CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, launched a privately operated satellite-servicing mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, marking a significant step for commercial on‑orbit maintenance. The rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 5:15 p.m. EDT and...
DELAWARE, United States – The University of Tennessee Research Foundation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Anthropic in U.S. federal court in Delaware, accusing the firm of improperly using neural network technology protected by its patents. The complaint, filed Monday and made public on Tuesday, alleges...
United States – Cybersecurity researchers warned on July 21, 2026, that attackers are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint, tracked as CVE-2026-50522. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10 and allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over a network, posing...
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, one day after a rare last‑second launch abort. Liftoff occurred at 10:49 a.m. EDT (1449 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4 East, following an automated...
SpaceX has rescheduled the thirteenth integrated flight test of its Starship rocket system for Thursday, July 23, 2026, following a last-second pad abort during an earlier attempt. The launch is set to occur from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, South Texas, with a 90-minute window opening at 5:45...
Sony Music Entertainment has filed a new federal copyright infringement lawsuit in New York against AI music generation platform Udio, alleging the unauthorized use of 30,117 copyrighted sound recordings to train its generative models. The case, brought on July 21, 2026, marks an escalation in the recording industry’s legal campaign...
Advanced Micro Devices and Microsoft announced an expanded strategic partnership to deploy AMD’s next-generation Helios rack-scale AI systems across Microsoft Azure, positioning AMD as a more direct competitor to Nvidia in data center AI. The Helios platform integrates Instinct MI455X GPUs, 6th Gen AMD EPYC “Venice” processors, Pensando networking, and...
Washington, United States – The head of the U.S. AI Safety Agency has resigned unexpectedly after only three months in the role, triggering widespread concern over the future of federal oversight of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence systems. The abrupt departure has raised questions about the strength and continuity of leadership...
United States – The Coca-Cola Company has temporarily halted all U.S. production at its dairy subsidiary Fairlife LLC after a ransomware attack compromised critical IT and production-related systems, forcing the shutdown of manufacturing operations nationwide. The company disclosed the incident in a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and...
Minnesota has paused enforcement of a first-of-its-kind state law that would require social media platforms to display prominent mental health warning labels to users. The statute, passed by the Minnesota Legislature in 2025 and set to take effect on July 19, 2026, mandates a pop-up message at every login warning...
