Anthropic is SpaceX’s biggest customer, bringing in a third of revenue
Anthropic is SpaceX’s biggest customer, bringing in a third of revenue

Anthropic is the “Customer B” that made up 34.5% of SpaceX’s third-quarter revenue, Bloomberg reports, overtaking the US government as its biggest client. Anthropic could spend up to $120.5B on SpaceX computing through 2029, but can cancel after early …

Patrick Stewart has died at age 86
Patrick Stewart has died at age 86

Patrick Stewart, best known for his roles in Star Trek and X-Men, has died at age 86. A message posted to Stewart’s Instagram account says the actor died in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday “following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.” Born in 1940 in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, […]

Raycast’s new iOS keyboard app lets you dictate, swipe type and use AI commands without switching apps

Raycast’s new iPhone keyboard combines swipe typing, AI writing tools, voice dictation, GIF search, and text shortcuts. You can now access its productivity features without switching keyboards.

As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience

As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.

Reddit will force everyone to log in
Reddit will force everyone to log in

Reddit is announcing a huge shift: It’s going to start requiring users to log in. Right now, you can browse Reddit without having an account, and the site is generally a great resource for crowdsourced information on a whole range of topics. I know I’m not the only person who appends “reddit” to a lot […]

Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant

Rivian doesn’t disclose if the value of its $5.8 billion joint venture will expand as a result.

Sam Altman says OpenAI will point its robots at building data centres
Sam Altman says OpenAI will point its robots at building data centres

OpenAI will point its robotics programme at building data centres, chief executive Sam Altman said. Self-replicating data centres, built with AI-controlled robots, are “within grasp”, he said. He spoke to Stripe co-founder John Collison on Collison’s p…

Rivian’s electric van gets 30% more range and AWD, now delivering
Rivian’s electric van gets 30% more range and AWD, now delivering

Rivian has started delivering the first major hardware upgrade to its electric van since production began in 2021: a bigger LFP battery pack good for 30% more range, and a new dual-motor AWD version.

The company confirmed in its Q3 2026 shareholder …

Toyota’s EV sales more than doubled in a year, but gas cars are getting crushed in China
Toyota’s EV sales more than doubled in a year, but gas cars are getting crushed in China

Toyota’s EV sales have jumped 127% through September, but that isn’t telling the whole story. Slumping demand for gas and hybrid cars in China has pushed global sales lower for three months in a row.

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The R2 SUV is already Rivian’s best-selling vehicle

Rivian is seeing strong enough sales of the new EV that it improved its guidance to Wall Street for the second time this year.