2026-03-06
This superjumbo deal promises not to be a conventional exercise in price discovery. Musk has reportedly timed it to coincide with the alignment of the planets Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, but that's one of the more humdrum features. The SpaceX IPO looks like a carefully controlled liquidity event.
Financial Times
A look at SpaceX's potential IPO, which reportedly aims to raise up to $50B at a $1.75T valuation, more than 7x higher than its ~$200B valuation in October 2024
Star Trek's warp drive allows a starship to bend space-time and exceed the speed of light without breaking Einstein's general theory of relativity.
2026-03-01
Hegseth illegally uses Anthropic software in Iran War.
OpenAI
OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and “has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's”
We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.
Hegseth illegally uses Anthropic software in Iran War.
Wall Street Journal
Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools
Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic …
Hegseth illegally uses Anthropic software in Iran War.
The Atlantic
Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans
Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate the government's relationship with the AI company Anthropic …
2026-02-22
“In San Francisco the world automatically assumes that instead of wanting food or drinks or a new phone or car, what you want is some kind of arcane B2B service for your startup. You are not a passive consumer. You are making something.” —Sam Kriss harpers.org/archive/2026...
Harper's
Interviews with Cluely's Roy Lee, Donald Boat, and other highly “agentic” young men, as agency becomes more valuable than technical skills in Silicon Valley
Tech's new generation and the end of thinking … Cluely and its co-founder Chungin “Roy” Lee were intensely, and intentionally, controversial.
2026-02-21
“In San Francisco the world automatically assumes that instead of wanting food or drinks or a new phone or car, what you want is some kind of arcane B2B service for your startup. You are not a passive consumer. You are making something.” —Sam Kriss harpers.org/archive/2026...
Harper's
Interviews with Cluely's Roy Lee, Donald Boat, and other highly “agentic” young men, as agency becomes more valuable than technical skills in Silicon Valley
Tech's new generation and the end of thinking … Cluely and its co-founder Chungin “Roy” Lee were intensely, and intentionally, controversial.
2026-02-17
Erik Brynjolfsson: For over a decade, economists have grappled with a modern iteration of the Solow Paradox: we have seen artificial intelligence everywhere except in the productivity statistics. Sceptics argue that the reason for this is that modern innovation in machine learning systems and now
Financial Times
Analysis: US productivity rose by ~2.7% in 2025, nearly doubling the 1.4% annual average over a decade, as AI-exposed sectors cooled their entry-level hiring
2026-02-16
Erik Brynjolfsson: For over a decade, economists have grappled with a modern iteration of the Solow Paradox: we have seen artificial intelligence everywhere except in the productivity statistics. Sceptics argue that the reason for this is that modern innovation in machine learning systems and now
Financial Times
Analysis: US productivity rose by ~2.7% in 2025, nearly doubling the 1.4% annual average over a decade, as AI-exposed sectors cooled their entry-level hiring
New economic data suggests the US is transitioning to a phase of measurable gains from the technology
2026-02-14
Top investigators at Binance were fired after they uncovered evidence of more than $1 bn in Tether flowing to Iranian entities through the exchange in violation of sanctions laws. Binance owners decided to buy their way out of criminal problems with crypto payments to the Trump family.
Fortune
Sources: Binance fired employees in late 2025 who claimed to have uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B+ through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025
2026-02-13
Top investigators at Binance were fired after they uncovered evidence of more than $1 bn in Tether flowing to Iranian entities through the exchange in violation of sanctions laws. Binance owners decided to buy their way out of criminal problems with crypto payments to the Trump family.
Fortune
Sources: Binance in late 2025 fired employees who uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B+ through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025
In 2023, the crypto exchange Binance pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering and know-your-customer laws as well as sanctions violations.
2026-02-11
A massive exodus of talent from Elon Musk's tech ventures continues. www.ft.com/content/3d4a...
Financial Times
xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba says he is leaving, the sixth co-founder to depart; sources and social media posts show at least six researchers left in recent weeks
Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart — A sixth co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI is leaving …
2026-02-08
Documents released by the US Department of Justice show that Epstein helped Ian Osborne establish Hedosophia, one of London's most secretive technology funds that has backed US companies Uber and Spotify, as well as fintechs including Wise and Ant Group. — www.ft.com/content/8b04...
Financial Times
DOJ-released emails: Jeffrey Epstein helped Ian Osborne, founder of London-based fund Hedosophia, after Osborne's outreach to help Epstein fix his image in 2011
Convicted sex offender helped establish tech fund Hedosophia after Osborne offered to help clean up Epstein's image
2026-02-07
Documents released by the US Department of Justice show that Epstein helped Ian Osborne establish Hedosophia, one of London's most secretive technology funds that has backed US companies Uber and Spotify, as well as fintechs including Wise and Ant Group. — www.ft.com/content/8b04...
Financial Times
DOJ-released emails: Jeffrey Epstein helped Ian Osborne, founder of London-based fund Hedosophia, after Osborne's outreach to help Epstein fix his image in 2011
Convicted sex offender helped establish tech fund Hedosophia after Osborne offered to help clean up Epstein's image
2026-02-04
In France, a raid on the offices of Europe's leading porn-pusher, Elon Musk. Now watch how he musters Trump deputies to scream, yell and threaten the Europeans. Elon Musk's X offices in Paris were raided by French and European investigators on Tuesday, following a public outcry over how its Grok
Financial Times
The UK ICO launches a new investigation into X and xAI over “serious concerns” about Grok's data use and “its potential to produce harmful sexualized” content
Tech billionaire and platform's former chief Linda Yaccarino summoned for ‘voluntary interviews’ in April
2026-02-03
In France, a raid on the offices of Europe's leading porn-pusher, Elon Musk. Now watch how he musters Trump deputies to scream, yell and threaten the Europeans. Elon Musk's X offices in Paris were raided by French and European investigators on Tuesday, following a public outcry over how its Grok
BBC
Paris prosecutors raid X's French offices and summon Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino to appear at April hearings, in a probe into sexual deepfakes and more
Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France are being raided by the Paris prosecutor.
In France, a raid on the offices of Europe's leading porn-pusher, Elon Musk. Now watch how he musters Trump deputies to scream, yell and threaten the Europeans. Elon Musk's X offices in Paris were raided by French and European investigators on Tuesday, following a public outcry over how its Grok
Financial Times
The UK ICO launches a new investigation into X and xAI over “serious concerns” about Grok's data use and “its potential to produce harmful sexualized” content
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2026-02-02
Notice how entwined Steve Witkoff is with the business operations of both the Trump family. “At least $31 mn was also slated to flow to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff, a World Liberty co-founder who weeks earlier had been named US envoy to the Middle East, the documents said.”
Wall Street Journal
Documents and sources: Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan backed a $500M investment for a 49% stake in WLF, four days before Trump's inauguration
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips
Trump seems to be working hand-in-glove with Xi to insure that China locks up the talent needed to dominate AI. But why? — About 3 years ago, Stacey Tang, a manager in a pharmaceuticals company in Beijing, received a peculiar phone call. A voice speaking from an unknown landline number instructed
Financial Times
A look at China's “genius class” system, which picks ~100K gifted teens annually for elite science-focused schooling; its alumni span ByteDance, PDD, and more
Scientists in Europe are creating an unprecedented computer simulation of the planet's atmosphere, oceans and land to improve weather forecasting and potentially model biodiversity or pandemics. The EU-funded project to create Earth's “digital twin” has developed digital models of climate change and
Financial Times
A look at DestinE, an EU-funded project to create Earth's digital twin using AI, offering climate change models with far higher resolution than current models
EU-funded project to create a computer simulation of the world could also model biodiversity or pandemics
2026-02-01
Trump seems to be working hand-in-glove with Xi to insure that China locks up the talent needed to dominate AI. But why? — About 3 years ago, Stacey Tang, a manager in a pharmaceuticals company in Beijing, received a peculiar phone call. A voice speaking from an unknown landline number instructed
Financial Times
A look at China's “genius class” system, which picks ~100K gifted teens annually for elite science-focused schooling; its alumni span ByteDance, PDD, and more
A network of ultra-competitive high-school talent streams has been turning out the leading lights of science and tech