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SpaceX IPO Prospectus Expected as Soon as Next Week Ahead of Planned June 8 Roadshow

SpaceX is preparing to disclose its IPO prospectus as early as next week, with a roadshow targeting June 8, as the company moves toward what is expected to be the largest share offering in history following its $1.25 trillion merger with xAI.

Cerebras Surges 89% in Nasdaq Debut, Raising $5.55 Billion in Largest U.S. Tech IPO Since Uber

Cerebras Systems opened at $350 per share on its Nasdaq debut Thursday, raising $5.55 billion in the largest U.S. tech IPO since Uber's 2019 listing and briefly topping a $100 billion market capitalization.

Cerebras Prices IPO at $185 a Share, Raising $5.55 Billion Above Expected Range

Cerebras Systems priced its IPO at $185 per share on Wednesday, above its revised expected range, raising $5.55 billion and valuing the AI chip maker at $56.4 billion on a fully diluted basis.

SoftBank Posts $46 Billion Vision Fund Gain Driven by OpenAI Bet

SoftBank reported a $46 billion yearly gain at its Vision Fund, with $45 billion of that tied to its investment in OpenAI, even as losses on Coupang, DiDi Global, and Klarna weighed on the rest of the portfolio.

Copper Hits Record Close as AI Data Center Demand Drives Rally; Citi Sets $15,000 Bull-Case Target

Copper futures closed at a record 6.531 on Tuesday as Citi cited AI data center demand and set a $15,000 bull-case target, while chip stocks pulled back sharply on a hot inflation print.

Trump-Xi Summit Raises Questions on Chip Exports and Rare Earths as Tech CEOs Join Beijing Delegation

President Trump's Beijing summit with Xi Jinping brought a delegation of top U.S. tech executives including Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Elon Musk, with chip export controls and rare earth minerals access emerging as the defining unresolved issues of the visit.

Kash Patel Appeals Dismissal of Defamation Lawsuit Against Ex-FBI Official Frank Figliuzzi

FBI Director Kash Patel filed an appeal Thursday after a Houston federal judge dismissed his defamation lawsuit against former FBI counterintelligence official Frank Figliuzzi, whose televised comment about Patel's nightclub visibility the court called "rhetorical hyperbole."

Xi Jinping Tells U.S. Tech CEOs China Will 'Open Wider' as Trump Summit Addresses AI and Market Access

Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. tech executives including Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Tim Cook that China will "open wider" to American business during a high-profile summit in Beijing with President Trump, as AI policy and chip export rules also came into focus.

European Commission President Pushes New Law Restricting Teen Social Media Access

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Tuesday for a new EU law delaying social media access for children, saying a formal legal proposal could emerge as soon as this summer following the release of expert recommendations.

Jensen Huang Joins Trump's China Delegation After President's Personal Call

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined President Trump's China trip after Trump personally called him following media coverage of his absence from the original delegation. Huang boarded Air Force One in Alaska ahead of Trump's scheduled meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Detroit Three Automakers Have Cut More Than 20,000 U.S. Salaried Jobs as AI Reshapes the Industry

General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis have collectively shed more than 20,000 U.S. salaried jobs — 19% of their combined white-collar workforces — from recent peaks, with AI-driven workforce restructuring accelerating the trend at all three companies.

Cisco Stock Surges 15% as CEO Declares Start of a "Networking Supercycle" Driven by AI Demand

Cisco shares surged 15% Thursday after the company blew past its AI infrastructure order guidance and raised its fiscal-year forecast from $5 billion to $9 billion, with CEO Chuck Robbins declaring the start of a "networking supercycle."

U.S. and China Agree to AI Safety Protocol at Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing

The U.S. and China agreed at the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing to establish a protocol on AI safety best practices, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the U.S. can engage China on the technology "because we are in the lead."

Microsoft Feared Becoming "IBM" to OpenAI's Microsoft, Nadella Testimony Reveals

Trial testimony and discovery from Musk v. Altman reveal that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella feared as early as April 2022 that OpenAI could displace Microsoft the way Microsoft once displaced IBM, shaping a partnership now worth over $100 billion.

Amazon Retires Rufus Chatbot and Launches Alexa for Shopping as Its Central AI Commerce Tool

Amazon is retiring its Rufus chatbot and replacing it with Alexa for Shopping, a new AI commerce tool that merges Rufus and Alexa+ and is embedded directly into Amazon's search results and app.

Trump-Xi Summit Raises Questions on Chip Exports and Rare Earths as Tech CEOs Join Beijing Delegation

President Trump's Beijing summit with Xi Jinping brought a delegation of top U.S. tech executives including Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Elon Musk, with chip export controls and rare earth minerals access emerging as the defining unresolved issues of the visit.

Detroit Three Automakers Have Cut More Than 20,000 U.S. Salaried Jobs as AI Reshapes the Industry

General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis have collectively shed more than 20,000 U.S. salaried jobs — 19% of their combined white-collar workforces — from recent peaks, with AI-driven workforce restructuring accelerating the trend at all three companies.

SpaceX IPO Prospectus Expected as Soon as Next Week Ahead of Planned June 8 Roadshow

SpaceX is preparing to disclose its IPO prospectus as early as next week, with a roadshow targeting June 8, as the company moves toward what is expected to be the largest share offering in history following its $1.25 trillion merger with xAI.

TeamPCP Hackers Put Mistral AI Source Code Up for Sale at $25,000

Hacker group TeamPCP is offering nearly 450 Mistral AI internal code repositories for $25,000 on a hacker forum, threatening to release the data publicly within a week if no buyer is found. The breach traces back to the Shai-Hulud software supply-chain attack.

TeamPCP Hackers Put Mistral AI Source Code Up for Sale at $25,000

Hacker group TeamPCP is offering nearly 450 Mistral AI internal code repositories for $25,000 on a hacker forum, threatening to release the data publicly within a week if no buyer is found. The breach traces back to the Shai-Hulud software supply-chain attack.

Amnesty International Researcher Exposes Russian Hackers Targeting 13,500 Signal Users

Amnesty International security researcher Donncha Ó Cearbhaill turned a phishing attempt on his own Signal account into an investigation, uncovering a Russian government-linked campaign that had identified more than 13,500 targets.

Unpatched Windows BitLocker Zero-Day Exposes Encrypted Drives as AI-Driven Attacks Loom

A researcher has released proof-of-concept exploits for two unpatched Windows flaws — a BitLocker bypass and a privilege-escalation bug — as Palo Alto Networks warns organizations have a three-to-five-month window before AI-driven cyberattacks become routine.

Exaforce Raises $125 Million Series B at $725 Million Valuation to Deploy AI Against Real-Time Cyberattacks

Exaforce has raised $125 million in a Series B round valuing the AI cybersecurity startup at $725 million, bringing its total funding to $200 million as demand for automated threat detection accelerates.

Checkmarx Jenkins Plugin Compromised in Third Supply-Chain Attack by TeamPCP

A rogue version of Checkmarx's Jenkins Application Security Testing plugin was uploaded to the Jenkins Marketplace on May 9, the third supply-chain attack against the firm since late March, carried out by the TeamPCP hacker group.

Business and Finance

SpaceX IPO Prospectus Expected as Soon as Next Week Ahead of Planned June 8 Roadshow

Cerebras Surges 89% in Nasdaq Debut, Raising $5.55 Billion in Largest U.S. Tech IPO Since Uber

Cerebras Prices IPO at $185 a Share, Raising $5.55 Billion Above Expected Range

SoftBank Posts $46 Billion Vision Fund Gain Driven by OpenAI Bet

Copper Hits Record Close as AI Data Center Demand Drives Rally; Citi Sets $15,000 Bull-Case Target

Politics

Trump-Xi Summit Raises Questions on Chip Exports and Rare Earths as Tech CEOs Join Beijing Delegation

Kash Patel Appeals Dismissal of Defamation Lawsuit Against Ex-FBI Official Frank Figliuzzi

Xi Jinping Tells U.S. Tech CEOs China Will 'Open Wider' as Trump Summit Addresses AI and Market Access

European Commission President Pushes New Law Restricting Teen Social Media Access

Jensen Huang Joins Trump's China Delegation After President's Personal Call

Artificial Intelligence

Detroit Three Automakers Have Cut More Than 20,000 U.S. Salaried Jobs as AI Reshapes the Industry

Cisco Stock Surges 15% as CEO Declares Start of a "Networking Supercycle" Driven by AI Demand

U.S. and China Agree to AI Safety Protocol at Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing

Microsoft Feared Becoming "IBM" to OpenAI's Microsoft, Nadella Testimony Reveals

Amazon Retires Rufus Chatbot and Launches Alexa for Shopping as Its Central AI Commerce Tool

Featured

Trump-Xi Summit Raises Questions on Chip Exports and Rare Earths as Tech CEOs Join Beijing Delegation

Detroit Three Automakers Have Cut More Than 20,000 U.S. Salaried Jobs as AI Reshapes the Industry

SpaceX IPO Prospectus Expected as Soon as Next Week Ahead of Planned June 8 Roadshow

TeamPCP Hackers Put Mistral AI Source Code Up for Sale at $25,000

Cybersecurity

TeamPCP Hackers Put Mistral AI Source Code Up for Sale at $25,000

Amnesty International Researcher Exposes Russian Hackers Targeting 13,500 Signal Users

Unpatched Windows BitLocker Zero-Day Exposes Encrypted Drives as AI-Driven Attacks Loom

Exaforce Raises $125 Million Series B at $725 Million Valuation to Deploy AI Against Real-Time Cyberattacks

Checkmarx Jenkins Plugin Compromised in Third Supply-Chain Attack by TeamPCP