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Survey Sunday: do you still believe in Elon Musk?

14 June 2026 at 19:30

Last week, we ran a sidebar survey asking if Electrek readers still believed in Elon Musk’s vision of a self-driving, robot-built future on Mars. After receiving more than 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us you think about the world’s first trillionaire.

Escales : le monde n'a pas fini de nous surprendre, le voyage continu

Explorer le monde, s'émerveiller devant le vivant, remonter le fil de l'histoire : telle est l'ambition d'Escales. Depuis son lancement sur Futura, cette collection s'enrichit de nouveaux récits, de photographies signées par des auteurs de renommée internationale et de nombreux échanges avec ses...

Voici ce qui se passe vraiment dans votre cerveau quand vous avez un trou de mémoire selon la science

14 June 2026 at 07:00
Imaginez-vous soudain incapable de vous rappeler ce que vous alliez dire. Cette expérience déroutante du « black-out mental » touche chacun d'entre nous. Les neuroscientifiques ont récemment percé certains mystères de ce phénomène qui occupe jusqu'à 20 % de notre temps d'éveil. Que se passe-t-il...

Microsoft hasn’t ruled out spinning off Xbox

13 June 2026 at 17:29
Asha Sharma on a background of green Xbox logos.
Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft

Microsoft is preparing to lay off a significant chunk of its Xbox division and is reevaluating the plans for its next-generation Project Helix console. It's apparently also considering dramatically restructuring its relationship with Xbox, and hasn't ruled out spinning it off into a separate company.

A new report from The Information suggests that Microsoft has considered some dramatic measures to make its Xbox unit more sustainable. That includes turning it into a wholly owned subsidiary, a joint venture, or even spinning it off entirely, with the possibility of selling the business. The report doesn't suggest anything is imminent, but it …

Read the full story at The Verge.

SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?

12 June 2026 at 23:20

Space Exploration Technologies, better known simply as SpaceX, became a publicly traded company on Friday nearly a quarter of a century after it was founded.

The company began trading on the NASDAQ exchange in New York City at $135 a share, valuing SpaceX at nearly $1.8 trillion. By the end of the trading day the company's shares were selling at $160.95, a respectable increase of more than 19 percent.

On paper, SpaceX founder Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, with his personal stake in the company valued at more than $700 billion. Because of the company's stock options plan, thousands of current and former employees became overnight millionaires. Employees at SpaceX have worked remarkably hard over the last 24 years, and now they will be richly compensated for having done so.

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Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations

12 June 2026 at 20:49
AI1 SpaceX satellite

As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year, astronomers warn those satellites could cause serious interference with their observations.

The post Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations appeared first on SpaceNews.

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