NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said NASA will not commit the SLS/Orion crew launch for Artemis III until Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander test article is already in orbit and has completed checkouts. The mission uses three launches from three providers: New Glenn, SLS, and Starship.
SpaceX did not acquire xAI. In March 2025, Elon Musk's xAI acquired X (formerly Twitter) in an all-stock deal valuing xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45 billion including debt). The claim of a $250 billion all-stock deal by SpaceX is false.
Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was originally built for the Atlas-Centaur program and is now operated by Blue Origin for New Glenn launches. Blue Origin's New Glenn will launch from LC-36 for Artemis III. This is an opinion/lineage ranking, not a factual claim worth checking.
Ars Technica reports that Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers have prompted Russian plans to move data centers underground.
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit demanding Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms, calling Brave a distributor of stolen news content. This is a design-trend feature, not a factual claim needing verification.
Ars Technica reports Google will offer schools AI tools that don't give away answers, but schools must give up Google Search to use them.
CSomeone on X posted that SpaceX raised just twelve billion before its IPO and delivered all this stuff — Falcon, Dragon, Starlink, Starship.
MAnd then claimed SpaceX acquired xAI in a two hundred fifty billion dollar all-stock deal. That's false.
CYeah, that's not what happened. xAI acquired X, the social platform, in March 2025. xAI was valued at eighty billion, X at thirty-three.
MSpaceX didn't buy xAI. The post is mixing up two completely different Musk companies.
CWhich is a shame, because the underlying point — SpaceX did a lot with relatively little dilution — is actually interesting.
MBut when you get the basic facts wrong, the whole argument collapses. It's just fan fiction at that point.
CSpeaking of fan fiction, there's a whole lineage ranking going around: SpaceX twelve years ahead of Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab four years ahead of Firefly...
MOh, this is the 'my rocket company is better than your rocket company' chart.
CIt's one guy's opinion, but it's fun. Stoke Space is three years behind Firefly, apparently.
MI love how precise it is. Not 'a few years behind' — exactly three years. Like he measured it.
CThe founding dates are real, at least. SpaceX was founded four years before Rocket Lab.
MBut 'years ahead' is not a thing you can measure. It's like saying one chef is two years ahead of another chef.
CUnless one chef has landed a booster on a drone ship and the other hasn't.
MFair point. But the ranking is still just vibes with numbers attached.
CDifferent world entirely: Ars Technica reports Russia is planning to move data centers underground because Ukrainian drones keep hitting them.
MThat's a wild admission. Your digital infrastructure is so exposed that you have to bury it.
CThe data center war backfired on them. They built these big facilities, and now they're targets.
MUnderground data centers are not new — there are old mines converted for this. But doing it as an emergency response is different.
CIt's expensive, it's slow, and it means they're losing the infrastructure fight.
MAnd meanwhile, the New York Times is suing Brave, the browser company, over its paywall blocker.
CThe Times calls Brave a 'supplier, dealer, and distributor' of stolen news content. Strong words.
MBrave has a feature that bypasses paywalls. The Times says that's theft, and they also want Brave to end deals with AI firms.
CI get the paywall argument. News costs money to produce. But calling a browser a 'dealer' of stolen content is a stretch.
MIt's a legal strategy. If you frame it as distribution of stolen goods, you open up different claims.
CBut Brave isn't hosting the content. It's just not blocking the user from seeing it. There's a difference.
MThe AI deals part is more interesting to me. Brave has been pushing its own AI assistant, and the Times wants that cut off too.
CBecause if Brave's AI is trained on Times content, that's a whole other fight.
MThis is going to set a precedent. Either browsers have to respect paywalls, or paywalls become unenforceable.
CAnd on a lighter note, Nissan's designer says buttons are back in car interiors. Storage is king, and piano black is out.
MThank God. Piano black is just a fingerprint magnet that scratches if you look at it wrong.
CHiren Patel, the designer, says people want physical buttons again. Touchscreens for everything was a mistake.
MI've been saying this for years. You shouldn't have to navigate three menus to turn on the heated seats.
CThe storage part is interesting too. People carry more stuff now — phones, water bottles, whatever — and cars need places for it.
MIt's almost like designers are listening to actual drivers instead of focus groups.