SpaceX cleared to attempt third Starship launch Thursday

SpaceX cleared to attempt third Starship launch Thursday

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for a third launch from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, on March 13, 2024. Joe Skipper | Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch its third Starship test flight as soon as Thursday morning … Read more

MicroStrategy up 180% this year after debt sale for more bitcoin

MicroStrategy up 180% this year after debt sale for more bitcoin

Michael Saylor, chairman and CEO of MicroStrategy, speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on April 7, 2022. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Whenever Michael Saylor utters the word “bitcoin,” MicroStrategy shares pop. He has been doing a lot of uttering lately. On Monday, the MicroStrategy founder posted on social media … Read more

Biden administration investigating Change Healthcare cyberattack

Biden administration investigating Change Healthcare cyberattack

In this photo illustration, the UnitedHealth Group logo is displayed on a tablet. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched an investigation into UnitedHealth Group following the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit that has disrupted crucial operations in pharmacies and hospitals … Read more

Short sellers pull down U.S. companies to pay for coke

Short sellers pull down U.S. companies to pay for coke

Palantir CEO Alex Karp skewered short sellers — investors who bet on the decline in a company’s stock price — in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. “I love burning the short sellers,” Karp told CNBC’s Sara Eisen on “Money Movers.” “Almost nothing makes a human happier than taking the lines of cocaine away from … Read more

Elon Musk cancels X partnership with Don Lemon after interview

Elon Musk cancels X partnership with Don Lemon after interview

Don Lemon attends The 15th Annual CNN Heroes: All-Star Tribute at American Museum of Natural History on December 12, 2021 in New York City. Mike Coppola | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Former CNN anchor Don Lemon announced Wednesday that X owner Elon Musk has canceled a partnership in which Lemon would host a … Read more

Microsoft uses compute units to charge customers for security Copilot

Microsoft uses compute units to charge customers for security Copilot

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul on Nov. 15, 2022. Nadella gave a keynote speech at an event hosted by the company’s Korean unit. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft is rolling out an unorthodox pricing model for its new security chatbot that becomes available to … Read more

House passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban; fight shifts to Senate

House passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban; fight shifts to Senate

The House approved a bill Wednesday that calls for China tech giant ByteDance to divest TikTok or the popular social video app will effectively be banned in the U.S. The measure passed with a resounding 352-65 vote and with one member voting present. The legislation, dubbed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, … Read more

Neil Young announces return to Spotify after disinformation dispute

Neil Young announces return to Spotify after disinformation dispute

Neil Young attends a press conference for Farm Aid 34 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre on September 21, 2019 in East Troy, Wisconsin. Gary Miller | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Neil Young on Wednesday said his music will return to Spotify, just over two years after he and other artists removed their catalogues … Read more

Stripe reveals it passed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023

Stripe reveals it passed  trillion in total payment volume in 2023

Fintech giant Stripe revealed in its annual letter published on Wednesday that it surpassed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023, up 25% from 2022. The milestone, which comes 15 years after the company was founded, offers a glimpse into the financials of one of the world’s largest private companies and how fast it’s … Read more

Musk visits German Tesla Gigafactory after suspected arson attack

Musk visits German Tesla Gigafactory after suspected arson attack

Tesla CEO Elon Musk carries on his shoulders his son X Æ A-XII as he addresses employess during a visit at the company’s electric car plant in Gruenheide near Berlin. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk on Wednesday visited the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin, which was forced to halt production last week … Read more