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A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential

Bottom line: The math behind AI subscriptions is starting to look uncomfortable. Flat monthly pricing helped fuel the rapid adoption of tools like ChatGPT and Claude, but new analysis suggests those fees may not come close to covering the actual cost of heavy use. As users push these systems harder and more demanding AI workflows take hold, the gap between revenue and compute costs is becoming difficult to ignore.

Microsoft president says AI backlash at graduation events should be wake-up call for the tech industry

SpaceX goes public in the largest IPO ever, and Musk crosses the trillion-dollar line

Why it matters: The largest IPO in history did two things at once: it made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, and it quietly converted a privately held rocket company into a stock that millions of investors may soon own whether they chose to or not. SpaceX isn't asking Wall Street to price its launches or its satellites. It's asking the market to bet that a rocket company is on its way to becoming one of the most valuable AI companies on Earth, and to start paying for that future today.

Flock AI cameras allegedly used by police to stalk ex-girlfriends and partners

Chris Seedor once spent 1,500 Bitcoin on a GPU. Now he insures crypto fortunes

Samsung is building floating data centers on ships, and it's already got regulatory approval

This jacket can harvest drinking water from the air like a real-life Dune stillsuit

Solar generation beats coal in the US for the first time ever

Gaming PC saves owner from bullet fired by neighbor's dog

OpenAI says China ran a covert campaign to turn Americans against data centers, but used facts that happen to be true

Canada introduces social media ban for under 16s

A one-of-a-kind AMD PC signed by Lisa Su was sitting unopened in a basement for a decade

Valve says physical Steam Gift Cards are being discontinued after years of scams

A thief used a Waymo as a getaway car. Six months later, police still have no suspect

Happy Birthday, Intel 8086: World's first x86 processor debuted exactly 48 years ago today

EV drivers are showing up to public chargers and finding locked gates and surprise fees

Birds in Ukraine are building nests from discarded drone fiber-optic cables

ESA report finds 212 million Americans now play video games weekly

Game on: People might get the feeling that gaming is more popular than ever – and according to a new report from ESA, that instinct is backed by hard numbers. In the US at least, a large majority of citizens across nearly every age group now qualifies as a gamer.

SpaceX IPO could be the largest in history at a $1.76 trillion valuation

GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day

The world's largest private laser just fired up in race to make fusion power real

What just happened? The world's largest privately owned laser has switched on in Denver, though it's not part of a Bond villain's plan to carve their name into the moon, sadly. Fusion startup Xcimer Energy has begun operations at Phoenix, a prototype system designed to test whether laser-driven fusion could one day produce commercial electricity.

A startup is using AI to find lithium deposits directly beneath Europe's battery factories

Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman in test of who is liable for AI harms

Anthropic files for IPO, joining OpenAI and SpaceX in the race to go public

Why it matters: Anthropic's filing turns the AI race into something Wall Street can finally measure. For the last few years, frontier AI companies have been valued by private investors on growth, ambition, and the fear of missing the next platform shift. A public filing will eventually force Anthropic to disclose the numbers that matter most: revenue, losses, infrastructure costs, margins, and how much money it takes to keep Claude competitive.