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Apple plans to open Siri to outside artificial intelligence assistants, a major move aimed at bolstering the iPhone as an AI platform. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman discusses what’s driving the move with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Mimms Museum of Technology and Art in Roswell, Georgia is debuting a new exhibit celebrating Apple's 50th anniversary. The exhibit, iNSPIRE: 50 Years of Innovation from Apple, is set to open on April 1, the date the company was founded, and includes "more than 2,000 artifacts across 20,000 square feet, making it the largest public display of Apple products in the world." iNSPIRE is supposed to... View Source

NASA has selected 10 participating scientists to help shape a science plan for astronauts to complete on the lunar surface under the Artemis program – including deploying scientific instruments, making critical observations of the landing site, and collecting Moon rocks. “Congratulations to the scientists selected to participate in this important Artemis lunar surface science team,” said Joel Kear... View Source

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.  From audacious plans to launch data centers into space to the latest legal battles over pollution,... View Source

A gauge of Oracle Corp.’s credit risk is nearing an all-time closing high on Friday, the latest sign that investors are growing increasingly wary about the technology giant’s heavy debt load amid rising oil prices and falling stock prices... View Source

If you're still using Crunchyroll after its AI subtitle fiasco and subsequent price increase, there's a new way to watch. The anime streaming service is now available as a channel in the Apple TV app.That means you can subscribe and stream your favorite anime titles, all within Apple's video app. No need for the Crunchyroll app or a separate login. (Your Apple account handles your s... View Source

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Official insignia of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA Technology and science demonstrations, supported by various NASA industry collaborations and agency developments, are set to launch to low Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the company’s Transporter-16 commercial rideshare... View Source

Even developers who successfully release big hits, like Fortnite and Battlefield, are losing their jobs... View Source

After years of rumors and countless fan-made Unreal Engine tech demos of varying quality, it sounds like we might finally be getting a ground-up remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That’s according to Nintendo insider NatetheHate, who said in the latest edition of his podcast that a remake of the seminal Nintendo 64 game would be coming to Switch 2 in the second half of 2026. The relia... View Source

Synopsis | 03/23/26 https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e33cd0cc61064a6497a55fca8e9b30c6/view NASA intends to release a BAA under Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-3), Appendix E, for Project NEXUS, Ka-band Backward- Compatible Relay. As the aging Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRS) declines, NASA’s objective is to acquire an end-to-end Ka-band relay ser... View Source

The European Commission was hit by a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of internal data, months after another incident potentially exposed some staff details... View Source

With bright meteors sighted over Ohio, Texas, and Europe, you might wonder what's going on. Is meteor activity really increasing, or is there just a surge in reporting?... View Source

Death Stranding. | Image: Ludovic “Shinobi” Helme Three children stare at the dilapidated remains of a battlefield, with trees and man-made structures mostly razed to the ground, save for the sturdy frame of a lone trebuchet. It's a pensive snapshot of the bloodshed in A Plague Tale: Innocence by virtual photographer Ludovic "Shinobi" Helme - but it's no mere screenshot. It's a meticulously framed... View Source

Sony Group Corp. raised the prices of its PlayStation 5 video-game console lineup by as much as $150 on Friday, attributing the hike to “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.”... View Source

The Nuki Smart Lock is the best retrofit smart lock currently available for people who want a minimalist, feature-packed upgrade to their preexisting deadlock. It’s currently selling for $149 at Amazon — its cheapest price ever — during the Big Spring Sale. Its fast unlocking speed, Matter-over-Thread support, and broad smart home compatibility impressed my colleague Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, enoug... View Source

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Anna Paulson says the war in Iran has created new risks to inflation and growth. Speaking during an event at the San Francisco Fed, Paulson also says there are no signs the labor market is contributing to inflation pressures. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

New simulations suggest Saturn's rings formed from a shattered moon called Chrysalis, offering clues to the planet's tilt and surprisingly young rings... View Source

Members of a convoy that delivered humanitarian aid to Cuba were detained and interrogated by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon returning to the United States on a charter flight from Havana. Of the 20 US citizens who were pulled for secondary inspection at Miami International Airport on Wednesday morning, 18 had their phones and other devices seized by CBP, with little information given on... View Source

Most elements of a major NASA event this week that laid out spaceflight plans for the coming decade were well received: a Moon base, a focus on less talk and more action, and working with industry to streamline regulations so increased innovation can propel the United States further into space. However, one aspect of this event, named Ignition, has begun to run into serious turbulence. It involves... View Source

On this episode of Stock Movers: Unity Software (U) rose on a strong earnings forecast and news that it plans to sell its video-game publisher and close its advertising unit to focus on better business. Absolut owner Pernod-Ricard (RI FP) and Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman (BF/B) both rose on the news of a potential merger between France's largest alcohol producer and a top producer of American... View Source

Anxiety, more so than technological rigor, sits at the heart of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. Director Daniel Roher is anxious about the future he's bringing a child into — will it be an AI-driven utopia? Or does it spell certain doom, something explored in countless sci-fi stories. To figure it all out, he interviewed some of the most well known AI proponents and critics, in... View Source

NASA/Joel Kowsky The Orion Crew Survival System suits that Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will wear on the Artemis II test flight are seen in the suit-up room of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Sp... View Source

With swappable modules the WonderPress can function as a heat press, vacuum former, and compact oven. | Image: xTool xTool, a company best known amongst makers for its laser-based cutting and engraving tools, has announced a new multi-function crafting machine called the WonderPress. It's not an all-in-one device that can help you get an Etsy store off the ground, but the WonderPress can help turn... View Source

Anthropic PBC is considering going public as soon as in October, according to people familiar with the matter, as the artificial intelligence company races with rival OpenAI Inc. to hold an initial public offering. Ed Ludlow of Bloomberg Tech reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

'We will not back down! It's high time we bring Mars back under control.'... View Source

Renders of the Razr Ultra 2026 show a slightly thicker phone than last year’s model. | Image: XpertPick/OnLeaks While most flagship phones have been steadily getting slimmer over recent years, the upcoming 2026 version of the Motorola Razr Ultra could end up being a bit chunkier than its predecessor. Leaked measurements of the phone shared by XpertPick and OnLeaks on Thursday show that it will be... View Source

Reliance Industries Ltd. has set investment banking advisory fees for the planned initial public offering of its telecom unit at about 0.65% of the issue size, according to people familiar with the matter, largely in line with those to be paid by National Stock Exchange of India Ltd... View Source

Despite the fact that spring isn’t often associated with big discounts, Amazon seems keen to turn every season into one filled with savings. Case in point? The retailer is currently hosting a spring sales event, which will run through 2:59AM ET on April 1st. Retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, and Newegg have also hopped aboard the wave of deals, matching many of the offers Amazon is making. Althoug... View Source

Armenian lenders signed a syndicated loan agreement to provide $300 million for the construction of Firebird AI’s data center, High-Tech Industry Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan said Friday, calling it the country’s first joint-financing project of that size... View Source

I know what you’re thinking: “Isn’t Fender a guitar company?” It sure is, and has been one of the most iconic names in guitars and amplifiers since 1946. So what is the company doing making headphones and speakers? Well, it isn’t, exactly. Like Zound Industries used to do with Marshall (before buying the amp business), another company is licensing the Fender name for its consumer audio products. F... View Source

A NASA X-ray telescope has captured a breathtaking portrait of a supernova remnant, revealing unseen features of the exploded star... View Source

Clinical testing is turning into a product of its own. | Image: Cath Virgina / The Verge, Grüns This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Influencer after influencer says the same thing about Grüns. The gummy... View Source

Microsoft Corp. will occupy a data center project previously earmarked for Oracle Corp. and OpenAI, scooping up 900 megawatts of capacity after the other two companies walked away from the site... View Source

It was only last August that Sony raised PS5 console prices in the US, blaming a "challenging economic environment" at the time. Today it has slightly tweaked the phrasing to "continued pressures in the global economic landscape," but the outcome is the same: price rises across the board, this time even affecting the PS Portal handheld. Starting April 2, the price of the standa... View Source

Social media companies have long seemed impervious to legal threats. Meta, YouTube, Snap, and the rest have long waved off criticism of their platforms on free speech and Section 230 grounds. But twice this week, juries rendered verdicts against the platforms, not because of some bad videos but because of the design and structure of the platforms themselves. That might change some things. Verge su... View Source

Delivery Hero SE’s biggest shareholder Prosus NV is considering selling a roughly 10% stake to Aspex Management, the delivery food company’s No. 2 holder, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would heap pressure on management to push ahead with asset sales... View Source

There were two questions I was looking to answer as I fired up MLB The Show 26. First, how much does the game cater to a baseball newbie like me? Second, will it keep me hooked enough to keep playing after my first few games?I think it's important to share some personal context. I have very limited experience with baseball. I have been to one MLB game, which was on my first visit to Canada as... View Source

NASA may not be able to move forward with all three of its planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio... View Source

No hedge fund employee works harder than Eve... View Source

Honda and Sony announced that they are discontinuing both the Afeela 1 and 2, their electric cars. The company is reviewing its “business direction,” but it's hard to expect much from a car company that’s cancelled all of its cars. The Afeela 1, casually called the PlayStation Car, was meant to be a fusion of a modern EV and your own digital media bubble. (You could have a God of War-themed d... View Source

Sun King, the world’s largest off-grid solar company, plans to spend as much as $150 million by 2030 expanding into Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation... View Source

It turns out people don't actually love having Copilot shoved into their faces. This week, Devindra and PCWorld Senior Editor Mark Hachman discuss Microsoft's surprising plan to "fix" Windows 11 by refocusing on customization and core features, instead of bringing Copilot AI into tons of apps. Is there any enthusiasm left for Windows? Or will most people be better off considering macOS or Linux?Su... View Source

NASA's long-anticipated Artemis 2 mission — the first crewed flight to the moon in more than half a century — could lift off as soon as April 1. Here's how you can watch it live... View Source

Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles globally starting April 2nd. In an announcement on Friday, Sony says that the standard PS5 will now cost $649.99, up from $549.99. Meanwhile, the PS5 Digital Edition now costs $599.99 instead of $499.99, and the PlayStation 5 Pro will cost $899.99 instead of $749.99. Along with these changes, Sony is increasing the price of its PlayStation Po... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp. signed a loan of $40 billion to finance its investment in OpenAI, adding to the Japanese company’s debt load as it seeks to stay abreast of a global artificial intelligence race... View Source

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has revealed more details about its upcoming title, Stranger Than Heaven, at the Xbox Partner Preview stream. While previous teasers showed that it was going to be set in the 1910s and 1940s, it turns out its gameplay will span five different time periods: 1915, 1929, 1943, 1951 and 1965. The game’s events will also take place in five different cities. Ryu Ga Gotoku has yet to... View Source

The computing workhorse may be just as essential as it ever was... View Source

That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years... View Source

Microsoft Corp. is at the intersection of two troubling trends roiling the technology sector, which has the stock on track for its worst quarterly performance since the global financial crisis two decades ago... View Source

Step into the machine at Neko Health or one of its rivals to check for skin cancer, diabetes or stroke risk. Is this the next frontier in preventative health care, or something your primary care physician would rather you avoid?... View Source

What is nuclear electric propulsion and how is it different from radioisotope thermoelectric generators?... View Source

Apple turns 50 next week, and we're going to spend the week covering the company, its products, its legacy, and its future. But mostly, we're going to spend the week debating which Apple products are the best. And we need your help. Our ranking system is live now, filled with what we believe to be the 50 best things Apple has ever created. Your job is to put them in order. When you start ranking,... View Source

Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war... View Source

Russia’s crucial Baltic oil ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga are on fire again after overnight drone attacks, according to data from NASA... View Source

In honor of Apple’s 50th anniversary, we picked 50 of our favorite Apple products, from the OG iPhone to GarageBand. Now we’re ranking them as a community, and you can contribute here... View Source

On today's show, the biggest monthly selloff in stocks since 2022 eased after the US President extended the deadline, for a second time, for Iran to strike a deal. Donald Trump says Tehran has an extra 10 days before the US attacks its energy sites. This as the Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon is considering deploying as many as 10,000 extra troops to the Middle East. Fed officials ar... View Source

Ripple effects from the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continue to widen. There's yet another brewing shortage, this time in helium. While most people associate helium with balloons and funny voices, the element is used in a surprisingly wide variety of industrial settings, including semiconductor production, where its role in advanced lithography has been growing rapidly. But... View Source

The court has granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction, preventing the government from banning its products for federal use and from formally labeling it as a “supply chain risk,” at least for now. If you’ll recall, things turned sour between the company and the Trump administration when Anthropic refused to change the terms of its contract that would allow the government to use it... View Source

Taiwan, home to some of the world’s biggest chipmakers, will keep its electricity rates unchanged for now to mitigate inflationary pressures from the war in the Middle East... View Source

With up to $513 off, a $50 Amazon voucher and four months free, you can watch the UNIT defend humanity against the Sea Devils from anywhere at a bargain price... View Source

A two-day selloff in memory-chip stocks is revealing a new split in the artificial intelligence trade, as Google touts a breakthrough that analysts say may curb demand for certain types of storage while leaving others largely unscathed... View Source

USA Rare Earth Inc. will start commercial shipments of magnets from April, adding to a handful of projects that aim to curb America’s reliance on China for the vital industrial components... View Source

Much of Johannesburg’s water comes from Lesotho's highlands, where a major dam project could shape the future of supply as aging infrastructure and climate pressures strain the system. The project is also a major source of revenue for Lesotho, generating hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Deutz AG sees double-digit revenue growth for 2026 as the agricultural engine maker pushes deeper into defense, positioning itself to benefit from Europe’s rearmament drive... View Source

A House panel advanced legislation that would require the Commerce Department to demand chipmakers do more to keep AI technology from being smuggled to China, an effort that’s gained new urgency after last week’s indictment of a Super Micro Computer Inc. co-founder for allegedly diverting Nvidia Corp. processors to Chinese buyers... View Source

Permira, the €85 billion ($98 billion) global private equity firm which lends to technology companies, is finding opportunity in software loans battered by fears of AI disruption... View Source

AI is driving a new global arms race where warfare is increasingly defined by algorithms, sensors, and autonomous systems. But with this shift comes urgent ethical questions. In the latest episode of Bloomberg Tech: Asia, Shery Ahn and Annabelle Droulers examine how AI is reshaping geopolitics and how the technology is changing the battlefield. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Investor interest in backing startups in foundational industries has been growing. Rachel Holt, co-founder and managing partner of Construct Capital, discusses why the firm has been focused on this area since 2020. She joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Satellite Spots a Spawn Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Notes from the Field Blog Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Ne... View Source

Pony AI has reported its first profitable quarter. Founder and CEO James Peng says the company plans to expand its robotaxi business both domestically and overseas, citing strong demand. Peng adds that the Middle East remains a key priority market for Pony AI. He spoke exclusively on "Bloomberg: The China Show." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. will spend more than $10 billion to develop a data center in El Paso, Texas, a jump from prior projections and the latest in a series of major investments focused on the infrastructure needed to support its artificial intelligence ambitions... View Source

Innovent Biologics Inc. shares saw their biggest gains in nearly five months, after the Chinese drugmaker posted its first annual profit thanks to surging demand for its weight-loss drug... View Source

In a world of TikTok-driven singles, album-centric music deals are somehow hanging on... View Source

While the AI tool has taken off in China, the reaction in the US has been more mixed... View Source

BYD Co. shares are on track for their best month in over a year, as surging oil prices due to the Iran war brighten the outlook for electric vehicle sales... View Source

Chinese automakers regained momentum in Europe in February, increasing pressure on Western incumbents after a brief sales slowdown at the start of the year... View Source

After Anthropic's weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, which sought to reverse its government blacklisting while the judicial process plays out. "The Department of War's records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its 'hostile manner through the press,'" Judge Rita F... View Source

Anthropic PBC is considering going public as soon as in October, according to people familiar with the matter, as the artificial intelligence company races with rival OpenAI Inc. to hold an initial public offering... View Source

English Wikipedia has banned the use of generative AI when writing or rewriting articles. The platform says it came to this decision because using AI to whip up copy "often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies." There are a couple of minor exceptions. Editors can use large language models (LLMs) to refine their own writing, but only if the copy is checked for accura... View Source

David Sacks, the venture capitalist and tech billionaire who'd become Silicon Valley's primary advocate inside the White House and a key architect of its aggressive AI policy initiatives, revealed on Thursday that he was no longer a special government employee - and therefore no longer President Donald Trump's Special Advisor on AI and Crypto.Sacks' official status as an SGE allowed him to work si... View Source

Thrive Holdings, an offshoot of Joshua Kushner’s venture capital firm Thrive Capital, is in discussions to raise at least $2 billion, according to people familiar with the talks... View Source

File this one under "things that might have a shot after the midterms." On Wednesday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act. The bill would require an immediate pause on data center construction until specific new regulations are passed.The legislation aims to address the problem that AI is advancing... View Source

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr never meant to threaten broadcast licenses over their coverage of the war in Iran, he told reporters after an event hosted by FGS and Semafor. "My comments weren't actually on the Iran war," Carr said in response to a question from The Verge about his statement regarding coverage of the war. "I understand why people say that. I made a statement... View Source

Anthropic PBC won a court order blocking a Trump administration ban on government use of the company’s artificial intelligence technology, after the Claude chatbot maker argued the move could cost it billions in lost revenue... View Source

The Serious Sam game franchise is back with a new entry, giving the FPS series a co-op roguelite twist. Basically it's getting the Nightreign treatment in the same way Elden Ring did. The latest title is Serious Sam: Shatterverse, where teams of up to five players will take on waves of perennial foe Mental's monster goons. Each run will offer the usual roguelite approach of upgrade optio... View Source

Siri currently has an integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple's iOS 27 update will allow users to choose the AI chatbot they want to link with Siri. That's according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who says third-party chatbots downloaded from the App Store, like Google's Gemini or Anthropic's Claude, will be able to fetch replies for Siri - similar... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the jury verdict holding Google and Meta liable for a young woman’s social media addiction. Plus, the case in California was just the start of thousands of similar cases that could lead to impacts on the businesses of social media companies. And Google researchers tout a new compression technique for LLMs and vector search engines, sending shares of... View Source

Google is adding a pair of new features to Gemini aimed at making it easier to switch to the AI chatbot. Personal history and past context are big components to how a chatbot provides customized answers to each user. Gemini now supports importing history from other AI platforms. Both free and paid consumer accounts can use these options. With the first option, Gemini can create a prompt askin... View Source

A good robovac can save you a surprising amount of time. Luckily, Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is a great time to pick one up, as you can currently find deals on everything from basic, budget-friendly robovacs to high-end models that can mop or pick up objects. Whether you’re looking for a completely hands-free experience or just a little help keeping your floors clean, there are plenty of great optio... View Source

The market for artificial intelligence is competitive, evolving rapidly, and antitrust enforcers should be wary of intervening, a senior White House official said... View Source

Apple has confirmed to Engadget that the Mac Pro, the desktop tower-shaped computer that was last updated in 2023, has been discontinued. As 9to5Mac notes, the computer no longer appears in the lineup of Macs on Apple's website or in its storefront. That means at least for now, the Mac Studio is the Apple's top-of-the-line professional computer.The current version of the Mac Pro was introduced in... View Source

The unprecedented observations of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák show its rotation slowing, reversing and then speeding up, and jet-like outbursts of gas might be providing the push... View Source

The most expensive Mac you could get is no longer available on Apple's website, as 9to5Mac reports that the "cheese grater" Mac Pro workstation has been discontinued. It had been a part of the lineup since replacing the Power Mac G5 in 2006 when Apple shifted from Arm to Intel processors, but it's had the feeling of a vestigial limb ever since Apple dropped Intel for its own M-series chips. The M2... View Source

Apple Inc. on Thursday discontinued the Mac Pro desktop, its highest-end computer aimed at video editors, photographers and other advanced users... View Source

The European Union has opened a formal investigation into whether Snapchat has breached Digital Services Act (DSA) regulations regarding the safeguarding of children using its app.  Regulators say that the company, whose audience demographic has always skewed young, may not be doing enough to protect minors from grooming and "recruitment for criminal purposes." The EU is also lookin... View Source

NASA’s crawler-transporter carries the powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the Artemis II mission on Jan. 17, 2026.Credit: NASA/Brandon Hancock Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Ag... View Source

Google is rolling out two new Gemini tools on Thursday which could attract users who are thinking about switching their preferred AI chatbot but don't want to "retrain" a new AI. Gemini's new "Import Memory" and "Import Chat History" features help users quickly copy over everything their current AI already knows about them with a couple of pre-written prompts. To use the "Import Memory" tool, user... View Source

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday that would require lawmakers and government employees to disclose any bets they place through prediction markets in a bid to prevent public officials from profiting on privileged information... View Source

X Pro, the feature most users would recognize as TweetDeck, has been removed as a benefit of the social network's Premium subscription. It is now only part of the Premium+ tier, which costs $40 a month. TweetDeck was rebranded to X Pro in 2023 following Elon Musk's renaming of Twitter to X. It became a subscription feature shortly after. The tool offered a popular interface for show... View Source

Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network Mercury shines extra bright, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks, and a comet soars into view Mercury shines at its brightest for the year, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks, and a bright new comet makes an appearance in April’s night sky. Skywatching Highlights April 3:... View Source

The MagGo wireless charging pad is available in black (shown here) or white. | Image: Anker I’ve probably saved minutes of my life by using a wireless charging puck. Minutes! More valuable than that, I’ve saved myself from bending over numerous times to pick up my USB-C cable that somehow always ends up on the floor. Those with magnet-equipped phones (like the iPhone 12 or newer, or a Google Pixel... View Source

Apple Inc. awarded rare bonuses to iPhone hardware designers this week, aiming to stem a wave of departures to AI startups like OpenAI that are building their own devices... View Source

Stalker 2 is getting its first DLC, titled Cost of Hope, this summer. The expansion and its general release window was announced during today's Xbox Partner Preview showcase. It's been more than a year since the base game finally released, closing a long development cycle that was disrupted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where the studio GSC Game World was initially based. St... View Source

El telescopio espacial Nancy Grace Roman de la NASA se muestra completamente montado, tras la integración de sus dos segmentos principales, en la sala limpia del Centro de Vuelo Espacial Goddard de la agencia, en Greenbelt, Maryland. El lanzamiento de la misión está previsto para mayo de 2027, pero el equipo de Roman va bien encaminado para un posible lanzamiento tan pronto como en otoño de 2026.N... View Source

Apple Music: "What do you want to hear?" Me: "Atmospheric instrumental black metal to write to." Apple Music: "Here's three metal songs with vocals, a field recording, an ambient electronic track, and a piece of doom jazz." I am skeptical of AI's ability to serve up the music I want to begin with, but even I was caught slightly off guard by how underwhelming Apple's new Playlist Playground beta is... View Source

Google released new tools for its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant that will let users upload chat history and context from other AI apps, a move to lure users from rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic PBC’s Claude... View Source

Netflix is raising prices across all of its subscription tiers, according to an updated "Plans and Pricing" page spotted by Android Authority. The company last raised prices in January 2025, when the cost of all of its tiers were jacked up by $1 or more. As of this latest price hike, Netflix's ad-supported Standard plan is going from $8 per month to $9 per month, while the ad-free v... View Source

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope stands fully assembled, following the integration of its two major segments, in the clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The mission is slated to launch by May 2027, but the team is on track for launch as early as fall 2026.NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya Media are invited Tuesday, April 21, to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Ce... View Source

There are reports Tesla Giga Shanghai already has dedicated production lines running for the standard Model 3. This variant is the simplified, lower-cost version (smaller battery, ~480 km CLTC range) that Tesla will sell in China and export to Asia. Expected pricing for the new Standard version per Multiple sources (Global China EV, CarNewsChina, 36Kr, ... Read more... View Source

The powerful magnetic field belonging to the sun is generated far beneath the visible surface... View Source

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale has delivered discounts on wearables like the latest Apple Watch SE 3 and Fitbit’s Charge 6. But they’re not exactly cheap even though they’re on sale. If you want something under $100, the Fitbit Inspire 3 has returned to its all-time low price of $69.95 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. Fitbit Inspire 3 Where to Buy: $99.95 $69.95 at Amazon $99.95 $69.95 at Walm... View Source

SpaceX is telling prospective IPO investors to expect briefings in April from company executives, according to people familiar with the matter, as advisers scramble to file for potentially the biggest listing of all time... View Source

Dispatch was one of 2025’s standout titles and one of the best narrative games in years, which made its no-show on Xbox all the more puzzling. Luckily, that’s being rectified this summer. Announced during today’s Xbox Partner Preview broadcast, Dispatch is coming to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Xbox Cloud later this year. It will also be an Xbox Play Anywhere title at launch, so you can play it... View Source

As a member of the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, Aaron Rose supports critical cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station. In this role, he works with payload developers to safely transport temperature-controlled science experiments to and from station with portable coolers, freezers, and refrigerators.  For the full flight cycle, Rose an... View Source

Netflix's prices just went up, with its cheapest, ad-supported tier now reaching $8.99 / month (up from $7.99 / month), according to an updated support page spotted earlier by Android Authority. The standard and premium plans are also getting a hike, going from $17.99 to $19.99 / month and $24.99 to $26.99 / month, respectively. The streaming giant last raised its prices in January 2025 and has ma... View Source

Individual investors have long piled into shares of Nvidia Corp., whose meteoric surge turned it into the biggest company in the S&P 500 Index. But on Wednesday they dumped the stock for the first time since July, signaling a potential shift as the Iran war pulls the market down from its AI-fueled rally... View Source

The spooky, yet cozy, game Grave Seasons is coming out on August 14, which was announced at today's Xbox Partner Preview event. This is basically Stardew Valley, but set in a Lovecraftian nightmare of a town. Players farm, mine and romance villagers, but also solve murders and deal with the occasional bloodthirsty demon or two. It looks fun! This is being published by Blumhouse Games, which i... View Source

“We're thrilled to have the opportunity to finish the story the way we’ve always hoped”... View Source

There’s more good stuff to watch than ever — if you can afford it. | Image: Amazon Death. Taxes. All your streaming services getting a little more expensive all the time. These are the new certainties in life, it seems. Netflix has raised the cost of its subscription repeatedly in recent years. Disney Plus, Prime Video, HBO Max, Paramount Plus, Peacock — practically any service you can name — char... View Source

White House adviser David Sacks said Congress could pass bipartisan artificial intelligence legislation within months, a move that would fulfill President Donald Trump’s pledge to create a national playbook for regulating the emerging technology... View Source

A US District Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas has dismissed X Corp.’s lawsuit against advertisers it claimed participated in an “illegal boycott” of X, Reuters reports. X originally filed its lawsuit in 2024 in response to advertisers pulling ads from the social media platform, a decision reportedly motivated by X's lax approach to moderating hate speech.Judge Jane J. Boyle was... View Source

Google is expanding access to Search Live, a feature that lets you search for information using your voice and camera. The AI search assistant is now available in more than 200 countries and territories, as well as dozens of languages, according to an announcement on Thursday. Search Live rolled out broadly in the US last September, allowing you to point your phone's camera at something and ask ab... View Source

Apple Inc. plans to open Siri to outside artificial intelligence assistants, a major move aimed at bolstering the iPhone as an AI platform... View Source

Following a false start last week, Google has begun rolling out Search Live globally. The tool allows you to point your phone's camera at an object or scene and ask questions about what you see in front of you. With today's expansion, Google is making Search Live available in every location and language where it offers its AI Mode chatbot. With that, people in more than 200 countries and... View Source

We hardly knew ye. I was ready to give up on the Galaxy Z TriFold. We had a strong case for getting a refund from the eBay seller - they'd claimed it was the version sold in Taiwan, but the phone that arrived at my door came with a Chinese serial number. That meant no Google services and lots of unfamiliar apps all requesting sensitive permissions. It was weird. Better off just sending this one ba... View Source

Bloomberg's Mandeep Singh joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets." Memory chip stocks extended their losses on Thursday after Alphabet Inc.’s Google publicized research on a new algorithm that could allow more efficient use of the storage needed for artificial intelligence development. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

If you’ve been (impatiently) waiting for Hades 2 to hit Xbox Series X/S and PS5, there’s some great news for you coming out of Thursday’s Xbox Partner Preview showcase. Supergiant’s roguelite action RPG is coming to those consoles (as well as Xbox on PC and Xbox Cloud) on April 14. It’ll be available on Xbox Game Pass too.The full version of Hades 2 hit PC and Nintendo Switch last September after... View Source

It's a weird time for Xbox, with a big leadership shakeup that has many wondering what the future of the platform looks like, and what exactly it stands for. In the meantime, though, Microsoft is forging ahead with announcements, and it just wrapped up its latest Partner Preview event, focused on upcoming titles from third-party developers. (A similar event for Xbox Studios releases streamed back... View Source

Reform UK’s deputy leader said big technology companies must “share the pain” with banks of reimbursing the victims of financial fraud facilitated by their platforms... View Source

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video After growing through the fall and winter, sea ice in the Arctic reached its annual maximum extent on March 15, 2026, peaking at coverage area of 5.52 million square miles (14.29 million square kilometers). Trent Schindler/NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio For the second consecutive... View Source

Gwynne Shotwell of SpaceX was featured on the cover of Time Magazine. Humans on lunar surface before 2030. HLS (Human Landing System) planned ready by 2028, though much must go right. Starlink Constellation Size has ~10,000 Starlink satellites launched and [high speed internet] likely cap 15,000–20,000. There has been a separate FCC filing for 15000 ... Read more... View Source

The moon will sweep past the 1,000-strong stellar beehive overnight on March 27-28... View Source

Second-generation Ray-Ban Meta glasses. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge 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. Meta and its AI glasses hardware partner EssilorLuxottica are getting ready to launch the next generation of their Ray-Ban AI glasses. That's accordi... View Source

BNP Paribas SA is set to deploy an artificial intelligence companion for all staff as Chief Executive Officer Jean-Laurent Bonnafe bets the technology can lower costs across the bank... View Source

NASA; X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE: NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, seen here in an image released on March 24, 2026. This observation helps fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have seen. The full image combines IXP... View Source

Govee’s good-sounding speaker / smart lamp hybrid can brighten your space with millions of colors. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Speaking from experience, better lighting can completely change how a space feels. Over the years, I’ve filled my apartment with Govee’s color-changing lights, and they’ve made it feel calmer and more cheerful. That’s why it’s worth noting that a couple... View Source

A flood of lawsuits filed in recent years against social media giants claim that by engineering their platforms to be hard to resist, the companies are causing serious harm to young users. In the first case to go to trial, a jury on March 25 found Meta Platforms Inc. and Google negligent in the design and operation of their platforms – a landmark verdict... View Source

The European Commission (EC) accused four porn platforms of not doing enough to prevent minors from accessing their content. In its preliminary findings of a 10-month investigation, the European Union's regulatory arm said Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA).The EC said the platforms have an ineffective “self-declaration“ measure — they only requi... View Source

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Thursday, March 26, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch on April 1... View Source

Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an eggSperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found.When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm tumble around like an untethered astronaut, according to Adelaide University researchers. Continue reading... View Source

Canvas, Webtoon's platform for user-uploaded comics, is about to get a major overhaul that's designed to help creators make more money and share their art with a wider audience. Today, Webtoon announced its plans to roll out a number of new features for Canvas that will make it easier for artists to build global followings and gain a deeper understanding of who's engaging with their work. Soon, ma... View Source

Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest e-commerce company, is offering $1,000 prizes for delivery drivers who share stories about why they love their jobs... View Source

AMD just revealed the Ryzen 9950X3D2 Dual Edition desktop processor, which is a beastly follow-up to last year's 9950X3D. This is the company's first desktop processor where both chiplets have been equipped with AMD's proprietary 3D V-Cache technology, which seems like a boon for gamers. Each chiplet includes 104MB of cache, offering an incredible 208MB total on-chip cache. "208MB of cache means m... View Source

Today on Decoder, we’re talking about the major antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, and what it might mean for antitrust and competition law in general now that the Justice Department under Trump has decided to settle its part of the case. That’s even as many states — including New York, California, and Texas — carry on the fight. To break it all down, I’m joined by Verge senior policy reporter... View Source

The chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said big tech companies seeking more power for their data centers don’t engage enough with her agency... View Source

NASA released a new image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope undertaking testing to simulate vibrations experienced during launch... View Source

Wikipedia will no longer allow editors to write or rewrite articles using AI. The update, which was added to Wikipedia's guidelines late last week, cites the tendency for AI-written articles to violate "several of Wikipedia's core content policies" as the reason for the ban. The change applies to the English version of Wikipedia and will still allow editors to use AI in certain scenarios. That inc... View Source

Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. On this episode of Stock Movers: - Corebridge Financial and Equitable Holdings to combine in an all-stock merger, valuing the combined company at approximately $22 billion. - Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google must pay damages to a 20-year-old woman who said her addiction to social media caused her mental health struggles, a jury... View Source

It’s been a rough couple of years for Sonos. In mid-2024, the company released a redesigned and thoroughly busted update to its app, which Sonos owners need to set up new products, manage their speaker groups, play music and access a host of other crucial features. The fallout from that was far-reaching — the company replaced its CEO, canceled a few planned products and released no new hardware in... View Source

Los miembros de la tripulación de Artemis II —el astronauta de la CSA (Agencia Espacial Canadiense) Jeremy Hansen y los astronautas de la NASA Christina Koch, Victor Glover y Reid Wiseman— salen de los alojamientos de la tripulación de astronautas, situados en el Edificio de Operaciones y Comprobación Neil Armstrong, y se dirigen a los vehículos de transporte de la tripulación de Artemis antes de... View Source

07 March 2026, USA, San Jose: A test car of the Tesla robotaxi Cybercab is on the road. The vehicles will not have a steering wheel or pedals when they are launched on the market. Tesla boss Elon Musk sees autonomous driving as the future of the electric car manufacturer. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa (Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images) When Tesla revealed the Cybercab in 2024,... View Source

Canadian energy producer and Bitcoin miner New West Data is exploring a US initial public offering to help meet the growing need for powerful computing systems... View Source

It’s been a long wait, but HBO Max has finally arrived in the UK and Ireland, rounding off the streaming service’s European expansion. Oscar-winners One Battle After Another and Sinners are both available to stream at launch, alongside Max Original shows like The Pitt. Season three of Euphoria arrives in April, and HBO Max is also home to mega-franchises like The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter... View Source

Explore Hubble Science Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Hubble Detects… 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 Scien... View Source

Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn's atmosphere and rings in the most detailed view created to date... View Source

An Amazon data center in Oregon. | Image: Amazon On Thursday, senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) urging it to begin collecting "comprehensive, annual energy-use disclosures" on data centers, as reported by Wired. According to the letter, data on how much electricity data centers are consuming is "essential for accura... View Source

The outgoing chief executive officer of Germany’s biggest media company said the TV and streaming industries in Europe is facing a crisis and must consolidate... View Source

With the release of iOS 26.4, Apple Music's Playlist Playground can now generate playlists with the help of AI. Best of all, you don't need an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone to take advantage of the new feature. As long as you're a US Apple Music subscriber with your language set to English, you can start using Playlist Playground right now. Here's how to get started. H... View Source

The Sonos Play works both on a Wi-Fi Sonos system and as a Bluetooth speaker when away from home. It's been nearly a year and a half since Sonos released a consumer product, and those last two releases - the Arc Ultra and Sub 4 - were updates to existing products. The $299 Sonos Play, however, is a brand-new portable speaker that can expand an existing system or be the gateway into the Sonos world... View Source

Sonos Inc. is back doing what it does best: putting out high-quality Wi-Fi speakers that look nice, sound good and work best together as a system... View Source

WhatsApp shared multiple quality of life updates coming to its messaging platform starting today. The first is a long awaited option to have two accounts on a single iOS device. The option has been available for years on Android, and iPhone users can now be logged into two separate accounts at once. The profile photo for the account will be visible in the bottom tab to double-check which persona y... View Source

From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother Apollo connect humanity's first lunar missions to the next era of exploration with Artemis 2 and beyond... View Source

It feels like nearly everything is receiving some sort of discount as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale — that is, except for most Apple devices. Don’t worry, though; you’re not completely out of luck if you’re on the hunt for discounted Apple gear. We found several noteworthy Apple deals while sifting through Amazon’s catalog and competing sales events. In fact, Apple’s first-gen AirTags are down... View Source

Shield AI has raised $2 billion at a valuation of $12.7 billion, more than doubling its value from a year ago, underscoring investor demand for defense technology and artificial intelligence... View Source

European lawmakers have voted to delay key parts of the EU AI Act, the bloc's flagship law for regulating artificial intelligence, while also backing proposals to ban nudify apps. The measures, approved by a large majority in the European Parliament, would push back compliance deadlines for developers of high-risk AI systems - those deemed to pose a "serious risk" to health, safety, or fundamental... View Source

Aligned Data Centers has raised $2.58 billion through a revolving credit facility to help the company finance its data center expansion in the US... View Source

After achieving action camera success, Insta360 invaded DJI’s turf with the first mass-market panoramic drone, the Antigravity A1. It had instant appeal for drone pilots, offering 8K 360 video and features like subject tracking, obstacle detection and FPV flying. Though beaten to the punch, DJI has responded quickly with the Avata 360, aided by its drone experience and camera tech from the new Osm... View Source

A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life... View Source

The Avata 360 looks a lot like the previous Avata 2. DJI's Avata 360 finds the company at an odd time. For one, it's been beaten to the punch - upstart Antigravity's A1 became the first 360-degree drone when it launched last December, and DJI is playing catchup (and filing lawsuits). But this is also the last DJI drone you may ever be able to legally buy in the US, in the wake of the FCC's de fact... View Source

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers... View Source

The European Union opened an investigation into Snap Inc.’s social network and escalated a probe into a number of pornography platforms as the bloc ramps up efforts to protect children online... View Source

OpenAI has "indefinitely" abandoned plans to release an a erotic chatbot for adults following concerns from employees and investors, the company confirmed to The Financial Times. Plans for such a feature, first announced in October 2025 for release in December last year, had already been delayed while company debated whether to release it all. It's the second app OpenAI has decided... View Source

OpenAI ​has paused plans to release a sexualized "adult mode" for ChatGPT, in its latest move to refocus on the company's core ​products. According to The Financial Times, the erotic chatbot has been shelved "indefinitely" after facing pushback from employees and investors due to the problematic and harmful ​effects sexualized AI ​content can have on society. This decision... View Source

The threat of a US ban no longer overshadows the app... View Source

Want to show your solidarity with the crew of the Artemis 2? Launch your own mini-mission with this anti-Amazon deal, saving 17% on this Estes 2411 hobby rocket... View Source

Merve Lapus’s 13-year-old daughter told her dad she was horrified: This month, whenever her teacher stepped out of the room, kids in the class used their devices to play a new online game called Five Nights at Epstein’s... View Source

Uber and Chinese company Pony.ai are gearing up to launch a robotaxi service for Europe, starting with Zagreb in Croatia. The companies are working with Croatian company Verne, which will provide the service ecosystem and operational framework for the service. They’re using Arcfox Alpha T5 vehicles made by Beijing-based automaker BAIC Motor powered by Pony.ai’s Gen-7 autonomous driving system. Ini... View Source

Private credit fund inflows in the first two month of this year dropped by more than a third as investors grew concerned about high-profile leveraged loan defaults and software disruption, according to Morningstar Direct... View Source

Meta didn't consult its Oversight Board last year when it announced sweeping policy changes to content moderation and a rollback of third-party fact checking in the United States in favor of Community Notes. But the company did ask the board for advice on how to expand the crowd-sourced fact checks to other countries.Now the Oversight Board is publishing its advice to Meta. In a 15,000-word p... View Source

Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new study finds... View Source

Meituan reported a modest 4.1% increase in sales as the company’s expansion outside China helped offset pressure from an intensifying price war with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc. at home... View Source

Pony AI Inc. delivered its first profitable quarter ever, bolstered by a windfall from an early investment, rather than its main robotaxi business... View Source

Chinese robotaxi company Pony AI Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. have begun testing driverless cars in Zagreb, Croatia, expanding their partnership beyond the Middle East and into Europe... View Source

Uber is joining forces with two companies, China's Pony AI and Croatia's Verne, to launch what it claims will be Europe's first commercially available robotaxi service. The vehicles are already being tested in Zagreb, Croatia, where Verne is headquartered, and will soon be available to customers on Uber's ridehail network. The announcement is the latest move by Uber to shield itself from the finan... View Source

Moonshot AI is in the early stages of considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong to tap investors’ growing fascination with AI, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc. more than doubled revenue to $8 billion in 2025, giving the strategically important Chinese chipmaker a major boost ahead of one of this year’s biggest domestic IPOs... View Source

Elon Musk’s lawyers are urging the Delaware Chancery Court’s chief judge to step aside from lawsuits involving him and his companies, alleging she has shown bias against the billionaire after ruling against him in high-profile cases... View Source

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Sony Group Corp. introduced a new midrange 4K TV and several home theater audio products, going about business as usual even as it nears a deal to sell a majority stake in its home entertainment business to China’s TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd... View Source

A jury verdict found Meta and Alphabet's Google liable for harming a young user with products designed to be addictive. As Bloomberg's Annabelle Droulers reports, the decision may lead to increased government regulations on social networking companies. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Shares of computer memory and storage products slumped on concerns over demand after Google researchers touted a new compression technique. But it may be a hiccup rather than an existential threat... View Source

Software firm Planview Inc. has reached out to private credit firms to help it address debt maturing next year, according to people familiar with the situation... View Source

Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence company, xAI, plans to upgrade its AI video generator, seizing on an opening left by rival OpenAI’s decision this week to discontinue its Sora product... View Source

Meituan’s stock price jump on Wednesday came with a rise in protection costs, highlighting investor unease ahead of earnings that may show a big hit from stiff price competition... View Source

A landmark jury verdict holding Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google liable for harming a young user with products designed to be addictive threatens to put the social networking companies in the same category as Big Tobacco and opioid makers — a potential crack in their shield from legal responsibility for what happens on their platforms... View Source

One of the coolest laptops we saw at CES in January was the new Dell XPS 16, with a unique 1-120Hz variable refresh rate display that can sip power when you don't need the screen to stay speedy. Just how little power might it consume? Notebookcheck has tested a version of the laptop with that LG Display screen and a new Intel Panther Lake chip - and it appears to be the most efficient laptop that'... View Source

Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plan to introduce legislation that would impose a moratorium on new AI data centers, following growing pushback on their impact on energy prices. Representative Suhas Subramanyam, a Democrat from Virginia, home to one of the largest concentrations of data centers in the country, discusses what approach he thinks the country should t... View Source

Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman walk out of Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to the Artemis crew transportation vehicles prior to traveling to Launch Pad 39B as part of an integrated ground systems test at Kennedy Space Cente... View Source

Pentagon spending on defense tech from startups has more than doubled, from about $1.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2023 to $4.3 billion for Fiscal Year 2025, but still makes up less than 1% of total contract dollars. Rachel Hoff, policy director at the Ronald Reagan Institute, speaks with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source