SpaceX makes Nasdaq debut at $150 after pricing its shares at $135, giving it a market cap of $1.9T; Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire  —  SpaceX shares soared on Friday as trading commenced on the Nasdaq, driving the rocket company's valuation above $2 trillion.

Google sues Chinese cybercrime network Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of using Gemini AI to create fake websites and scam hundreds of thousands of Americans  —  Google warned that artificial intelligence had supercharged the problem of online scams.Andria Lo for The New York Times

Meta confirms that a widespread outage is affecting its services, including Facebook and Instagram  —  Facebook-parent Meta (META.O) said on Friday that users were having trouble accessing the social media company's services.  —  “We're aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services.

Oracle warns customers of a critical PeopleSoft flaw after ShinyHunters claimed breaches of 100+ organizations using PeopleSoft; Oracle has not issued a patch  —  Oracle warned its corporate customers that there is a critical-rated vulnerability in its PeopleSoft software …

Q&A with Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball about returning to console-exclusive releases, how using in-game ads could offset development costs, and more  —  ‘If Xbox can turn things around, the whole industry can,’ says Ball  —  Listen now on Apple, Spotify or YouTube

How Chinese manufacturers are dominating the humanoid robot supply chain in pace and price, even as the industry struggles to find a purpose for such robots  —  China's lead in humanoid robots was evident at last month's Humanoids Summit, a robotics conference in Tokyo.Videos by Qilai Shen and Hiroko Masuike

Companies with rising AI costs are increasingly using tools that tap cheaper models, including some from China, putting pricing pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic  —  Startups and tech giants alike are mixing and matching AI models to avoid the premium prices charged by industry leaders

Sam Bankman-Fried loses his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of FTX  —  Sam Bankman-Fried lost on Friday his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded.

Sources: Nvidia has told Chinese clients that its new Vera CPUs for AI data centers could be available as soon as August and that they can begin placing orders  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) has told Chinese clients that its new “Vera” central processors for AI data centres could be available as soon …

New York City-based Current, which manages a consumer fintech platform, raised an $80M Series E at a $1.5B valuation led by Springcoast Partners  —  Current, NYC-based provider of a consumer fintech platform, raised $80M in Series E equity financing, at a $1.5 Billion valuation.

Anthropic is blindsiding its business partners by launching potentially competitive products with little warning, changing its pricing model, lying, and more  —  Weeks before Anthropic in April revealed Claude Design, an AI tool for creating designs and software application prototypes …

Memory chipmaker Kioxia replaces Toyota as Japan's largest company by market value; Kioxia's shares surged 7.6% on Friday, lifting its market cap above ~$274B  —  Memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. replaced Toyota Motor Corp. to become Japan's largest company by market value …

Sources: French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise ~€3B at a ~€20B valuation; it was last valued at €11.7B during a funding round in September 2025  —  French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise around €3 billion ($3.5 billion) at a valuation of roughly €20 billion …

Infineon plans to open a €5B chip factory in Germany backed by EU subsidies, its largest single investment, on July 2 as Europe seeks to boost chip production  —  Infineon Technologies AG is preparing to open its largest single investment, a €5 billion ($5.8 billion) …

Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden introduce the JAWBONE Act, which would let Americans sue US officials who try to coerce broadcasters or platforms into censoring speech  —  US Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced the JAWBONE Act, a proposed law that could fuel lawsuits …

Niantic Spatial says Pokémon Go data is “not part of” its deal with spatial AI company Vantor, after concerns that game data could be used for military drones  —  The company says it no longer receives data from the monster-catching app after Niantic was acquired by Scopely

MrBeast hits 500M subscribers on YouTube, a record for the platform  —  The creator is the first to ever reach this milestone  —  MrBeast has broken yet another record.  Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, hit 500 million subscribers on YouTube Friday, becoming the first creator ever to reach that amount.

Hyderabad, India-based Equal AI, which makes an eponymous AI-powered call screening app, raised a $30M Series B led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital  —  In India, consumers receive a lot of calls every day, ranging from spam and scams to delivery people and financial service companies trying to contact them.