ELON: STARLINK WILL BE FASTER THAN FIBER — THANKS TO PHYSICS Elon says Version 3 Starlink satellites launch in 6–9 months aboard Starship and will cut latency below 20ms. They’ll orbit at 350km, not 550km - shaving ~5ms just from shorter light-travel distance. Laser links in space move data ~40% faster than fiber. No traffic, no friction, just vacuum. Packets will fly faster off Earth than on it.

🇺🇸 ELON: OPTIMUS WILL BE THE BIGGEST PRODUCT OF ALL TIME "The only company with all the ingredients for making intelligent humanoid robots at scale is Tesla. This is a super big deal. My prediction on this front is that Optimus will be the biggest product of all time by far. Nothing will even be close. I think it will be ten times bigger than the next biggest product ever made. Like that level." Source: @Tesla

NEURALINK REACHES $8.5B VALUATION — HERE’S WHO ELSE IS BETTING BIG ON ELON’S BRAIN TECH Neuralink is raising $500 million at an $8.5 billion valuation. The chip’s already in a human patient, doing what Elon promised: moving cursors, browsing the web — with nothing but brainwaves. But another side of the story now is who’s writing the checks... @foundersfund, backed by @peterthiel , is leading the round. Thiel — who co-founded PayPal with Elon — has long believed in radical tech to extend human capabilities. He sees Neuralink not just as medical innovation, but as the first serious step toward brain-machine fusion. @gigafund, run by Luke Nosek and Stephen Oskoui, is back in too. These are the early SpaceX insiders who helped fund Elon’s rocket dreams. Behind the scenes, they’ve stayed tightly aligned with his vision of turning science fiction into infrastructure. Also returning: @blakebyers ex-Google Ventures, now running Byers Capital. Insiders say Byers was sold early after Neuralink’s first patient demo — the moment cursor control went from concept to reality. The new round follows Neuralink’s 2023 raise of $280 million, which insiders say was oversubscribed within days. This time, top-tier funds were reportedly pre-calling to lock in allocation — even before terms were finalized. What’s next? The FDA-approved trials continue. Insiders close to the company say the next demo will push beyond movement — possibly involving memory or speech decoding. @elonmusk , as always, is already looking ahead. He’s hinted that future versions will allow high-speed mental communication and digital memory backup. The current raise? Just fuel for that vision. Source: Reuters, Bloomberg News

🚨🇨🇳BREAKING: CHINA HITS BACK WITH 125% TARIFF ON U.S IMPORTS China just raised tariffs to match the rate the U.S currently imposes on Chinese goods. This jump from the 84% announced Wednesday signals tit-for-tat escalation is back in full swing. Beijing’s message? If Washington hikes, we hike too. Source: BBC

ISAAC ASIMOV: ROBOTS WILL BECOME ORGANIC AS HUMANS BECOME MACHINES “We will have robots becoming less metal, more organic. At the same time, we will have human beings who will make more and more use of artificial organs of metal and plastic — artificial hearts, artificial kidneys, artificial lungs — replace bones with light metal substitutes. In short, we may have a society in which robots will drift away from total metal.” Source: @JonErlichman

🚨🇨🇳AI ROBOT ATTACKS CROWD AT CHINESE FESTIVAL A humanoid robot suddenly stopped, advanced toward attendees, and attempted to strike people before security intervened. Officials suspect a software glitch caused the erratic behavior, dismissing any intentional harm. This comes after an AI-controlled drone reportedly targeted its human operator, raising fresh concerns about AI safety. Source: shafaq, @gadgetech94

🚨STARLINK MINI: POCKET-SIZED INTERNET THAT WORKS ANYWHERE SpaceX shrinks satellite internet into a backpack-friendly package. The Mini combines dish and router in one, runs on USB-C power banks, and connects to satellites flying 17,000mph overhead. Tests show it handles multiple devices across five countries. Perfect for remote work from anywhere on Earth. Source: @Starlink Media: @DNTYPHOS