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• Musk Plans $10.5 Billion SpaceX Stock Giveaway for US Children

  Elon Musk announced plans to gift a single share of SpaceX stock to every child in the United States, a massive giveaway valued at roughly $10.5 billion.

• Microsoft Flees UK's Largest Data Center as Grid Delays Hit 2030

  Microsoft has abandoned plans to anchor the UK's largest AI data center after severe grid bottlenecks delayed operation until the 2030s.

• UK Targets Microsoft Business Software with Strategic Market Status

  Britain's competition watchdog is preparing strict rules for Microsoft's enterprise stack, taking aim at switching barriers and Copilot integration.

• Astronomers Find a 'Ghostly Green' White Dwarf, a Likely First

  A new study turned 151 white dwarfs into human-visible colors. Five came out weird, including a ghostly green star likely the first of its kind.

• Memory Beats Compute: The Real AI Story This Week

  The week's biggest tech story wasn't GTA 6: Maia 300 and Muse Spark Open show the AI race has moved from compute to memory bandwidth.

• Secretive Startup Builds Benchtop Fusion Device Firing 80 Shots a Day

  Cambridge Heavy Industries has revealed a benchtop fusion device that fires 50–80 laser shots a day — but for now it makes tritium fuel, not electricity.

• Air Force Could Spend $49M on WindBorne Balloon Weather Data

  The US Air Force has a $49 million agreement to buy data from WindBorne's 700 autonomous weather balloons — but has only ordered about $1.7 million so far.

• Disney's Villains Land and Monstropolis: 2027 and Beyond

  Disney just mapped out its biggest park expansion in years: a villains-themed land at Magic Kingdom, a Monsters, Inc. coaster at Hollywood Studios and two new Avengers rides by…

• OpenAI: Ex-Worker Took 100+ Secret Hardware Files to Apple

  OpenAI says a former employee took over 100 confidential hardware files to Apple. The claim is part of a broader trade-secret lawsuit between the two companies.

• Pentagon Wants 100 Drone Pilots for $1.1B Gauntlet III Push

  The Pentagon wants about 100 FPV drone operators to test secret prototypes under its $1.1 billion Drone Dominance program. Even five-month pilots can apply.

• Moody's: Europe's Data Center Boom May Raise Your Power Bill

  Moody's warns Europe's data center boom could raise household electricity bills as grid upgrade costs get passed to consumers. Ireland and the Nordics face the steepest jumps.

• Deliveroo Robot Couriers Debut in UK, Union Calls It 'Disappointing'

  Deliveroo's first UK robot deliveries are rolling out in Canary Wharf, but the GMB Union says the plans were never negotiated with the human couriers they could replace.