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Yesterday — 13 December 2025Main stream

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public

By: Ryan Mac
13 December 2025 at 08:55
A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.

© Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

The SpaceX launchpad in South Texas in June 2024. The company said in a letter to employees on Friday that it could go public in 2026.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Elon Musk Tests Europe’s Willingness to Enforce Its Online Laws

12 December 2025 at 22:00
Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Elon Musk has grown increasingly confrontational toward Europe over the past year.

Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order

12 December 2025 at 12:56
The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump, who has said it’s important for America to dominate in the race to develop A.I., has said that the various state A.I. laws have created a confusing patchwork of regulations.

Do Kwon, Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Crash, Sentenced to 15 Years

Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.

© Risto Bozovic/Associated Press

Do Kwon, a crypto entrepreneur who went on the run after the crash of two virtual currencies that he created, was escorted by Montenegro police in 2024.

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

12 December 2025 at 03:24
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.

© Aaron Wojack for The New York Times

OpenAI’s newest technology comes after Google claimed it had topped its young competitor.

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

2 December 2025 at 03:12
Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision for an internet that puts people, not ad revenues, first.
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