News Archive
August 2026
452 stories from the daily digest. Each one links to its full summary and sources.
/ Monday, August 31, 2026
- Holtec begins fuel loading at Palisades reactorHoltec International
- Tesla starts Optimus robot production in FremontTesla
- DeepSeek nears $7.4 billion round at $74 billion valuationDeepSeek
- Joby Aviation to acquire defense firm Resonant SciencesJoby Aviation
- Heart Aerospace completes first flight of X1 demonstratorHeart Aerospace
- NASA and SpaceX delay Crew-13 after Dragon leakSpaceX
- SpaceX asks FCC to scrutinize Rocket Lab-Iridium dealSpaceX · Rocket Lab · Starlink
- UAE grants Starlink a 10-year satellite licenseStarlink
- SpaceX static-fires Super Heavy for Starship Flight 14SpaceX · Starlink
- Helion completes first Tiny Merge vacuum pump-downHelion Energy
- Boeing wins $131 billion ceiling contract for F-15 programBoeing
- Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over Claude trainingAnthropic
- OSHA data shows Waymo, Zoox test drivers hurt by hard brakingWaymo · Zoox
- Wisk breaks ground on modular vertiport at Hollister airportWisk Aero
/ Sunday, August 30, 2026
- Ontario's threat to cut uranium exports lifts nuclear stocksOklo · NuScale Power
- Nvidia's chip supply commitments jump to $279 billionNvidia
- Taiwan signs $847M deal for 2,032 Anduril Altius dronesAnduril Industries
- Pony.ai to deploy 200 robotaxis in Korea by 2028Pony.ai
- Anthropic previews Model Hardware Standard for physical AIAnthropic
- Airbus reviews sale of its US satellite businessAirbus
- Lucid draws $400M more from PIF-backed loanLucid Motors
- Tesla denies rumors of FSD pullback in ChinaTesla
- ICE plans to spend up to $2M on Boston Dynamics robot dogsBoston Dynamics
- OpenAI to cut off Cursor's model access after SpaceX dealOpenAI · SpaceX
- SpaceX launches NASA's Roman Space Telescope on Falcon HeavySpaceX
- FAA clears Wing to expand Atlanta and Houston drone nestsWing
- Starlab space station lands Global Venture Management backingVoyager Technologies
/ Saturday, August 29, 2026
- BioNTech, Genentech halt mRNA colorectal cancer vaccine trialBioNTech
- CATL's direct-to-buyer LFP platform draws 1,800 firmsCATL
- Palantir's Maven AI system becomes Pentagon program of recordPalantir Technologies
- Anthropic and Salesforce launch Claudeforce partnershipAnthropic
- Nvidia reportedly agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9BNvidia
- SpaceX ships recovered Starship home from Christmas IslandSpaceX
- Lucid recalls 27,185 Air sedans over fire riskLucid Motors
- DeepMind pilots double-blind evaluations of GeminiGoogle DeepMind
- Blue Origin plans $160M Cape Canaveral payload facilityBlue Origin
- EHang flies EH216-S publicly at Hong Kong CyberportEHang
- CATL partners with Moura to bid in Brazil storage auctionCATL
- Blue Origin leases staging space at Space Coast Regional AirportBlue Origin
- Waymo blog post calls camera-only self-driving a 'false summit'Waymo · Tesla
- Nvidia unveils Jetson Orin Nano 2 for entry-level edge AINvidia
/ Friday, August 28, 2026
- Rivian CFO Claire McDonough to depart for GE VernovaRivian
- GA-ASI and Fujitsu to build MQ-9B support base in JapanGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- CATL halts work in Hungary plant after nickel exposureCATL
- Xiaomi Auto launches global website ahead of 2027 Europe entryXiaomi EV
- Judge rules Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist unlawfulAnthropic
- BYD first-half profit falls as China NEV sales weakenBYD
- BYD opens its 10,000th FLASH Charging stationBYD
- FDA approves Moderna's updated 2026-2027 COVID vaccinesModerna
- Anduril demos Battle Manager at Valiant Shield 2026Anduril Industries
- Westinghouse's eVinci picked for Army's Janus microreactor planWestinghouse Electric Company
- SpaceX flies its last Cape Canaveral Starlink mission on Falcon 9SpaceX · Starlink
- Impulse Space books its GEO rideshare missions through 2028Impulse Space
- FDA approves Pfizer-BioNTech's XFG-adapted COVID vaccineBioNTech
- Google moves DeepMind's AI safety team into Global AffairsGoogle DeepMind
- CRISPR Therapeutics reports CTX310 durability data at ESCCRISPR Therapeutics
- Holtec's SMR-300 test facility takes shape at Idaho labHoltec International
/ Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Moderna to raise $2 billion in convertible senior notesModerna
- Sungrow delivers 400 MWh storage project in just 17 daysSungrow
- AWS and Nvidia to add 2 million more GPUs for 2027-2028Nvidia
- OpenAI expands free ChatGPT for Teachers to 55 more districtsOpenAI
- SpaceX commits $100 billion to Starbase LouisianaSpaceX
- Figure AI launches Index crowdsourced robot-training appFigure AI
- Hyundai sets 2028 U.S. robot factory for AtlasBoston Dynamics
- FAA orders inspections of certain Boeing 787sBoeing
- Airbus Spain workers resume an indefinite strikeAirbus
- Zhipu AI unmasks GLM-5.3-Flash as mystery Ox Alpha modelZhipu AI (Z.ai)
- Shield AI flies its Hivemind autonomy software in orbitShield AI
- Saronic tops out $300 million Louisiana shipyard expansionSaronic
- Nvidia posts $96.2 billion quarter, but shares slipNvidia
- Anthropic signs $45 billion compute deal with NscaleAnthropic
- OpenAI's Jalapeno chip beats Nvidia in first benchmarksOpenAI · Broadcom
- SpaceX moves up orbital AI satellite launch to Q4 2027SpaceX · Nvidia
- Court clears Lupin's generic Kalydeco in Vertex patent fightVertex Pharmaceuticals
/ Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Waymo begins mapping Munich streets for first EU marketWaymo
- Anthropic tells investors its addressable market tops $30TAnthropic
- OpenAI bans Russian accounts running covert influence campaignOpenAI
- Chinese state hackers doubled attacks after adopting DeepSeekDeepSeek
- NuScale deploys nuclear-specific AI to speed reactor engineeringNuScale Power
- Westinghouse reaches criticality milestone for eVinci reactorWestinghouse Electric Company
- Li Auto posts Q2 loss, sets September 2 for next-gen MegaLi Auto
- Boeing wins $131.2 billion F-15 Eagle Crest contractBoeing
- SpaceX flies its last Florida Falcon 9 Starlink missionSpaceX · Starlink
- Tesla sets September 3 date for Cybercab launch eventTesla
- Unitree Robotics stock plunges 45% from IPO debut peakUnitree Robotics
- Deep Blue Aerospace passes 100-second Thunder-RS engine testDeep Blue Aerospace
- Tokamak Energy publishes 11-paper collection in top fusion journalTokamak Energy
- K2 Space to host Space Force laser communications testsK2 Space
/ Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Anthropic launches Claude Academy, a free AI training hubAnthropic
- TRISO-X starts next construction phase for TX-1 fuel plantX-energy
- EHang withdraws 2026 guidance after regulatory delaysEHang
- Pacific Fusion breaks ground on $1 billion New Mexico campusPacific Fusion
- Nvidia invests in Lancium to power 15GW AI buildoutNvidia
- Mistral and HUMAIN partner on Saudi sovereign AIMistral AI
- China's Chang'e-7 moon mission may slip into 2027CASC
- XPeng posts record deliveries but net loss nearly triplesXPeng
- Xiaomi unveils in-house Xring D100 smart-driving chipXiaomi EV
- Waymo reveals custom in-house chip for its robotaxisWaymo
- Astroscale finalizes ¥12 billion JAXA debris-removal contractAstroscale
- OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Sol API pricing by more than 20%OpenAI
- CATL and Dongfeng Liuzhou sign five-year battery pactCATL
- Grok 4.6 reaches Google's Enterprise Agent PlatformxAI
/ Monday, August 24, 2026
- XPeng robotics arm raises $900 million for IRON robotXPeng
- NIO's European vehicle registrations collapse in 2026NIO
- Anthropic hires Google TPU veteran for chip pushAnthropic
- CATL says sodium-ion batteries to match LFP costs in 2026CATL
- OpenAI reverses course, urges stronger California AI billOpenAI
- Nvidia's AI server prices to rise over 15% on memory costsNvidia
- Archer and AEG plan downtown LA's first vertiportArcher Aviation
- Zeekr's 7X SUV tops 200,000 global ordersZeekr
- China delays Chang'e-7 moon launch as typhoon nears WenchangCASC
- LandSpace's landed Zhuque-3 booster collapses after post-touchdown fireLandSpace
- ChatGPT Ads expand to 31 European marketsOpenAI
- TSMC and Sony sign binding pact for image-sensor joint ventureTSMC
/ Sunday, August 23, 2026
- OpenAI pauses frontier training, overhauls model securityOpenAI
- BioNTech cuts 2026 revenue guidance as COVID sales fadeBioNTech
- EHang partners with state builder CSCEC on low-altitude infrastructureEHang
- Waymo opens Houston to all riders, clears San Diego hurdleWaymo
- Eutelsat's OneWeb network passes 800 aircraft milestoneEutelsat OneWeb
- SpaceX pushes first Starship tower catch out by monthsSpaceX
- US Air Force says Boeing on pace fixing Air Force One cracksBoeing
- Airbus breaks ground on Belfast wing plant expansion for A220Airbus
- Tesla discontinues Solar Roof tiles after a decadeTesla
- Citigroup joins Anthropic's IPO bank lineupAnthropic
- Tesla recalls nearly 3 million vehicles in China over door handlesTesla
- Boeing engineers and technicians reject contract, authorize strikeBoeing
- Google DeepMind's Gemma open models pass 1 billion downloadsGoogle DeepMind
- Airbus backs off stricter office mandate after Spanish strikesAirbus
- Unitree founder sees humanoid robots' 'ChatGPT moment' years awayUnitree Robotics
/ Saturday, August 22, 2026
- Anthropic to let enterprises keep AI data on their own cloudAnthropic
- OpenAI previews Private Safety Processing to keep zero retentionOpenAI
- Unitree Robotics shares surge in Shanghai IPO debutUnitree Robotics · DeepSeek
- DeepSeek launches its first multimodal AI modelDeepSeek · Anthropic
- General Atomics unveils Wildfire drone for MQ-9 successionGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- Uber sells another $472 million of Aurora Innovation stockAurora Innovation
- Rocket Lab launches 93rd Electron mission for iQPSRocket Lab
- SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile eye $6B in 800 MHz spectrumSpaceX · AST SpaceMobile
- NIO's third-generation ES8 passes 140,000 deliveriesNIO
- Nvidia to pay $6B for Poolside AI license, invest $1B moreNvidia
- Claude autonomously designs protein binders in lab testsAnthropic
- Airbus rolls out A350F freighter, eyes late-September flightAirbus
- BYD debuts third-generation Tang SUV at Chengdu showBYD
- Stoke Space finishes Nova fit checks, nears pad completionStoke Space
- Grok 4.6 becomes generally available on Amazon BedrockxAI
/ Friday, August 21, 2026
- Starcloud raises $250M at $2.3B valuation, with Nvidia investingStarcloud
- First real Nvidia H200 shipments reach China, still a fraction of quotaNvidia
- xAI leaves Grok exposed to unpatched encrypted-prompt attackxAI
- Rivian's Also spinout raises $150M for autonomous micromobilityRivian
- CAS Space clears propulsion test for Kinastra-1 orbital transfer vehicleCAS Space
- Nevada grants Tesla full permit for up to 5,000 robotaxisTesla · Waymo
- CATL takes 49% stake in AI data center power supplierCATL
- Xiaomi EV deliveries jump 28% in Q2, but margin and price slipXiaomi EV
- BYD opens presales for Da Han flagship sedan at Chengdu showBYD
- Rocket Lab lands two US Space Force program winsRocket Lab · Firefly Aerospace
- XPeng to pay TrueEV customers after Australian court case dismissedXPeng
- OpenAI expands safety monitoring after Hugging Face breachOpenAI
- Qatar cleared to buy $4.5 billion in Boeing KC-46A tankersBoeing
- ULA triples private bond raise to $1.5 billion for expansionUnited Launch Alliance
- EHang launches global fast-track program, starting in Sri LankaEHang
/ Thursday, August 20, 2026
- OpenAI Q2 revenue hits $6.7B as Anthropic overtakes it in salesOpenAI · Anthropic
- Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis, largest order yetTesla
- Apollo Go goes fully driverless on Uber in DubaiBaidu Apollo
- TerraPower taps Hyundai E&C to build up to eight Natrium reactorsTerraPower
- Stoke Space raising about $1B at roughly $9B valuationStoke Space
- SpaceX hits 100 launches in 2026 as Starlink tops 11,000 satellitesSpaceX · Starlink
- Zhipu releases GLM-5.3, positioned for coding and cyber defenseZhipu AI (Z.ai)
- Nvidia in talks to back data-labeling startup Mercor at $20BNvidia
- Navy invests $50 million in Shield AI's X-BAT droneShield AI
- Anduril's Fury drone completes second Air Force exerciseAnduril Industries
- LG Energy Solution starts production at Lansing battery plantLG Energy Solution
- Waymo opens next-gen Ojai robotaxi to all ridersWaymo
- Pony.ai and Uber launch Europe's first robotaxi ridesPony.ai
- Skyroot signs first commercial launch deal, with HEX20Skyroot Aerospace
- Kairos Power launches NuCAMP nuclear manufacturing initiativeKairos Power
- AST SpaceMobile wins FCC test authority for 800 MHz bandAST SpaceMobile
/ Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- TSMC's Arizona unit profit soars 663% in first half 2026TSMC
- Baidu Apollo Go tops 23 million rides after Q2 2026 resultsBaidu Apollo
- TerraPower plans second Natrium plant for an AI data centerTerraPower
- India leases two more MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones for NavyGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- CASC keeps launch cadence up with two missions in a dayCASC
- Moderna-Merck melanoma vaccine hits Phase 3 goals, shares surgeModerna
- SpaceSail raises ~$1B in state-backed round, bars foreign capitalQianfan (Spacesail)
- Pony.ai robotaxi revenue jumps 691% in Q2, adds SingaporePony.ai
- Tesla preps Cybercab public launch in Austin this monthTesla
- Firefly to fly Zeno Power's nuclear heater on a lunar landerFirefly Aerospace
- Anthropic preps super-voting shares, credit facility past $10BAnthropic
- Eve Air Mobility signs Thailand air mobility regulatory MOUEve Air Mobility
- Anthropic's revenue run rate tops $65 billion ahead of IPOAnthropic
- LandSpace lands Zhuque-3 booster, a first for private ChinaLandSpace
- Unitree shares surge 629% in Shanghai trading debutUnitree Robotics
- Viasat picks Rocket Lab to build a GEO satellite busRocket Lab
- CATL and Quinbrook advance Australia's largest BESS campusCATL
/ Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- Zoox clears first-ever NHTSA robotaxi exemption, starts faresZoox
- Saronic opens Gulfport, Mississippi site for Marauder testingSaronic
- SpaceX closes $60 billion acquisition of Cursor makerSpaceX
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with safety guardrailsOpenAI
- Anduril's first satellite returns first calibrated imagesAnduril Industries
- Xiaomi's SU7 sedan tops 500,000 cumulative deliveriesXiaomi EV
- Firefly onboarded to NASA spacecraft processing contractFirefly Aerospace
- Nvidia backs $1.5B SB Energy deal for 8GW Ohio AI campusNvidia · OpenAI
- ULA names Mark Peller permanent president and CEOUnited Launch Alliance
- GM-LG Ultium Cells restarts Ohio battery plantLG Energy Solution
- DeepSeek's steep peak-hour API price hikes take effectDeepSeek
/ Monday, August 17, 2026
- Helsing enlists Rakuten to broker Japan military drone dealHelsing
- CATL sets 2035 target for full battery value-chain neutralityCATL
- Anthropic hit by 36-minute authentication outage across ClaudeAnthropic
- Unitree unveils record-setting Superman humanoid before IPO debutUnitree Robotics
- Uber and Zipline partner to bring drone delivery to Uber EatsZipline
- Telesat draws $120 million loan, flags going-concern doubtTelesat
- FDA approves Moderna's mFlusiva, the first mRNA flu vaccineModerna
- Hassabis moves to Chairman as Google's Jeff Dean departsGoogle DeepMind
- OpenAI ships GPT-5.6-Cyber behind a new Daybreak Red tierOpenAI
- Tesla plans driverless thruster demo for redesigned RoadsterTesla · SpaceX
- Long March 12 lofts 24th Guowang internet satellite groupCASC
- Airbus finds rare triple hydraulic failure on Air India A320Airbus
- Rocket Lab's first MDA-built Globalstar satellites reach orbitRocket Lab
- NuScale launches $750 million at-the-market equity programNuScale Power
/ Sunday, August 16, 2026
- Nvidia discloses $21 billion SpaceX stake in SEC filingNvidia · SpaceX
- Li Auto's L6 SUV tops 400,000 cumulative deliveriesLi Auto
- BYD's assisted-driving fleet passes 3.52 million vehiclesBYD
- Nvidia trims OpenAI Ohio data center funding guaranteeNvidia · OpenAI
- OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate tops $40 billionOpenAI
- Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.7 Flash at half the priceGoogle DeepMind
- Grok 4.6 rolls out inside GitHub CopilotxAI
- Unreleased Claude model advances century-old Riemann problemAnthropic
- Anthropic investors reportedly model $2 trillion IPO valuationAnthropic
- Blue Origin launches Quartz global ground station networkBlue Origin
- Waymo becomes official robotaxi partner of the Las Vegas RaidersWaymo
- Firefly wins Pentagon contract to design Elytra deorbit systemFirefly Aerospace
- Apollo Go expands driverless Hong Kong testing to Southern DistrictBaidu Apollo
- SpaceX sets new launch cadence record, 38 minutes apartSpaceX
- NIO hands entire Wuhan battery-swap network to state ownersNIO
- BYD launches flash-charging Qin Max sedan from $14,700BYD
/ Saturday, August 15, 2026
- Space Force awards $60M for multi-vendor satellite network testsRocket Lab · Amazon Leo
- BYD opens pre-orders for Sealion 08, its Ocean-series flagship SUVBYD
- Boeing signs seven-year deals to boost SM-3 interceptor outputBoeing
- Moderna opens trial of combined RSV/hMPV shot for older adultsModerna
- Anthropic raises misalignment risk rating, discloses Model 2Anthropic
- Waymo wins California approval to expand across 18 countiesWaymo
- CATL to roll out 100-city EV battery repair networkCATL
- OpenAI previews Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol via CerebrasOpenAI · Cerebras Systems
- Grok linked to 87% of traced deepfake attacks in H1 2026xAI
- Rocket Lab clears HSR review, files S-4 for Iridium dealRocket Lab
- Anduril protests exclusion from DHS counter-drone contract trackAnduril Industries
/ Friday, August 14, 2026
- DeepMind reshuffle: Hassabis steps back, Jeff Dean departsGoogle DeepMind
- TSMC board approves $29.4B capex, finalizes Sony JVTSMC
- Firefly extends Lockheed Martin launch deal to 2031Firefly Aerospace
- Japan weighs Palantir and Anduril AI for military commandAnduril Industries · Palantir Technologies
- Zhipu AI ships GLM-5.3, touts top coding benchmarksZhipu AI (Z.ai)
- TerraPower signs Korean reactor deals with Hyundai, SK, DoosanTerraPower
- Stoke Space reportedly raising $1B for Nova at $9B valuationStoke Space
- Blue Origin starts building second pad for bigger New GlennBlue Origin
- Lucid unveils 1,070-horsepower Gravity GT-S performance SUVLucid Motors
- Pony.ai, Uber expand deal to 2,000+ robotaxis in EuropePony.ai
- DeepSeek ships V4-Pro to general availabilityDeepSeek
- NRC holds first-of-kind hearing on Clinch River SMR permitGE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
- AutoFlight signs MOU for 60 eVTOLs in IndonesiaAutoFlight
- Rivian expands turn signal recall after supplier defectRivian
- OpenAI hires Wiz's Dali Rajic as chief revenue officerOpenAI
- Rivian adds captain's chairs to 2027 R1S, renames trimsRivian
- Telesat's Q2 net loss widens to $559M as GEO revenue slidesTelesat
- Boeing names ex-GOL CEO Celso Ferrer to lead Latin AmericaBoeing
/ Thursday, August 13, 2026
- X-energy gets $1B more DOE backing as Q2 revenue jumps 154%X-energy
- Zhipu AI added to MSCI China Index in August reviewZhipu AI (Z.ai)
- Rival's cystic fibrosis drug fails, Vertex shares gainVertex Pharmaceuticals
- Anthropic in talks to acquire AI startup Decart for $6BAnthropic
- OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap departs after eight yearsOpenAI
- Heart Aerospace flies X1, the largest electric aircraft yetHeart Aerospace
- Tesla recalls 20,349 vehicles over overly bright headlightsTesla
- GE Vernova Hitachi advances Texas gas-plus-nuclear projectGE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
- xAI launches Grok 4.6, matching GPT-5.6 Sol on benchmarksxAI
- Archer Aviation beats Q2 revenue estimates, holds Q3 guidanceArcher Aviation
- LG Energy Solution to sell Ohio battery plant building to HondaLG Energy Solution
- Sungrow to supply 606 MWh of battery storage for Chile projectSungrow
/ Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- COMAC's C919 completes first international scheduled flightCOMAC
- Pentagon drafts directive for $244M no-bid Palantir contractPalantir Technologies
- WeRide Q2 revenue jumps 82% as robotaxi fleet hits 3,400WeRide
- XPeng opens G9L pre-sales at 259,800 yuanXPeng
- BETA Technologies tops Q2 revenue guidance, loss widensBeta Technologies
- Anthropic to embed invisible watermarks in Claude's textAnthropic
- Form Energy raises $750M Series G to scale battery outputForm Energy
- Mistral expands sovereign AI push with European compute coalitionMistral AI
- Impulse Space wins $28M Space Force contract extensionImpulse Space
- Anthropic signs $9.1B, 20-year compute deal with Riot PlatformsAnthropic
- Tesla extends Cybertruck warranty after charging system defectTesla
- SpaceX's first post-IPO lock-up expiration frees $100B in sharesSpaceX
- Valar Atomics closes $1 billion Series B at $6 billion valuationValar Atomics
- FAA orders crack inspections on hundreds of 737 MAX jetsBoeing
- Firefly posts record Q2 revenue, pushes Alpha Block 2 to Q4Firefly Aerospace
- Rocket Lab launches German subsidiary for sovereign EU spaceRocket Lab
/ Tuesday, August 11, 2026
- Nvidia, Wall Street firms unveil $500B AI compute financing planNvidia
- xAI launches Grok Bot, a public beta of AI agent teamsxAI
- CATL to supply 3 GWh of batteries to ContourGlobal projectsCATL
- LandSpace postpones Zhuque-3 booster catch after rocket blastLandSpace · CASC
- AST SpaceMobile Q2 revenue misses, guidance and backlog holdAST SpaceMobile
- Joby Aviation to acquire defense firm Resonant Sciences for $500MJoby Aviation
- CATL's 350 Wh/kg aviation battery clears world-first safety testCATL · AutoFlight
- BYD brings LiDAR-equipped God's Eye B to the Seal 06 sedanBYD
- Unitree IPO draws 8,289x retail oversubscription in ShanghaiUnitree Robotics
- Voyager wins Space Force contract for space-to-space commsVoyager Technologies
- Rocket Lab posts record Q2 revenue, backlog tops $2.36BRocket Lab
- Rocket Lab unveils GHOST containerized launch systemRocket Lab
/ Monday, August 10, 2026
- Anthropic forms Theseus data center venture with Macquarie, GICAnthropic
- Sanders tells OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta CEOs to pause AI developmentOpenAI · Anthropic
- Zeekr 7X catches fire at Ningbo charging stationZeekr
- Aurora Innovation becomes official partner of Arrow McLaren IndyCarAurora Innovation
- Archer to acquire Boeing's Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGridArcher Aviation · Wisk Aero · Boeing
- Long March 7A rocket explodes shortly after Wenchang liftoffCASC
- TSMC's July revenue jumps 44.7% on AI chip demandTSMC
- EHang flies first pilotless passenger eVTOL in Central AsiaEHang
- Vertical Aerospace lines up about $100 million in new financingVertical Aerospace
- Anthropic makes Claude Code's auto mode the defaultAnthropic
- Tesla starts Megapack 3 output at new 50 GWh Texas plantTesla
- Waymo robotaxis snarl traffic in new Miami-area incidentsWaymo
- Nvidia open-sources NOOA agent framework, tops SWE-benchNvidia
- OpenAI retires Atlas browser, folds agents into ChatGPTOpenAI
/ Sunday, August 9, 2026
- US reviews China's offshore access to Nvidia chipsNvidia · Moonshot AI
- USA Today's owner taps Palantir to mine reader dataPalantir Technologies
- NuScale, Curio and Framatome sign nuclear fuel-cycle MOUNuScale Power
- OpenAI pauses part of Astra development over cyber riskOpenAI
- Oklo posts Q2 2026 revenue beat, wider net lossOklo
- TSMC pulls forward 3nm output, accelerates 2nm rampTSMC · AMD · Broadcom
- Joby leases Fort Worth hub ahead of September DFW flightsJoby Aviation
- Boeing wins $75M Air Force contract for JDAM-LR munitionBoeing
- LandSpace targets August 10 for Zhuque-3 booster catchLandSpace
- Long March 6A upper stage breaks up after Qianfan launchQianfan (Spacesail) · CASC
- CATL's Yichun lithium mine still shut a year after license lapseCATL
- Orienspace closes pre-C round, begins IPO coaching for STAR listingOrienspace
/ Saturday, August 8, 2026
- SpaceX likely to lose Starship Flight 13 upper stage at seaSpaceX
- NIO's ES9 flagship crosses 20,000 deliveries in 73 daysNIO
- SpaceX and Tesla confirm $16.8B Terafab chip plant in TexasSpaceX · Tesla
- xAI ships Grok Imagine Image 2.0 with precision editing toolsxAI
- Relativity Space installs first Aeon R engines on Terran RRelativity Space
- Airbus delivers 67 jets in July, order book grows to 418 YTDAirbus
- UK tests find Anthropic, OpenAI models faked identities, phishedAnthropic · OpenAI
- DeepSeek to raise AI service prices, ending price warDeepSeek
- Marine Corps to sole-source Anduril jammer for its ACVsAnduril Industries
- OpenAI moves to dismiss Apple's trade secrets lawsuitOpenAI
- Boeing engineers reject deal recommendation, add strike voteBoeing
- ULA seeks $500M private bond sale amid Vulcan strainUnited Launch Alliance
/ Friday, August 7, 2026
- BYD unveils Xiao Di, its first humanoid robotBYD
- Pony.ai resets robotruck plan, unveils CATL-built light truckPony.ai
- Voyager wins Raytheon contract for SM-3 missile propulsionVoyager Technologies
- Archer's Zee AI model predicts airport surface trajectoriesArcher Aviation
- Eutelsat's OneWeb LEO revenue jumps 69.5% in FY2025-26Eutelsat OneWeb
- Moonshot's Kimi K3 model escapes AI safety test sandboxMoonshot AI
- X-energy and Centrus sign HALEU fuel supply agreementX-energy
- Eve Air Mobility narrows Q2 loss, backlog hits $13.5BEve Air Mobility
- Environmental groups petition FCC to reverse Reflect Orbital OKReflect Orbital
- Google DeepMind reshuffles leadership as Hassabis steps backGoogle DeepMind
- Apple seeks injunction against OpenAI in trade secrets fightOpenAI
- Reuters: Tesla pushed Dutch regulator to keep FSD review secretTesla
- DeepSeek resumes funding round, seeks $8B at $74B valuationDeepSeek
- Joby beats Q2 revenue estimates, targets September eIPP flightsJoby Aviation
- DeepSeek takes stake in Unitree IPO, signs robotics AI pactDeepSeek · Unitree Robotics
- COMAC's C919 to fly first international route on August 12COMAC
- OpenAI partners with American Psychological Association on teen safetyOpenAI
- Rocket Lab completes 92nd Electron mission for iQPSRocket Lab
/ Thursday, August 6, 2026
- Unitree prices STAR Market IPO above target at $904MUnitree Robotics
- FDA approves Moderna's mFlusiva, its first standalone flu shotModerna
- SpaceX commits exclusively to Nvidia, unveils Starmind orbital AISpaceX · Nvidia · xAI
- Oklo's Groves reactor reaches first criticality in TexasOklo
- Anthropic confirms in-house chip team to design Claude siliconAnthropic
- Cleveland Clinic launches prescription drone delivery with ZiplineZipline
- Rivian unveils site plans for $5B Georgia manufacturing campusRivian
- Blue Origin identifies oxygen valve as cause of New Glenn blastBlue Origin · United Launch Alliance
- Palantir and Mercury Systems team up on defense factory AIPalantir Technologies
- iSpace closes first tranche of Series E, nearly $140M raisediSpace (Interstellar Glory)
- NuScale reports Q2 2026 results, still chasing binding TVA dealNuScale Power
- TAE signs helium-3 fuel supply deal with Black Moon EnergyTAE Technologies
- Axiom Space names ex-Swiss Space Office chief to lead EMEA unitAxiom Space
/ Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- AST SpaceMobile successfully launches three more BlueBirdsAST SpaceMobile
- Waymo opens Dallas robotaxi service to the general publicWaymo
- Westinghouse and Amentum sign AP1000 and AP300 agreementsWestinghouse Electric Company
- BETA Technologies, EXIM Bank plan to expand financing to $1BBeta Technologies
- SpaceX details Starlink Mobile plan to challenge major carriersStarlink
- Japan weighs Palantir and Anduril AI for its Self-Defense ForcesPalantir Technologies · Anduril Industries
- US lawmakers probe DoorDash over use of Moonshot's Kimi modelMoonshot AI
- Zhipu AI shares slide further as Chinese rivals ship new modelsZhipu AI (Z.ai)
- Varda adds ex-Pfizer R&D chief Mikael Dolsten to its boardVarda Space Industries
- Holtec, Entergy and Hyundai E&C to evaluate Gulf South SMRsHoltec International
- Stoke Space to expand Moses Lake test site by 324 acresStoke Space
- Telesat signs $2.3B Arctic military satcom deal with CanadaTelesat
- Valar Atomics raises $1B Series B, triples valuation to $6BValar Atomics
- Lucid unveils operational reset targeting $1.4B cash savingsLucid Motors
- Rocket Lab wins $397M Space Force satellite-tracking dealRocket Lab
- Anthropic names Tino Cuellar as first global affairs chiefAnthropic
/ Tuesday, August 4, 2026
- SpaceX posts $6.93B revenue in first earnings as public companySpaceX
- Google DeepMind disbands its Nobel-winning AlphaFold teamGoogle DeepMind
- Anduril counter-drone system fielded by Washington National GuardAnduril Industries
- Mistral AI releases Shieldstral, an open-weight safety classifierMistral AI
- Anthropic signs $10B compute deal with startup VoltaAnthropic · Nvidia
- Joby partners with ex-Uber CEO's Atoms to build vertiportsJoby Aviation
- Archer's Midnight completes piloted city-to-city test flightArcher Aviation
- White House to meet OpenAI, Anthropic, Google on AI safety testsOpenAI · Anthropic · Google DeepMind
- CRISPR Therapeutics starts CTX340 and CTX460 trials in Q2 updateCRISPR Therapeutics
- XPeng reveals G9L global flagship SUV with 800V fast chargingXPeng
- FAA certifies Boeing's 737 MAX 7 after decade of delaysBoeing
- Palantir revenue jumps 93% in Q2, raises full-year guidancePalantir Technologies
- Vertex tops Q2 estimates, raises 2026 revenue guidanceVertex Pharmaceuticals
- Voyager Technologies posts record backlog, raises guidance againVoyager Technologies
- BYD's Denza opens Z9S pre-orders with record 1,100 km rangeBYD
/ Monday, August 3, 2026
- BioNTech names Guido Oelkers as CEO, succeeding SahinBioNTech
- LG Energy Solution's storage revenue surges 4.6x in H1 2026LG Energy Solution
- WeRide enters Denmark, its first Nordic robotaxi marketWeRide
- X-energy, SGL Carbon to double nuclear-grade graphite outputX-energy
- Eve Air Mobility completes first eVTOL transition flightEve Air Mobility
- Wisk and NASA validate 1-supervisor, 3-aircraft oversightWisk Aero
- NASA to let Blue Origin test New Glenn stages at StennisBlue Origin
- Firefly named to $981M Space Force NITE-STAR contract poolFirefly Aerospace
- Orienspace's Gravity-1 flies first commercial sea launchOrienspace
- Kairos Power validates first molten-salt reactor fuel codeKairos Power
- SpaceXAI unveils faster Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 modelxAI
- Nvidia invests $5B in Ilya Sutskever's Safe SuperintelligenceNvidia
- Taiwan detains Nvidia employee in AI chip-smuggling probeNvidia
- OpenAI names next model Astra, publishes 10 open-math proofsOpenAI
- Archer unveils Zee, an aviation-specific AI foundation modelArcher Aviation
/ Sunday, August 2, 2026
- Tesla weighs selling China unit ahead of possible SpaceX mergerTesla · SpaceX
- NIO deliveries jump 71% in July, top 1.2 million cumulativeNIO
- DeepSeek releases V4-Flash update with major agentic gainsDeepSeek
- Judge halts Waymo's overnight charging at two Santa Monica lotsWaymo
- Boeing engineers' union endorses tentative four-year contractBoeing
- NHTSA opens suspension probe into 1.2 million TeslasTesla
- OpenAI CFO says July revenue alone topped all of Q2OpenAI
- SpaceX launches classified NROL-95 mission for the NROSpaceX
- AST SpaceMobile sets August 5 launch for three more BlueBirdsAST SpaceMobile
- Hermeus completes stores-separation test on hypersonic jetHermeus
- OpenAI offers free GPT-5.6 access to 100,000 researchersOpenAI
- Xiaomi debuts Sky Nomad EREV SUVs, shares slide on pricingXiaomi EV
- Space Force expands Impulse Space's Mira contract to $62.8MImpulse Space
- Airbus delivers first special-operations NH90 to FranceAirbus
- Congressman introduces federal bill on AV emergency responseWaymo
/ Saturday, August 1, 2026
- Boston Dynamics to deliver Atlas to first outside client in 2027Boston Dynamics
- Valar Atomics in talks to raise $1B at $6B valuationValar Atomics
- China names Aridge, AutoFlight, EHang on first eVTOL fast-track listAridge · AutoFlight · EHang
- Pacific Fusion's Sirius pulser passes 3,000 shots at LivermorePacific Fusion
- LandSpace, CAS Space refile IPO filings, target 2029 profitabilityLandSpace · CAS Space
- Zeekr sets fourth straight monthly delivery record in JulyZeekr
- Li Auto delivers 30,468 vehicles, tops 1.76 million cumulativeLi Auto
- XPeng tops 1.2 million cumulative deliveries in JulyXPeng
- BYD posts third straight sales rise, record NEV exportsBYD
- BYD confirms first humanoid robot to debut in AugustBYD
- Unitree launches formal IPO issuance, subscriptions open Aug 10Unitree Robotics
- TSMC reportedly developing EMIB-like chip packaging to rival IntelTSMC
- OpenAI slashes GPT-5.6 Luna price 80% amid Chinese AI pressureOpenAI
- China's MIIT inspects NIO in second wave of EV safety raidsNIO
- Rocket Lab books third iQPS deal, hits 18 Electron bookingsRocket Lab
- 1,100+ AI lab employees urge US to build AI pacing mechanismOpenAI · Anthropic · Google DeepMind
- Westinghouse confidentially files for US IPOWestinghouse Electric Company
- Anthropic's Mythos AI model cracks post-quantum cipher HAWKAnthropic
- Moderna's norovirus vaccine misses Phase 3 interim efficacy barModerna
- Heart Aerospace pushes ES-30 certification target to 2031Heart Aerospace