Elon Musk’s SpaceX is apparently reorienting its near-term space roadmap, pushing back a planned 2026 uncrewed Mars mission and focusing efforts on NASA’s Artemis program, with Starship’s uncrewed moon mission targeted for early next year. According to Wall Street Journal sources, the rocket company told investors this week that Musk will prioritize a moon mission, […]
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Graham Linehan, the Irish comedy writer, testified before the US House Judiciary Committee, detailing how Britain’s authorities hounded him over online posts challenging trans ideology—exposing the chilling grip of censorship under Keir Starmer’s government. His appearance underscores America’s growing scrutiny of Europe’s speech-stifling laws, with Linehan urging lawmakers to […]
Ukraine’s military is claiming it can already see the impact of Elon Musk and SpaceX’s decision to thwart Starlink access to Russian troops. Russian military bloggers began confirming the Starlink cutoff earlier this week. For example the NY Times notes, “A Russian blogger writing anonymously under the name Military Informant in the Telegram messaging app […]
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe A raid on Elon Musk’s company X in Paris: On Tuesday morning, the French public prosecutor gained access to the company’s offices. The stated purpose of the investigation is the dissemination of child pornography and violations of personal rights through the spread of Deepfakes. X’s offices in Paris, which were searched […]
Stock futures are higher, led by tech, while metals rebound and global markets more than retrace Friday/Monday losses. Only bitcoin continues to slide on laughable fears that Kevin Warsh will somehow shrink the Fed’s balance sheet. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.3% and Nasdaq futures gain 0.5% after blockbuster results from Palantir renewed the AI trade. Pre-market, […]
Confirming earlier reports, late on Monday Elon Musk said SpaceX has acquired xAI, a deal that combines his powerful rocket-and-satellite business with his artificial-intelligence startup that is facing steep competition. SpaceX confirmed the deal Monday, posting a memo Musk sent out about the arrangement on its website. The deal gives SpaceX a valuation of $1 […]
We’re gonna need a bigger cork board. As far as massive distractions go, the latest Epstein files release seems to be all anyone is talking about. Not only do they mix random and salacious claims called into the FBI tip line (which could have been lodged by anyone for any reason – so you should assign low value to […]
Authored by Cláudia Ascensão Nunes via the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), For years, Europe has tried to convince itself that it could regulate its way to technological greatness. Instead of becoming a technological powerhouse, it produced rules, many rules, with effects now extending far beyond its own borders. In 2026, those rules are colliding […]
Tesla shares jumped about 5% on Friday after reports suggested that Elon Musk is considering bringing his companies closer together through a possible merger involving SpaceX, Tesla, and artificial intelligence startup xAI. The news helped reverse losses from the previous session, when the stock slid following the company’s earnings report. According to people familiar with […]
Going into Tesla earnings, we wrote in our preview that Morgan Stanley saw a “particularly wide dispersion in financial KPIs into the 4Q print and for 2026.” The bank said that the stock reaction will depend on the incrementality of updates around scaling robotaxi/Cybercab, launching Unsupervised FSD, Optimus Gen 3, and AI5 on the earnings […]
