Category: Future Tech

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Could Restore Sight to the Blind. Scientists Say It’s Not That Simple.
Future Tech • October 23, 2026

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Could Restore Sight to the Blind. Scientists Say It’s Not That Simple.

Elon Musk wants to give blind people their sight back. Eventually, he wants to give them something better than ordinary human vision: the ability to perceive infrared, ultraviolet and even information collected by radar. His company Neuralink is developing a brain implant called Blindsight that would bypass the eyes and deliver electrical signals directly to […]

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Blue Origin Wants to Go Public. Its Real Challenge Is Proving It Can Scale.
Future Tech • October 12, 2026

Blue Origin Wants to Go Public. Its Real Challenge Is Proving It Can Scale.

Jeff Bezos has spent 26 years building a space company with the financial patience of a billionaire and the ambitions of a national space program. Now Blue Origin is preparing for something that could fundamentally change how the business operates: outside shareholders. On October 8, Bezos confirmed that Blue Origin had completed its first external […]

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Figure Just Retired a Humanoid Robot After 11 Months. That’s the Point.
Future Tech • October 4, 2026

Figure Just Retired a Humanoid Robot After 11 Months. That’s the Point.

Figure’s F.02 humanoid robot had a remarkably short career. The machine entered service in late 2025, spent months working in Figure’s manufacturing operations and at BMW’s plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, walked thousands of steps, handled tens of thousands of components and contributed to real automotive production. Eleven months later, Figure decommissioned it. Then, in […]

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Starship Finally Made Orbit. Now SpaceX Has to Make It Routine.
Future Tech • September 29, 2026

Starship Finally Made Orbit. Now SpaceX Has to Make It Routine.

Starship finally did the thing that every orbital launch vehicle is ultimately built to do. On September 28, SpaceX’s enormous rocket reached Earth orbit for the first time and released 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites, turning its fourteenth integrated flight into something fundamentally different from the thirteen that came before it. It was also an […]

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Oklo plunges 9% as nuclear stocks extend a brutal selloff
Finance • September 13, 2026

Oklo plunges 9% as nuclear stocks extend a brutal selloff

Oklo just reminded investors that the nuclear renaissance trade can be radioactive in more ways than one. Shares of the advanced reactor developer fell 9.18% on Friday, September 11, closing at $36.22, as concerns over shareholder dilution collided with another ugly session for nuclear and uranium stocks. The pressure was not limited to Oklo. The […]

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Rocket Lab’s $8 Billion Iridium Deal Is Really About Escaping SpaceX’s Gravity
Future Tech • September 2, 2026

Rocket Lab’s $8 Billion Iridium Deal Is Really About Escaping SpaceX’s Gravity

Rocket Lab has spent years building rockets, spacecraft, satellite components and the infrastructure required to put things into orbit. Now it wants something arguably more valuable: the recurring revenue generated after those things get there. That is the strategic logic behind Rocket Lab’s proposed acquisition of Iridium Communications, an approximately $8 billion enterprise-value transaction announced […]

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SpaceX Doesn’t Just Need Wall Street Anymore. It Needs Gas.
Future Tech • September 1, 2026

SpaceX Doesn’t Just Need Wall Street Anymore. It Needs Gas.

SpaceX spent June proving that Wall Street was willing to fund Elon Musk’s next act. Now comes the harder part: building the industrial machine behind it. The company’s new $100 billion Starbase Louisiana project is designed to operate on a scale that looks less like a conventional launch site and more like a vertically integrated […]

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