Over a decade ago, Elon Musk promised a fifth mode of transportation capable of crossing continents in minutes, but today his ...

The lesson sits in what each man did with that defeat. Both lost the tube. But Brunel expected to be surprised, and built the rest of his work — the bridges, the hulls, the tunnels — with margins fat ...

Georgia Wells is a technology reporter for The Wall Street Journal based in San Francisco, where she writes about the uses and abuses of artificial intelligence and social media.

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SpaceX has adopted corporate governance policies that will ⁠erode typical shareholder protections in unprecedented ways, giving founder Elon Musk virtually unchecked executive authority when the ...

Zeleros, one of Europe’s most prominent hyperloop developers, has entered voluntary insolvency proceedings, becoming the latest company in the once-hyped sector to fall by the wayside. However, ...

Hyperloop promises near supersonic ground travel using low pressure tubes and magnetic levitation. But building and operating such a system comes with massive engineering challenges. This video ...

Two Swisspod employees push a small mechanical vehicle into a white tube that says "swisspod" in red letters on the outside at the company’s testing facility near Pueblo prior to a test Nov. 21, 2025.

A couple of men pushed the sled full of tech equipment into the steel tube toward the starting line. Moments later a metallic clank was followed by the sounds of acceleration echoing out of the ...