The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company In Brief Posted: 2:30 PM PDT · June 24, 2026 Image Credits:Jeremy Erickson/Bloomberg / Getty Images The AI boom has fueled dozens of new startups and minted a new class of billionaires. It has also produced a serious shortage of memory chips — a critical component for...

Blue Origin rocket explosion could damage Nasa's Moon timetableExploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa's Moon plans11 minutes agoPallab GhoshScience correspondentWatch the moment Blue Origin's rocket exploded during a test in FloridaThe fireball that lit up the sky over Florida's Kennedy Space Centre last night has put a big question mark over whether Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company can...

José María Balcázar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade Peru's new President José María Balcázar, front right, leaves at Congress a day after voting to remove interim President Jose Jeri from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026....

SpaceX SPV investors won’t know their true holdings until post-IPO lock-ups lift SpaceX makes its public debut on Friday and some investors who backed the company through special purpose vehicles (SPVs) still don’t know how many shares they’re entitled to or whether they’ll get any shares at all. Investing through SPVs, where multiple parties pool their money to invest in a single company, has...

Dbrand cancels Companion Cube because it didn’t actually ask Valve for permissionJay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.Dbrand announced Monday that it’s refunding everyone who bought its Steam Machine Companion Cube, which it said it made “without a license from Valve.” Dbrand announced the...