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Here Are Wednesday's Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: BJ's Wholesale Club, Centene, Cigna, Crown Castle, ETSY, Franco-Nevada, Humana, Ovintiv, X-Energy, and More
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Futures are trading higher on the heels of the third straight day of stock declines, and there is growing apprehension that yields will go even higher and that inflation may as well. All of the major indices finished Tuesday lower, and with Q1 earnings all but over and the incoming economic data likely grim, we could be in for a cruel summer. When the final bell rang, the small-cap heavy Russell 2000 took the biggest hit on the day, closing down 1.01% at 2,747, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq finished at 25,870, down 0.82%. The S&P 500, which has a seven-week winning streak on the line, closed down 0.67% at 7,353, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average wrapped up the losers' brigade on Tuesday, closing at 49,363, down 0.65%. Yields were higher across the yield curve on Tuesday for the same reasons we have pointed to for weeks now. Inflation, which remains the number one anxiety point for the bond market, followed by proliferating government spending, the ongoing war with Iran, and the mere fact that the next move on interest rates may very well be an increase. When the final bell rang, the 30-year-long bond closed the session at 5.18%, the highest since 2007, and the benchmark 10-year note closed at 4.67%. On what was a rough day for investors overall, oil prices traded lower, and the good news is that while U.S. inventories have fallen, and fallen fast, they are still up for this year. When it was all said and done, Brent Crude closed Tuesday at $111.10, down 0.83%, and West Texas Intermediate was last seen at $104.10, down 0.24%. Natural gas, which may be the best energy bet in the future, continued its hot streak, closing up 2.98% at $3.11. Precious metals marched in lockstep with bonds, stocks, and energy; both Gold and Silver finished the day lower. A stronger U.S. dollar and rising Treasury yields weighed on the sector, making non-yielding bullion less attractive to investors. The metals faced further pressure from easing geopolitical tensions, particularly growing hopes for U.S.-Iran negotiations, which eased inflation concerns and reduced safe-haven demand, stripping away some key support. Gold was last seen at $4,481, down 1.85%, while Silver, which has been on a roll, closed at $73.56, down 5.15%. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports daily to identify new investment ideas for both investors and traders. Some of these daily analyst calls cover stocks to buy. Other calls cover stocks to sell or avoid. Remember that no single analyst call should ever be used as a basis to buy or sell a stock.
Cerebras Systems Is Being Called the Next Nvidia, But 2 Surprising Details Change the Story
All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here Cerebras Systems (CBRS) burst onto the scene on May 14 in a stellar IPO that saw its shares get priced at $185, well above the initial range of $115 to $125. The company raised $5.55 billion, and the stock opened for trading at $385. We've become used to AI stocks surging, but this one really made investors' heads spin. As if that wasn't enough, the stock then went down nearly 20% within the first few days of trading. The stock gained a lot of attention primarily because of the parallels with Nvidia (NVDA), so let's get that out of the way first. The reason people call it the next Nvidia is that the company's product is specifically built for AI workloads. Just like Nvidia designed its GPU architecture keeping the AI training requirements in mind, Cerebras is designing its entire architecture around solving the memory bandwidth problem. Its wafer-scale engine (WSE) single-chip design reduces the interconnect losses that cause overhead in multi-GPU systems. We know that Nvidia's moat is significantly strengthened through its CUDA ecosystem. Cerebras is attempting something similar, though it is nowhere near the level of CUDA's maturity yet. The potential to be the next Nvidia is there, theoretically at least. However, not all good businesses are good investments. Backing Cerebras with your money requires a deeper look, which is exactly what I am going to do today. Beyond the bells and whistles and the AI hype, I have identified two things that investors need to carefully evaluate before they back the company with their own money. In the artificial intelligence era, valuations aren't given as much respect as in the past. Investors are happy to pay any multiple as long as the stock is part of the AI trade. The same is happening with CBRS, but the valuation is too high for comfort. The company reported 2025 revenues of $510 million. The YoY growth was 76%, which is impressive. Let's assume the company continues to grow at the same rate in 2026, reaching an annual revenue of about $900 million. At the market cap of $63 billion, investors are paying 70 times the forward sales! For context, Nvidia's forward price-to-sales multiple is 14.4x while Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) trades at a multiple of 13.9x. This is quite a rich valuation for a stock that still has a lot to prove. Paying five times more than the multiples of Nvidia and AMD isn't a bet that is going to bring in life-changing results, making Cerebras quite a risky play here. Many investors are familiar with the 180-day lock-up period, where initial investors of the company aren't allowed to sell their stock post-IPO. If you thought the same was the case with Cerebras, think again. The company has a unique lock-up period, and once you realize how it is set up, you may want to step away from the stock altogether. The company's lock-up releases are tied to earnings dates rather than a fixed 180-day period. When it announces its Q1 2026 earnings, insiders can sell up to 30 million shares. On the second quarter's earnings call, they can sell another 30 million. The quantum is important here because 30 million is exactly the amount of common stock the company sold in the IPO. If you think about it, potentially twice the amount of shares sold in the IPO could flood the market within a few months. The increased supply is going to depress the stock price, and if the hype dies down, IPO frenzy buyers will have to wait a long time at the current valuation to get back to break-even. Cerebras Systems is an AI infrastructure company that designs and manufactures an AI compute platform for deployment in data centers. The firm is known for its wafer-scale engine, which is a chip design that allows higher speed and performance compared to traditional GPUs powering the AI training infrastructure. The company is seen as benefiting from the AI inference demand, though it has yet to prove its worth in the market. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. The company's stock opened for trading at $350, but has since come down below $300 in two trading sessions since the IPO. It is expected to receive fast-track inclusion in the S&P Dow Jones Indices, which could drive some optimism in the short-term. The firm is yet to announce the date for the Q1 2026 earnings report.
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Why The Market Values SpaceX Like A Future Google
Alphabet (GOOG) and SpaceX are both infrastructure firms. One monetizes the digital framework that the world currently relies on. The other is striving to create the framework that may be vital for the future. Alphabet produces more than $400 billion in yearly revenue and around $130 billion in annual net profit. The stock is valued at approximately 22 times trailing EBITDA. (valuation metrics for Alphabet) Crucially, it already occupies a central role in the contemporary internet, managing substantial consumer traffic, global computing infrastructure, and several deeply integrated digital platforms woven into everyday life. SpaceX, aiming for a $1.75 trillion Nasdaq listing, reportedly generated about $15.5 billion in revenue and $8 billion in EBITDA over the past year, predominantly driven by Starlink. At such a valuation, the company would be trading at over 200 times trailing EBITDA. Nonetheless, the market values both firms at a mere 2.5 times apart. This raises a more profound question: Is the market indicating that Alphabet is undervalued, or is it suggesting that SpaceX might eventually command infrastructure crucial enough to warrant the seemingly extreme pricing today? Answering that question requires a framework rooted in rule-based investing, which strips away market sentiment to focus strictly on quantifiable moats and valuation limits.
Bristol Myers Squibb Announces Strategic Agreement with Anthropic to Position Claude Enterprise as the Shared Intelligence Platform Across Its Global Operations
PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2026-- Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY, "BMS"), a global biopharmaceutical leader, today announced a strategic agreement with Anthropic to deploy Claude across the company's research, clinical development, manufacturing, commercial, and corporate functions. The collaboration signals a meaningful evolution in how BMS deploys AI, moving beyond conversational tools that have defined the first wave of enterprise adoption, toward agentic capabilities built into the day-to-day workflows and systems that underpin its science and global operations.
SpaceX's 12th Starship flight: How to watch the test live
Here's why SpaceX waited seven months to try to fly Starship again. SpaceX plans to launch the next test of Starship on Thursday evening after a seven-month break spent rebuilding major parts of the rocket and its launch site. The company last flew Starship in October 2025. Since then, engineers have redesigned the engines, reworked the spacecraft's heat shield, and built a new launchpad at Starbase, SpaceX's private launch complex in South Texas. The upcoming mission, known as Flight 12, will debut what SpaceX calls the next generation of Starship and its Super Heavy booster. Together, the two stages stand about 400 feet tall and form the largest and most powerful rocket system ever built. The test carries high stakes for both SpaceX and NASA. The U.S. space agency plans to use Starship to land astronauts on the moon as part of its Artemis program later this decade. At the same time, SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants the vehicle to eventually carry people and cargo to Mars. But before that can happen, the company must prove the rocket can launch reliably, survive the fiery plunge back through Earth's atmosphere, and eventually fly again without months of repairs between missions. "The Starship production pipeline is full and will complete roughly 10 more ships and about half that number of boosters this year," Musk said in an X post on Monday. "If something goes wrong, it will not be a major setback, unless the launch stand is destroyed." How to watch SpaceX's Starship launch People can watch the launch live on SpaceX's website or on the company's X account. The webcast is expected to begin as early as 4:45 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 21, or about 45 minutes before liftoff. SpaceX says the launch window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT, though weather or technical issues could still delay the attempt. The date has already been pushed back a couple of times, and the company has created a social media thread to track the postponements. The long gap since the last flight reflects how much SpaceX has changed after earlier tests exposed weaknesses in the hardware. But the overhaul extended beyond the rocket itself. The launch site now includes a new launch mount, upgraded fuel systems, and redesigned "chopsticks," the mechanical arms meant to catch returning boosters. One of Starship's biggest trouble spots is its heat shield, which uses thousands of protective tiles to protect the spacecraft during reentry from space. As Starship falls back through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds, friction superheats the air around it. Earlier flights lost tiles or suffered damage underneath them. This time, SpaceX plans to intentionally remove one tile so engineers can study how the surrounding tiles handle the stress. The company also painted some tiles white to help onboard cameras track changes during flight. Flight 12 will also test upgrades to the rocket's Raptor engines. The newer versions generate more power while using fewer exposed parts -- changes SpaceX hopes will improve reliability and reduce maintenance. The mission includes several other experiments aimed at future deep-space flights. Starship will deploy 20 mock Starlink satellites during the more than one-hour test and attempt to restart one of its engines while in space, a maneuver future moon and Mars missions will likely require. If the ship completes the flight, it is expected to splash down in the Indian Ocean. Meanwhile, the Super Heavy rocket booster will attempt a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico rather than returning to the launch tower for a midair catch. SpaceX says it chose the more cautious approach this time because the booster design changed significantly since earlier flights. Even after nearly a dozen test missions, Starship remains very much a work in progress. SpaceX follows a development strategy that relies on frequent testing, accepting failures, and quickly redesigning hardware between flights. Meanwhile, NASA is rewriting its moon plans around SpaceX and competitor Blue Origin's commercial hardware, bending the missions around their contractors' needs to get astronauts onto the surface faster. In public, they talk about cadence and "muscle memory." Behind the scenes, they're watching one thing above all: how quickly SpaceX can reshape its lunar lander to match the new schedule. "SpaceX has been considering alternatives of their current Starship design," said Lori Glaze, NASA's acting exploration chief, "while implementing a more streamlined approach to try and speed things up and pull things forward."
Discord Now Encrypts Voice and Video Calls by Default, but Not Your DMs
Reports suggest Discord had quietly implemented E2EE for voice calls as far back as March this year, but the company is only now officially announcing it. As concerns around AI training and data privacy continue to grow, tech companies are rushing to prove that users' conversations are actually private. One of the biggest tools for that has been end-to-end encryption, which means no one except the people in the conversation can access the data. Now, Discord is finally bringing that protection to voice and video calls. The platform has rolled out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for all voice and video calls, with no opt-in required since it is enabled by default. There is one caveat, though: Stages, Discord's more public broadcast-style channels, are excluded from the feature. Reports suggest Discord had quietly implemented E2EE for voice calls as far back as March this year, but the company is only now officially announcing it. In a blog post announcing the feature, Mark Smith, Discord's vice president of core technologies, said, "End-to-end encryption is now standard for every voice and video call on Discord, outside of stage channels. No opt-in required." The part that may disappoint some users is that Discord still has no plans to add E2EE to text messages. So, while your calls are now encrypted, your DMs and text chats still do not have the same level of privacy protection. The move comes just days after Google and Apple announced expanded end-to-end encryption support for RCS messaging. Even more interestingly, some companies are moving in the opposite direction. Meta removed end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs earlier this year, while TikTok has also said it will not offer the feature for direct messages. So yes, your private Discord calls are now far more private than before, and that is meaningful progress. But if privacy matters to you beyond voice and video, the lack of encryption for text messages is still something worth paying attention to.
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Bristol Myers Squibb announces strategic agreement with Anthropic - PMLiVE
The collaboration builds on more than three years of AI investment by the company Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has announced a strategic agreement with Anthropic to deploy Claude across the company's research, clinical development, manufacturing, commercial and corporate functions. The collaboration signals a meaningful evolution in how the company deploys AI, moving beyond conversational tools that have defined the first wave of enterprise adoption, toward agentic capabilities built into the day-to-day workflows and systems that underpin its science and global operations. BMS will deploy Claude broadly across the company, empowering more than 30,000 employees with advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities. The deployment focuses on three priorities where BMS expects the highest near-term impact: accelerating engineering with Claude Code, embedding agents into the workflows that move drugs forward and connecting Claude to the institutional knowledge that lives across BMS. The collaboration builds on more than three years of AI investment at BMS, where the company has given employees unlimited access to leading frontier models through a proprietary internal platform. Those investments have established BMS as a leader in AI integration across research, clinical development, manufacturing and commercial functions, and reflect a deliberate multi-vendor strategy that draws on the best capabilities the industry has to offer. Greg Meyers, EVP and Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb, said: "Most enterprise AI stops at the chatbot. The real prize is the untapped value still trapped behind decades of data silos, and this collaboration is how we reach it. Anthropic's Claude gives us the agentic capabilities, pace of innovation, and security necessary to connect our systems and put that collective knowledge in the hands of every BMS employee to accelerate innovation for patients." Eric Kauderer-Abrams, Head of Life Sciences at Anthropic, commented: "By giving employees access to Claude's agentic capabilities - connected to thousands of data sources across the company - BMS is creating a single intelligence layer that can generate a clinical study report from underlying trial data, surface the right scientific context from decades of internal research, or trace the root cause of a manufacturing deviation in real time. In a regulated global enterprise, that means medicines reach patients faster."
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Starship isn't launching today. When SpaceX targets flight 12 now
Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. SpaceX's massive Starship rocket isn't launching today. For the second time since billionaire Elon Musk's commercial spaceflight company announced the next target launch date for the world's largest rocket, the flight test has been postponed another 24 hours. SpaceX is now eyeing May 21 to debut a next-generation version of its gargantuan Starship, which is being developed for trips to the moon and Mars. The new Starship prototype, known as Version 3, is now looming more than 400 feet tall on a launch pad in South Texas after SpaceX on Tuesday, May 19, fully stacked both stages of the rocket. Here's the latest on the 12th-ever flight test for Starship, a mission SpaceX refers to as flight 12. Is Starship launching today? SpaceX delays flight test another 24 hours SpaceX is now working toward a Starship launch Thursday, May 21, the company announced. The 90-minute launch window for Starship's 12th flight test is set to open at 6:30 p.m. ET. The new target date comes after SpaceX has already once delayed the launch by 24 hours after originally indicating that it was working toward a May 19 launch of the world's largest rocket. No reasons have been given for either delay. In a sign that liftoff is imminent, SpaceX also shared photos of the Starship's upper and lower stages being stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, SpaceX's company town and headquarters in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. What is Starship? World's largest rocket bound for moon, Mars Standing at more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, Starship is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX is developing the rocket to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions. In the years ahead, a lunar lander configuration of Starship will be critical to NASA's ambitions of returning astronauts to the moon under its Artemis program. Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars. Closer to home, Starship is designed to carry larger versions of the company's Starlink internet satellites and other payloads to Earth orbit. See photos of Starship rocket launches What is flight 12? SpaceX to debut Version 3 (V3) of Starship At 407 feet tall, the next-generation Starship due to launch will be the largest version of the vehicle SpaceX has ever built. If all goes to plan, that prototype, known as Version 3 (V3,) will be the one to reach orbit and be capable of refueling midflight - a capability that will allow for distant missions into space. Similar to previous designs, the fully integrated spacecraft is composed of both a 236-foot-tall lower-stage booster known as Super Heavy, as well as a 171-foot-tall upper stage simply called Starship. Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provides the initial burst of thrust at liftoff, while the vehicle is where the crew and cargo would ride in orbit after the stages separate. The main objective of the flight test, as SpaceX explained online, is simply to test both new pieces of hardware "in the flight environment for the first time." Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at [email protected]
Anthropic's Project Glasswing sees Verizon join | TahawulTech.com
Verizon recently joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing, a landmark initiative dedicated to securing critical infrastructure for the AI era. Anthropic went on to claim that this development marked the first telecommunications company to join the coalition. While Verizon claims to be first telecommunications company to use Mythos Preview, a representative for AT&T told Mobile World Live it is also participating in Project Glasswing. The AI startup introduced its Claude Mythos model on 7 April, under the auspices of its Project Glasswing, to a limited number of technology companies including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Nvidia and Google instead of making it publicly available. Anthropic committed up to $100 million in model usage credits to support the initiative, along with $4 million in donations to open-source security organisations. Anthropic's Mythos Preview is capable of autonomously identifying and exploiting software vulnerabilities at a level which surpasses most human experts. Recognising both the defensive potential and the risks of broader access, the AI start-up made the decision to restrict the model to a select group of global security leaders committed to protecting essential infrastructure and to sharing the findings and best practices across industries. Verizon stated its participation will improve the operator's ability to identify and contain complex vulnerabilities, while maintaining the high standards of network protection its customers depend on. The company noted its information security team has spent several months rigorously evaluating Mythos Preview to assess its benefits to the network. Verizon explained all testing of Mythos Preview is conducted under strict usage policies, with every phase of the process governed by rigorous safety standards to ensure the emerging technology is evaluated responsibly. Verizon CEO Dan Schulman stated the partnership underscores the operator's commitment to network security by strengthening its cybersecurity effort through Project Glasswing. "As the only telecommunications company utilising Mythos Preview, we are uniquely positioned to share cross-industry insights that will help secure the global internet fabric and support our mission to deliver a safe and reliable experience for every customer", he added. Source: Mobile World Live Image Credit: Anthropic Related Articles
Bristol Myers Squibb Enters Agreement With Anthropic To Deploy Claude
NEW YORK CITY (dpa-AFX) - Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) announced a strategic agreement with Anthropic to deploy Claude across the company's research, clinical development, manufacturing, commercial, and corporate functions. BMS will deploy Claude broadly across the company, empowering more than 30,000 employees with advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities. 'By giving employees access to Claude's agentic capabilities - connected to thousands of data sources across the company - BMS is creating a single intelligence layer that can generate a clinical study report from underlying trial data, surface the right scientific context from decades of internal research, or trace the root cause of a manufacturing deviation in real time,' said Eric Kauderer-Abrams, Head of Life Sciences, Anthropic. In pre-market trading on NYSE, Bristol Myers shares are up 0.54 percent to $58.64. For More Such Health News, visit rttnews.com. Copyright(c) 2026 RTTNews.com. All Rights Reserved Copyright RTT News/dpa-AFX© 2026 AFX News
Discord Voice and Video Calls Now End-to-End Encrypted by Default
Discord says it has switched on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for every voice and video call across its platforms, including desktop, mobile, web, and consoles like PlayStation and Xbox. The rollout covers DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams. There's no opt-in required, or any setting to change. Stage channels are the only exception, given that they're built for broadcasting to larger audiences rather than personal chats. The protection runs on DAVE, an open-source protocol Discord first introduced in September 2024. In a blog post, Discord's Mark Smith said building it was slow and complicated, partly because a single Discord call can mix people on phones, laptops, browsers, and game consoles in the same conversation. Announcing the change, Smith said: "Building an E2EE protocol that works seamlessly across all of those surfaces simultaneously is, to my knowledge, unlike anything else that's been shipped. DAVE is likely one of the internet's most platform-diverse E2EE voice and video implementations." Discord says it's now stripping out the remaining client code that allowed unencrypted fallback, so that encrypted calls will be the only option rather than a default. "We have no current plans to extend E2EE to text messages," added Smith. The completed rollout stands in stark contrast to policy changes by Meta, which recently removed its encryption feature for Instagram DMs.
Anthropic Eases Secrecy Rules Around Mythos AI Cybersecurity Program, Allowing Partners to Share Threat Intelligence - Tekedia
Anthropic said it is loosening earlier confidentiality restrictions tied to its powerful Mythos cybersecurity model, allowing participating organizations to share threat intelligence, vulnerabilities, and defensive tools more broadly as concerns mount over the scale of emerging AI-driven cyber risks. The shift marks a notable recalibration for the AI company's tightly controlled "Project Glasswing" initiative, which was launched in April to give a small group of organizations access to the unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model for defensive cybersecurity work. The program includes major technology firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Apple. Mythos has drawn significant attention within cybersecurity circles because of its advanced coding and reasoning capabilities, which researchers say could enable the model to discover software vulnerabilities and generate exploitation pathways at a scale beyond conventional tools. That has intensified debate over whether frontier AI systems should be tightly restricted or broadly deployed to strengthen digital defenses. Anthropic said participating companies are now generally free to disclose their involvement in Glasswing and may, at their discretion, share findings, tools, code, and best practices developed through the initiative with outside organizations exposed to similar threats. "We fully support our partners sharing findings with each other and companies outside of Glasswing to triage vulnerabilities," an Anthropic spokesperson said. The company clarified that while there was "never a specific Glasswing NDA," confidentiality provisions were incorporated into participation agreements after partners requested protections before exposing sensitive security information and vulnerability research. "While there was never a specific Glasswing NDA, confidentiality protections were something partners asked for at the outset and were built into agreements partners signed," the spokesperson said. Anthropic added that the rules have evolved as the program expanded and matured. "As the program has matured, we've adapted them to ensure key information can be shared broadly, including outside the program, for maximum defensive impact," the spokesperson added. The revised framework allows participants to share information with corporate security teams, regulators, government agencies, industry groups, open-source maintainers, and even the media, provided disclosures follow accepted responsible-disclosure practices designed to avoid exposing unpatched vulnerabilities prematurely. The policy adjustment comes as governments and corporations increasingly worry that advanced AI systems could sharply accelerate cyber warfare and digital espionage. Frontier AI models are now capable of generating functional code, identifying weaknesses in software infrastructure, and automating parts of vulnerability research that previously required teams of skilled engineers. That dual-use nature has become one of the defining tensions in the AI industry. Companies developing cutting-edge systems are under pressure to demonstrate that the technology can strengthen cyber defenses without simultaneously handing malicious actors more sophisticated offensive tools. Anthropic has attempted to position Mythos as a controlled defensive platform rather than a general-purpose public release. Under Glasswing, access remains restricted to vetted organizations working on cybersecurity and infrastructure protection. The Pentagon has already begun deploying Mythos across parts of the U.S. government to help identify and patch software vulnerabilities, according to comments made last week by senior Defense Department technology officials. The U.S. military's use of the model highlights how AI is becoming increasingly embedded in national security operations, particularly as governments face rising threats targeting critical infrastructure, cloud systems, and defense networks. The Defense Department's adoption of Mythos is occurring even as Washington works to reduce dependence on individual AI vendors and diversify its AI ecosystem amid intensifying geopolitical competition over advanced computing technologies. Anthropic's decision to relax disclosure limitations also reflects growing recognition across the cybersecurity industry that threat intelligence loses value when isolated inside closed corporate networks. Security researchers have long argued that rapid information-sharing is critical for containing attacks before they spread across sectors or borders. The company's revised approach could improve coordination among major technology firms and public institutions confronting increasingly complex cyber threats linked to AI-enhanced attacks, ransomware campaigns, and state-backed hacking groups. At the same time, the move may help Anthropic counter criticism from parts of the security community that earlier confidentiality expectations risked slowing collective defense efforts during a period of escalating cyber risk. The debate over AI and cybersecurity has intensified as leading labs race to build more capable systems. Companies including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are investing heavily in models designed to automate coding, software analysis, and agentic workflows, areas viewed as commercially valuable but also highly sensitive from a security standpoint. Mythos has become one of the clearest examples yet of how frontier AI companies are trying to balance commercial deployment, national security concerns, and pressure for greater transparency.
Starship flight 12: SpaceX debuts redesigned architecture
The suborbital mission will debut V3 hardware, Raptor 3 engines, and Pad 2 while demonstrating the vehicle's first in-space payload deployment. SpaceX is targeting Thursday for the twelfth flight test of its Starship launch system. The upcoming mission shifts the testing focus from incremental stage recovery to validating heavily redesigned hardware, stressing structural endurance, and executing the platform's first in-space payload deployment. The launch window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT. Flight 12 represents an operational leap, serving as the debut for the next-generation V3 iterations of both the Starship upper stage and the Super Heavy booster, powered by newly evolved Raptor 3 engines. To support the upgraded vehicle, the mission will be the first to launch from Starbase's newly constructed Pad 2 (Orbital Launch Pad B). The updated pad features a dedicated, water-cooled flame trench beneath the launch mount, a significant infrastructure upgrade designed to better dissipate exhaust energy and minimize pad damage during liftoff. With the introduction of new vehicle architecture, SpaceX will not attempt a tower catch of the Super Heavy booster on this flight. The booster will instead execute a controlled return and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. This profile allows the company to gather ascent and return data on the redesigned stage without risking the launch pad infrastructure. Building on previous payload deployment demonstrations, Flight 12 will execute a significantly more complex deployment sequence. The upper stage is carrying 20 Starlink simulators sized to match next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, alongside two active, modified Starlink units. Once deployed on a suborbital trajectory, the active satellites will scan Starship's heat shield and transmit diagnostic imagery back to ground controllers to assess thermal protection readiness. During the reentry phase, testing will focus on thermal limits and structural integrity. Engineers intentionally removed a single heat shield tile to measure aerodynamic load shifts on adjacent tiles during plasma heating. Additional tiles were painted white to serve as visual targets for the deployed diagnostic satellites. The descent profile includes intentional aerodynamic maneuvers to stress the vehicle's rear flaps, followed by a dynamic banking sequence that simulates the trajectory required for future returns to the launch site. Prior to reentry, the mission plan includes an in-space relight of a single Raptor engine -- a necessary capability for future orbital maneuvering and deorbit burns. SpaceX noted the primary goal of Flight 12 is to demonstrate these new architectural elements in a flight environment for the first time to support the development of full and rapid reusability.
