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SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell just gave another hint at a Tesla merger

A SpaceX-Tesla merger seems inevitable.

PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data

One of the world’s most active ransomware groups exploited a critical vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft software suite and used it to target about 100 customers and extort at least one of them to pay up in exchange for not leaking…

Tesla Holder Merz Sits Out SpaceX IPO in Bet on Musk Merger Bid

Alexandra Merz, a longtime Tesla Inc. investor, said she deliberately avoided buying shares in SpaceX’s initial public offering because she expects Elon Musk to move quickly to combine the two companies.

SpaceX IPO Whips Musk Fans Into Frenzy

Bloomberg's Nikki Waller joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." Shares of SpaceX climbed in their first day of trading on Friday following a $75 billion IPO that smashed records (Source: Bloomberg)

Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire – what could he buy with all that money?

Catapulted by the market debut of his rocket company SpaceX, Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire. That level of wealth, all owned by just one person, was once unfathomable. Before Friday, the trillion dollar mark was reserved…

Goldman nets a big payday for SpaceX IPO. Plus, what drove our winners and losers this week

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and…

Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?

Founded during the US Civil War to provide advice to the government, the National Academies of Science have become one of the most prestigious scientific organizations. Its primary function is to prepare comprehensive reports on scientific…

SpaceX is structured in a way that appears to benefit Musk at the expense of other shareholders.

Musk Brought Price of Space Launches Down Says Former NASA Astronaut

Former NASA Astronaut and International Space Station Commander Leroy Chiao said that Elon Musk has proven experts wrong about new technology and brought down the cost of going to space using SpaceX innovation like recovering booster…

Musk becomes first trillionaire as SpaceX debuts on Nasdaq

Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers

Fully autonomous drones killed Russian soldiers during a battlefield test two years ago, according to a Ukrainian drone manufacturer. If true, the incident would represent another milestone in a war that has spurred unprecedented…