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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19. As the speed of artificial intelligence development has become increasingly controversial, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is among those calling for top AI labs to "pace the frontier” in order to prioritize safety.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2026
Anthropic targets $64.4 billion IPO, nearing SpaceX’s record
At the top of the price range, Anthropic would have a market value of about $1 trillion, based on the shares outstanding listed in the filing.
Demonstrators participate in a nationwide protest against data centers, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on July 18.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2026
Voters in U.S. reset the debate on data centers and billionaires
Building data centers in the U.S. just became more difficult, but perhaps as important, voters issued a challenge to the AI billionaires behind them.
The rout of U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republicans in the U.S. midterm elections was also a defeat for Elon Musk and for the massive campaign spending meant to sway voters.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2026
Musk has little to show for his record spending on Republican campaigns in U.S. midterms
Just three of the 37 Republicans Musk backed for the U.S. House of Representatives won on Tuesday night.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks via video link on the day of the firm's initial public offering, June 12. SpaceX's revenue from Anthropic has surpassed payments from the U.S. federal government, previously the company's biggest single customer.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2026
SpaceX’s largest, $3 billion-a-month ‘Customer B’ is Anthropic
SpaceX had said in a filing that about 34.5% of its revenue for the last quarter came from a single client, identified only as “Customer B.”
Boeing under CEO Kelly Ortberg has secured major defense contracts, a Starliner revival and 737 Max clearance that could reverse years of losses if the company executes successfully.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2026
Boeing’s stealth-fighter coup is a turning point
NASA recently threw the embattled Starliner a lifeline by agreeing to use the spacecraft to fly an uncrewed mission to the ISS.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk hold a news conference at the White House in Washington in May 2025.
WORLD
Oct 25, 2026
Ukraine says Starshield back to normal; Musk says Kyiv violated terms
Starshield’s problems occurred after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel.
Tesla Cybertrucks parked outside of a SpaceX installation in Starbase, Texas, on April 21. Most analysts expect the merger between Tesla and SpaceX will happen.
BUSINESS / Companies / EXPLAINER
Oct 23, 2026
Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla: Here’s what to know
The combination of the two companies would be worth about $3.5 trillion and would be the largest corporate deal in history.
Elon Musk looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press in Washington on Sept. 29.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2026
Musk’s political baggage clouds prospects for SpaceX-Tesla deal
Musk revived speculation about a tie-up this week, calling a combination “a good idea.”
Elon Musk had talked about the Starlink slowdown with U.S. administration officials before it went into effect, according to The Wall Street Journal.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2026
Musk gave the order to slow down Ukraine’s Starlink, WSJ reports
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite system enables Ukraine to fend off deadly Russian aerial assaults.
Elon Musk has in the past tantalized shareholders with the idea of merging Tesla and SpaceX, citing growing overlap between the companies.
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2026
Musk seizes on SpaceX momentum with push toward Tesla merger
A merger of SpaceX and Tesla would be a blockbuster, creating a conglomerate spanning electric vehicles, batteries, rockets and satellites.
U.S. President Donald Trump presents the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk in Washington on Oct. 8.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2026
Musk back in the spotlight, but politics dims the awe
Despite his success in various fields, Elon Musk’s unrelenting commitment to right-wing politics has taken a toll on his public image.
SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy V3 booster lift off from the company’s launch complex in Starbase, Texas, on Monday.?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2026
SpaceX ushers in a new era and more junk in orbit
The downside to this new era in space exploration is that humans are likely to leave much more debris floating around in orbit.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to the media after a meeting involving the Financial Services Agency, the Bank of Japan, the National Cybersecurity Office and top financial institutions following concerns about potential vulnerabilities linked to Anthropic's Mythos AI model in Tokyo in April.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 22, 2026
National security and the stakes of ‘technology sovereignty’
Investment in dual-use technologies is increasingly seen as an efficient way for states to acquire critical capabilities.
Protesters in San Francisco march from OpenAI’s headquarters to xAI, calling for a pause in artificial intelligence development last March.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2026
Don’t hold your breath for AI agreements or arms control
There have been incidents in which AI has gone rogue, cajoling, flattering or even blackmailing human operators to attain some form of agency.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit is launched over the Pacific Ocean from the city of Encinitas in California in April 2024.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2026
U.S. policies under Trump accelerate Europe’s push for space self-reliance
Europe’s moves potentially herald a restructuring of the global space order, with changes that may be difficult to unwind after Trump leaves office.
Anthropic is running the numbers as it prepares to file publicly for its potential mega-IPO as soon as the end of this month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2026
Anthropic expects to match or top SpaceX’s record IPO size
The Claude developer is running the numbers as it prepares to file publicly for its potential mega-IPO as soon as the end of this month, sources say.
A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX's initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York on June 12.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2026
SpaceX’s AI splurge puts a damper on debut earnings after IPO
Shares tumbled as much as 8.8% in U.S. post-market trading after it said capital spending jumped to about $18.4 billion in the second quarter.
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada (right) and Iwao Igarashi, space division senior general manager at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, signed a launch transportation service agreement using the H3 rocket in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
Japanese space startup to launch lunar lander using H3 rocket
Ispace signed a contract for launch and transportation services for its new lander, Ultra, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which jointly developed the H3 rocket with JAXA.
The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 25, 2026
SpaceX conducts first successful Starship test flight since going public
The primary goals of this 13th test launch were to once again demonstrate redesigns in flight, this time without any hiccups.
SpaceX prepares a Starship rocket at Starbase in Texas on June 11.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2026
SpaceX’s blow-it-up testing won’t fly on Starship
This spending underscores the second obstacle. SpaceX is no longer a private company and has shareholders to please.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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