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Two former top executives at Twitter Inc. sought to beat back Elon Musk’s narrative at a jury trial that they lied to him about the makeup of the platform’s user base when he was purchasing the company in 2022... View Source

Oracle Corp. and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged over financing and OpenAI’s changing needs... View Source

Blue Owl Capital Inc. led a $750 million debt financing for Vista Equity Partners’ buyout of software company Nexthink SA, underscoring continued appetite for private credit even as liquidity concerns and unease over AI-driven disruption weigh on the market... View Source

In his 1961 novel The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck wrote of loss, "It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone." The death of NASA's Exploration Upper Stage today represents the inverse of that sentiment. The world of spaceflight is so much brighter now that its light has gone out. The rocket's death came via a seemingly pedestrian notice pos... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Interactive Brokers Chief Strategist Steve Sosnick, Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Rosenblatt Securities’ Barton Crockett, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Elliott Abrams, Gabelli Funds’ John Belton, Evercore... View Source

Oracle and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged over financing and OpenAI’s changing needs. The collapsed talks created an opening for Meta Platforms Inc. to step in and consider leasing the planned expansion site in Abilene, Texas, from developer Crusoe, according to people familiar with the matter. Nvidia Corp., t... View Source

Cerebras Systems Inc. has picked Morgan Stanley to lead its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, as the artificial intelligence chipmaker mounts a renewed attempt to go public... View Source

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is shifting more of the debt financing for the record leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts Inc. toward junk bonds, according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

As part of a Year in Review blog detailing changes Valve made to Steam in 2025, the company shared a minor update on its hardware plans that doesn't sound good for anyone hoping to buy a Steam Machine, Steam Controller or Steam Frame in 2026. Specifically, the company is now opening up the possibility its new hardware won't ship this year at all.In February, when Valve acknowledged the o... View Source

One of Europe's two Proba-3 spacecraft suffered an anomaly last month, putting the future of the solar eclipse-creating mission in doubt... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss reports that the US Commerce Department has drafted regulations restricting AI chip shipments to anywhere in the world without American approval. Plus, Oracle plans to cut thousands of jobs as it handles a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort. And, the Pentagon has officially notified lawmakers that it has determined Anthropic a... View Source

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictured moments before its capture with the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Both spacecraft were orbiting 257 miles above Namibia. Cygnus XL is Northrop Grumman’s expanded version of its previous Cygnus cargo craft increasing its p... View Source

President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the US has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely... View Source

Netflix's library of streamable party games is expanding today with a custom version of Overcooked! All You Can Eat. Netflix launched its cloud gaming program with games like Lego Party and Tetris Time Warp, but Overcooked feels a bit unique because it features a roster of Netflix-affiliated characters from KPop Demon Hunters and Stranger Things.For the uninitiated, Overcooked plays like a more ma... View Source

The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples... View Source

Valve still can't reveal details about the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller launch dates, which were originally scheduled for early 2026. In a new post, the company now says "we hope to ship in 2026" - a vaguer timeline than the first half of 2026 goal Valve shared last month - which it attributes to the ongoing shortages of memory and storage chips. Valve: We hope to ship in 2026,... View Source

Oracle Corp. and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged over financing and OpenAI’s changing needs. Ed Ludlow helped break the story and explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Grammarly's "expert review" feature offers to give users writing advice "inspired by" subject matter experts, including recently-deceased professors, as Wired reported on Wednesday. When I tried the feature out myself, I found some experts that came as a surprise for a different reason - one of them was my boss. The AI-generated feedback included comments that appeared to be from The Verge's edito... View Source

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at fighting cybercrime, including fraud and extortion, directing officials to identify robust tools to combat transnational criminal organizations preying on American families, businesses and infrastructure... View Source

The US Customs and Border Protection says it currently can't comply with an order to process billions of dollars in refunds stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In a filing on Friday, CBP executive director Brandon Lord says the agency's digital import processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale," as reported earlier by CNBC. The CBP's admission comes after th... View Source

Anthropic PBC runs the risk of losing a wide range of US government business after the Defense Department declared it a supply-chain risk, a rare designation that until now has only been assigned to companies from adversary nations like China’s Huawei Technologies Co... View Source

Samsung caught flak for the Galaxy Buds 3. The company’s mimicry of Apple’s AirPods was all too obvious last year when it opted for a stem or “blade” design after several generations of putting touch controls on the main housing of its earbuds. The Galaxy Buds 4 and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro continue that trajectory, as Samsung keeps adding new features with direct parallels to AirPods. The good news is,... View Source

Co-director Daniel Roher. | Image: Focus Features We are in the thick of a massive push to incorporate generative AI into almost every aspect of our lives, but it is still easy to be confused about what it is and how it works. It doesn't help that many of gen AI's proponents and detractors both speak about it with a feverish hyperbole that comes across like fantastical ad copy. And the rate at whi... View Source

South Korea’s top power equipment maker, HD Hyundai Electric Co., is accelerating its US expansion, betting that demand for transformers and switchgear will surge as the artificial intelligence “supercycle” drives a new wave of power consumption... View Source

Nintendo of America is suing the US government, including the Department of Treasury, Department of Homeland Security and US Customs & Border Protection, over its tariff policy, Aftermath reports. The video game giant already raised prices on the Nintendo Switch in August 2025 in response to “market conditions” but has so far left the price of the newer Switch 2 console unchanged. Nintendo’s l... View Source

The Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube traveled alongside NASA’s DART to capture the spacecraft’s collision with Dimorphos. In this LICIACube image, taken moments after impact on Sept. 26, 2022, rocky debris can be seen fanning out from the smaller asteroid below its larger binary partner, Didymos.ASI/NASA This image of asteroids Didymos, left, and Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission a few... View Source

The ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft watched as a superstorm that ravaged Earth also struck the Red Planet... View Source

Nintendo of America is suing the US government over President Trump's tariffs and is demanding a "prompt refund, with interest" of any duties that it has paid, according to a complaint filed in the US Court of International Trade, as reported previously by Aftermath. The Supreme Court ruled last month that Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy "reciprocal"... View Source

The conflict in Iran is underscoring the risks of building data centers in the Gulf region, says Sam Winter-Levy, a fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

One of the biggest issues with mainline Pokémon games is that you're often so focused on catching, battling and trying to be the very best that you don't have time to stop and smell the flowers. But in Pokémon Pokopia, you're rewarded for doing just that while building a loving community of friendly monsters. The game is one part Animal Crossing and one part Dragon Quest Builders sp... View Source

Bosch CEO and Chairman of the Management Board Stefan Hartung discusses how the conflict in the Middle East is impacting supply chains and how the world’s largest automotive supplier is dealing with rising energy prices. Hartung speaks with Bloomberg Tech’s Ed Ludlow. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Can't wait for Spider-Man: Brand New Day? Make the wait a little less painful, with 20% off this seriously super Lego Marvel Iron Spider-Man Bust... View Source

“I’m hoping it’s not going to be too far in the future,” Naoki Hamaguchi tells us... View Source

Israel’s Iron Beam (aka Or Eitan) laser air-defense system is fully operational. On December 28–30, 2025, the first operational 100 kW system formally delivered by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to the IDF. This was the transition from testing to serial production. They are integrated as the innermost (fifth) layer of Israel’s multi-tier air defense alongside ... Read more... View Source

A new SEC crypto measure is now under White House review and it could reshape how digital tokens are classified. SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the new measure future of Crypto regulation. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA TACP Benefits Foundation for disruptive technologies: Placing emphasis on transformative concepts lays the groundwork for revolutionary advancements in aviation. Accelerated innovation in aerospace: Developing next-generation engineering methodologies and digital tools enables faster, more efficient design, testing... View Source

The U.S. Navy has deployed the HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance) during Operation Epic Fury and there are reports of shooting down Iranian drones. US CENTCOM released footage in 2026 showing an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer equipped with the steerable high-energy laser operating off Iran’s coast while launching strikes. The New York ... Read more... View Source

A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process... View Source

In case you missed it, Apple announced a host of new devices this week, including both a new phone and a cheaper laptop. It also unveiled the M4-powered iPad Air, which is already receiving a preorder discount ahead of its March 11th debut. Right now, the 128GB / Wi-Fi model is available at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart starting at $559 ($40 off), while the LTE config is selling for $709 ($40 off)... View Source

BE Semiconductor Industries NV fell as much as 17% on a report that major memory chipmakers are looking at new standards that could delay demand for the Dutch company’s technology... View Source

As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture around the Moon inside the agency’s Orion spacecraft, people around the world can pinpoint Orion during its journey using the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW). During the approximately 10-day mission, NASA will test how the spacecraft’s systems operate as designed with crew aboard in the deep spa... View Source

This Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ is best for observing planets and the moon... View Source

Mathias Döpfner, the billionaire chief executive officer of Germany’s Axel Springer SE, has struck a deal to acquire the Telegraph, pushing into the UK market by buying one of the country’s oldest newspapers... View Source

Capcom revealed during its March 5 Spotlight showcase that Pragmata, its repeatedly delayed dystopian sci-fi adventure game, will release on April 17 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam. The game had been set for April 24 since its appearance at The Game Awards in December. The game’s new trailer shows previously unseen locations and gameplay moments, and new ele... View Source

As Bungie’s extraction shooter welcomes players to Tau Ceti IV, we’ve taken a good look at its hefty collector’s edition... View Source

You don’t have to completely redesign a smartphone to make the latest version a solid upgrade over its predecessor. While Apple Inc. went with a bold new look for its Pro models last year and has enjoyed strong demand ever since, Samsung Electronics Co. refrained from a similar visual shakeup for its Galaxy S26 Ultra... View Source

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft, loaded with more than 11,000 pounds of science and supplies for Expedition 73, is seen grasped by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 after its capture on Sept. 18, 2025, as both spacecraft orbited 257 miles above Tanzania.Credit: NASA After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science investigations, hardware, and other cargo to th... View Source

The Milky Way nebula RCW 36 resembles a stunning cosmic bird of prey in an incredible Very Large Telescope image... View Source

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, we tried, and failed, to find it at the world's biggest mobile trade show. This week Barcelona was taken over by the tech industry as Mobile World Congress descended on the Spanish city. The world's biggest mobile show, MWC featured product l... View Source

Last week, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled a major shakeup in the Artemis Program, intended to put the nation on a better path back to the Moon. The changes focused largely on increasing the launch cadence of NASA's large SLS rocket and putting a greater emphasis on lunar surface activities. Days later, the US Senate indicated that it broadly supported these plans. This is all well and... View Source

As data centers boom, developers are rushing to build housing and amenities in remote locales... View Source

NASA/Chris Williams NASA astronaut Jessica Meir trims the hair of fellow NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway in this March 1, 2026, image. Meir uses an electric razor attached to a vacuum that collects loose clippings to keep the station’s atmosphere clean in microgravity. Crew on the International Space Station also use weekends to complete housekeeping tasks. Learn more about life on the International... View Source

"Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another."... View Source

Means uses a common wellness influencer playbook that uses selective science to discredit institutions. | Getty Images 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. We'll be taking a break next week and will back March 20th. Opt in for Optimize... View Source

The massive boom in AI data centers faces a bottleneck: how do you persuade workers to move to some of the remotest locations in the US for weeks at a time? Enter the mobile housing companies trying to lure construction workers with trailers, steaks and golf. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Life EV has completed a court-approved acquisition of Rad Power Bikes, granting a second life to the troubled e-bike brand. The Florida-based Life EV now owns Rad’s brand, intellectual property, inventory and certain unspecified operating assets, and will continue to operate as Rad Power Bikes in the US, with plans to expand to "select key markets." Rad’s new owner has committed to honor... View Source

South Africa has won $350 million in World Bank funding for a credit-guarantee vehicle designed to boost private investment in infrastructure and accelerate the rollout of its transmission grid expansion... View Source

This Lego Star Wars AT-AT walker only debuted in January 2026 and you can already save 5% on this shelf-sized but still seriously impressive set... View Source

Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg did not necessarily set out to create a new genre. But, in some ways, that's exactly what the duo did when they released Hidden Folks in 2017. Hidden object games have been around for decades - they've existed well before computers, when people searched for objects in paintings and printed drawings - but Hidden Folks was a distinct step forward. De Jongh calls... View Source

US lawmakers urged the Trump administration to close the loopholes that have allowed a unit of blacklisted Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. to operate freely in the US... View Source

It's been a wild week for Apple. After announcing a slew of new hardware, the company capped things off with its cheapest laptop ever: the $599 MacBook Neo. It's low on specs, but high on character and value. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget Deputy Editor Nathan Ingraham dive into the MacBook Neo, as well as the refreshed MacBook Air M5, MacBook Pro M5 Pro/Max, iPad Air M4 and iPho... View Source

Are the Nightfox Whisker the best Nightfox night vision binoculars yet?... View Source

Until now, most mobile phone companies have worked to ensure their phones won't start fires. (Occasional Samsung devices excepted, of course.) But this week at Mobile World Congress, we found a company that dared to go in a different direction. Oukitel's WP63 rugged smartphone includes a built-in fire starter, and this is what it looks like: On this episode of The Vergecast, The Verge's Dominic Pr... View Source

Hackers are targeting Israelis with spyware masquerading as a smartphone app that issues safety alerts, according to new cybersecurity research... View Source

There is so much to love about Dell's new XPS 14, it's hard for me to discuss it without sounding like a total fanboy. Its new design makes it incredibly thin and light. And Intel's Panther Lake chips give it a ton of power, even when it comes to games. After reviving the XPS brand from last year's ignominious rebranding, it's as if Dell was laser-focused on fixing all the... View Source

Newly released Mars images offer a detailed look at one of the Red Planet's oldest, most heavily cratered regions, a landscape shaped by billions of years of impacts, volcanism and erosion... View Source

Marathon is weird as hell - and I mean that in the best possible way. The latest game from Destiny studio Bungie mixes the slick gunplay the developer is known for with a dark, and frankly bizarre, sci-fi universe. It's part of the burgeoning "extraction shooter" subgenre, where teams of players are dropped into a hostile environment and tasked with getting the hell out. After just a few hours wit... View Source

Global stocks and bonds fall as another jump in oil prices stoke concerns that the Iran war is fueling inflation. US retail gasoline prices rise to the highest level since September 2024. Veronica Clark of Citi looks ahead to the February payrolls report. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Chinese telecom giant is undeterred by product bans in the West... View Source

Right off the back of the iPhone 17e, new iPads and MacBook Airs, Apple also announced a keenly priced new laptop. The MacBook Neo is a multi-colored low-cost Mac ($599), running on an iPhone chipset with most but not all of the hardware features you find on the MacBook Air and Pro. All models of the MacBook Neo ship with an extremely scant 8GB of RAM, which might be the main productivity bottlene... View Source

NordVPN comes recommended as the best VPN service, and offers online security and convenience, now with a $415 discount and a $50 Amazon voucher... View Source

BlackBerries are so back. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Unihertz's booth at MWC was a little out of the way, but those who did find it all seemed to want to pick up the Titan Elite 2. Sure, the cosmic orange color attracted attention, and the QWERTY keyboard reminded one showgoer of his old BlackBerry. But once I picked it up, I could see why it was so popular. It's slim, light, and pocketa... View Source

The UK government is working on a controversial data bill that would allow AI companies like Google and OpenAI to train their models on copyrighted materials without consent. However, following a two month consultation, it looks like passage of the law will be delayed. "Copyright is going to be kicked down the road," a person with knowledge of the matter told The Financial Times.  R... View Source

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay, and you can watch the action live... View Source

Women’s sleep apnea symptoms differ from men’s and can often be confused with hormonal shifts. Researchers are working to close the detection gap... View Source

Traders in the Bitcoin options market continue to price in downside risk and remain pessimistic about the cryptocurrency despite a recent surge in prices... View Source

Asics Corp. is accelerating its global expansion by taking greater control of marathon infrastructure, a strategy executives say will deepen engagement with runners and convert that access into faster growth in running-shoe sales... View Source

The Indian government’s delays in formalizing changes to listing rules are threatening to force Asia’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, to miss the targeted timeline for an initial public offering of shares in Jio Platforms Ltd., the digital arm of his flagship company Reliance Industries Ltd... View Source

"They're on the cutting edge and they're still motivated to work. Thank goodness." Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein joins Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway on this live recording of the Odd Lots podcast to discuss private credit, rich people's attitudes towards taxes and why he is glad to have Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk on the side of American industries. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

In a new blog post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has admitted that it received a letter from the Defense Department, officially labeling it a supply chain risk. He said he doesn’t “believe this action is legally sound,” and that his company sees “no choice” but to challenge it in court. Hours before Amodei published the post, the Pentagon announced that it notified the company that its “products are... View Source

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP) accelerates the transformation of the National Airspace System (NAS) to meet the variety, density, and complexity of future airspace users. Our mission is to ensure that U.S. skies remain safe, innovative, and globally competitive... View Source

John Daghita, a government contractor accused of stealing more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the US Marshals Service, was arrested late Wednesday on the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean... View Source

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ailing “Megaberg” Sparks… 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:... View Source

Nvidia Corp. has long been the world’s AI kingmaker. Now, the Trump administration is considering taking a formal role in the industry that would include similarly sweeping powers... View Source

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Computer simulation showing how aircraft and other vehicles of all types can safely navigate through the National Air Space.NASA / Kyle Jenkins The Air Traffic Management and Safety (ATMS) project defines, validates, and transfers advanced requirements and technologies to shift air traffic management from tactical to st... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking a loan of as much as $40 billion to mostly help finance its investment in US tech giant OpenAI, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be its largest-ever borrowing denominated solely in dollars... View Source

An Uber Technologies Inc. job posting suggests the rideshare company is stepping up efforts to test a subscription offering for more of its drivers around the world, following smaller upstarts that have found success with this alternative model... View Source

A key House committee on Thursday advanced a package of bills aimed at improving children’s safety online, injecting fresh momentum for a light-touch US effort as countries race to create new protections for minors on social media... View Source

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Kyle Jenkins The Advanced Air Mobility Pathfinders (AAMP) project accelerates advanced air mobility technologies for wildfire response and urban transportation through real-world demonstrations and strategic partnerships. AAMP researches emerging technologies, establishes aircraft strategic deconfliction framewor... View Source

Amazon.com Inc.’s website and mobile app malfunctioned for some users on Thursday, with critical features like product listings and checkout options producing error pages... View Source

The FBI said Thursday that it had found “suspicious” activity on its computer systems, but didn’t provide further details... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Broadcom’s results as the CEO predicts AI chip sales will top $100 billion next year. Plus, Anthropic has restarted talks with the Pentagon following the feud over AI use by the military, according to a person familiar with the matter. And, Founders Fund General Partner Trae Stephens and Nominal CEO Cameron McCord discuss the startup's latest funding... View Source

Anthropic PBC, threatened with blacklisting by the Defense Department in a dispute over AI safeguards, expects the standoff to lead to a legal battle... View Source

Palantir Technologies Inc. won an order blocking three former employees from trying to poach its staff and using confidential information for an artificial intelligence startup... View Source

The 2026 Iran war is quantitatively ~2–4× bigger in key metrics already and in half the time. Trump has said it will last weeks and the use of B52s is increasing the attack rate by 4 times. The duration could be 3 times longer or more. It could end up at 20 or more times ... Read more... View Source

The M2x2 in action. | Image: Paul Staal In 1979 - nearly 50 years ago - Lego jazzed up its very first spaceships with an iconic sloped computer brick that was just painted plastic. In 2022, we introduced you to the engineer who fit a tiny computer inside. Now, industrial designer Paul Staal has flipped the script: he's created a desktop PC that's a super-sized homage to the classic computer brick... View Source

Reclusive Shanda founder Chen Tianqiao is betting his personal fortune on it... View Source

Today, X announced some updates to its creator subscriptions platform. The leading change gives participating accounts the option to make part of tweet threads only visible to subscribers. This new Creator Subscriptions feature is called Exclusive Threads, an ironic name choice given X's main text-based social media posting competitor is called Threads.Creator Subscriptions 2.0 is here: power... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Barclays’ Venu Krishna, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi, CVS Health’s Tilak Mandadi, Fmr. US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, BlackRock’s Jaime Magyera, WSL Strategic Retail’s Wendy Liebmann, Ugg Founder Brian Smith... View Source

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images View Link After weeks of failed negotiations, public ultimatums, and lawsuit threats, the Defense Department has formally labeled Anthropic a "supply-chain risk", escalating its fight with the AI company ove... View Source

Concerns have been bubbling up over the $1.8 trillion private credit market in recent weeks, with investors spooked in part by the risk of artificial intelligence on some borrowers and worries about valuations. Last month, a Blue Owl Capital Inc. fund opted to halt quarterly redemptions and started selling assets to return money to investors. This week, Blackstone Inc.’s flagship private credit fu... View Source

Smart ring maker Oura has acquired Doublepoint, a company that specializes in gesture recognition for wearables. The Finnish startup uses smartwatches and wristbands as examples of products that benefit from its technology, but Oura will clearly be looking to incorporate it into its rings, in theory allowing you to control your connected devices with hand movements. Oura said in a press release th... View Source

A package of child safety bills is headed to the House floor following an hours-long session that left Democrats and Republicans divided. On Thursday, lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to advance the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act; Sammy's Law; and the App Store Accountability Act, which would require app stores to introduce age-gating. The KIDS Act, which... View Source

Computers associated with Iranian government-backed hackers disappeared from the internet when Israel’s military attacked a military compound in Tehran, according to a threat intelligence firm... View Source

The Canadian government says that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has agreed to take steps to immediately strengthen safety protocols, according to a report by Wall Street Journal. This follows a mass shooting incident at a high school in which OpenAI flagged the suspect and suspended his account, but did not alert authorities. These changes look to primarily involve law enforcement, with commitments to not... View Source

The Claude maker gains new traction with everyday users while its enterprise business is under pressure... View Source

OpenAI is releasing a new model today, and like GPT-5.2 before it, GPT-5.4 is all about professional work. OpenAI is calling GPT-5.4 its most capable frontier model for tasks like coding and data analysis. OpenAI claims the new model produced presentations with stronger, more varied aesthetics and made more effective use of its image generation tools.It's also the first model from OpenAI buil... View Source

There's something refreshingly familiar about the Omega 47 weapon in "300th Night"... View Source

The next-generation Xbox console will play both Xbox and PC games, and its codename is "Project Helix," according to Asha Sharma, who took over as Microsoft's gaming CEO last month. "Great start to the morning with Team Xbox, where we talked about our commitment to the return of Xbox including Project Helix, the code name for our next generation console," Sharma wrote on X. "Project Helix will lea... View Source

Podcasters exclusive to Netflix are seeing their channel growth slow by as much as 50% compared to the year prior... View Source

Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from collecting their personal data without consent. COPPA 2.0 is a modernized take on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, attemptin... View Source

Roku users who struggle to figure out what they want to watch might have an answer in the form of "Roklue," a new game coming to the streaming platform on March 7th. Announced on Thursday, Roklue is a pop culture trivia game that Roku says helps users discover new content and "tests players on the movies and TV shows that everyone is talking about, as well as the beloved favorites they want to wat... View Source

CVS Health is partnering with Google Cloud to launch an AI-powered platform aimed at providing a "one stop destination" to healthcare for consumers. CVS Health Chief Experience & Technology Officer Tilak Mandadi believes this will better allow consumers to "take ownership of their own health." He talks with Katie Greifeld and Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Amazon's website appears to be experiencing technical issues that are keeping users from logging in and preventing prices from displaying correctly. DownDetector reported a spike of outage reports around 2PM ET, and the issues seem to have grown from there.While Amazon.com seems to be able to display the company’s homepage, prices and product information aren't loading, and clicking thro... View Source

Pokémon Pokopia features, of all things, a 3D printer. I wasn't sure why this surprised me so much, given all the other high-tech gear in pretty much every Pokémon game. But I was not expecting to find, inside the once-crumbling Pokémon Center I'd just worked hard to restore, a kind of machine I'd never seen before. Until Pokopia, I hadn't spent much time thinking about tech i... View Source

Industrial software startup Nominal raised an $80 million Series B extension led by Founders Fund. That brings the company's valuation to $1 billion, at a time when the US is increasingly focused on modernizing its manufacturing capabilities through software. Cameron McCord, CEO of Nominal, and Founders Fund General Partner Trae Stephens join Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Sourc... View Source

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is gearing up to spill the beans on Microsoft’s next-generation console. In a post on X today, she revealed that the system is codenamed “Project Helix.” Confirming previous rumors, she says it will “lead in performance” and play both console and PC games. Sharma also notes that she’ll be discussing the system at GDC next week with partners and developers. The next-gen console... View Source

Rocket Lab will launch a mystery mission for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5), and you can watch the action live... View Source

United Airlines has updated its "Contract of Carriage" to include a line that requires passengers to wear headphones while listening to audio and video content on flights, CBS News reports. Under the updated contract, United can "refuse transport on a permanent or temporary basis" to passengers who don't follow a list of rules, which now includes listening to audio without wearing headphones. The... View Source

As the conflict in Iran disrupts global supply chains and AI shakes up industries, logistics firm CH Robinson is getting credit with investors for dealing well with both. Dave Bozeman, the company’s CEO, discusses the global disruptions and Robinson’s integration of AI with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It feels like we could all use a little (or a large) boost of joy and optimism right now, so it's a perfect coincidence that a Games Done Quick event is on the horizon. Frost Fatales 2026 is running from March 8 through March 14. This week-long livestream will be raising money for the National Women's Law Center, a nonprofit working toward gender justice for women and girls. GDQ eve... View Source

If you're having issues shopping on Amazon or loading your playlists on Amazon Music, you're not alone. Downdetector is showing a sizable spike in people reporting issues with checkout, search, and logging in. The problem seems to be affecting both the site and the mobile apps. Several Verge staffers have experienced issues themselves. Clicking through to many products produces a "sorry, something... View Source

OpenAI is releasing a new flagship artificial intelligence model and a suite of financial-services tools that are meant to be better at tackling office work, ramping up competition with Anthropic PBC as the rival firm faces new risks from a showdown with the Pentagon... View Source

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising related to its AI glasses following reports about the company's use of human contractors to review footage captured from users' glasses. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, alleges that Meta's claims about the devices' privacy features have misled users. The lawsuit comes after a Swedis... View Source

X (x.com) has traffic surges during major global events like wars, as users turn to it for real-time updates, videos, and discussions. The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran starting February 28, 2026 drove a significant spike with a daily Surge +13.3% from Friday (Feb 27) to Saturday (Feb 28). This made it X’s biggest day ... Read more... View Source

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact... View Source

Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." The Iran war enters its sixth day with officials warning attacks will intensify as oil spikes. Broadcom takes aim at Nvidia, issuing an ambitious AI sales forecast that could reshape the chip race. Morgan Stanley cuts 3% of its global workforce across all business lines. Plus.  are hidden AI portf... View Source

Who needs Half-Life 3 or Beyond Good & Evil 2? Roku, in an attempt to gamify content discovery on its platform, has cooked up a gaming announcement for the ages. Behold: Roklue. Yes, that's a real name that someone with a job title and (likely high) salary came up with.Roklue (shudder) will quiz players on "the movies and TV shows that everyone is talking about," along with clas... View Source

The zodiacal light is at its most visible on the nights surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes... View Source

OpenAI is launching GPT-5.4, the latest version of its AI model that the company says combines advancements in reasoning, coding, and professional work involving spreadsheets, documents, and presentations. It's also OpenAI's first model with native computer use capabilities, meaning it can operate a computer on your behalf and complete tasks across different applications. The new model is a step t... View Source

We don’t know exactly how Anthropic’s Claude AI helped the US bomb Iran. That’s a problem, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson says. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Netflix has acquired an AI filmmaking startup called InterPositive, according to a report by Variety. This is a company that was founded by actor Ben Affleck back in 2022. Don't worry if you haven't heard of it. Affleck has been operating the company in stealth mode for the past few years, so this is pretty much it's big coming-out party. The terms of the acquisition haven't be... View Source

Birdbuddy’s smart hummingbird feeder can capture both photo and video of your feathery friends. | Image: Birdbuddy Spring is peak bird-watching season, and if you want a closer look this year, Birdbuddy’s Smart Hummingbird Feeder Pro Solar has you covered. Normally $299, Birdbuddy is now selling the solar-powered feeder for $189 ($110 off), which matches its lowest price to date. Birdbuddy Smart H... View Source

The Pentagon said it has formally notified Anthropic PBC that it’s deemed the artificial intelligence company and its products a risk to the US supply chain, according to a senior defense official... View Source

If your Playdate wishlist is anything like mine (endless), here's a good excuse to actually go ahead and free some of those games from limbo: Panic is running a two-week-long sale on the Playdate Catalog to celebrate its three-year anniversary. Sure, the majority of Playdate games are pretty cheap as is, but they can still add up when you're on a wild purchasing spree. Ask me how I know!... View Source

Though Netflix lost the war for Warner Bros., it has just bought an AI startup from the internet's favorite Dunkin' Donuts aficionado. Today, Netflix announced that it has acquired InterPositive, Ben Affleck's AI company that specializes in tools for film and television production. The deal will see all 16 of InterPositive's current team of engineers and researchers move over to Netflix. Affleck i... View Source

Two months ago, a key staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz said in a public meeting that she was "begging" NASA to release a document that would kick off the second round of a competition among private companies to develop replacements for the International Space Station. There has been no movement since then, as NASA has yet to release this "request for proposals." So this week, Cruz stepped up the pressure... View Source

Oracle Corp. is planning to ax thousands of jobs, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort... View Source

It might sound like the stuff of daydreams now, but once upon a time it was briefly the very real intention of Sony and Nintendo to collaborate on a console. Nicknamed the Nintendo PlayStation, the idea was that a new CD-ROM format backed by Sony would be added to the cartridge-based Super NES, resulting in a hybrid console that could play both. The partnership didn’t last long, though, with Ninte... View Source

Sandy Munro did a 2020 Tesla Model Y Teardown 42-video youtube series. They covered fit and finish, battery pack, wiring harness. Ford CEO in 2026 had his team do a Tesla teardown and was shocked to find 70 lbs lighter wiring harness and 1600 meters of less wiring versus a Ford Mach E. Sandy Munro’s ... Read more... View Source

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. I still remember the first time I tried the kids edutainment system Osmo back in 2014: I was sitting in front of an iPad, placed vertically on a white iPad stand, that showed me pieces of a tangram puzzle, its squares and triangles arr... View Source

Anthropic PBC’s clash with the Pentagon is drawing fresh attention to a lightly regulated practice: the US government’s purchase of commercially available information, such as browsing histories and location data, and the growing use of artificial intelligence to analyze it at scale... View Source

Google is living up to its word and posting warning labels for battery-killing apps. 9to5Google spotted Google's rollout announcement, which the company previously said would arrive on March 1.The label says, “This app may use more battery than expected due to high background activity.” If you don't yet see the warnings, they may not have reached you yet. Google says the banners will... View Source

A Rocket Lab HASTE rocket launches into the night sky from Launch Complex 2 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Feb. 27, 2026NASA/Danielle Johnson NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital launch from the company’s Launch Complex 2 in Virginia on Feb. 27, 2026. The mission, called Cassowary Vex, supported a flight of a hypersonic test pla... View Source

Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but are they edible?... View Source

Meta's AI-powered smart glasses could be sending sensitive footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, Kenya, according to an investigation by the Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten. The report, which was published last week, claims Meta contractors in Kenya have seen videos captured with the smart glasses that show "bathroom visits, sex and other intimate moments." So far, at... View Source

Arjun Raghavan, the CEO of Partners Capital, a firm that manages $75 billion for families and foundations worldwide — and he says AI is the largest risk factor in markets right now. Arjun joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the technology and where he seeks the cracks and opportunities in private credit. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google has pledged "at least" $50 million through 2030 on "projects designed to eliminate superpollutants." The company will be joined by a handful of other companies including Amazon and Salesforce in the newly formed Superpollutant Action Initiative. In total, these companies have committed $100 million to the project, hoping to "accelerate the reduction" of superpo... View Source

NASA/Michael DeMocker The Moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse over New Orleans, home of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, on March 3, 2026. This “blood moon” occurs during a total lunar eclipse, as Earth lines up between the Moon and the Sun. When this happens, the only light that reaches the Moon’s surface is from the edges of Earth’s atmosphere. The air molecule... View Source

Elon says Tesla will be one of the companies to make AGI and probably the first to make it in humanoid/atom-shaping form. He ties this to Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots and advanced manufacturing systems, which enable real-world interaction and precision manipulation at scales that pure digital AI can’t match. Grok 5 should be out in ... Read more... View Source

Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be "translated into more respectful language that remains closer to the user's original in... View Source

Downloads of rival AI tool Claude soar amid feud with the Pentagon... View Source

No specific ships have been reported using this new US insurance to transit safely in the last 24 hours, as the program is brand new and traffic remains halted. Some vessels are reflagging or signaling Chinese ownership to gain passage under Iran’s exemptions, rather than relying on insurance. Single-digit transits (1-3 confirmed crossings), far below ... Read more... View Source

'We're about to have an insanely adrenalized ride these last two episodes.'... View Source

The forthcoming MacBook Neo is certainly compelling — at least for the right person. One could argue that buying a last-gen MacBook Air is a better bet in most instances; however, if you’re still sold on picking Apple’s colorful budget laptop ahead of its launch on March 11th, Best Buy is throwing in a $25 e-gift card when you preorder either the 256GB model for $599 or the step-up 512GB variant f... View Source

Revolut Ltd. has applied for a US banking license and appointed a former Visa Inc. executive as chief for the region, as the London-based financial technology giant rolls out its ambitious plans to expand in the world’s biggest market... View Source

Ukraine sank a Russian liquid natural gas carrier in the Mediterranean. Iran is not the only country that can disrupt oil and gas shipping. Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 export network is showing early signs of disruption after an explosion sank one of its shadow fleet carriers in the Mediterranean this week, forcing other tankers ... Read more... View Source

The white and green versions of Ikea’s cheap speaker have launched in the US. | Photo By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Alongside smart Lego bricks and lots of robots, one of the most anticipated gadgets announced at CES 2026 was a cheap Bluetooth speaker from the company best known for flat-packed furniture. Ikea is no stranger to electronics, but after ending its partnership with Sonos las... View Source

Oura Health Oy is buying a gesture-recognition startup, setting up the company to eventually add such controls to its popular line of smart rings... View Source

Back in January, Nothing shared that it wouldn't be releasing its flagship Nothing Phone 4 in 2026, and instead focusing on follow-ups to its midrange Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro. After some expected teasing, those sequels have arrived: the Phone 4a Pro and Phone 4a. And like Nothing's previous devices, they seem like meaningful departures from what the company has tried in the past.The No... View Source

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys... View Source

Today on Decoder, let’s talk about prediction markets, which continue to insert themselves into the news cycle and the news itself in increasingly weird, unsettling, and potentially illegal ways.  My guest today is Liz Lopatto, senior reporter at The Verge, who owns what we cheerfully call the chaos beat. Liz has been writing a lot about prediction markets lately and especially why they all s... View Source

Sierra Space Corp. has raised $550 million, fueling its drive to become a defense contractor for the US government... View Source

Nothing has announced its latest premium midrange device, the Phone 4a Pro. The company says it's the thinnest full-metal phone on the market, measuring in at 7.95mm. It also looks notably different from the prior A-series phones – and pretty much any of the company's phones to date. It features an aluminum unibody while retaining Nothing’s retro-clear hardware design touches, with a clear, redesi... View Source

This stunning satellite image of Ouarzazate, Morocco, was taken by Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission... View Source

Do you have a Reddit alt, secret X, finsta, or Glassdoor account you trash your boss with? AI might have just made it a lot easier to unmask you. That's the conclusion of a recently published study, which hints at some uncomfortable consequences for staying private online - even if it's not quite time to hold a funeral for anonymity just yet. The finding, which has not been peer reviewed, comes fr... View Source

Neurotechnology company Science Corp. raised $230 million from investors to commercialize its implant for blindness and develop even more advanced brain devices... View Source

You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra looks a lot like the last four models. That's because it does, right down to its general design and rear camera layout. But on Samsung's latest flagship phone, some stealthy upgrades are hidden beneath its classic blocky silhouette that might go unnoticed by the casual observer. Those help make this year's release... View Source

These astrophotography camera accessories are worth adding to your setup in 2026... View Source

Ikea’s new smart bulbs are hitting the US a month early. | Image: Ikea After being announced last November, Ikea's Matter-compatible smart home collection has been slowly trickling into its stores around the world over the past few months. Despite some early connectivity issues, one of the most anticipated items in that collection is Ikea's new Matter-over-Thread smart bulbs. The company originall... View Source

Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit is launching AI tools for medical practices, the company’s latest effort to broaden the reach of its cloud-computing business into workplace applications... View Source

One of the big surprises to come out of Sony’s recent State of Play showcase was the announcement of a sequel to 2021’s Kena Bridge of Spirits, the impressive debut from indie studio Ember Lab. If you missed the first game and want to catch up before its successor launches on PC and PS5 later this year, it’s coming to Switch 2 this spring. The Switch 2 is very much in its port era, owing to publis... View Source

No AI usage will be assumed on works that providers haven't voluntarily tagged. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is asking artists and record labels on its music streaming platform to voluntarily label songs that were made using AI. The new "Transparency Tags" metadata system for Apple Music was announced in a newsletter to industry partners yesterday, according to Music Business Worl... View Source

Founders Fund is leading an $80 million investment in Nominal Inc., a startup aiming to modernize factories and make manufacturing more efficient... View Source

For an electric car to survive in this incentive-free, tariff-laden, emissions-loving world, it has to be very, very good. It also helps if it's priced right, and looking great doesn't hurt either. Unfortunately for BMW's latest EV, the i3 sedan, we still can't say much about those last two questions. BMW hasn't announced pricing yet, and thanks to some eye-crossing c... View Source

Vast has raised $500 million in new funding, which the California startup will put toward its goal of getting private space stations up and running in Earth orbit... View Source

Billionaire testifies the posts on his Twitter takeover not among his smartest... View Source

Anthropic is reportedly trying to reach a new deal with the US Defense Department, which could prevent the government from labeling it a supply chain risk. According to Financial Times and Bloomberg, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has resumed talks with the agency over the use of its AI models. In particular, the publications say that Amodel is having discussions with Emil Michael, the Under Secretary... View Source

US equity futures waver and oil and natural gas rise amid mounting disruption to energy markets from the war in the Middle East. Anthropic resumes security talks with the Pentagon. ECB Governing Council Member Olli Rehn says the central bank should stick to its data-focused approach on interest rates amid the Iran war. Geoffrey Yu of BNY discusses the volatility in emerging market currencies. (Sou... View Source

While music streaming apps like Bandcamp, Spotify and Deezer have taken steps to inform users about AI-generated content, we haven't heard much out of Apple Music in that regard. However, Apple Music has now introduced "Transparency Tags" designed to show listeners if any elements were generated in whole or part by AI. The catch is that Apple is leaving it up to labels and distribut... View Source

The Headphone A keep the shape and style of Nothing’s over-ear design, but with an opaque instead of transparent case. After the release of the Headphone 1 last year - Nothing's first over-ear headphones - the company is back with the Headphone A. They're a slimmed-down over-ear option that keep the Nothing design aesthetic and excellent controls while decreasing the weight and bumping battery lif... View Source

A new worry is rippling across the stock market lately: entire businesses, not just their employees, may be thrown out of work. While most economists say fears of an AI job apocalypse are overblown, seismic shifts have happened in the past after big tech breakthroughs... View Source

Nothing just revealed a new pair of over-ear headphones as a relatively budget-friendly alternative to the pre-existing Headphone 1. The Headphone (a) earphones feature a similar design language to the company's previous cans, but with more color. As a matter of fact, these will be available in four colors, including yellow, pink, white and black. Perhaps the most notable feature here, howeve... View Source

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the Department of Defense in an attempt to salvage the company's relationship with the US military and prevent it from being iced out of defense work for being a "supply chain risk." Talks between the two parties imploded on Friday after weeks of bitter public feuding over the startup's refusal to grant the Pentagon unrest... View Source

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., which just cut an agreement with OpenAI to build data centers for artificial intelligence in India, is nearing additional deals with other tech giants, signaling a commitment to reshaping its business model to capitalize on the emerging technology... View Source

Nothing is back with two new smartphones, the entry-level Phone 4a and the mid-range Phone 4a Pro. With the base 4a in particular, there’s no shortage of substantial hardware upgrades since the 3a, even if the design doesn’t quite stand out as much. This year, that’s apparently the role of the Nothing Phone 4a Pro. That said, the base 4a’s two new color options (blue and pink) are gorgeous additio... View Source

Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful new Earth-based observatory's data... View Source

Today Nothing has revealed the 4A and 4A Pro, its latest midrange phones. The two look startlingly different from one another, with varying designs and Glyph Light interfaces. The Pro is especially striking: it's the first Nothing phone to almost entirely abandon the brand's trademark transparent design. I'm currently at Nothing's launch event in London, where I'm about to get my first look at the... View Source

JD.com Inc. reported its first quarterly loss in nearly four years following a costly foray into food delivery, despite government subsidies aimed at boosting demand for big-ticket items like home appliances... View Source

Epic Games’ courtroom battle with Google is over, but it’s reportedly going to affect how its CEO can speak about the tech giant for years for years to come. According to The Verge, part of the settlement terms Epic had signed has a clause stating that Epic and Sweeney will have to speak positively about Google’s competitiveness and app store operations going forward. “Epic believes that the Googl... View Source

So far, Musk’s super PAC money has done little to sway a Kentucky race... View Source

Non-plant related construction broke ground at the Wyoming facility in June 2024. | Image: TerraPower Bill Gates-founded nuclear energy startup TerraPower has been granted approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a next-generation reactor in Wyoming. This is the first commercial-scale, advanced nuclear power plant to ever receive the federal permit, according to the press release,... View Source

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.’s revenue rose 21.6% in the first two months of 2026, underscoring demand for the Nvidia Corp. servers vital to global AI development... View Source

Beijing Momenta Technology Co. has filed confidentially for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the situation, adding to a flurry of share sales in the Asian financial hub... View Source

A defense-technology startup born out of Ukraine’s battlefield is emerging with a valuation topping $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, as Western and Gulf militaries scramble for systems proved in combat... View Source

Elon Musk told a jury that a tweet he sent in the middle of his tumultuous move to buy Twitter Inc. in 2022 may not have been his “wisest” social media post, while denying he meant any harm to the platform’s shareholders... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp.’s credit default swaps widened to an 11-month high and remained the widest among Japanese corporates as its heavy investment in artificial intelligence weighs on its credit profile... View Source

Pasqal Holding SAS agreed to merge with a blank-check firm in a deal that values the combined company at $2 billion pre-money, joining the growing number of quantum startups choosing to go public through the listed vehicles... View Source

Demand for Nintendo Co.’s profit-earning game software is under threat from soaring prices for data storage, clouding efforts to build a Switch 2 ecosystem that’s resilient to tariffs and military conflict... View Source

Three facilities have suffered damage in drone strikes, and analysts say such installations are increasingly at risk... View Source