Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI

All but two of Musk’s 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.

Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size
Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size

We don’t review many solar panels at The Verge, but the tech inside Bluetti’s incredibly portable Sora 500 panel makes it worth a deeper look. The new N-Type panels made by Bluetti and others give you more bang for the buck, pound, and square inch. That’s a big deal for vanlifers like me who depend […]

Elon Musk is building a TeraFab chip factory, and it’s unlike anything in the world

Elon Musk has announced TeraFab, a chip factory in Austin built as a joint venture between Tesla and SpaceX, to produce chips for powering its cars, humanoid robots, and spaceships.
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The improved battery-powered Starlink Mini is here
The improved battery-powered Starlink Mini is here

My Starlink Mini has radically changed the way I live. It’s the biggest reason I can work remotely from my converted van, providing fast and reliable internet in places that traditional 4G and 5G data signals don’t reach. Peakdo’s latest LinkPower battery makes the smallest Starlink terminal even better by setting it free from power […]

SpaceX’s Starship rocket test scores several firsts ahead of flight 12

SpaceX chief Elon Musk said in February that the mighty Starship rocket would embark on its 12th test flight this month, although several more recent reports have suggested that it might not leave the launchpad until early April. Preflight tests on the…

Why this month’s Starship flight is SpaceX’s most important yet

SpaceX is targeting this month for the 12th launch of its gargantuan Starship rocket, which comprises the first-stage Super Heavy booster and upper-stage Ship. While much has rested on each and every one of its previous 11 test flights, the first of wh…

Why is SpaceX going public?
Why is SpaceX going public?

I am excited about the SpaceX IPO for all the reasons investors shouldn’t be. Maybe it’ll be a real marquee moment for Silicon Valley, but I see the potential for a shitshow. After all, more than a decade ago, Musk said that SpaceX going public before going to Mars would be bad for the company. […]

The scenery steals the show in this epic SpaceX rocket landing

Well, those Falcon 9 landings never get old. Imagine, just over a decade ago the idea of being able to land a rocket upright after it’d been to space seemed crazy. And then SpaceX went and did it. Following its first successful touchdown in December 20…

NASA astronaut who suffered serious medical issue on ISS steps forward

The NASA astronaut whose serious medical issue prompted the early return of SpaceX’s Crew-11 from the International Space Station (ISS) has spoken out about the incident. In a statement posted on NASA’s website on Wednesday, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke …