• SpaceX shares soar 30% midday, vaulting it to top six most valuable U.S. companies — TechCrunch - 18:20
• Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers — Ars Technica - 18:03
• SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know — TechCrunch - 17:41
• Mistral is rumored to be raising €3B at €20B valuation — TechCrunch - 17:38
• Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts — TechCrunch - 17:26
• $130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year — Ars Technica - 17:18
• Robinhood sees ‘record-breaking’ traffic after SpaceX stock debuts — TechCrunch - 17:05
• When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket — Ars Technica - 16:51
• Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams — Ars Technica - 16:34
• SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer — TechCrunch - 16:23

SpaceX saw a historic public debut, driving Elon Musk to become the world's first trillionaire, alongside anticipated IPOs from Anthropic and OpenAI.

• SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer — TechCrunch -
• Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s historic IPO — TechCrunch -
• SpaceX opens at $150, an 11% pop for the most anticipated debut in history — TechCrunch -

• SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know — TechCrunch -
• Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday — Ars Technica -

Significant investments are fueling AI innovation, from culturally aware video AI and call screening solutions in India to reconfigurable factory robots and a general engineer AI for the physical world.

• Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale — TechCrunch -
• Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to — TechCrunch -
• Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything — TechCrunch -

• Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world — TechCrunch -

Ethical questions around AI's impact are emerging, including a lawsuit against ChatGPT for validating a suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines and the unwitting contribution of Pokémon Go data to military drone technology.

• Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines — Ars Technica -
• Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses — Ars Technica -

Crucial developments in tech policy include the US surveillance law facing expiration and a privacy breach involving Verizon deleting a user's data from a refurbished phone.

• US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies — TechCrunch -
• Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely — Ars Technica -

Technological advancements in sports, like cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans, are revolutionizing officiating by helping eliminate blown calls in events such as the World Cup.

• Cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans: All the tech helping eliminate blown calls — Ars Technica -