Portal Space Systems, a startup founded in 2021, has raised $50 million in a Series A round and is now valued at $250 million. The company wants to turn a long-studied idea, solar thermal propulsion, into real space missions. Most satellite engines today either burn chemical fuel or use solar electricity to power small thrusters….

Apple’s stock had a shaky day on April 7 after two different reports gave investors mixed signals about the company’s first foldable iPhone. A Nikkei Asia report said Apple was facing engineering challenges during early test production. Later, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the phone is still on track for a September debut, helping the…

DeepSeek is reportedly preparing its next artificial intelligence model, called V4, and a new report says the system will run entirely on Huawei AI chips. That detail is important because more Chinese technology companies are turning to domestic hardware as access to some Nvidia products becomes more difficult in China. According to the report, DeepSeek…

Meta has started testing a new paid subscription called Instagram Plus in a few countries. The company told TechCrunch that the plan gives regular users access to extra tools inside Instagram. This test comes after Meta said it was exploring new subscriptions across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. One of the biggest features lets a subscriber…