The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
… A piece of the future of the human race? …
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Meta lost 20 million users last quarter
… This increased spending is driven by expectations for higher component pricing and, “to a lesser extent,” additional costs for future data center capacity. …
A new Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standard at all’
… The Future of Privacy Forum FPF , whose members include tech platforms but says its work is independent of individual stakeholders, writes that the bill “selects particular narrow approaches used by only a handful of states.” FPF which neither supports nor opposes the bill says while the proposal g… …
The future of local TV news has taken a Trumpian turn
…The order was granted on March 27th and on April 17, Nunley issued a formal injunction, ruling that Tegna must be operated as an independent financial entity, and Nexstar must take steps…
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
… Microsoft was planning to do this with the Xbox One, but a backlash from publishers and game resellers forced the company to abandon the plans. …
Electric Bikes
… Hopefully future shelters will include bathrooms, though. …
Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent
… The newly combined company is still publicly listed under the “MOVE” ticker, but there’s no mention of health tech or future smart rings in its press release. …
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
… To turn that around, Oracle has to build data centers, fast, to turn its theoretical future revenue into actual money. The bond market has reflected uncertainty about Oracle’s plans. …
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down
… He is a visionary whose contributions to Apple over 25 years are already too numerous to count, and he is without question the right person to lead Apple into the future. …
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
… But at some point following the financial crisis, would-be entrepreneurs got it into their heads that their job was to invent the future, and consumers’ job was to go along with that invented future. …