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Elon Musk is combining SpaceX and xAI as he looks to fuel his increasingly costly ambitions in artificial intelligence and space exploration. The deal gives SpaceX a valuation of $1 trillion, and xAI a value of $250 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Bloomberg’s Neil Campling breaks down the possible reasoning behind the deal... View Source

Elon Musk is in advanced talks to combine Space Exploration Technologies Corp. with xAI, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring how the billionaire’s artificial intelligence ambitions have grown too costly for any one of his entities to shoulder alone... View Source

A merger between SpaceX and xAI could create too much uncertainty for EchoStar Corp., according to Wall Street... View Source

Credit investors should guard against potential downside risks tied to “AI exuberance” after optimism around the technology helped yield premiums drop to their lowest in decades, according to HSBC Bank strategists... View Source

The judge reviewing the US Justice Department’s settlement allowing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc. said he will let states challenging the deal interview under oath the lawyers and advisers the companies hired... View Source

Rapid acceleration of AI toward the technological singularity, driven by open-source projects like Clawdbot (also referred to as Maltbot or OpenClaw). Roth and others say we have crossed and intelligence event horizon,” where AI self-improvement makes the future unpredictable. Breakthroughs in AI capabilities, autonomous agent societies, and the implications for society, blending excitement... View Source

Chinese chip designer Montage Technology Co. is planning to price its Hong Kong listing at the highest possible figure, according to people familiar with the matter, putting it on course to raise HK$7 billion ($902 million)... View Source

Analog chipmaker SiTime Corp. is nearing a deal to acquire Renesas Electronics Corp.’s timing unit, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

A gauge of Chinese technology shares extended its drop from an October high to 20%, following a sudden selloff on Tuesday... View Source

Uber Technologies Inc. is rolling out its ride hailing service in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, expanding into a new Asian market for the first time in years... View Source

South Korea’s two most valuable companies are poised to eclipse a duo of Chinese internet giants by market cap for the first time, underscoring how an evolving global artificial intelligence boom has reshaped the sector’s investment dynamics in Asia... View Source

Kyocera Corp. plans to buy back as much as ¥500 billion ($3.2 billion) worth of its shares from fiscal 2027 through fiscal 2028, joining a growing number of Japanese companies repurchasing stock... View Source

Elon Musk is combining SpaceX and xAI in a deal that values the enlarged entity at $1.25 trillion, as the world’s richest man looks to fuel his increasingly costly ambitions in artificial intelligence and space exploration... View Source

Wingsuit Foil Enhancements have increased the range of and during of flights with wingsuits. Austrian wingsuit pilot Peter Salzmann achieving a world-first by gaining 67 meters of altitude mid-flight using a specially designed foil wing attached to his wingsuit. The video depicts Salzmann jumping from a ridge on El Hierro in the Canary Islands. He ... Read more... View Source

TDK Corp. shares surged 11% after the Japanese electronics components maker raised its full-year operating profit forecast, citing stronger-than-expected demand and a weaker yen... View Source

SpaceX has acquired XAI. the combined ocmpany will have a valuation of $1.25 trillion. The SpaceX acquisition of xAI was announced and closed on February 2, 2026. Multiple reports, including from Bloomberg, Reuters, TechCrunch, and direct statements on SpaceX’s website confirm the deal as completed on that date. The deal happened today. Not a merger ... Read more... View Source

Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV reported slightly slower growth in the automotive market than anticipated last quarter as the company pursues a comeback... View Source

NASA fully fueled its Artemis 2 moon rocket during a crucial test today (Feb. 2) but had to pause the operation twice due to leaks. Will the agency still try to launch on Feb. 8?... View Source

SpaceX has formally acquired another one of Elon Musk's companies, xAi, the space company announced on Monday afternoon. "SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform," the company s... View Source

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, raised $16 billion at a $126 billion valuation, a funding round that reflects its rapid ascent as a robotaxi pioneer... View Source

Anime fans won't be getting any respite from the streaming service price hikes that now feel inevitable on every platform every couple of years. Crunchyroll announced today that it will be increasing the monthly costs for all its plans by $2. That means the Fan tier will now run you $10 a month, the Mega Fan Tier is $14 a month and the Ultimate Fan Tier is $18 a month. The platform intro... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses Disney's earnings lifted by record results in its parks division. Plus, Oracle kicks off a massive bond sale as the software giant looks to raise $45 billion to $50 billion this year through a combination of debt and equity sales to build additional cloud infrastructure capacity. And sources say Elon Musk is in advanced talks to combine SpaceX with xAI. (Source:... View Source

Moltbook bills itself as a social network for AI agents. That's a wacky enough concept in the first place, but the site apparently exposed the credentials for thousands of its human users. The flaw was discovered by cybersecurity firm Wiz, and its team assisted Moltbook with addressing the vulnerability. The issue appears to be the result of the entire Reddit-style forum being vibe-coded; Mol... View Source

Waymo announced a $16 billion investment round aimed at bringing its robotaxi business to more US cities, as well as some overseas markets. The funding round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, a "crossover" firm known for investing in late-stage tech companies before they go public. Waymo's co-CEOs said in a blog post they would use some of the money to buy more vehicles to grow its fleets siz... View Source

OpenAI accused Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of “systematic and intentional destruction” of evidence in xAI’s lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of trying to thwart competition in emerging markets... View Source

Ubisoft continues to raise eyebrows around how it is treating employees as it attempts a business overhaul. David Michaud-Cromp, a level design team lead at Ubisoft Montreal, said last week that he was suspended for three days without pay after voicing opposition to the company's return to office mandate. Today, Michaud-Cromp posted on LinkedIn that he has been fired. "I was terminated b... View Source

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Zena Cardman, both Expedition 74 Flight Engineers, work on spacesuit maintenance inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock on Dec. 16, 2025.Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Chris Williams will connect with students in Pennsylvania to answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International... View Source

Adobe is pulling the plug on Adobe Animate. In a FAQ posted to Adobe's website, the company says it will stop selling the animation software on March 1st, citing the emergence of new platforms "that better serve the needs of the users." Users have until March 1st, 2027 (or March 1st, 2029 for enterprise customers) to access and download files from Animate, as they'll no longer be available after t... View Source

Brent Thill, Jefferies software and Internet research tech sector leader, says Palantir Technologies is fundamentally in a great spot on "Bloomberg The Close." Palantir forecast revenue for fiscal 2026 that significantly exceeded Wall Street expectations. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired xAI, the companies announced. The merger will “form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform,” Musk wrote in an update.The AI company that right now is best known for its CSAM-ge... View Source

"You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years."... View Source

The merger creates the world's most valuable private company, and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers... View Source

Last week, the Department of Justice released a trove of documents related to its case against Jeffrey Epstein, its largest to date. Amid the millions of files were many mentions of Elon Musk. A search of Musk's name in the department's database results in at least 1,500 hits. Since the release, Musk has been - what else? - posting through it, defending himself and his correspondence with Epstein... View Source

SpaceX has formally acquired another of Elon Musk's companies, xAi, the space company announced on Monday afternoon. "SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform," the company said... View Source

Elon Musk plans to merge SpaceX with xAI, according to people familiar with the matter. The combined company would have a valuation of $1.25 trillion according to sources. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Elon Musk is merging two of the companies that he leads, SpaceX and xAI (which also owns X), into one. According to an announcement from Musk: SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world's foremost real-time information and free speech pla... View Source

Palantir Technologies Inc. forecast revenue for fiscal 2026 that significantly exceeded Wall Street expectations, a boost for the data analytics company after its shares have gotten off to a lackluster start so far this year... View Source

Like practically every other tech company under the sun, Mozilla has been jamming generative AI features into its products. The organization has now acknowledged that not everyone wants things like plagiarism machines chatbots in the Firefox sidebar, so it’s giving you the option to turn off all of that. On February 24 (or earlier in Firefox Nightly builds), Mozilla will roll out Firefox 148,... View Source

Unlike many of the companies stuffing AI into their browsers, Mozilla will soon give you a way to turn all of these features off. An update coming on February 24th will add a new "AI control" option to Firefox's settings menu, allowing you to disable or enable the browser's individual AI features, including access to a built-in AI chatbot, translations, AI tab group suggestions, and more. Over the... View Source

Federal immigration agents are using facial recognition technology that draws from US government biometric databases containing more than 1.2 billion face images, according to federal records reviewed by Bloomberg News... View Source

France may take additional steps to prevent minors from accessing social media platforms. As its government advances a proposed ban on social media use for anyone under age 15, some leaders are already looking to add further restrictions. During an appearance on public broadcast service Franceinfo, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs Anne Le Hénanff said VPNs might be... View Source

Users of the text and code editor Notepad++ may have unknowingly downloaded a malicious update for the app after its shared hosting servers were hijacked last year. On Monday, the app's developer, Don Ho, posted an update on the attack with more details, including that the hackers were "likely a Chinese state-sponsored group" and that the app's servers were vulnerable for roughly six months from J... View Source

Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”... View Source

Ross Gerber, co-founder and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, says the valuation for Walt Disney Co. "makes no sense" and it's time for a change there. Disney said it expects challenges attracting international tourists to its domestic parks in its fiscal second quarter and warned of ongoing increased costs for sports rights. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Since last spring, OpenAI has offered Codex. What started life as the company's response to Claude Code is becoming something more sophisticated with the release of a new dedicated macOS app. At its most basic form, Codex is a programming agent capable of writing code for users, but now it can also manage multiple AI assistants that can work together to complete more complex tasks.OpenAI give... View Source

This is the first time humans have laid eyes on these deep space objects... View Source

Following the debut of its $10 Kallsup Bluetooth speakers at CES 2026, Ikea is introducing another wireless speaker with a playful design and an affordable price tag. The Grejsimojs Portable Bluetooth speaker probably isn't going to wow audiophiles, but it's designed to look like a little purple mouse with a tail that can be used to carry it around. The Grejsimojs speaker is currently available in... View Source

More than $3 trillion is expected to be spent building the data centers needed for the AI boom, and much of the funding is coming from debt markets. Bloomberg’s Paula Seligson discusses the impact and risks this creates for bonds and credit. She joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Sony's long-anticipated flagship WF-1000XM6 earbuds have leaked online, according to a report by The Walkman Blog and posts on Reddit. The retailer Power Buy posted a listing for the earbuds, complete with multiple photos and some specs. Let's get to the specs. We don't know a lot, but the listing does suggest the earbuds will boast an IPX4 water-resistance rating and ANC/transparen... View Source

An image from ALDNOAH.ZERO. Crunchyroll is raising its prices in the US and "select international markets," including the first price hike to its lowest-priced tier since 2019. Here are the price changes, according to Crunchyroll: Fan Tier will increase from $7.99/month to $9.99/month. Mega Fan Tier will increase from $11.99/month to $13.99/month. Ultimate Fan Tier will increase from $15.99/month... View Source

Shares of business development companies fell Monday, as concerns over the group’s widespread exposure to software sparked a renewed sell off... View Source

Buying a good budget phone can be a challenge. High-end handsets continue to get more features, but on the other end of the spectrum, there are only so many things you can skimp on before a device becomes too compromised. With the Galaxy A17, Samsung is trying to balance both sides of that equation with something that sports a solid design, a bright screen, decent cameras and respectable battery l... View Source

If you’re looking for a versatile gift for Valentine’s Day that can be sentimental and practical, Amazon’s fourth-generation Echo Show 8 can serve as both a digital photo frame and a smart home controller. And right now, it’s on sale at Amazon for $149.99 ($30 off) — a new low price — as part of the retailer’s ongoing Super Bowl sale, which also includes discounts on the Echo Show 11 and Echo Dot... View Source

Elon Musk is in advanced talks to combine SpaceX with xAI, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg’s Liana Baker discusses the possible consolidation of the billionaire’s empire with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

ASUS ROG just announced the Kithara gaming headset, which is a device intended to bring "audiophile-grade sound" to gaming. It was developed in conjunction with manufacturer HiFiMan, a company that specializes in high-end audio devices. The Kithara is the company's first open-back planar magnetic gaming headset. ROG says it was designed to please gamers who "demand absolute cla... View Source

NASA's upcoming Artemis 2 moon mission is historic, but it's designed to pave the way for even bigger things... View Source

Devices featuring older LPDDR2 memory the company has stockpiled are not affected. | Image: Raspberry Pi Following an initial price increase announced two months ago, Raspberry Pi is raising prices again for several of its single-board computers. "The cost of some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter," Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said in an announcement today. "As a result, we now nee... View Source

Bloomberg's Mandep Singh joins to discuss the biggest news in the tech sector on Bloomberg Intelligence. Oracle Corp. plans to raise $45 billion to $50 billion this year through a combination of debt and equity sales to build additional cloud infrastructure capacity, reflecting the scale of financing needed to feed AI’s growth.   Elon Musk is in advanced talks to combine Space Exploration Technolo... View Source

Steven Sinofsky with the Surface RT tablet in 2012. | Image: Getty Images Emails between former Windows boss Steven Sinofsky and Jeffrey Epstein, published by the Justice department on Friday, appear to show that Sinofsky constantly sought Epstein's advice as he negotiated his surprise exit from Microsoft in November 2012, forwarding emails to him in nearly real time as talks progressed. Sinofsky... View Source

Another big week for tech earnings kicks off with investors eyeing the impact of circular AI deals and spending. Natalie Gallagher, principal economist and director at Board, joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

While it's important to stay informed about what's going on in the world, endlessly scrolling through your social media feeds and absorbing what's likely to be a largely negative influx of information can't be great for your mental wellbeing. Perhaps with an eye on stopping you from doomscrolling, developer Lyra Rebane created Xikipedia, a social media-style feed of Wikipedia e... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026... View Source

When a video game series goes on for a long time, it raises a question for newcomers: Just where is the best place to jump in? In the case of Dragon Quest, there are nearly a dozen mainline titles, not to mention copious spinoffs and ports that span four decades of history. Of late, though, publisher Square Enix has been releasing a number of remakes that serve as almost ideal entry points for beg... View Source

Private credit could see default rates surge to as high as 13% in the US if artificial intelligence triggers an “aggressive” disruption among corporate borrowers, according to UBS Group AG... View Source

It looks like Grok is still being gross. Elon Musk says his chatbot stopped making sexualized images without a person's consent, but The Verge recently discovered this is not entirely true. It maybe (and I say maybe) stopped undressing women without their consent, but this doesn't seem to apply to men. A reporter with the organization ran some tests with Grok and found that the bot... View Source

NASA/Brandon Hancock NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will carry the Artemis II crew around the Moon, sits at the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026, after rollout. It rests atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Orion can provide living space on missions for four astronauts for up to 21 days without docking to another spacecraft. Advances in technology for deep space travel such as life supp... View Source

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best planetary lineups... View Source

Abxylute, the company behind the M4 magnetic mobile gamepad, has announced a new pair of controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2 designed to replace the stock Joy-Cons while playing in handheld mode. Both are "launching soon" on Kickstarter and feature a design where the Switch 2 docks to the controllers so they can connect to and draw power from the console's bottom USB-C port. The Abxylute N6 is s... View Source

NASA began conducting a major fueling test for its Artemis II mission on Monday, the agency said, in a key rehearsal that could pave the way to return astronauts to the vicinity of the moon for the first time since 1972... View Source

The Moon is seen shining over the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, on top of the mobile launcher on Feb. 1, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of Artemis II.Credit: NASA/Sam Lott Following a fueling test of NASA’s SLS (Space Lau... View Source

Valentine's Day often comes with more pressure than it needs to. At heart, though, February 14th is about showing appreciation for the people you care about in ways that feel thoughtful and sincere. And while big displays of romance can do that, it's often the quieter, more personal gestures - or a meaningful gift that makes life just a little more enjoyable - that matter most. Below, we've rounde... View Source

Elon Musk is in advanced talks to combine SpaceX with xAI in a deal that would bring together two of some of the largest closely held companies in the world, according to people familiar with the matter. Liana Baker reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Almost three years after starting the bargaining process with Microsoft, quality assurance workers at two Blizzard locations have ratified a union contract. The agreement covers 60 workers at Blizzard Albany and Blizzard Austin.The agreement includes guaranteed pay increases across the three years of the contract, assurances that workers will be given fair credits and recognition on games that shi... View Source

One of the brightest stars in the night sky will vanish as seen from North America and Europe in a rare event... View Source

An open-source AI agent called OpenClaw (formerly known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot) that runs on your own computer and “actually does things” is taking off inside tech circles. Users interact with OpenClaw via messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, and iMessage, giving it the keys to operate independently, managing reminders, writing emails, or buying tickets. ... View Source

The head of the UK’s space agency has stepped down months after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government said it would absorb the independent body into its science department... View Source

While the main series might be over, Netflix is far from done with Stranger Things. The first spin-off to hit the streaming service will be Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85. The company had said that the animated show would arrive sometime this year and now, alongside a new trailer, it confirmed a release date of April 23. The trailer is a bit of an odd watch given that Stranger Things wrapped... View Source

Arizona skywatchers got treated to both a beautiful sunset and a blazing comet streaking across the skies... View Source

It’s rare for Sony’s flagship headphones, even slightly outdated models, to receive a big discount. However, the WH-1000XM5 in black or silver is selling at its lowest-ever price today at Adorama when you enter the code JHCE9834 at checkout (it’s the last step before placing the order). Originally $399, they’re $204.56 — practically half price. According to historic p... View Source

Walt Disney Co. reported sales and earnings for its fiscal first quarter that exceed analysts’ expectations. Disney’s results for the quarter were boosted by record sales at its theme parks division. However, the company said it expects challenges attracting international tourists to its domestic parks in the current period. Geetha Ranganathan has more on “Bloomberg Open Interest.”... View Source

Whether you're one of the few people still keeping up with New Year's resolutions or just want an upgraded smartwatch, now is a good time to get an Apple Watch. Currently, the Apple Watch Series 11 is on sale for $299, down from $399. The 25 percent discount brings the 2025 model back down to its record-low price. We named the Apple Watch Series 11 as our choice for best smartwatch overa... View Source

A smaller Lego Star Wars BB-8 model replaces the one that retired in 2019. It’s a great model, but we’re not sure it offers value for money... View Source

The Department of Justice has released more of its records on self-described “science philanthropist” and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Other than Epstein, they’ve also brought an intense focus on the many powerful people who associated and corresponded with him, including Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and President Donald Trump. There’s also more information abou... View Source

The recent selloff in video-game developer stocks — tied to fears of disruption from Google’s Project Genie AI tool — is “unjustified,” mBank SA analysts said... View Source

Truffle, a chocolate lab found using Ring’s Search Party feature. | Image: Ring Ring is opening its Search Party pet finder service to non-Ring owners through the free Ring Neighbors app. The service has helped reunite owners with "more than one lost dog a day" since launch, according to the company. Anyone in the US can share a photo of their missing pet after they download and register in the ap... View Source

For the first time in two years, Palantir Technologies Inc. shares are not rallying into a quarterly earnings report — a signal that investors are finding fewer reasons to snap up what has become one of the most expensive stocks in the S&P 500 Index... View Source

We've finally made it to February, but, with the ongoing long nights, you might want a pick-me-up to get you through the rest of winter. Take the Apple iPad mini with the A17 Pro chip, which is on sale for $400, down from $500. Its small size is perfect for cozying up on the couch or to use on your daily commute.  Apple released this iPad mini in late 2024 and it was a solid update. We g... View Source

Astronomical winter reaches its true midpoint on Feb. 3, as daylight gains begin to accelerate across the Northern Hemisphere... View Source

After weeks of flooding the internet with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, X has finally reined in Elon Musk's rogue chatbot Grok. Musk claims Grok obeys local laws and refuses to produce anything illegal - except it hasn't and it can. My testing shows Grok still readily undresses men and is still churning out intimate images on demand. After sparking uproar worldwide, X enacted a variety of restri... View Source

US companies criticized a plan by Poland’s Digital Affairs Ministry to implement a digital services tax, saying it would unfairly target some of the country’s biggest foreign investors... View Source

Monday, Feb. 2, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon... View Source

Artificial intelligence tops the investment priority list for family offices globally, a survey from JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s private bank shows, though allocations lag and remain concentrated in public equities... View Source

A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption... View Source

Startup will spend millions for an ad during the game to show off its AI tools... View Source

See beautiful photos of February's full Snow Moon captured worldwide... View Source

The RetroVa kit looks almost identical to PGYTech’s accessories for Vivo and Oppo. | Image: PGYTech PGYTech, the accessory manufacturer behind the official telephoto extender lenses for recent Vivo and Oppo flagships, has launched a Kickstarter for a new version developed for iPhones. The RetroVa Vintage Imaging Kit looks an awful lot like the camera kits for those phones, complete with a custom c... View Source

British platform OnlyFans, known best for its adult content, is in talks to sell a 60% stake to an investment firm in a deal that would value the company at about $3.5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter... View Source

Lori Calvasina, head of US equity strategies at RBC Capital Markets, sees the current earnings season as “slightly squishy,” and says the top 10 market cap names are “pretty much priced for perfection.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

TikTok is finally "back to normal" in the US after days of technical issues and outages tied to winter storms. Less than a week after companies like Oracle took ownership of TikTok's domestic operations, the platform faced a major power outage when one of its primary US data center sites — run by Oracle — got taken down by the storm.  The problems started last Monday, January 2... View Source

It’s Thrive Holdings’ latest investment in bringing new tech to the services industry. ... View Source

"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up."... View Source

When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you're probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson. At 69, the snowy-haired, retired elementary school teacher hops into her Meta Quest headset five days a week, for roughly 60 to 90 minutes at a time. She's not attending live concerts or watching immersive films. Dickson, a fitness buff since Jane Fonda workout videos in the '80s, largely us... View Source

Christian Mueller-Glissmann, Goldman Sachs' asset allocation research head, says the market has traded artificial intelligence in a "relatively evidence-based" manner. "It feels like AI capex cannot really drive the equity market as much anymore," Mueller-Glissmann tells Bloomberg Television. "It's not about the application and the adoption," he adds. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Oracle Corp. plans to raise $45 billion to $50 billion this year through a combination of debt and equity sales. The company is raising money to build additional capacity to meet the contracted demand from the its largest cloud customers, including Nvidia Corp. and OpenAI. Bloomberg’s Neil Campling breaks down the situation... View Source

Utilities analysts are having a moment as the energy sector gets a boost from AI. With an extra 94 gigawatts forecast to be needed by 2030 to power all these new data centers, energy investment has become a hot play as investors take a “picks and shovels” approach. But one long-time analyst says that — from a utilities perspective — we’re already set to overbuild capacity by twice as m... View Source

Utilities may be building twice as much power as needed... View Source

NASA will conduct a crucial fueling test with its Artemis 2 moon rocket today (Feb. 2), and you can watch the action live... View Source

AgniKul Cosmos Co-Founder and CEO Srinath Ravichandran says he's looking at scaling to 25-50 launches a year, and that a fund raise is on its way. His company specializes in 3D-printed rocket engines and small-satellite launch vehicles. He speaks with Avril Hong from the sidelines of Space Summit 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Straddling the celestial equator, the constellation is visible in both hemispheresOrion, the hunter, one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky, is well placed for observation from the northern hemisphere during February. Straddling the celestial equator – the projection of Earth’s equator on to the night sky – the constellation is also visible from the southern hemisphere.From t... View Source

Taiwan has overtaken China as the market with the top weighting in a key emerging-markets stock index for the first time in nearly two decades, driven by a rally in artificial-intelligence shares... View Source

Singapore is forming its own space agency in an attempt to carve out a slice of a global industry projected to be worth $1.8 trillion in less than a decade... View Source

It has never been this busy at the start of a year for new listings in Hong Kong... View Source

Nomura Holdings Inc. shares fell after profit dropped more than analysts anticipated last quarter, due to a loss in Europe and one-time costs tied to a major acquisition... View Source

Lasertec Corp.’s stock price plunged 10% after the company raised its outlook less than investors had anticipated in the face of an AI-related surge in spending... View Source

Netflix has long excelled at avoiding regulatory entanglements. That’s about to change... View Source

Oracle Corp. said Sunday it plans to raise $45 billion to $50 billion in 2026 to build additional capacity for its cloud infrastructure through a combination of debt and equity sales... View Source

Apex Legends developer Respawn said it's ending Nintendo Switch support for the game this summer, with the release of Season 30. After that point, it'll work with the Switch 2 and all other currently supported platforms, but not the original Switch. "Season 29 will be the final update for Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch," the team wrote in a post on X.Hey legends, we want to sh... View Source

French IT services provider Capgemini SE plans to sell a US-based unit that’s facing scrutiny over its contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)... View Source

British engine maker Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc has halted a plan backed by millions in government funding to put a mini nuclear reactor on the Moon, the Telegraph reported... View Source

GIC Pte and Mubadala Investment Co. are in talks to join KKR & Co. and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. in their potential purchase of data center operator STT GDC Pte, people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of the biggest digital infrastructure deals in recent months... View Source

We may not have a concrete release date for the first foldable iPhone, but Apple may already be looking into a smaller device that will follow it up. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is exploring a "square, clamshell-style foldable phone," with the caveat that this potential device is "far from guaranteed to reach the market" and only "under consideration... View Source

Just like buying a new iPhone through Apple's online store, you now select each spec of your new Mac device when purchasing through the website. As first spotted by MacWorld, Apple updated its online configuration tool for purchasing a Mac. Compared to the previous design that allowed you to pick between several prebuilt options, the new configurator lets you choose one spec after another ins... View Source

Reports of Bill Gates' connections with Jeffrey Epstein grow more lurid with each dump of documents from the Department of Justice. The latest includes somewhat confusing emails that Epstein may have been drafting on behalf of someone named Boris, who worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The messages claim that Bill contracted an STD and wanted to "surreptitiously" give Melinda antib... View Source

After protests broke out in early January, the Iranian regime shut down the internet, starting the longest blackout in Iranian history. Despite this attempt to stop the protests from spreading, they did not stop. Still, the internet shutdown slowed down the spread of information both inside and outside Iran. Behind the heavily policed borders and the jammed signals, an unprecedented wave of state... View Source

New York City got hit with a hell of a snowstorm last week. And, inevitably, when I'm watching the snow fall, wandering the oddly quiet streets after dark, people hiding inside and staying warm, I put on M83's sophomore record, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. Before Nicolas Fromageau left the band and Anthony Gonzalez embraced traditional pop song structures, saxophone solos, and teen ang... View Source

Grok is once again available in Indonesia, after the country lifted its ban on the AI chatbot that was seen generating millions of sexualized deepfakes, thousands of which included children. The country's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs released a statement earlier today, which said X is allowed to resume service in Indonesia but will be subject to monitoring for any future viol... View Source

Apple’s blockbuster holiday quarter was impressive — but it shouldn’t give cover to avoid an AI reckoning. Also: A new MacBook Pro is planned for the macOS 26.3 release cycle; the company explores a clamshell follow-up to its upcoming foldable phone; and an updated AirTag finally rolls out... View Source

While the world awaits the first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years, Time magazine is celebrating the momentous event with a special Artemis 2 cover issue that hit newsstands on Jan. 30... View Source

I've used and reviewed dozens of e-readers over the years, but the 5-inch Kobo Mini remains my favorite for one simple reason: It was small. While it lacked useful features like screen lighting and page turn buttons, its size made it an e-reader I actually wanted to carry every day. The $69 Xteink X4 e-reader is even smaller than the Kobo Mini and E Ink smartphones like Boox Palma. It's satisfying... View Source

We show how this "cosmic clock" uncovers the evolution of rivers, coasts and habitats... View Source

It’s so embarrassing when a robot is better than you at latte art. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge In Seattle, the only thing we love more than coffee is our coffee shops. On a six-block walk I pass at least a half dozen, each with their own vibe: one focused on chai, another inside a yoga studio, a Starbucks that's surprisingly busy for late afternoon downtown. I passed them all up to get to... View Source

The Pelican Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, the swan... View Source

Apple’s AirTag is designed to run quietly in the background, helping you keep track of everyday items like keys, bags and luggage. Unlike many small trackers, an AirTag doesn’t need to be charged. Instead, it uses a standard replaceable coin cell battery that typically lasts around a year, depending on usage.When the battery runs low, your iPhone will alert you. Replacing it is a simple process th... View Source

Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon... View Source

Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain the organic matter that they doGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHow does one acquire star dust? One option, as the Perry Como song suggests, is to catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, so to speak: thousands of tonnes of cosmic dust bombard the Earth each year, mo... View Source

Antigravity’s ambitious A1 360-degree drone is 15 percent off through February 9th. The first-ever discount on this model is available across all bundles, with the most affordable option dropping from $1,599 to $1,359 at Amazon and Best Buy. Pricier bundles are also discounted and include accessories such as a carrying case, additional replaceable drone wings, and extra batteries. Antigravity A1 d... View Source

West's work on modeling the Earth's shape assisted with the development of GPS, today used by an estimated 4 billion people... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on Android phones, follow Dominic Preston. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra wasn't the first phone to feature a periscopic telephoto lens - both Huawei and Oppo beat the Korean company to it - bu... View Source

Here are three smart tricks, based on an understanding of frictional forces, to beat a slippery slope... View Source

The 'Snow Moon' is named for the inclement weather that is common in January... View Source

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the company’s proposed $100 billion investment in OpenAI was “never a commitment” and that the company would consider any funding rounds “one at a time.”... View Source

India will offer a two-decade tax holiday to overseas firms that provide global data center services from the country, stepping up efforts to woo investors in its fast-growing digital infrastructure sector... View Source

Shares of India’s electronics manufacturing services companies rose on Sunday after the finance minister set aside 400 billion rupees ($4.3 billion) to boost the sector and position the country as a global hub for the sector... View Source

Indonesia has permitted the artificial intelligence tool Grok to resume service after Elon Musk’s X provided assurances to the government following its ban for producing sexualized content... View Source

Former senior Microsoft Corp. executive Steven Sinofsky sought Jeffrey Epstein’s advice as he negotiated the terms of his exit from the company and worked through what to do next, according to documents made public by the Justice Department... View Source

An Abu Dhabi royal signed a secret deal with the Trump family to buy a stake in their cryptocurrency venture, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing company documents and people familiar with the matter... View Source

Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving subsidiary, is close to finalizing or has finalized a $16 billion funding round that values the company at $110 billion, more than doubling its valuation from the previous round. Alphabet (Google’s parent company) is providing about $13 billion of the $16 billion. New investors: Sequoia Capital, DST Global (led by Yuri ... Read more... View Source

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang denied reports that he was unhappy with OpenAI and said his company still planned to make a "huge" investment in the ChatGPT firm. NVIDIA announced in September that it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, but recently, there have been suggestions that the deal might not happen. While Huang told reporters in Taipei that it was "nonsense" to say he was unhappy with O... View Source

There may be plenty of gaming handhelds out there, but there aren't many horizontal options that let you play childhood favorites in the original 4:3 aspect ratio. To address that gap, Ayaneo launched a premium option with the Pocket S Mini. As a "true 4:3 retro handheld," the Pocket S Mini won't have those pesky vertical black bars whenever you're emulating video games fr... View Source

SpaceX's filing claims these satellites will be “a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the Sun’s full power."... View Source

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told reporters that the company will "invest a great deal of money" in OpenAI's latest funding round, according to Bloomberg, after The Wall Street Journal on Friday reported that the two companies were rethinking a previous $100 billion deal that hasn't "progressed beyond the early stages" of negotiations. Speaking to reporters in Taipei this... View Source

It was too cold to take off my mittens and check Google Maps so I put my faith in the trickle of bundled-up people ahead of me. All of them were carrying signs and wearing whistles around their necks on top of layers and layers of winter clothing. At first there were dozens of us walking toward Government Plaza, across the street from Minneapolis City Hall, and within a block it was hundreds. By t... View Source

Amid broad euphoria in credit markets, one type of debt is facing growing fear... View Source

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX's strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations. The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data cente... View Source

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, is aiming to raise about $16 billion in a financing round that would value the unit at nearly $110 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

OnlyFans is looking to cash out once again, but this time in a deal that would value it at several billion dollars less than a potential sale that previously fell through. As reported by TechCrunch, the online platform known for subscription-based pornographic content is in talks to sell a majority stake to Architect Capital, an investment firm based in San Francisco. According to the report, the... View Source

Elon Musk and his aerospace company have requested to build a network that's 100 times the number of satellites that are currently in orbit. On Friday, SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a million satellites meant to create an "orbital data center." This isn't the first time we're hearing of Musk's plans to build an... View Source

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke to press in Taipei, Taiwan saying their investment in OpenAI will probably be the "largest investment we've ever made". (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Nvidia Corp. supports “every developer” that uses its software, Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said, after a US lawmaker accused the chip giant of offering technical support that helped China’s DeepSeek improve its artificial intelligence model. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon... View Source

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke to press in Taipei, Taiwan on OpenAI financing saying "we'll definitely participate in the next round of financing because it's such a good investment." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

InterstellOr is already taking bookings for its planned suborbital flights and says it has attracted its first celebrity passenger, highlighting China's growing commercial space ambitions... View Source

Happy Saturday, folks! After a few weeks of middling deals, we’re starting see things pick up. Some of our favorite deals of the holiday season have returned in some fashion, making now a great time to pick up deal stalwarts like the AirPods 4 with ANC or Google’s TV Streamer (4K). We also stumbled upon a deal that knocks $5 off a pair of Lego Roses, as well as another that lets both new and retur... View Source

On Episode 195 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Gerry Griffin, former Apollo Flight Director and Director of the Johnson Space Center, about NASA's spaceflight tragedies... View Source

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines... View Source

Blue Origin plans to put a focus on the development of its human lunar capabilities, so it won’t be sending tourists to space for at least the next two years. That means we won’t be seeing any New Shepard launches for quite some time. Blue Origin is one of the companies NASA chose to develop human landing systems for its Artemis program, along with SpaceX. Specifically, it will work on landers for... View Source

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric... View Source

It's no secret that Cassette Boy is inspired by the classics. It's a top-down adventure game in the vein of a retro Legend of Zelda, while your home base is a small town like in an older Pokémon game, complete with a mom who is constantly wishing you well. The game's blocky 3D graphics evoke Minecraft, and you save at campfires that reset the world, like a FromSoft game. Everything in Casse... View Source

Nvidia Corp. supports “every developer” that uses its software, Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said, after a US lawmaker accused the chip giant of offering technical support that helped China’s DeepSeek improve its artificial intelligence model... View Source

ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it's not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk's AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, too. Data suggests that's on the rise, heightening concerns about accuracy and misinformation as Musk seeks to reshape reality in his image. Since the warped Wikipedia-clone launched la... View Source

Apple has steadily expanded the Apple Watch’s health monitoring features over the years, moving beyond fitness tracking into areas that can offer early insight into potential medical concerns. One of the most recent additions is hypertension alerts, which are designed to notify users when their blood pressure trends are elevated over time. While Apple Watches cannot directly measure blood pressure... View Source

How space dogfighting games evolved from vector lines to virtual cockpits... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about wind turbines and phishing scams and oboes, keeping organized with the ultra-minimal Attn app, testing the lovely Aeronaut Bluesky client, s... View Source

Nvidia Corp. will “absolutely” be involved in OpenAI’s current funding round, though the investment will be “nothing like” $100 billion, Chief Executive Jensen Huang said... View Source

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are tons of interesting games out this week. But first, there's been some discourse around the Nintendo Switch version of Dispatch, which arrived this week as well.On other platforms, there's an option to censor genitalia and other explicit content, but that's not present in the Switch version. Inst... View Source

The Peak Design 25L Outdoor Backpack provides versatility and quality for a variety of outdoor uses... View Source

What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? That's the key question for the European Space Agency's Draco mission, planned for 2027... View Source

Taping Instax Mini Link+ photos into a journal is just one use for the tiny prints. FujiFilm's Instax Mini Link 3 printer is a much-loved $100 accessory in my travel journal kit. I often tape a printed image next to my handwritten thoughts to preserve a moment in time. The prints produced by the instant film can, however, be soft and muddy - something the new $169.95 Instax Mini Link+ promises to... View Source

SpaceX has applied to build orbital data centers in space using up to 1 million AI inference satellites. The application references that this will be a first step to creating a Kardashev 2 civilization. A Kardashev civilization uses all of the energy of the sun. This is about 5 trillion times more than civilization is ... Read more... View Source

Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities global head of tech research, reacts to Apple's earnings report and says AI will be the top story for the company in 2026. Speaking on "Bloomberg Surveillance," Ives also says Apple will probably have to raise iPhone prices. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Getty Images The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which was given a two-week funding extension in order to negotia... View Source

A payments director at the Minneapolis-based retail giant Target Corp. said her fast-track credentials for airport security were revoked following an interaction with a federal border patrol agent who claimed he had facial recognition and was recording with a “body cam.”... View Source

BlackBerry announced its QNX division's software will be integrated into BMW's new vehicle generation "Neue Klasse." CEO John Giamatteo joins "Bloomberg Open Interest" to discuss the partnership. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple Inc. enjoyed a sharp rebound in China during the holiday period, when demand for the new iPhone 17 fueled its first $25 billion quarter in the region since the end of 2021. The company generated sales of $25.5 billion from its greater China segment during a three-month span that ended Dec. 27. The revenue soared 38%, smashing Wall Street’s average estimate of $21.8 billion and far outpacing ... View Source

Spiraling costs have prompted talk of a Tesla and SpaceX merger as the billionaire looks to use his empire to fund his ambitions... View Source

Would it surprise you to learn Microsoft booted Jeffrey Epstein from its online gaming platform? As spotted by XboxEra, the latest batch of Epstein's emails shows that in December 2013, he was "permanently suspended due to harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players." But it appears the real reason may be simpler: A second email from Microsoft to Epstein the very same day shows he was banne... View Source

Unity Software Inc. and video game stocks plunge Friday on fears of possible artificial intelligence disruption after Google began to roll out Project Genie... View Source

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will pause tourist flights to space for “no less than two years” in order to prioritize development of its moon lander and other lunar technologies... View Source

Credit: NASA NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a distant promise, but a present reality,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “B... View Source

Peloton said on Friday that it's cutting around 11 percent of its staff, mostly impacting "engineers working on technology and enterprise-related efforts," reports Bloomberg. Last August, Peloton laid off six percent of its workforce and told investors it would continue layoffs globally in 2026, in an attempt to cut at least $100 million of annual spending by the end of the fiscal year. Peloton's... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. asked the Federal Communications Commission for more time to meet a regulatory deadline to have more than 1,600 internet satellites in orbit by mid-2026, citing a shortage of rockets to launch them... View Source

NASA’s Libera instrument, which is designed to maintain the global data record of Earth’s radiation budget, has successfully completed comprehensive environmental testing. This critical milestone included thermal vacuum tests that simulate the expected space temperature and environments that Libera will experience during its mission. The Libera instrument will fly on Joint Polar Satellite System-4... View Source

SpaceX launch date of Crew-12 astronauts to the International Space Station will depend on the outcome of the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal and launch attempts... View Source

Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz are among the major donors who fueled a $50.8 million haul for a super political action committee that plans to spend big in the midterm elections as it pursues a business-friendly regulatory environment for artificial intelligence... View Source

4 Min Read Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon Artemis II astronauts, from left, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman stand on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher as part of an integrated ground systems test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credits:... View Source

Lemonade charges half of the per mile insurance for Tesla cars when Tesla FSD is active. Lemonade collaborates directly with Tesla to access real-time vehicle telemetry data, which allows them to precisely differentiate between FSD-engaged miles and human-driven miles (down to the second, in some descriptions). This means no separate physical device (like a plug-in ... Read more... View Source

Project Genie’s version of Link from an experience I made. | Image: Google The stock prices of some major video game companies, including Take-Two Interactive, Roblox, and Unity, had notable declines on Friday, just a day after Google announced its Project Genie tool that lets users prompt AI to generate interactive experiences, Reuters reports. Take-Two's stock price closed at $220.30 (down 7.93... View Source

Metal parts maker VulcanForms Inc. has raised $220 million in a funding round led by Eclipse and 1789 Capital, the VC firm where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner... View Source

2 Min Read Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PIA26645 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Mapping Perseverance’s Route… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PNG (1,003.24 KB) Description This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Exp... View Source

BYD (BYDDY ADR on OTC, or 1211.HK on HKEX) has seen poor share price performance over an extended period. There are EV market headwinds like softening global demand, intense domestic price wars in China. Average EV prices fell ~20% in 2022-2023), and macroeconomic factors such as interest rate hikes and policy shifts. In October 2025, ... Read more... View Source