qz

2026-07-17

SpaceX stock falls further after Starship rocket test aborted at last second

An engine ignition failure forced SpaceX to scrub a Starship test flight Thursday, sending the stock further below its $135 IPO price [...]

qz

2026-07-17

Investors are flooding the SEC with complaints about its plan to end quarterly earnings reports

More than 200,000 comments — the most the SEC has ever received on a proposal — came in overwhelmingly against the change [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-17

China’s BrainCo showed a platform that lets you control robots with your mind

Picture a lightweight headset. You think about picking up a cup, and a robot arm reaches out and does it. No button, no voice command, no movement. BrainCo drew crowds with that demo at the World AI Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, the South China Morning Post reported. BrainCo calls its Brain-Controlled Robot AI Platform the […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-17

From Bitcoin trading to financial super apps: what nine years of Binance reveal about crypto exchange evolution

Nine years later, Binance serves more than 316 million users across trading, payments, savings, tokenized securities, and traditional asset access. Its evolution from a spot cryptocurrency exchange into an integrated financial platform closely mirrors the broader maturation of the centralized exchange industry itself. A recent CoinDesk Research case study traces that transformation through five [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-17

a16z is backing Runta, a startup that wants to ‘parent’ your AI agents

AI agents can now book travel, write code and spend money on your behalf. That power is also the problem. A new startup called Runta has raised $20 million to keep those agents from doing damage. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led the round, which values Runta at more than $100 million, The Information reported. ‘Parenting’ AI […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-17

Airbus is moving its most critical apps off AWS to a French cloud

Airbus is pulling some of its most sensitive systems off Amazon Web Services and onto a European cloud. The aerospace group has picked French provider Scaleway to host them, Scaleway said. The move covers the applications Airbus needs to keep running as a “minimum viable company.” That is about 900 apps, starting with 70 now […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-07-17

The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science

New report says our ability to tie weather damages to climate change is improving. [...]

Destination

2026-07-17

FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals

FCC chair has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company. [...]

Destination

2026-07-17

2026 Lucid Gravity Touring review: A strong act 2

Quick, comfortable, roomy, and agile for a large electric SUV. [...]