6/19/26
Fusion startups, NASA’s latest rocket pick, Blue Origin’s pad rebuild, and overlooked vaccine and AI policy stories lead today’s tech digest.
- Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
- NASA selects Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for a 2028
Relativity Space, the rocket company led by former Google executive Eric Schmidt, was picked to launch NASA’s Aeolus payload to Mars in 2028, as reported earlier by TechCrunch.
- Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad
A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.
- The Most Promising Ebola Vaccine Has Been Sitting on the Shelf
Years after initial tests, researchers are now racing to see if a vaccine developed in 2011 can help fight the current Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo.
- A First Look at Scroll-Triggered Animations
Let’s poke at the differences between scroll-driven and scroll-triggered animations.
- Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos.
