[New] SpaceX is gearing up for what could be the largest IPO in history, targeting a mid-to-late 2026 public offering that would raise $30 billion at a staggering $1.5 trillion valuation.
The Tech Buzz
[New] For the first time in the history of modern U.S. defence strategy documents, China is identified not merely as a strategic competitor, but as a pacing threat - a threat that defines the tempo, scale, and very nature of U.S. military planning.
Modern Diplomacy
[New] This month, House Republicans passed one of the most extreme anti-trans bills in modern American history, advancing legislation that would criminalize gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth and threaten doctors with severe penalties for providing evidence-based treatment.
Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, G
[New] Investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have already reportedly begun competing for lead underwriting roles in what could be the largest fee-generating events in banking history.
The Chronicle-Journal
[New] Within a decade, America's seniors will outnumber its children for the first time in history.
Vox
In 2026, SpaceX plans to make an initial public offering that would reportedly seek to raise more than $30 billion - potentially the largest IPO in history.
Gizmodo
For the first time in history, data center and AI-related chips are expected to account for more than 50% of all semiconductor revenue in 2026.
FinancialContent
If Discord adds ads like YouTube or limits message history like Slack's 90-day free tier, communities will migrate to alternatives like Matrix, Telegram, or self-hosted solutions.
byteiota | From Bits to Bytes
NASA's Science Mission Directorate saw the largest funding cut in its history proposed in 2025, threatening to close out, cancel, or otherwise eliminate many of the most ambitious opportunities for 21st century science in the entire world. / USA
Big Think
China's history of scaling technologies quickly should not be underestimated, and that the world's leading AI company three to five years from now could be Chinese.
eWeek
Baby boomers might be leaving their healthy paychecks behind as they retire in greater numbers, but they depart the workforce as the wealthiest generation in history, with a net worth of $85.4 trillion.
Fortune
If Air Canada + WestJet strike, Toronto Pearson could see 70% + flight cancellations = worst disruption in Canadian history.
Travel Tourister
The China Thaw: Rumours of a massive 500-plane deal with China could provide the largest order boost in history if US-China trade tensions ease under current administration policies.
The Chronicle-Journal
Born between 1997 and 2010, Gen Z is rapidly becoming one of the most influential economic forces in history, with rising purchasing power and disposable income, expected to surpass $74 trillion by 2040, making us the largest, richest consumer group ever.
Medium
More video content, in particular, will be created in 2026 than at any time in history, placing enormous importance on how data is curated, stored, shared and re-stored.
DataCenterKnowledge
The staggering capital infusion, one of the largest in AI history, will be used to accelerate the development of xAI's large language models and computing infrastructure in direct competition with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
The Silicon Review
LinkedIn will quietly become the most valuable B2B platform in history.
The Digital Creator
CBP plans to replace ESTA, which has been prone to fraud of all sorts, with a mobile app to make it easier to collect identity data, geolocation, social media history and device information from foreign visitors to the U.S.
BiometricUpdate.com
Enterprise AI is the fastest growing software category in history, expected to bring in $37.5 billion in 2026.
Big Technology
By late 2026, the winning image tools will look less like chat and more like Photoshop with good usability: layers, selections, constraints, history, and exportable variants; all powered by a model that understands what each pixel is for.
Jakob Nielsen on UX
Last updated: 30 January 2026
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