Science & Technology — June 30, 2026
Rocket Lab acquires Iridium in $8 billion deal. Rocket Lab announced it will acquire Iridium, the global satellite communications network, for $8 billion, creating a vertically integrated space company and a larger rival to SpaceX.
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U.S. offers $10M for tips on Signal and WhatsApp hackers. The U.S. government posted a $10 million reward for information on two Russia-linked groups running an ongoing hacking campaign against Signal and WhatsApp users, active since at least March.
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NASA launches robot to rescue the Swift space telescope. A Northrop Grumman rocket launched from an airplane carried a robotic spacecraft Tuesday on a first-of-its-kind mission to boost the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory out of its decaying orbit.
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Samsung and SK Hynix pledge $550B to ease memory chip shortage. The South Korean chipmakers committed over $550 billion to new memory fabrication facilities, aiming to address a global RAM shortage that analysts have dubbed ‘RAMageddon.’
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