SpaceX Takes Cursor as AI Power Moves Down the Stack

SpaceX completes its acquisition of Cursor, bringing a major AI coding platform, proprietary models and scarce GPU capacity under one owner. Jesse examines what that concentration means for organisations relying on coding agents. Also: cyberattacks disrupt US water systems, Uber and Pony.ai plan a larger European robotaxi network, YouTube raises its monetisation threshold, Northrop prepares a reusable satellite-repair robot, the FBI warns about intimate material stolen from compromised accounts, and GitHub improves open-source licence data. In What Changes for You, Copilot users in JetBrains gain persistent project memory and support for locally hosted Ollama models. Full transcript: https://www.owenonthenet.com/podcast/2026-08-16/ Sources: https://cursor.com/blog/joining-spacex https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/spacex-officially-closes-its-cursor-acquisition https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2026/malicious-cyber-actors-targeting-water-and-wastewater-sector-internet--facing-programmable-logic-controllers-causing-operational-disruptions https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/10/us-water-systems-are-low-hanging-fruit-cyberattacks-experts-warn-after-suspected-iranian-hacks https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/what-we-know-about-the-alleged-iranian-hacks-on-u-s-water-utilities https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Pony-ai-and-Uber-Expand-Partnership-to-Deploy-Over-2000-Robotaxis-in-Europe/default.aspx https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/uber-and-pony-ai-plan-to-bring-2000-robotaxis-to-europe https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-partner-program-updates-2027-new-opportunities-earn https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/space/space-logistics-services https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/northrops-robot-space-mechanic-is-a-new-way-to-keep-satellites-at-work-longer https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA260810 https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-13-license-data-quality-improvements https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-11-copilot-memory-and-ollama-in-github-copilot-for-jetbrains