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You Might Soon Own a Piece of SpaceX

You Might Soon Own a Piece of SpaceX

Published by Daniella Wilson

Elon Musk is about to set in motion a chain of events that will reshape the global financial order. For starters, when SpaceX formally goes public next week, he is all but guaranteed to become the world’s first trillionaire. His rocket company is targeting a valuation of $1.77 trillion, which would make it one of the 10 biggest companies in the world—bigger than Meta, Walmart, and, for that matter, Tesla. All of this activity is less about colonizing Mars and more about providing the infrastructure for the AI boom: Musk wants to use his rockets to launch data centers into space, where there is abundant solar power to harvest. His rush to tap into the public markets seems to be pushing the other AI behemoths to do the same. On Monday, Anthropic filed confidential documents to begin the process of going public as early as this fall. And OpenAI is reportedly preparing to do the same any day now. Anthropic and OpenAI, too, will likely be valued at $1 trillion or more, dwarfing JPMorgan Chase …

John Travolta’s directorial debut is a rare piece of spellbinding autofiction

John Travolta’s directorial debut is a rare piece of spellbinding autofiction

Published by Sam Flores

Here’s a sentence you haven’t read in a while: John Travolta has made a masterpiece. For 10 years — longer, if you don’t count his mesmerizing 2016 performance as Robert Shaprio in “American Crime Story” — one of cinema’s greatest living stars has been floundering in mindless, C-tier action films, playing Santa Claus in Capitol One ads, and making cameos in music videos with his good friend, Pitbull. To see Travolta’s latest films on your screen, you’d have to scroll into the dead zone of a streamer’s catalogue. There, you’d find a handful of selections where one of the last century’s most bankable faces resorts to playing a gun-toting sheriff or a gun-toting thief, often directed by the ex-boyfriend of a “Vanderpump Rules” star. Travolta’s recent output is a far cry from the days of “Pulp Fiction,” “Blow Out,” “Face/Off,” or any of the other two-word titles that proved the actor was more than just a high school greaser or disco dancer. (Though if his last great film role ended up being his Divine-channeling Edna …

Russell Crowe, Rising Watch Vlogger, Shows Off His New Insider-Darling Piece

Russell Crowe, Rising Watch Vlogger, Shows Off His New Insider-Darling Piece

Published by Jenni Sidey

Those of you with the right algorithm have no doubt seen the flood of watch content creators that have surged onto social media over the past few years. However, one recent addition to the flock made an immediate impression: Russell Crowe. The actor and longtime watch enthusiast has been busy on TikTok posting in-depth reviews of his favorite watches, including a Rolex Daytona with a Tiffany-blue dial, a pair from Japanese indie brand Otsuka Lotec, and a few Patek Philippe Nautiluses. The latest TikTok video posted to the former Gladiator star’s account is a recap of his time in Paris that features clips of him and his wife at the French Open. However, the real star of this video is a Tonda PF Micro-Rotor from collector-loved brand Parmigiani Fleurier. Crowe’s TikTok features the jaunty Parisian jam “Les passants” by Zaz and starts and ends with loving slo-mo close-ups of the two-tone Tonda PF. Parmigiani Fleurier occupies a peculiar position within modern watchmaking. Founded in 1996 by Michel Parmigiani, the PF brand spent years existing as …

The one piece of evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance that’s likely ‘a distraction’ — legal expert’s take

The one piece of evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance that’s likely ‘a distraction’ — legal expert’s take

Published by Daniella Wilson

31 January 2026 Nancy Guthrie is last seen on Saturday night when her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, drops her home in the Catalina Foothills at around 9:48 pm. 1 February 2026 A masked individual disconnects a doorbell camera at Nancy’s home at 1:47 am.  Software detects further motion roughly 25 minutes later. At 2:28 am, Nancy’s pacemaker app disconnects from her phone, suggesting she is moved out of range. Later that morning, a friend contacts the Guthrie family after Nancy fails to appear for church.  Relatives arrive at the property just before noon and notify the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.  Police arrive at 12:15pm and determine Nancy is missing under “concerning” circumstances. 2 February 2026 Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirms a shift in the investigation, stating: “I believe she was abducted.” 3 February 2026 Authorities begin analysing a ransom note received by media outlets, which contains specific details about Nancy’s clothing.  The note demands a payment in Bitcoin for her safe return.  Police also investigate drops of blood found outside the front door, which are …

Mirror review: Compelling dance piece explores how AI is warping human relationships

Mirror review: Compelling dance piece explores how AI is warping human relationships

Published by skeptic

A scene from Mirror by the Alexander Whitley Dance Company Oskein Traditional ballet with tutus and pointe shoes is my preferred night at the theatre, but I enjoyed a contemporary piece recently at London’s Sadler’s Wells East. The piece, Mirror, by the Alexander Whitley Dance Company, will also be at the city’s Royal Opera House on 4 June. It is inspired by the book The AI Mirror by Shannon Vallor, a professor in the ethics of data and artificial intelligence, in which she argues for and against the use of AI. Vallor wants us to find a middle ground between passively resigning ourselves to AI as a replacement for our agency, and seeing it as an existential threat that must be defeated. As a science journalist, I like the balance of Vallor’s book, but, for me, this didn’t translate to the dance piece. Instead, its compelling (and slightly unsettling) choreography and staging seemed to show how our deepening interactions with AI and other tech are warping human relationships. Go see it for yourself, and make …

Propeller One-Way Night Coach review: John Travolta’s nostalgia piece

Propeller One-Way Night Coach review: John Travolta’s nostalgia piece

Published by Daniella Wilson

A star rating of 3 out of 5. As Frank Sinatra’s standard Come Fly With Me rings out in John Travolta’s directorial debut, you’re left assured the actor, star of Grease, Get Shorty and Pulp Fiction, wants to take you for a ride. This one-hour movie, bowing on Apple TV after receiving its world premiere out of competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, comes inspired by Travolta’s own love of the golden age of aviation, as he adapts his own 1997 children’s book, Propeller One-Way Night Coach. The Sixties-style opening animated credits sequence sets the tone, orienting us to the time period. It’s December 28, 1962, at Idlewild airport. Jeff (debut actor Clark Shotwell) is an 8-year-old aviation enthusiast and he’s about to take his first ever plane ride, accompanying his actress-mother Helen (Kelly Eviston-Quinnett) as they zig-zag across the States on a TWA propeller plane, stopping at various destinations before reaching Los Angeles. While it might be hard to grasp for modern audiences, back then, you’d save money by taking a circuitous airborne …

BYD turns luxury EV into Swiss piece of jewelry, sells for record 0K

BYD turns luxury EV into Swiss piece of jewelry, sells for record $800K

Published by skeptic

The Denza Z9 GT Chopard Edition is infused with gold accents, rare gemstones, and BYD’s new Flash Charging system, enabling it to recharge as quickly as refueling. Meet the Denza Z9 GT Chopard Edition BYD teamed up with renowned Swiss luxury brand Chopard for the exclusive one-off Denza Z9 GT Chopard Edition model. The tailor-made vehicle was showcased at a black-tie event during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in France and was donated to raise funds for AIDS Research. “The DENZA Chopard tailor-made Z9GT is the perfect example of how the finest technology becomes natural, almost invisible – but more than that, it shows how a refined house of luxury can take the finest details and raise them to another level altogether,” BYD’s executive vice president, Stella Li, said during the event. Advertisement – scroll for more content Based on the all-new Denza Z9 GT launched earlier this year, the one-off model blends BYD’s breakthrough electric-vehicle tech with timeless Swiss luxury, transforming it into a “piece of automotive jewelry.” BYD Denza GT Z9 Chopard Edition …

Bayeux Tapestry Tickets Will Cost As Much As A Piece

Bayeux Tapestry Tickets Will Cost As Much As $45 A Piece

Published by Jenni Sidey

The upcoming presentation of the Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long embroidered cloth depicting the Norman invasion of 1066, figures to be the blockbuster exhibition of the year for the British Museum. The institution is pricing tickets like it is. On Thursday, the museum said that tickets to see the tapestry, which goes on view September 10 through July 11, 2027, will cost £33 for a standard adult ticket, or about $45. That’s the high end, for “peak” times. During off-peak times, i.e. non-holiday, non summer weekdays until 5:10 p.m., an adult ticket will cost £27. Tickets for Students and disabled visitors are a flat £25. All tickets get you a 40-minute visit with the tapestry. Related Articles The first two weeks of the exhibition and the last two weeks of the exhibition will be treated as “peak” tickets no matter the timing. If that wasn’t all confusing enough, the British Museum said it is also offering “super off-peak” tickets for £25, available for the last time slot of each weekday, i.e. 3:30 p. m. to 4:20 …

Elon Musk’s Ex Says He Bragged About 10,000 Lasers in Orbit That Are “Not a Piece They’ll See on the Chess Board”

Elon Musk’s Ex Says He Bragged About 10,000 Lasers in Orbit That Are “Not a Piece They’ll See on the Chess Board”

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech If “always keep them guessing” was actually a strategy for success, Elon Musk might be president right now instead of Donald Trump. In a new 18-minute long TikTok video, former conservative influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk’s children Ashley St. Clair shared private conversations she allegedly held with the billionaire about the 2024 US election — and the details are bonkers, even by Musk’s unhinged standards. According to St. Clair, Musk once told her that he had “10,000 lasers in space, referring to his [Starlink] satellites.” These, per the influencer, were Musk’s “anomaly in the matrix,” seemingly meaning he viewed them as a kind of card up his sleeve to be unleashed at the right moment during the course of the US presidential election. “He says this is not a piece they’ll see on the chess board,” St. Clair continued. “I straight up tell him, ‘I would ask more but I really don’t want to be …

Beloved fantasy confirmed for TV adaptation from makers of One Piece

Beloved fantasy confirmed for TV adaptation from makers of One Piece

Published by Daniella Wilson

Fans of sci-fi novelist Brandon Sanderson will be thrilled to learn that a live-action adaptation of his popular Skyward novels is in the early stages of development. The “epic” books imagine a devastating war between humanity and an alien race named the Krell, where the bravest of our dwindling number serve as fighter pilots against the extraterrestrial force. We follow the story of Spensa, a human girl who dreams of defending her people, but faces deep prejudice due to the infamous actions of her late father; a deserter, who was executed and is considered a “coward” by history. The synopsis, courtesy of Sanderson’s website, reads: “Spensa is still determined to fly – even if it means she must be as resilient in the face of long odds as humanity itself has had to be against the alien threat.” Want to see this content? This page contains content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, choose ‘Accept …