’s highly anticipated stock market debut. The world’s richest person, who is currently worth about $790 billion, is expected to see his wealth top $1 trillion once his…

'I was employee number one at SpaceX'

The BBC's Michelle Fleury spoke to Tom Mueller, who was one of the company's founders alongside Elon Musk in 2002.

Dementia risk and nitrate: It’s all about the source, study finds