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Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses the plans for a US-majority-owned TikTok. Plus, former TikTok boss Kevin Mayer shares his thoughts on that deal and the broader media landscape. And Oracle shares rise as the company plays into some of the year's biggest deals. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Dina Powell McCormick, a former top adviser to President Donald Trump, is stepping down from the board of Meta Platforms Inc. just eight months after she joined... View Source

Gemini on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. Google isn't quite ready to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android devices. The company said on Friday that it will "continue our work to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini on mobile devices into 2026," instead of its original plans to make the switch by the end of 2025. "We're adjusting our previously announced timeline to make sure we deliver a seamless t... View Source

Today on the Big Take: Why Disney cut a deal with OpenAI after decades of safeguarding its intellectual property, what it stands to gain — and why now... View Source

On Friday, retro and arcade game publisher ININ Games surprisingly announced it's been able to "recalculate production" on offering a physical version of R-Type Dimensions III for the Switch 2 because "Two days ago Nintendo announced two new smaller cartridge sizes for Nintendo Switch 2." Physical games on the Switch 2 have been something of a contentious topic; full physical games are reportedly... View Source

Elon Musk won reinstatement of his 2018 pay package as chief executive of Tesla, after the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the finding of a judge who said the billionaire had improperly influenced board members who came up with the compensation plan. Jonathan Levin has more on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Anthropic is finally letting more people use Claude in Google Chrome. The company's AI browser plugin is expanding beyond $200-per-month Max subscribers and is now available to anyone who pays for a Claude subscription. The Claude Chrome plugin allows for easy access to Anthropic's AI regardless of where you are on the web, but its real draw is how it lets Claude navigate and use we... View Source

3 Min Read Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission Teams are evaluating how to train for lunar surface operations during Artemis missions, in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA NASA engineers are laying the foundation for the moonwalks the first woman and next man will conduct when they land on the lunar South Pole in 2024 as part of the... View Source

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar explosion — or any other type of normal stellar explosion."... View Source

President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 Thursday with measures that further the bipartisan push for next-generation nuclear power plants. The Trump administration has embraced the technology as a new energy source for data centers demanding greater amounts of electricity for AI. Many Democrats, meanwhile, have championed smaller and ostensibly chea... View Source

Robinhood’s Guild: AI Trade Under PressureStephanie Guild, Chief Investment Officer at Robinhood Markets, says earnings growth could be stronger than expected outside of tech, while select tech companies with clear utility may also outperform. She speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

"We do not know with certainty that we found a superkilonova, but the event nevertheless is eye-opening."... View Source

Tiffany Wade, senior portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle, says the fact that investors are focusing on free cashflow and return on AI investment is a sign the market is in a good place. Wade discusses her expectations for the year ahead with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The 3,600-piece Lego Icons Star Trek USS Enterprise is Lego's first-ever Star Trek set, and you get a free gift when you purchase it before Christmas eve... View Source

OpenAI will now give you the ability to dial up - or down - ChatGPT's warmth and enthusiasm. An update rolling out on Friday gives you the option to choose whether you want "more" or "less" of these personality traits, or stick with the default. There are also options to tweak how often ChatGPT uses emoji, headers, and lists. You can find these settings by tapping the menu at the top left corner o... View Source

Amy Webb, CEO of Future Today Strategy Group, says China has the edge in the AI race because it's ahead of the US in building out key infrastructure. Webb discusses why the US needs a coordinated effort to stay competitive in tech development. She joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Netflix is acquiring Estonian startup Ready Player Me, a company creating "cross-game avatar tech" that allows players to bring their digital personas with them to different games, the company's CEO Timmu Tõke shared in a LinkedIn post. The acquisition is part of Netflix's new games strategy, which puts an emphasis on approachable multiplayer titles and adaptations of the strea... View Source

4 Min Read NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam An artist's concept of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal transmitting data in space. Credits: NASA/Morgan Johnson Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same b... View Source

Google has filed a lawsuit against SerpApi, a company that offers tools to scrape content on the web, including Google's search results. SerpApi is accused of violating the Copyright Act by using "deceptive means" to automatically access and take Google's search results "at an astonishing scale" before selling the data to customers. Reddit also sued SerpApi, along with two other data scrapers, in... View Source

JP Morgan Global Market Strategist Stephanie Aliaga discusses how investors are reacting to AI spending and private market fundraising. She joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.Credit: NASA As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. NASA astronauts... View Source

Odin Space and Arkisys are teaming up to provide customers with pioneering insurance for spacecraft specifically to cover space debris collision events... View Source

European Union governments agreed on a common position on the digital euro, marking an important milestone for the project that’s seen as crucial for the bloc’s monetary sovereignty and the joint currency’s global role as the US touts dollar-denominated stablecoins... View Source

It looks like the holidays aren't a bad time to shop for a VPN subscription. ExpressVPN, Engadget's pick for the best premium provider, currently has a less premium price. This deal gives you two years of the Advanced plan (with a bonus of four free months) for only $101. When it isn't on sale, the same subscription would cost $392. Engadget's VPN guru, Sam Chapman, praised ExpressVPN's service. H... View Source

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams at Johnson helped prepare for future missions to the Moon and, ultimately, Mars. Orion Stacked for Artemis II, Orion Mission Evaluation Room Unveiled  NASA’s Artemis II Orion s... View Source

Nvidia Corp.’s valuation relative to the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index has rarely been so attractive, and the multiple overall augurs well for future returns, according to Bernstein... View Source

Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup that seeks to read brain activity using ultrasound, is being spun out of Forest Neurotech, a Los Angeles nonprofit... View Source

The yearslong saga over the future of TikTok’s American operations could finally be nearing a conclusion. The social media platform says its US arm is being bought by a consortium led by Oracle Corp., aligning with the deal outlined by the Trump administration in September... View Source

Behold Mark Zuckerberg: man of principle. Witness the Meta CEO's dedication to the most high-minded of causes: "currying favor with whoever's in charge." In 2013, when Barack Obama was president, Zuckerberg co-founded FWD.us, a pro-immigration advocacy group. For years, he vocally supported providing paths to citizenship for "the most talented and hardest-working people, no matter where they were... View Source

A photographer in Italy captured an ultra-rare elve and red sprite flashing above the Alps in a single breathtaking moment... View Source

TAE Technologies’ fusion research reactor ‘Norm.’ | Photo: TAE Technologies Trump Media - yup, the parent company of Truth Social - is the latest entrant in the near century-long race to develop a nuclear fusion power plant. It announced a merger agreement with fusion company TAE Technologies on Thursday, and a bold plan to break ground on the first utility-scale fusion plant some time in 2026. TA... View Source

Former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer says the US majority-ownership plan for the social media platform is good for users, preserving interoperability and addressing national security concerns. The co-CEO of Candle Media discusses the deal and the broader media landscape with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

One year ago, I predicted in Videos and articles that Elon Musk would build AI data centers on Mars. A few days ago, Elon Musk confirmed the general plan for AI data centers on Mars to an All hands meeting of XAI. I also wrote one third of the book AI Rising. The book is ... Read more... View Source

Ubisoft's ambitious open-world game remains the best way to immerse yourself in Pandora's lush locales, exotic creatures, and fierce battles... View Source

As Netflix continues to build out its gaming strategy, which has recently included a new era of TV party games, it's going to let people build avatars - with the help of a new acquisition. The company is acquiring avatar company Ready Player Me and its "cross-game avatar tech" to let players "carry their identities and fandom across games," according to Ready Player Me CEO Timmu Tõke. Netfl... View Source

Johanna Faries, who took over as president of Blizzard in 2024, reveals what’s coming from the storied studio... View Source

Amazon is selling Apple's USB-C Magic Mouse for $68, which is a discount of 14 percent. This isn't a record-low price, but it's darned close. The mouse typically sells for $79, though today's sale only applies to the white model. It's rare for official Apple accessories to go on sale, and the USB-C Magic Mouse is pretty much a must-have for those working on desktop compute... View Source

NASA/Don Pettit NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon. This series of overlapping frames from Feb. 19, 2025, displays the unique attraction-repulsion properties of Teflon and charged droplets, similar to how charged particles from the Sun behave when they come in contact with Earth’s magnetic field. Highly ener... View Source

Whether you're buying for yourself or hunting for a gift for a keen astrophotographer, there's still time to save hundreds with these last-minute deals on cameras and lenses... View Source

The QC Ultra remain a great noise-canceling option if you plan on traveling during the holidays. | Image: The Verge If you value peace and quiet, particularly when traveling, Bose’s first-gen QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are worth checking out. They’re our favorite noise-canceling headphones for travel, and right now, you can snag a pair for an all-time low of $279 ($150 off) in select colors fro... View Source

TikTok’s long-delayed plan to separate from Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. was put in motion Thursday when the video sharing sensation said it’s being bought by a group of buyers led by Oracle Corp. Bloomberg's Mandeep Singh joins to discuss with Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Your next smartphone or PC might cost more amid a global memory shortage that the International Data Corporation expects to "persist well into 2027." A new report from the research firm lays out the potential impact of the RAM crunch, saying it "signals the end of an era of cheap, abundant memory and storage" - for now, at least. The price of RAM has skyrocketed over the past few months as the wor... View Source

John Garner, WeShop Founder and Head of Vision & Strategy, joined Bloomberg Open Interest with Matt Miller and Dani Burger, one month after its public listing on the Nasdaq. The company rewards shoppers with company shares rather than coupons or cashback. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

TikTok has signed a deal to spin off its American business, according to reporting from Associated Press and others. This should keep the popular social media app available in the US for good, capping off years of drama. We now have some new data as to the specifics of the deal. Nearly 50 percent of assets will be split between three companies. Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX will each control around... View Source

OpenAI is holding preliminary talks with Amazon for an investment over $10 billion, including use of Amazon Web Services’ Trainium chips for AI training. This is separate from raising up to $100 billion at a $750 billion valuation, up 50% from October’s $500 billion mark. The $100B raise tells you what Sam Altman and OpenAI ... Read more... View Source

Although our phones are all equipped with cameras, there is still something special about being able to immediately produce a printed photo to pass around or give as a gift. If that’s something that appeals to you, the Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 instant camera is a great gift idea, and it’s now on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for about $73.99 (down from $93.99), nearly matching its all-time... View Source

For several years now, in discussing plans for its human spaceflight program beyond the International Space Station, Russian officials would proudly bring up the Russian Orbital Station, or ROS. The first elements of ROS were to launch in 2027 so it would be ready for human habitation in 2028. Upon completion in the mid-2030s, the station would encompass seven shiny new modules, potentially includ... View Source

Caterpillar Inc.’s AI-powered rally stumbled as investors questioned the sustainability of the trade across US equities, sending the stock tumbling from a record high in its worst five-day stretch since April... View Source

Shane Legg talks about the 1997 and later creation and popular definition of general intelligence. Shane Legg, co-founder and Chief AGI Scientist at Google DeepMind, defines levels of artificial general intelligence (AGI) as a spectrum rather than a single binary threshold. 1. Minimal AGI about 2027 2. Full AGI 3-6 years after minimal AGI (2030-2033) ... Read more... View Source

"Virgil has two personalities, its 'good' side – a typical young galaxy quietly forming stars. But Virgil transforms into the host of a heavily obscured supermassive black hole, pouring out immense quantities of energy."... View Source

Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week, except next week, when we take a break until the new year. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, we're wondering who's actually behind the mobile company. Yesterday's announcement that one of the Trump companies is merging with... View Source

Data center operators are fixated on the “five nines” — an expectation that they’ll keep the infrastructure behind financial markets, e-commerce and artificial intelligence running 99.999% of the time... View Source

From indies like Silksong, to AAAs like Ghost of Yotei, and everything in between, 2025 truly had it all, and is likely to go down in the history books as one of the best years in gaming. But these are the games that felt truly special to the Engadget team. Arc Raiders I’m genuinely shocked by how much I love ARC Raiders. I’ve never been very interested in the whole PvE (Player vs. Environmen... View Source

Massachusetts authorities confirmed Brown University shooter killed MIT nuclear scientist. Redditor (Lamin_Kaare) is a Homeless Man named John and he is a former Brown University student. He is credited for cracking the case wide open by police. He called the tip line and flagged his OWN Reddit post, and was seen on video walking very ... Read more... View Source

The South Korean startup Innospace will attempt its first orbital launch from Brazil's Alcântara Space Center on Friday (Dec. 19), and you can watch the action live... View Source

The craze around “GLP-3” online is a peak example of the wellness wild west. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they're going to change your life. Optimizer will be taking a break for the holidays and will be back January 9th. Opt in for Opti... View Source

It may be happening quietly, but there is a revolution taking place with in-space transportation, and it opens up a world of possibilities. Back in January, a small spacecraft built by a California-based company called Impulse Space launched along with a stack of other satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket. Upon reaching orbit, the rocket’s upper stage sent the satellites zipping off on their various mi... View Source

ByteDance Ltd. is on track for profits of roughly $50 billion in 2025, capping a record year for a Chinese social media leader making major inroads into e-commerce and new markets... View Source

"There is a lot to keep us busy."... View Source

Rapid advances in AI and robotics are set to become both powerful tools for police and potent weapons for criminals, a 48-page report from pan-European police agency Europol argues. Earlier this month, Europol's Innovation Lab published "The Unmanned Future(s): The impact of robotics and unmanned systems on law enforcement." The document is framed as more of a "foresight" exercise than a hard pred... View Source

Anastasia Amoroso, chief investment strategist for private wealth at Partners Group, runs down the reasons why investors should stick with the AI trade despite the current pullback in tech stocks. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

This week, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low joins us to look back at some of the highlights (and lowlights) of 2025. We dive into our favorite gadgets of the year, the many ways Big Tech bowed to Trump, the disappointment of AI PCs and the rise of smart glasses. We also learn way too much about our skincare routines.Subscribe!iTunesSpotifyPocket CastsStitcherGoogle PodcastsTopicsOur favorite... View Source

2 Min Read Metrics Services Catalog Click here to view the FY25 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service. Service Level Agreement (SLA) Click here to view the Service Level Agreement The SLA provides information about roles, responsibilities, rates, and service level indicators for all NASA Cente... View Source

Astrophotographer Josh Dury has captured the beauty of the Geminids in this stunning timelapse exposure... View Source

All year on The Vergecast, we've been tracking the many bizarre and problematic actions of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. There has been a lot to discuss! Then, this week, ahead of one of our last episodes of the year, Carr appeared in front of the Senate Commerce Committee and spent three hours explaining how he thinks about his job, the FCC, and the state of online communication and entertainment. I... View Source

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the US tariff plan is in “good shape” heading into 2026 as the Trump administration “has essentially reset the global trading order.” Greer addresses the affordability factor related to tariffs, agreements with TikTok on a new US joint venture, work on a trade deal with China, and ongoing negotiations with India, the EU and Mexico. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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If you're a Pandora-loving moviegoer who can't get enough of the Na'vi culture, keep an eye on these stunning Lego Avatar sets... View Source

Just look at that beaut. A year or two ago, when a phone showed up at my door for review, I could pretty much count on it being black, gray, or maybe (as a treat) white. But in 2025, that hasn't been the case. Phones I reviewed this year featured everything from real wood grain back panels to deep blue finishes, with color-coordinated crossbody straps and magnetic accessories to match. For an indu... View Source

A German pension fund whose foray into private markets led to more than €1 billion in losses has questioned the integrity of the ratings it used, adding to growing warnings over valuation risks across the booming asset class... View Source

A VPN provides vastly improved online security for your device and can unlock streaming content from back home. Our exclusive Norton VPN deal saves you 72%... View Source

DraftKings Inc. is releasing a new app on Friday that will allow customers in 38 states to trade contracts on sports and financial events through prediction markets... View Source

Riot Games has confirmed that it’s working on a massive update for League of Legends after Bloomberg published a report saying that the company has plans to remake the game. Back in November, a Chinese esports insider also reported that a League of Legends 2 is in development and is coming as early as the second half of 2026. In a video announcement discussing Riot’s plans for League after 2026, e... View Source

A VPN is a great tool for online safety and streaming, and ensuring content won't be geo-locked on your travels. These are the six best options out there... View Source

Things might finally be looking up. In the penultimate episode of Pluribus' first season, Carol (Rhea Seehorn) actually seems to be happy. That's a pretty big deal for someone the show describes as the "most miserable person on Earth," who also happens to be living through an odd sort of apocalyptic scenario that she is desperately fighting to stop. But what does her change in demeanor mean for th... View Source

Three years ago Mustafa Ismael launched Karcsham Co., a Kenya-based company that resells Starlink devices and manages subscriptions for thousands of customers across a dozen African and Latin American countries. At first he used his local bank card to pay the monthly bills. But the 5% foreign exchange fees soon began eating into his profits... View Source

SpaceX said it experienced an anomaly with one if its Starlink satellites that was likely caused by a small explosion. "The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in semi-major axis by about 4 km [2.5 miles] and the release of a small number of trackable low relatively velocity objects," Starlink wrote in a post on X. Orbital tracking company LeoLabs assessed that t... View Source

BMX’s SolidSafe 5K in that Apple orange color. | Image: BMX A new company called BMX, founded by accessory royalty, has emerged from Kickstarter to make its SolidSafe semi-solid state power banks available to the general public. Like the Kuxiu semi-solid state power banks I've recently reviewed, BMX's promise to have twice the longevity and be safer than traditional power banks, which have been th... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Peter Elstrom writes about his visit with ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet, addressing the global issues facing one of Europe’s leading tech companies... View Source

The best phone of 2025: The iPhone 17 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro? Perhaps the Galaxy Z Fold 7? All three rank as some of the best tech we reviewed in 2025. Engadget We have compiled all the best gear with our highest review scores in each category, after thousands of hours of testing. We’ve got the Switch 2, AirPods Pro 3 and DJI’s top drone for most of you. Anecdotally, Anker’s Laptop Power Bank, with two... View Source

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights Science Behind Discoverie... View Source

Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy has cut ties with the pro-immigration advocacy group that he founded more than a decade ago, a move that parallels other sweeping changes he’s made to his company’s policies and his financial giving in the wake of President Donald Trump’s re-election... View Source

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system... View Source

Grab Holdings Ltd. has acquired Chinese tech company Infermove to expand in artificial intelligence-enabled robotics for food delivery... View Source

3 Min Read Betelgeuse and the Crab Nebula: Stellar Death and Rebirth This highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum: The Very Large Array (radio) in red; Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared) in yellow; Hubble Space Telescope (visible) in green; XMM-Newton (ultraviolet) in blue; and... View Source

For one, it came down to timing... View Source

Swedish AI startup Lovable has just closed a $330 million Series B funding round, valuing the company at $6.6 billion. Lovable specialises in so-called vibe coding and its AI-powered platform enables users to build applications without writing code. The latest fundraising round includes the VC arms of both Alphabet and Nvidia. Anton Osika, CEO and Co-Founder of Lovable, speaks to Bloomberg's Tom M... View Source

Polling shows that nearly half of Americans now believe aliens have visited this planet—and that the number who aren't sure has dropped by two-thirds. The reasons why, experts say, are complicated... View Source

Everyone seems to be experimenting... View Source

Lovable has raised $330 million in fresh funding at a $6.6 billion valuation, as demand for artificial intelligence tools that can help software development surges... View Source

Short sellers betting against India’s newly listed consumer-tech startups are getting burned as sharp rallies after listing force them to close their bearish bets at high prices... View Source

Africa's fintech sector has seen remarkable growth over the past decade. It's now a key pillar of the continent's tech economy, reshaping how people access and use financial services. Flutterwave is Africa's most valuable unicorn, valued at more than $3 billion. CEO Olugbenga Agboola says the company's focus remains on profitability and an eventual IPO would be just a milestone, not a destination... View Source

Nidec Corp. said its founder Shigenobu Nagamori will step down from his position as chairman of the board, following the discovery of a series of accounting issues dating back years... View Source

A Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on December 1st, 2025. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX says it has lost control of a Starlink satellite that's now falling back to Earth after suffering an anomaly. The sudden loss of communications, drop in altitude, "venting of the propulsion tank," and "release of a small number of trackable low relative velocity objects," suggests the anomal... View Source

The tiny, landlocked former Soviet nation of Kyrgyzstan is hoping to join the global tech economy by empowering its engineers and content creators. We hang out with the blockbuster YouTube success D-Billions, and learn about a darker side of Kyrgyz society from feminist singer-songwriter Zere. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Grocery delivery firm Instacart will pay $60 million to refund consumers who were deceived into enrolling in the company’s subscription service, Instacart+, the US Federal Trade Commission said... View Source

Michigan regulators unanimously approved a request from utility DTE Energy Co. to power a massive data center development planned by Oracle and OpenAI, during a contentious hearing where some members of the public pushed back on the project... View Source

Italy’s digital payment company Nexi SpA rejected an offer by TPG for its digital banking solutions unit, marking a new failed attempt to sell it... View Source

OpenAI has sold more than 700,000 ChatGPT licenses to about 35 public universities for use by students and faculty. OpenAI has hired education-focused salespeople and is offering discounts to universities, with schools willing to purchase bulk access to ChatGPT. Liam Knox reports on "Bloomberg Markets" with Scarlet Fu. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Janet Mui, head of market analysis at RBC Brewin Dolphin, says investors are going to focus more on the leverage of tech companies heading into 2026. She tells Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech” why investors will still pay premiums for AI leaders. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Fujikura Ltd.’s stock has surged about 1,400% over the last two years as new data centers globally have created an insatiable appetite for its cables. There’s only one problem — the company can’t keep up with demand... View Source

A leading economist isn’t overly concerned about the fallout from the AI bubble bursting, if it happens. But first…... View Source

Patrick McGoldrick, managing partner for JPMorgan Private Capital, explains why he sees a blurring of the lines between public and private markets as tech companies stay private longer and some reach record valuations. He joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet removes the Protein Crystallization Facility hardware from an incubator aboard the International Space Station for the CASIS PCG-5 investigation, which crystallized a monoclonal antibody developed by Merck Research Labs.NASA NASA opens the International Space Station for scientists and researchers, inviting them to use the benefits of microgravi... View Source

An Airbnb Inc.-backed bill that would have eased some short-term rental restrictions in New York City failed to make local legislators’ final voting agenda of the year, dealing another setback to the company’s efforts to regain traction in one of the busiest tourism markets in the US... View Source

Some of the wealthiest individuals in technology including Eric Schmidt and France’s Xavier Niel have pledged as much as €860 million ($1 billion) to CERN to fund a proposed successor to the Large Hadron Collider, as the storied research institute turns to private backers for the first time to back future breakthroughs... View Source

New Mountain Capital’s Matt Holt has left the firm and is in talks to buy five of its portfolio companies in a deal valued at more than $30 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Sony is paying approximately $460 milliion to purchase Peanuts [PDF] and its characters, including Snoopy and Charlie Brown, created by Charles M. Schulz. That’s a 41 percent stake Sony is buying from Canadian firm WildBrain. Since Sony bought 39 percent of the franchise back in 2018, this will give the company an 80 percent stake. The deal is still subject to regulatory approvals, but Peanuts wil... View Source

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min... View Source

Sony Group Corp.’s music and pictures units plan to spend around $460 million to take control of the company housing the classic Peanuts brand, created by Charles M. Schulz, expanding the Tokyo-based group’s reach in content... View Source

2 min read2025 Science Activation Opportunity NASA Science encourages all people to actively participate in science through activities and resources developed by a collaborative network of project teams drawing on NASA SMD assets (science content, experts, data, etc.). Your team can apply to be part of this program. Opportunity NASA SMD seeks a portfolio of projects that together : Cover the full... View Source

After briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law targeting ByteDance that went into effect on January 19th, TikTok quickly came back online. It eventually reappeared in the App Store and Google Play as negotiations between the US and China continued, and Donald Trump continued to sign extensions directing officials not to apply the law’s penalties. Finally, in mid-December,... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses Micron’s earnings as tech stocks rally on the back of a positive AI outlook. Plus, with private tech valuations soaring, the lines between public and private markets continue to blur. And, Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-37 remains on the ground. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Blackrock Gargi Chaudhuri, BNY Investments’ Vincent Reinhart, Mizuho Securities’ Nick Setyan, 1789 Capital’s Paul Abrahimzadeh, HSBC Americas’ Jose Rasco, Third Bridge’s Peter McNally, CoreSight Research’s Deborah Winswig, Cha... View Source

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) In 2025, NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, marked a year of progress by supporting NASA’s Artemis campaign, celebrating historic milestones, and continuing its role as a trusted propulsion test partner at America’s largest rocket propulsion test site. “For more than six decades, NASA Stennis h... View Source

Failure of the one-time unicorn is turning investors wary, forcing founders to prioritize discipline over big promises... View Source

Remember back in September when President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seemingly finalized some of the terms of a deal to spin off TikTok's US business? Three months later, that same deal is apparently one step closer to being official.According to Bloomberg, TikTok CEO Shou Chew told employees that TikTok and ByteDance had signed off the agreement for control of TikTok's... View Source

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, left, swears in Jared Isaacman, right, as the 15th administrator of NASA, as Isaacman’s parents, Donald and Sandra Marie, join on Dec. 18, 2025, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Jared Isaacman was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 15th administrator by District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. The oath was taken dur... View Source

On Thursday (Dec. 18), President Donald Trump issued an executive order designed to ensure American space superiority. It calls for the initial construction of a moon base by 2030, among other goals... View Source

Google expanded Gemini's AI verification feature to videos made or edited with the company's own AI models. Users can now ask Gemini to determine if an uploaded video is AI-generated by asking, "Was this generated using Google AI?" Gemini will scan the video's visuals and audio for Google's proprietary watermark called SynthID. The response will be more than a yes or no, Google says. Gemini will p... View Source

Francisco Partners is considering a sale of MyHeritage, the DNA testing service and genealogy platform, that could fetch about $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

Explore HubbleHubble HomeOverviewAbout HubbleThe History of HubbleHubble TimelineWhy Have a Telescope in Space?Hubble by the NumbersAt the MuseumFAQsImpact & BenefitsHubble’s Impact & BenefitsScience ImpactsCultural ImpactTechnology BenefitsImpact on Human SpaceflightAstro Community ImpactsScienceHubble ScienceScience ThemesScience HighlightsScience Behind DiscoveriesUniverse UncoveredHu... View Source

If you’re lucky enough to have a bit of time off around the holidays, we have great news: Steam’s annual winter sale kicked off today, and will run through Monday, January 5th at 1PM ET. Now’s a great time to stock up on some of the best games of 2025 at a solid discount, or add some classics to your backlog if you’ve got a hole in your library. Thousands of games are on sale, but we’ve picked out... View Source

A couple of hours after a judge formally swore in private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the next administrator of NASA on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order outlining his space policy objectives for the next three years. The executive order, titled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” states that the country must “pursue a space policy that will extend the reach of human di... View Source

Two former employees of cybersecurity companies pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal crimes for launching their own ransomware attacks in a plot to extort millions of dollars from victims around the US... View Source

Holiday shopping is in full swing, which means it's about time for the Steam Winter Sale. This go-around, Valve’s sale runs from December 18, 2025 through January 5, 2026, and includes discounts on some of this year's hit games, like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Silent Hill f and Assassin's Creed Shadows.Clair Obscur is available for $40, down from its normal $50, Silent Hill f is 4... View Source

The 2026 ramp of Tesla Cybercab will be transformational for the world and for TESLA. I have the projected ramp and predictions on the share price... View Source

TikTok has finalized the deal to sell its US business, according to reports from Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. They report that a memo from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to employees on Thursday said the deal will close on January 22nd, with Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX owning 45 percent of the company, while its China-based parent company ByteDance will hold 20 percent. The remai... View Source

TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew told employees that the social media company and its parent, ByteDance Ltd., signed binding agreements to create a US joint venture majority-owned by American investors... View Source

Google's latest addition to its NotebookLM artificial intelligence research platform is a feature called Data Tables. The tool can collect and synthesize information across multiple sources into a chart that can be exported to Google Sheets. All Pro and Ultra users will have access to the feature today, and Data Tables will roll out to all users over the coming weeks.In practice, Google sugge... View Source

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social and ticker DJT, has announced a definitive agreement to merge with TAE Technologies, a leading private nuclear fusion energy company, in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $6 billion.Key details of the merger:This creates one of the world’s first publicly traded nuclear ... Read more... View Source

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. By all measures, Meta's Threads app had a very good year. The app was Apple's second-most-downloaded iOS app of the year, trailing only ChatGPT. Threads now has 400 million monthly and 150 million daily active users. "There are consumers who are ravenous... View Source

A look back at the major business trends of 2025... View Source

NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551 local events across 167 countries and territories to showcase their STEM skills and proposed ways to transform NASA’s open data into actionable tools. Participants work on their projects at the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Austin, Texas, at one of more th... View Source

As of December 18, 2025, law enforcement authorities are actively investigating a potential connection between the mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (on December 13), and the fatal shooting of MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts (on December 15). There are reports that some 40 year old ... Read more... View Source

The OhSnap Snap Grip 5 next to a Syncwire magnetic ring. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge In 2022, we called a simple magnetic ring from Anker the best MagSafe phone grip, but things have evolved dramatically since then! You can buy two or even three magnetic rings joined at the hip these days to wield your iPhone, recent Pixel, or really any phone if you stick a magnetic case or included mou... View Source

Who ends up with the assets of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., the owner of one of Hollywood’s largest and most venerable film studios, is likely to impact the entertainment industry for decades to come. On Dec. 5, the company announced that Netflix Inc., the world’s dominant streaming platform, had agreed to purchase its streaming and studio assets in a $82.7 billion deal, including debt. Three days... View Source

Several LG smart TV owners, including some Engadget staff, were surprised to find what looked like an unremovable Microsoft Copilot app suddenly installed on their devices earlier this week. After all the raised eyebrows, a representative from LG has reached out to say that the company "will take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish." According to the spokesperso... View Source

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A graphic for the Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge.Freelancer Whose Moon Mascot design will join the Artemis II astronauts on their historic voyage around the Moon in early 2026? Between March 7 and Jun. 16, 2025, NASA worked with crowdsourcing company Freelancer to seek design ideas from global creator... View Source

Convert your TV into a smart TV with a streaming stick and watch all your favorite sci-fi shows and movies in one place, to access your streaming service of choice... View Source

OpenAI and Anthropic are making tweaks to their chatbots that they say will make them safer for teens. As OpenAI has updated its guidelines on how ChatGPT should interact with users between the ages of 13 and 17, Anthropic is working on a new way to identify if someone might be underage. On Thursday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT's Model Spec - the guidelines for how its chatbot should behave - wi... View Source

The US needs to have a “leap-ahead” strategy to take on China in the AI race, says James Proud, founder and CEO of chip-foundry startup Substrate. He discusses growing AI competition between China and the West with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple just announced it will be integrating more ads into the App Store because our poor eyeballs must be assaulted at all times. The company plans on littering search results with advertisements beginning next year. Currently, the App Store only has one ad spot. That's at the very top of search results. If you search for something like Instagram it's likely that top spot will be filled... View Source

They're not part of a vast, Marvel-style universe, and neither is a classic. So why are the "Avatar" movies so successful?... View Source

If you're tired of seeing Instagram posts with a seemingly endless list of hashtags, Instagram is making a change to stop that. In a post today, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said that the platform will now cap hashtags to five per post. "While I know it can be tempting to use more, a few specific tags actually perform better than a long list of generic ones," Mosseri says on his "Instagram advice"... View Source

A US development-finance agency that’s on track for a tripling in funding aims to invest in data centers for artificial intelligence, as well as critical minerals and energy, according to a top official... View Source

The ripples of the auto industry's chip shortage are still being felt, as evidenced by Honda. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that the automaker will suspend production in Japan on January 5 and 6. (Honda didn't specify the affected factories.) In addition, all three of the automaker's Guangqi Honda Automobile plants in China will shut down from December 29 to January 2.The halt is... View Source

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LG says it will let users delete the Microsoft Copilot shortcut it installed on newer TVs after several reports highlighted the unremovable icon. In a statement to The Verge, LG spokesperson Chris De Maria says the company "respects consumer choice and will take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish." Last week, a user on the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit posted an image of... View Source

Sam Altman’s decision to declare a “code red” at OpenAI earlier this month may have caught the industry’s attention, but it wasn’t a first for the artificial intelligence company... View Source

Apple keeps most of its product pricing on a tight leash, but we do see the company's AirTags go on sale pretty frequently. Another cost cut has come around for this item just in time for the holidays. Amazon is currently selling a four-pack of AirTags for $65. At a third off the regular cost, that price is pretty close to the record low discount of $63 we've seen for these Bluetooth trackers... View Source

LG Electronics Inc. will let owners of its televisions delete Microsoft Corp.’s artificial intelligence software amid a consumer backlash... View Source

Displace first tried its hand at reimagining the TV in 2023, with a wireless screen that suctions onto walls and features built-in rechargeable batteries. At CES 2026, the company is not only introducing new versions of its own TVs, it's also showing off the Displace Hub, an accessory that can make other TVs wireless.The Displace Hub is a wall-mounting system with some extra bells and whistle... View Source

One of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites suffered an anomaly in orbit on Wednesday (Dec. 17) that led to its partial breakup, according to the company... View Source

The Sony-owned gamemakers have been racing to hit a December deadline ... View Source

The T1 smartphone from Trump Mobile remains non-existent vaporware, but the company is still finding new ways to take people's money. Anyone who desperately wants to fund this sham can now buy a refurbished phone from the company. The business's website has listings for "Renewed" models of the Samsung S24 and S23 and the iPhone 15 and 14. Gizmodo noticed that Trump Mobile is se... View Source

NASA/Christopher LC Clark Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine tests on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at NASA’s Armstong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Hall, chief pilot at the center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory, and Link, a pilot for small uncrewed aircraft systems, are building the large... View Source

"It's like looking back in time in a sense, to that violent period of our solar system when it was less than a billion years old."... View Source

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Atlas Obscura has been crowdsourcing strange and wonderful places from all around the world since its founding in 2009. To date, the site's users and editorial staff have collected and curated articles and photos for over 32,000 such p... View Source

Developers of a data center linked to Alphabet Inc.’s Google are tapping the junk-bond market to finance the project in a deal led by Morgan Stanley, extending a borrowing spree powering the artificial-intelligence boom... View Source

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Integrated Adaptive Wing Technology Maturation wind-tunnel model installed in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.NASA / Mark Knopp The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today’s, with longer, thinner wings that provide a smoother ride whil... View Source

You can save $50 on the latest AirPods Pro and still have it arrive in time for Christmas. You don’t need to deal with long mall lines or crowded parking lots just to wrap up your holiday shopping, but you probably already knew this. Some of the best deals are online, and even though Christmas is now just a few days away, a lot of Verge-approved gifts should still arrive on time if you order them... View Source

Two dozen top artificial intelligence companies have signed on to join the federal government’s “Genesis Mission,” an effort by the Trump administration to boost the use of the emerging technology for scientific discovery and energy projects... View Source

Trump media, the company behind the president's personal social media platform Truth Social, is inexplicably merging with a Google-backed fusion energy company called TAE Technologies. The deal is worth $6 billion, according to reporting by Financial Times. Why is an entity known for publishing frenzied hot takes by the president at 3AM combining with a fusion energy company? Who the heck rea... View Source

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This panoramic view of SPHEREx’s first all-sky map simulates how the sky looks to the telescope. It transitions between observations of colors emitted by hot hydrogen gas (blue) and cosmic dust (red), and those primarily emitted by stars.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Launched in March, NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has comp... View Source

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is travelling away from the sun on its way back to interstellar space... View Source

Riot Games says a security flaw in many recent motherboards could be exploited by cheaters undetected, and now companies including Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI have released BIOS updates to address the issue. According to Riot, "had this issue gone unnoticed, it would have completely nullified all existing DMA detection and prevention tech currently on the market - including that of other gamin... View Source

Shares of Micron Technology Inc., the largest US maker of computer memory chips, rose by the most in eight months after the company gave an upbeat forecast for the current quarter, signaling that surging demand and supply shortages are allowing the company to charge more for products. Bloomberg's Jake Silverman joins to discuss with Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

You can add Japan to the list of regions where Apple has been forced to do something it would rather not: open up the App Store. On Thursday, the company announced changes to iOS in Japan to comply with the nation's Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA). The tighter regulations for Apple and Google, which overlap with Europe's, took effect today. Users in the US and elsewhere won't... View Source

The Roomba maker will continue to operate but will be owned by Picea Robotics.  The news that the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum, iRobot, filed for bankruptcy this week came as no surprise. Its CEO, Gary Cohen, had been warning investors all year that the company could run out of cash unless a buyer was found. When its last potential deal fell through, bankruptcy became inevitable. But Cohen sa... View Source

An education company that helps children as young as three learn to code filed for bankruptcy, blaming an expansion strategy that outpaced its ability to turn a profit... View Source

Satellites would likely begin colliding with each other or space junk in less than three days if they were to lose the ability to maneuver, for example due to an intense solar storm... View Source

Netflix is bringing ESPN host Elle Duncan onboard to become the voice of its growing roster of live events. Duncan, who has appeared on SportsCenter, College GameDay, and WNBA Countdown, will make her debut on Netflix with next year's Skyscraper Live broadcast. During the livestream, free solo climber Alex Honnold will attempt to ascend the 11th-tallest building in the world, Taiwan's Taipei 101... View Source

Hg-backed software firm Visma has appointed Ron Kalifa, former chief executive officer of Worldpay Inc., as its non-executive chairman, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Amazon just introduced a new feature for Alexa+ called Greetings. This lets Alexa+ answer the doorbell and converse with visitors, which certainly sounds futuristic in a "gated community as dystopia" kind of way. There are several caveats here. First of all, it only works with certain newer Ring video doorbell models. Customers also have to pony up for a Ring Premium Plan and have access... View Source

Kia and Hyundai will offer free repairs for millions of cars that lack anti-theft technology as part of a settlement with dozens of US states. The automakers agreed to outfit the roughly 9 million eligible cars sold between 2011 and 2022 with a zinc sleeve installed around the ignition cylinder to prevent the viral "Kia Boyz" thefts that required only a USB cable. The repairs could cost up to $500... View Source

Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, said it will merge with TAE Technologies Inc., a closely held fusion developer founded in 1998, in a transaction valued at more than $6 billion. Will Wade reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation this past year. Join us as we take a look back at some of the highlights from 2025. From Supercomputers to Wind Tunnels: NASA’s Road to Artemis II This video shows two simulations of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket using NASA’s Launch Ascent and Ve... View Source

The cringe comes for us all, and for all our hot new turns of phrase. "Rizz" lost its luster when grandparents started asking about its meaning. Teachers who dressed up as "6-7" on Halloween drove a nail into the coffin of Gen Alpha's rallying cry. And tech CEOs who once trumpeted the quest for "artificial general intelligence," or AGI, are jumping ship for any other term they can find. Until rece... View Source

Artificial intelligence is having a positive impact on Europe’s economy, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde... View Source

Microsoft is at it again with another round of ads showing people talking to Copilot AI on their computers. This time it's holiday-themed, including a cameo from the big man in red. The 30-second TV spot asks if you're "ready for the holidays" and features actors in various festive home settings asking Copilot for some ho-ho-ho-help with everything from holiday lighting and cooking to oversized ou... View Source

A startup building artificial intelligence software to speed up and automate scientific research has raised $70 million in a new funding round, the latest sign of investor enthusiasm for using AI in the sciences. The financing for Edison Scientific, announced Thursday, was co-led by Spark Capital, Triatomic Capital and a US-based biotech investor that the company declined to name. Other participan... View Source

If you're like me, it's probably been a hot minute since you’ve used or even thought of Meetup. Predating both Facebook and Twitter, the website, which was designed to help people organize in-person events, has changed hands a handful of times in recent years. In 2017, founder Scott Heiferman sold it to WeWork, which offloaded it a few years later before declaring bankruptcy in 2023... View Source

STS110-E-5541 (13 April 2002) — Astronaut Lee M.E. Morin carries an affixed 35mm camera to record work which is being performed 240 miles above Earth on the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronaut and retired United States Navy Capt. Lee Morin has retired from the agency after 30 years of service. He served as a mission specialist on STS-110 and went on to oversee the Rapid Prototy... View Source

A rare interstellar comet has been caught in X-rays by two space telescopes, revealing how its gases interact with charged particles from the sun as it travels through the inner solar system... View Source

Micron, one of the three biggest memory suppliers in the world, forecasts rough months ahead for the global RAM supply. As part of its earnings report released on Wednesday, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said "tight industry conditions" across DRAM and NAND flash memory are expected to "persist through and beyond" 2026 as AI drives up demand. With the AI boom in full swing, Micron is making more mone... View Source

That’s up from 400 million hours a year ago as podcasts become the new late-night TV. ... View Source

Welcome to our end-of-year Decoder special! Senior producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt here. We’ve had a big year, including nearly 100 episodes, a new YouTube channel, an ad-free podcast feed, and a slate of great guest hosts while Nilay was on parental leave. It’s been a lot. We’ve also had a lot of great questions and comments this year from you, our audience. It’s now an annual tradition for us... View Source

Carlyle Group Inc. has launched a takeover offer for Hogy Medical Co. in the latest private equity-led deal of a Japanese company... View Source

The Federal Trade Commission has sent Instacart a civil investigative demand, seeking information about its AI-powered pricing tool, according to Reuters. This comes after a recently published pricing experiment study showed that the online grocery delivery app gave different users different prices for the same items from the same store location at the exact same time. Some of the testers saw pric... View Source

This 3D rendering of our planet was part of France's Festival of Lights celebration... View Source

If you have $400 and want an iPad, your options are usually kind of limited to either just the base iPad, or better yet, the latest iPad Mini — if it happens to be on sale when you’re shopping (it is now, but that’s not always the case). But right now, you should consider getting the 128GB version of Apple’s 11-inch iPad Air with the capable M3 processor. At Target, multiple colors of this model a... View Source

Elon Musk is selling investors a future of driverless cars, robot assistants and life on Mars. The problem is there’s only one way to buy into his vision: Tesla Inc.’s stock... View Source

OpenAI has introduced an app directory that's now available right inside ChatGPT, the company announced. "Apps extend ChatGPT conversations by bringing in new context and letting users take action like order groceries, turn an outline into a slide deck or search for an apartment," the company wrote in a blog post. OpenAI also noted in a help document that "connector" apps... View Source

2025 was another busy year on the sun. But how did it compare with 2024, and what will 2026 bring for solar activity and the northern lights?... View Source

Much like the audio industry's compression-driven loudness war, which reached its distortion-fueled apex (and not the good kind) with Metallica's Death Magnetic in 2008, the television industry has been having its own battle the past couple of years: the brightness war. Sparked by the introduction of HDR and its higher brightness mastering levels, brands began to push display technology to achieve... View Source

North Korean hackers stole a record $2 billion of crypto this year, researchers said, a sharp jump from 2024 that underscores the country’s growing ability to pull off massive heists... View Source

The Ultrahuman Ring Air now has the capacity to track snoring and general respiratory health. This is thanks to proprietary technology called Respiratory Health PowerPlug, which is basically a suite of audio analysis tools along with some "advanced biomarker tracking" and AI tomfoolery. All of this results in "one of the most comprehensive consumer tools ever built for understanding... View Source

Trump Media, the company that runs social network Truth Social, is pivoting to nuclear fusion. It has announced a merger with California-based fusion power company TAE Technologies, and plans to start construction on a fusion power plant in 2026. Trump Media & Technology Group will become the holding company of the new organization, though shareholders from each company will own approximately... View Source