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President Donald Trump may have a tendency to put his name on everything, but his administration decided to go with the more authoritative The White House App for his latest pursuit. Now available on the App Store and Google Play store, the official White House App claims to gives Americans "a direct line to the White House." From the press release, the app provides "unfiltered, real-time upgrades... View Source

The first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis moon program may take off in a matter of days, with a launch window that opens on April 1, and as preparations are underway for that, the space agency is refocusing its plan to establish a human presence on the moon. NASA announced major changes to its approach for moon landings that are expected to play out over the coming years, including axing its... View Source

Two new models of Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are on the way, and they're going to be catered towards those who use prescription lenses, according to a Bloomberg report. While these are supposed to be announced next week, Bloomberg noted that these won't be a "new generation" of Meta's smart glasses. You can already add prescription lenses to Meta Ray-Ban's AI glasses, but the upcoming models will com... View Source

A new atlas of 45 potentially habitable planets makes us think of the new film "Project Hail Mary," based on the book by Andy Weir... View Source

All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week... View Source

Ivy Road, the video game developer behind Annapurna-published cozy game Wanderstop, is shutting down on March 31. While Wanderstop was well-received and even critically acclaimed, it seems like it wasn’t enough of a hit to sustain the studio while it develops a new game without getting investors involved. In its announcement, the Ivy Road team said the company failed to land a funding and publishi... View Source

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he’s using a Middle East trip to lock in lucrative long-term agreements on military cooperation and seek secure fuel supplies... View Source

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless came out almost four years ago, yet it’s still one of the best gaming headsets you can buy. Turns out, it’s not easy for other companies to duplicate all that SteelSeries got right with this one — mixing multiple audio sources, active noise cancellation, a retractable mic, hot-swappable batteries, and more. Normally priced at $379.99, it’s down to $299.99 a... View Source

As adoption of artificial intelligence in the US outpaces efforts to regulate it, organized labor is providing an important check on how the technology gets used, according to the head of the Hollywood actors’ union... View Source

Samsung, like many companies using generative AI in their advertising, hasn’t placed an AI label on several videos shared through its TikTok accounts, and the fine print doesn’t always contain the answers. | Image by Samsung I've been struggling to tell whether the ads appearing in my TikTok feeds have been made with generative AI tools. As someone who spends a great deal of time scrutinizing imag... View Source

Emirates Global Aluminium said on Saturday that its Al Taweelah site sustained significant damage during Iranian missile and drone attacks at the Kezad industrial site in the emirate of Abu Dhabi... View Source

Is social media not just bad, but illegally bad? Should tech companies pay for making it that way? According to two US juries - and no shortage of outside commentary - the answer to both questions is "yes." Earlier this week, two juries - one in New Mexico, one in Los Angeles - held Meta liable for a total of hundreds of millions of dollars for harming minors. YouTube was also found liable in Los... View Source

The Legend of Zelda games are grand adventures, but they can also be very comforting, with quaint villages to explore and warm landscapes to take in. Under The Island takes that idea a step further. It still offers the sense of exploration and puzzle-solving that makes Zelda games so satisfying, but it also takes place in a cozy, lighthearted world with an energy reminiscent of Stardew Valley. It'... View Source

At a historic auditorium in Washington this week, Silicon Valley executives, Trump administration officials and members of Congress gathered in a sea of button-down shirts to extol the virtues of artificial intelligence... View Source

The Antennae galaxies are witnessed in the process of merging into a single elliptical galaxy... View Source

We have a pretty good understanding of which deals Verge readers will gravitate toward. After all, what products and services resonate with our audience — and the quality of the deal itself — are what help us determine what to cover on any given day. And yet, we never know for sure how people will shop during shopping events like Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, which runs through 2:59AM ET on April 1st... View Source

'Seeing Ryan add all these layers, I'm like, 'Oh good, he’s covering the things that I didn’t do.''... View Source

On Tuesday morning, everything was business as usual at OpenAI. By the end of the day, the company had announced that it would scrap its video-generation app, Sora, and reverse plans for video generation inside ChatGPT; it would wind down a $1 billion Disney deal; it would shuffle the role of a high-level executive; and it would raise an additional $10 billion from investors, adding up to more tha... View Source

On Episode 203 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Namrata Goswami of Johns Hopkins University to examine the potential threats to American leadership in space... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 121, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, good luck in the Elite Eight, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Will Wright and sync music and the smartphone theory of everything, picking up The Soul of a New Machine again after hearing that Tra... View Source

Closed, the Find N6 is about as thin as any regular phone. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge There are always a few reasons people give for not buying a foldable phone. Some - price, battery life, camera quality - are mostly a matter of manufacturers balancing spec sheets to offset the added cost of the folding hardware. Others - durability, size - were practical design problems that have mostl... View Source

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As ever, we've got some new games for you to dive into this weekend, and a glimpse at some upcoming titles. But, first, a look at indie studio Albatross Interactive's take on a multiplayer mode from a much-loved blockbuster. Terminal War is a 4v4 third-person shooter and it seems like the small team of developers is try... View Source

Ideal for adults and children alike, this super-compact tabletop Celestron Firstscope is perfect for fast, fuss-free skywatching. I'd never part with mine and it's even cheaper thanks to Amazon's Big Spring Sale... View Source

Artemis 2 aims to fly to the moon with four astronauts on April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 GMT). Here's how you can watch live... View Source

The last big story right before the war in Iran started was the collapse in the relationship between the Pentagon and Anthropic, with the latter objecting to any potential use of its models in either fully autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance. Of course, this story immediately become more relevant with the start of the war, and the reporting that Anthropic’s technology was in fact utilized... View Source

How AI will reshape warfare... View Source

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s bankers gathered at a library in Birmingham this week to guide small UK businesses on scaling up in artificial intelligence — and to warn them of the risks of ignoring the new technology... View Source

Those 12 panels generate over 500W and fold down very small. We don't review many solar panels at The Verge, but the tech inside Bluetti's incredibly portable Sora 500 panel makes it worth a deeper look. The new N-Type panels made by Bluetti and others give you more bang for the buck, pound, and square inch. That's a big deal for vanlifers like me who depend upon these beefy portable solar panels... View Source

Indonesia began enforcing restrictions on social media accounts for children under 16 on Saturday, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to adopt nationwide curbs as governments worldwide take a tougher approach to limit harmful online content... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas-fired plants to fuel its most power-hungry data center, increasing its reliance on fossil fuels amid a fast-moving artificial intelligence race... View Source

Meta is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas-fired plants to fuel its most power-hungry data center in rural Louisiana as it competes in the artificial intelligence race. Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin discusses Meta’s plans with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

An over-regulatory approach to agentic workflows could be short-sighted, says Joe Scheidler, CEO and co-founder of Helios, which builds AI operating systems for public-private sector interaction. Scheidler, a former White House and US State Department advisor, joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The four astronauts of NASA’s historic Artemis II mission have arrived in Florida, days ahead of their planned launch that will send them around the moon and deeper into space than any humans have gone before... View Source

Telecom Italia SpA is preparing to scrap the renewal of a mobile-phone tower agreement with Inwit SpA that would have extended the contract through 2038, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, says the key to getting out in front of China in the AI race will be relying on US allies to support the American tech stack around the world. Giuda speaks with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Physical Intelligence, a two-year-old robotics startup founded by AI academics and former Google DeepMind researchers, is discussing a new funding round of about $1 billion that would bring the company’s valuation to more than $11 billion including dollars raised, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Bloomberg’s Apple expert, Mark Gurman, answered more than 50 questions from subscribers in a one-hour Live Q&A with Tim Stenovec. Read the full transcript... View Source

New York City sued ridehail app Empower and founder Joshua Sear, claiming the company has been operating unlawfully without a license the past few years even as the service gained popularity by offering cheap fares to customers... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to debut two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models next week intended for prescription wearers... View Source

Market declines sparked by the Iran war are morphing into a full-blown rout across Wall Street. Efforts to broker an end to the fighting and restart the flow of Middle East oil produced only further escalation, which in turn fueled an ever-greater sense of dread in markets. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.9% on Friday alone and sank into correction; the S&P 500 slipped for a fifth week, capping its long... View Source

Verizon will waive late fees and offer flexible payment arrangements for workers affected by the partial government shutdown. The carrier has made similar offers in the past, like during the COVID-19 pandemic when it gave customers extra mobile data at no additional cost. The Department of Homeland Security has been hit the hardest by the partial shutdown, but Verizon's offer covers any feder... View Source

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A rendering of the Intuitive Machines larger cargo class lunar lander is pictured above with the Honeybee Robotics lunar rover (lower right) and the Australian Space Agency’s Roo-Ver lunar rover (lower left).Intuitive Machines NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston, $180.4 million to deliver NASA-funded science... View Source

Sony has announced that as of March 27th, 2026, the company is no longer accepting orders for nearly all the products in its CFexpress and SD memory card lines. The list of affected memory products includes CFexpress Type A, Type B, and SDXC/SDHC cards, although a few models of Type B and low-end SF-UZ series SD cards remain in production, according to PetaPixel, and you may still be able to find... View Source

Elon Musk took to his social media network to attack the judge in the trial he lost last week when a jury found the billionaire defrauded Twitter Inc. shareholders before acquiring the platform in 2022... View Source

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have a complicated history. In 2023, the two vowed to fight each other in a cage match that never happened. But by early 2025, when both were cozying up to the newly-elected President Donald Trump, they were apparently on more friendly terms. In February of that year, Zuckerberg texted Musk approvingly about his work with the now-defunct Department of Government... View Source

3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Erik Richards Erik Richards, mission manager for NASA’s Near Space Network, stands in front of the large antennas at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Credits: NASA Listen to this audio excerpt from Erik Richards, Near Space Network Mission Manager: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. For Erik Richards, supporting NASA’s ... View Source

Stacy Rasgon, Senior Analyst of US Semiconductors at Bernstein Research, discussed the recent volatility in memory chip stocks and the broader semiconductor sector. He speaks with Katie Greifeld and David Gura on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A hacking group called Handala has gained access to FBI Director Kash Patel's email account, Reuters reports. The group published content from Patel's email on their website as proof, including photos of Patel "sniffing and smoking cigars" and "making a face while taking a picture of himself in the mirror with a ​large bottle of rum." TechCrunch was able to independen... 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

Canadian startup Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. rallied after a rocky start in public markets, buffeted by souring sentiment toward equities... View Source

The European Commission has announced that it suffered a cyber attack that affected "cloud infrastructure hosting the Commission's web presence on the Europea.eu platform." While the attack has been contained, Bleeping Computer reports that the threat actor claiming to be behind it was able to take over 350GB of data before the Commission addressed the issue. "Early findings of... View Source

2 Min Read NISAR Views Mount St. Helens PIA26692 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NISAR Views Mount St. Helens Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NISAR Views Mount St. Helens JPEG (13.62 MB) Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount... View Source

The Astronauts for NASA's Artemis 2 mission to fly around the moon have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, just five days before their historic mission is scheduled to lift off... View Source

If you spend a lot of time presenting or chatting over video, you know how big a difference a decent webcam can make. Thankfully, if you’re looking to level up your setup at home or at work, the last-gen Insta360 Link 2C is currently available for $119.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen so far this year and only $20 more than the webcam’s lowest... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses the impact of the Iran war on markets as the Nasdaq 100 falls into correction territory and Big Tech stocks slide. Plus, Meta is set to fund the construction of seven new natural gas-fired energy plants to fuel its Hyperion data center in Louisiana. And, Anthropic is said to be looking to IPO as soon as October. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Meta will essentially foot the power bill for the $27 billion mega data center it's building in Louisiana. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company struck a deal to fund the energy infrastructure needed for the project.Through a deal with Entergy Louisiana, Meta will fund seven new natural gas power plants, 240 miles of transmission lines and battery energy storage at three loc... View Source

2 Min Read NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier PIA26672 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads PIA26672-NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier JPEG (2.05 MB) Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washingt... View Source

The Trumpometer is just beginning to shift. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock 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 week I think I've found an FCC listing for the phone, showing it's received certification to launch in the US. Last week I issued a reminder that Trump Mobile's T1 Phone... View Source

Austrian authorities declined to approve Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com Inc’s offer to acquire Germany’s Ceconomy AG, throwing the broader €2.2 billion ($2.5 billion) deal for Europe’s largest consumer electronics into doubt... View Source

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The famous Blue Marble image taken by Apollo 17 astronauts on their way to the Moon in 1972 Category I: NASA Environmental Quality Award Recognizes excellence in environmental management and planning, including stewardship of natural and cultural resources. This category highlights achievements in compliance, conservati... View Source

While you wait for Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2, step back through time with Ahsoka's Clone Wars-era ship, now $9 off at Walmart... View Source

A new official White House app on Android and iOS takes the content from the White House website and copies it into app format. A tweet announcing the app on Friday morning appeared alongside a video joking about missile launches that also appears to feature an iPhone, rather than the elusive Trump Phone. There's no word about exclusive features or tie-ins with the phone or Trump Mobile services... View Source

Bloomberg's Aaron Weinman, joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." Banks led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. sold almost $15 billion of risky debt on Tuesday to help fund the record leveraged buyout of video game-maker Electronic Arts Inc., after drawing $45 billion of orders. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Team Cherry just fixed a bug with the original Hollow Knight, according to a report by GamesRadar. That game came out a full nine years ago, so it's pretty impressive that the dev team is still cranking out updates. Spoilers follow, but it's been nine years so whatever. The update involves a glitch regarding an attack from The Radiance, one of the final bosses of the game. At later stage... View Source

3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Michael Guzman Listen to this audio excerpt from Michael Guzman, Artemis II main propulsion systems engineer: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. A clue to what Mike Guzman, main propulsion systems engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, loves most can be found in the signature of his work email: a complex string of equations for rocket... View Source

Sperm struggles to find its way to an egg in microgravity, suggesting mammalian reproduction in space may not be possible... View Source

If you’re constantly switching between working at home and on the go, Anker’s latest 160W Prime Charger can lighten your load by replacing multiple chargers with a single device. It’s normally $149.99, but right now you can buy it at both Amazon and Anker’s online storefront (with coupon code WS24MNV8G7) for $99.99 thanks to Amazon’s ongoing Big Spring Sale, which drops it to its lowest price to d... View Source

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

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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

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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