<body><p>STORY: From a record-breaking IPO to a far-reaching online ban, this is Tech Weekly. </p><p>:: Tech Weekly</p><p>SpaceX on Thursday priced the biggest-ever U.S. initial public offering, raising a record $75 billion. </p><p>It’s made Elon Musk’s rocket and spacecraft manufacturer one of the world’s most valuable companies.</p><p>Selling 555.56 million shares at $135 apiece, the company was valued at $1.77 trillion. </p><p>Thursday’s pricing supports Musk's most ambitious project yet - even as some analysts question whether its lofty valuation is justified.</p><p>The company said Monday its underwriters had exercised the so-called "greenshoe" option to purchase additional shares.</p><p>Microsoft has been sued by shareholders who say they've been defrauded. </p><p>They’ve said the tech giant inflated its stock price by failing to disclose slowing growth in its Azure cloud business.</p><p>And failing to disclose the need to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure. </p><p>The proposed class action, filed Friday, was prompted by Microsoft shares falling 10% on January 29 after an earnings report.</p><p>About $357 billion of market value was erased, and Microsoft's stock suffered its biggest one-day decline in nearly six years.</p><p>Microsoft said on Monday it believes the claims are "without merit”. </p><p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would ban social media sites for under-16s..</p><p>And impose restrictions on gaming and livestreaming platforms for the age group. </p><p>This amounts to some of the world's most far-reaching online restrictions, with the ban coming into place by next spring.</p><p>He said this would help protect children online while pushing back against the power of big technology companies.</p><p>"At the moment, strangers can contact any child unchecked. Just think about that. Is there a situation in the offline world where you would just let your child pair up with a stranger, an adult that you don't know anything about?”</p><p>Ford and other automakers are scrambling to obtain U.S. government authorization to continue selling certain models - despite being on the market for years. </p><p>It’s due to a U.S. ban on Chinese-developed and -maintained software in connected vehicles. </p><p>Ford told Reuters it’s asked the U.S. Commerce Department for authorization to continue importing its China-built Lincoln Nautilus SUV.</p><p>And said despite its tech being built in the U.S., its installation in China now requires government approval. </p><p>Lawmakers have proposed making the rules even tougher.</p></body>
