IJR News — today's news from every sideMaya Lindstrom A SpaceX flying demo sounds impressive but Tesla should prove they can deliver the road version first before hyping extras. Nicole Hardy Apple must have seen this coming and adjusted their AI plans quietly to avoid the fight. Jared Kim SpaceX has a valid point keeping sensitive deal terms private while building something this large in Grimes County. 
Elena Vasquez Launching all the parts with SpaceX will take a lot of flights before anything starts working. Stock screener flags fintech, telecom and auto stocks for growth potential — Sep 3, 2026MarketBeat’s stock screens spotlight sector-specific lists—from value names like Invesco QQQ, SpaceX and Snowflake to fintech players such as Rocket Companies and Kaspi.kz—reflecting broad investor interest across technology, finance, and infrastructure equities. The reports also flag notable developments in other groups, including Bharat Forge’s Kalyani Strategic Systems’ arms deal, Solex Energy’s listing plan, Power Grid’s Gujarat transmission bid, Hindustan Zinc’s mining lease, and automotive and telecom peers such as SpaceX, Monolithic Power Systems, AutoZone, Rivian, O’Reilly Automotive, SoundHound AI, Verizon, AT&T, AST SpaceMobile, and T-Mobile.
NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches aboard Falcon Heavy — Aug 30, 2026The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, progressing through key milestones such as stage separation, a second-stage burn, and approaching orbit, while SpaceX’s boosters execute controlled returns as part of the mission’s reusable-launch strategy. The mission aims to answer major questions in cosmology, including dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets, with science observations expected to begin in the coming years, complemented by market and tech context around SpaceX and the telescope’s $4.3 billion price tag and hardware capabilities.
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Nvidia launches Spectrum-6 for AI data centersTech — Jul 21, 2026Nvidia unveiled Spectrum-6, a 102.4 Tbps Ethernet platform for the Vera Rubin AI supercomputer, doubling capacity to speed training and inference for large-scale AI workloads, with early adopters including CoreWeave, Microsoft, Nebius, SpaceXAI, and Tesla. The announcement saw Nvidia stock rise about 2%, while AMD touted its rival Helios Rackscale Solution with Microsoft and other big players joined by Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle.
