NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies have officially abandoned the $30 million mission to rescue the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, leaving the space telescope to burn up in Earth's atmosphere later this year . The decision came after the Link rescue spacecraft, launched July 3, suffered critical attitude control issues,...
AI developer Anthropic has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, targeting an initial public offering as early as this fall. The move positions the company to potentially precede rival OpenAI onto Wall Street. Concurrently, Anthropic informed investors that its annualized...
The United States Air Force has temporarily suspended a directive requiring defense contractors to purge artificial intelligence software developed by Anthropic from military weapons and control systems. The initial order, issued in mid-July, followed a high-stakes dispute between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei regarding strict ethical...
Nevada regulators on Aug. 20 approved permits allowing Tesla, Waymo and Uber subsidiary Aviari Services to provide paid autonomous rides in Clark County, home to Las Vegas. The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously approved the three applications, authorizing Tesla for up to 5,000 autonomous vehicles during its first permit year, while...
OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman has consolidated operating control by absorbing ChatGPT's product business, go-to-market, enterprise, and compute teams into his direct remit. This major role expansion occurs amid a broader wave of high-profile executive departures at the artificial intelligence giant, including changes in revenue leadership. Industry analysts view...
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has hired Amir Salek, the former head of Google's custom silicon infrastructure program, to lead its newly formed custom chip division. Salek, who spent nine years at Google directing Tensor Processing Unit development from version one through four, will oversee Anthropic's internal hardware strategy. The executive...
The United States government has officially released a comprehensive National Space Transportation Policy aimed at achieving more than one thousand annual rocket launches and reentries on American soil by the year 2030. President Donald Trump signed the directive, which replaces previous guidance from 2013 and establishes a modernized regulatory framework...
Intel and the Trump administration announced on Aug. 22, 2025, an agreement for the U.S. government to acquire a 9.9% stake in Intel for $8.9 billion. Intel said the government would receive 433.3 million newly issued common shares at $20.47 each, with the investment funded by $5.7 billion in previously...
President Donald Trump signed a national security presidential memorandum on August 20, 2026, directing federal agencies to expand U.S. space transportation capabilities to support over 1,000 annual launches and re-entries by 2030. The directive repeals the 2013 National Space Transportation Policy, establishing an America First framework to modernize launch infrastructure,...
Federal authorities issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning that unidentified threat actors are utilizing artificial intelligence to target programmable logic controllers manufactured by Siemens. The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency stated that attackers...
