Fuel prices are soaring. Plastic could be next.

Q: SpaceX filed for what could be the largest IPO ever with a $1.75 trillion valuation, potentially mak

SpaceX filed for what could be the largest IPO ever with a $1.75 trillion valuation, potentially making Elon Musk the first trillionaire.

Q: NASA successfully launched the Artemis II mission with four astronauts heading to the Moon yesterday

NASA successfully launched the Artemis II mission with four astronauts heading to the Moon yesterday.

Q: Anthropic is scrambling to remove 8,000 copies of leaked Claude AI model code from GitHub after a se

Anthropic is scrambling to remove 8,000 copies of leaked Claude AI model code from GitHub after a security breach.

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MIT Technology Review's newsletter covers rising fuel prices affecting plastic production due to war in Iran, SpaceX's historic IPO filing targeting $1.75 trillion valuation, and NASA's successful Artemis II Moon mission launch. Additional tech stories include Iranian cyberattacks on AWS, OpenAI's secret child safety lobbying, and Anthropic's code leak incident.

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✓SpaceX filed for what could be the largest IPO ever with a $1.75 trillion valuation, potentially making Elon Musk the first trillionaire.

✓NASA successfully launched the Artemis II mission with four astronauts heading to the Moon yesterday.

✓Anthropic is scrambling to remove 8,000 copies of leaked Claude AI model code from GitHub after a security breach.

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