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Warner Music Group’s revenue for the first quarter rose 10%, which the company says is thanks to increases in digital, artist-services, and expanded rights and licensing revenue. Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech” to discuss how AI patterns are also going to pay off soon. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Noble Audio has announced the Sceptre, a pocket-sized USB-C Bluetooth transmitter meant to boost wireless audio quality from phones, laptops and tablets. The device is intended to exceed the quality offered by a device's existing hardware. Sceptre is powered by Qualcomm's QCC5181 Bluetooth chipset and supports LDAC, aptX Adaptive, AAC and SBC codecs. Of course, to take advantage of the h... View Source

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash toward the upper middle — on Feb. 4, 2026. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in blue and red.NASA/SDO This Feb. 4, 2026, image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captures a strong solar flare erup... View Source

Master Chief is returning in 2026 with a ground-up remake of the original Halo that's promising new content on top of a totally remade presentation... View Source

Engineers at Blue Origin have been grappling with a seemingly eternal debate that involves the New Glenn rocket and the economics of flying it. The debate goes back at least 15 years, to the early discussions around the design of the heavy lift rocket. The first stage, of course, would be fully reusable. But what about the upper stage of New Glenn, powered by two large BE-3U engines? Around the sa... View Source

Four of the biggest US tech companies have forecast capital expenditures that will reach about $650 billion in 2026 for new data centers and gear, underscoring just how quickly the AI race is accelerating. Lei Qiu, AllianceBernstein CIO of Thematic Innovation Equities, joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow to discuss what this wave of investment means for markets and disruption across industries on "B... View Source

Disney+ subscribers in some European countries have lost access to advanced HDR features like Dolby Vision and HDR10+, TechRadar and FlatpanelsHD report. The issue was first spotted by German Disney+ subscribers on Reddit, but currently also impacts subscribers in Portugal, Poland, France and the Netherlands, according to FlatpanelsHD."Dolby Vision support for content on Disney+ is currently... View Source

New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened during its farewell tour of the solar system... View Source

Fortnite developer Epic Games says the account some people believed to be linked to Jeffrey Epstein is a "ruse." In a reply on X, the developer writes, "an existing Fortnite account owner changed their username" to "littlestjeff1," an alias spotted in several emailed receipts from YouTube in the Epstein files. The email suggests that "littlestjeff1" may have been connected to Epstein's YouTube acc... View Source

Apple Inc. is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence apps from other companies in CarPlay, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that will let users query AI chatbots through its vehicle interface for the first time... View Source

The long wait for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is nearly over, as the film hits theaters on April 1. To keep the hype train rolling, Illumination and Universal Pictures have dropped a short new teaser. It's exactly 30 seconds long, so you'll probably be seeing it again on TV this Sunday during the Super Bowl. It does feature some nifty footage that we haven't seen before, including... View Source

300 journalists have lost their jobs at The Washington Post. Over 300,000 readers have canceled their subscriptions. Owner Jeff Bezos, who purchased the legendary publication in 2013, has driven his reputation into the ground by using his vast empire to churn out content designed to make President Donald Trump happy: Amazon MGM Studios spent $40 million to produce a fawning documentary about Melan... View Source

Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices... View Source

Nvidia Corp. shares soared Friday as investors snapped up shares of companies positioned to benefit from the vast sum of money that big technology firms have said they’ll spend on artificial intelligence infrastructure this year... View Source

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that “tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,” the question isn’t whet... View Source

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, facing concerns that customers are overspending on data centers, said that the level of expenditures is appropriate and sustainable... View Source

The Last of Us series co-creator Craig Mazin is teaming with Hasbro Entertainment to create an HBO series based on the popular (and spicy) Baldur’s Gate 3 game, Deadline reported. The show will be simply be called Baldur’s Gate and the story will resume where Baldur’s Gate 3 left off. Mazin will reportedly have full creative control and act as co-creator, writer, executive producer and showrunner... View Source

Extreme green looks hard to resist. | Image: Analogue Analogue has announced another collection of limited-edition colors for its modern remake of the Nintendo 64. Last December it introduced several transparent versions of the Analogue 3D inspired by Nintendo's Funtastic N64 series, but this time the company says it drew inspiration from colored versions of the nearly 30-year-old console that Nin... View Source

Musk's decision to merge SpaceX with xAI could be worth $1 trillion or more, based on his grandiose proposal to build AI data centers in space. Dana Hull joins Max Chafkin and Stacey Vanek Smith on the Everybody's Business podcast to discuss why the merger may be driven less by long-term growth ambitions and more by the financial pressures facing Musk’s more troubled companies. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A free trial to a virtual private network (VPN) can mean a few different things. Several of the best VPNs let you try them out without paying. A rare few, and only one on this list, let you try them without submitting payment information at all. Some VPNs have forever free plans that let you use them indefinitely without paying, as long as you're OK with some limits.For the most part, though,... View Source

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that “tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,” the question isn’t whet... View Source

Teddy Swims hopes this song ‘resonates’ with listeners? You don’t say. Spotify is launching About the Song in beta today, which offers context and facts about the song you're listening to. Premium users can scroll down to the new About the Song section for information while in the Now Playing view. At launch, it's only available for a limited number of tracks, but there are plans to expand it. Bit... View Source

Bitcoin has fallen about 50% since its October peak. What went wrong for the world's biggest cryptocurrency? Anna Irrera explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Good deals on Apple products aren’t as frequent as we’d like them to be, but if there’s one of the company’s products that does seem to enjoy pretty regular price cuts, it’s the AirTag. Right now you can pick up a four-pack of Apple’s diminutive first-generation Bluetooth trackers for $64, which translates to 35 percent off and a near record low price. Bear in mind that this deal brings the price... View Source

The latest recipient of the Foundation's Live Long & Prosper Tribute Award is Jessica Schonhut-Stasik, an astrophysicist and neurodiversity advocate who is affectionately known as "Girl Spock."... View Source

The Aura Aspen is a sweet and sentimental gift that’s $199. | Image: Aura Aura’s Aspen digital photo frame is a great Valentine’s Day gift if you want something that’s slick and sentimental, and right now it’s on sale for $199 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Aura’s online storefront. That’s the lowest we’ve seen the frame sell for since the holidays. Aura Aspen Where to Buy: $229 $199 at Amazon... View Source

Roblox CEO and founder David Baszucki talks about new features that can help identify the age of users and restrict certain games for younger players. Daily active users rose to 144 million in the fourth-quarter, topping analysts' estimates. He speaks on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Spotify is rolling out a feature called About the Song which lets fans learn a bit more about their favorite tunes. This "brings stories and context" into the listening experience, sort of like that old VH1 show Pop Up Video. How does it work? The Now Playing View houses short, swipeable story cards that "explore the meaning" behind the music. This information is sourced from t... View Source

The FCC has given SpaceX a time-limited waiver for 18-24 months, effective January 9, 2026 to increase KU band transmission. This immediately authorizes SpaceX to exceed equivalent power flux density (EPFD) limits for KU-band operations in the US, enabling higher transmission power from Gen2 Starlink satellites. This will be made permanent during the next 6-12 ... Read more... View Source

An autonomous vehicle drives down a lonely stretch of highway. Suddenly, a massive tornado appears in the distance. What does the driverless vehicle do next? This is just one of the scenarios that Waymo can simulate in the "hyper realistic" virtual world that it has just created with help from Google's DeepMind. Waymo's World Model is built using Genie 3, Google's new AI world model that can gener... View Source

PJM Interconnection LLC, operator of the largest US grid, warned of a potential power supply shortfall of as much as 60 gigawatts over the next decade as data centers accelerate demand growth... View Source

Apple is no longer launching an AI service that can “replicate” a doctor and act as a personal health coach, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company has reportedly scaled back the unannounced initiative in recent weeks, following a recent organization reshuffling wherein services chief Eddy Cue took over the health division. While Apple has never officially announced the AI health coach,... View Source

The UK government is to slash by 30 percent its funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics in a move branded as disastrous for the field and likely to affect a generation of researchers... View Source

My shopping list in Apple’s Reminders app (left) and in Amazon’s Alexa app (right). A recent UI overhaul of the Alexa app has made the list a lot harder to add to and use. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images I've used Alexa to manage my shopping list for years. There are plenty of great list apps out there, but the convenience of adding items by voice anywhere in my house, pulling up... View Source

David Kelly, JPMorgan Asset Management chief global strategist, says investors are "prudently rebalancing" while reacting to the recent selloff in tech stocks on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Ford may be discontinuing its F-150 Lightning pickup but it hasn’t given up on electric cars. CEO Jim Farley just teased the automaker’s electric pickup based on its new Universal Electric Vehicle platform that he called “one of the most audacious and important projects in Ford's history.”The Universal EV platform will be used on a family of affordable EVs sold around the world, but will star... View Source

ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok has been warned by the European Union that it needs to overhaul the design of its platform over fears addictive features could “harm the physical and mental wellbeing of its users.”... View Source

Most people wouldn't leave their phones behind when they so much as go for a drive, but NASA astronauts have had to leave their phones on Earth while they went to work 250 miles away at the International Space Station. That is, until now. In a post on X, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman shared that the Crew-12 and Artemis II astronauts will be allowed to bring smartphones along for the journ... View Source

For the fourth time in the last 19 months, the upper stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket experienced a problem during a mission. How long will the vehicle be grounded this time?... View Source

Science washing is afoot. | Image: The Verge, AG1 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. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. I'm willing to bet you've been served an ad for Athletic Green... View Source

US hyperscalers announced huge expansions in capex, which Wall Street greeted with suspicion... View Source

One of the more surprising tech developments in 2025 was Google bringing two-way support for Apple’s AirDrop functionality to its Pixel 10 series of phones. At the time, Google said it intended to expand the feature to other devices at a later date, and that date could be just around the corner. At a press briefing attended by Android Authority at Google’s Taipei office, Eric Kay, Android’s V... View Source

EU regulators have declared that TikTok's "addictive design" may put it in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA), in the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into the social media app. If those findings are confirmed, TikTok could face a major fine and be required to "change the basic design of its service" in order to comply with the law. The European Commission took particular issu... View Source

Priya Misra, core plus bond ETF portfolio manager at JPMorgan, sees markets in a “show me” state on AI capex. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Uber must pay a passenger who accused one of its drivers of rape $8.5 million, a federal jury in Phoenix has ordered. The jury found Uber liable for its driver’s misconduct, determining that the driver was an agent of the company. Part of Uber’s defense was that it’s not responsible for what its drivers do, as they are independent contractors. This decision is for but one of the 3,000 similar case... View Source

Astronomers witnessed a star emitting as much energy in mere moments as our sun puts out in a few months. The dramatic observation gives a direct look into the brutal physics of these stellar events... View Source

There are bold-faced tech names all over the Epstein files. Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, Reid Hoffman, Steven Sinofsky, Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, on and on and on. These men (and they're pretty much all men) had wildly varying degrees of interaction with Epstein, and the details matter a great deal. But so does the totality of it: you spend long eno... View Source

China tightened curbs on cryptocurrencies and tokenized real-world assets, barring domestic entities from issuing digital tokens overseas and banning the offshore issuance of yuan-linked stablecoins without approval... View Source

If you haven't heard, there's now a social network for AI: Moltbook, a site that purportedly features AI agents talking to each other. That includes OpenClaw, a personal AI agent (formerly called Clawdbot and Moltbot) that's open source and free for anyone to run on their systems. In this episode, Devindra and Senior Reporter Karissa Bell discuss the rise of these services, and the... View Source

Is the long freeze on Chinese automakers selling cars in the US finally starting to thaw? China is the largest auto market in the world and now the largest car exporter, too. But high tariffs and geopolitical tensions have kept Chinese automakers away from US customers. Many of those cars are ready for primetime and are fully competitive with current offerings in the United States. Geely is among... View Source

Shares of India’s top IT firms slid as fears grow that AI could undercut the traditional software services model, raising questions about jobs, growth and the future of outsourcing. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

TikTok’s signature features that hooked users around the world are its algorithm and endless scroll. Now, though, the European Union has called those aspects of the app illegal and may order the company to alter them. “Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design,” the EU’s regulator said in a press release. “This includes... View Source

Crew-12's timeline has been unusually dynamic... View Source

The boys’ club | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images He might be dead, but it sure seems like Jeffrey Epstein won. Sure, Epstein was arrested on charges of sex trafficking minors. Sure, he died in jail. (I am not going to wade into the debate about how.) But he subscribed to a racist, misogynist ideology that meant rich white men like him could do whatever they liked. And it seems he to... View Source

The spending planned by four of the biggest US technology companies together on capital expenditures is expected to reach about $650 billion in 2026. A tide of cash is earmarked for new data centers and artificial intelligence chips, among numerous other items. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence has more on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NordVPN is offering a significant discount on its two-year plans, with 70 percent off its Complete tier and up to 78 percent off overall. For the Complete tier, the deal brings the total cost down to $130 for 24 months NordVPN regularly appears on Engadget’s list of the best VPN services thanks to its wide server network, strong security tools and consistent performance across devices. NordVPN’s l... View Source

A federal jury in Phoenix has found Uber to be liable for the sexual assault of one of its passengers, potentially setting a precedent for more than 3,000 similar cases consolidated in US federal court. As part of the verdict, Uber has been ordered to pay $8.5 million in damages to the victim, Jaylynn Dean, who said she was raped by her Uber driver during a ride to her hotel in November 2023. The... View Source

US stocks are set to recover as some confidence in the AI trade returns, but investors are still grappling with whether high spending and valuations are justified. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

With over 155 million sold, Nintendo’s Switch is officially the company’s biggest console hit ever. It’s been a long road to surpassing the DS, which reached 154 million consoles over its seven-year lifespan. The Switch, meanwhile, is a year shy of its 10-year anniversary. We’ve seen the original console, the non-hybrid Lite and the OLED versions of the Switch over the decade, but despite bei... View Source

For years, quad axel jumps seemed impossible. Then Ilia Malinin landed one in 2022. As he heads to the Milano Cortina Games, everyone wants to know what’s next... View Source

"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's guests: Isabelle Mateos y Lago, BNP Paribas, Group Chief Economist; Luis Costa, Citi, Global Head of EM Strategy; Lindsay Newma... View Source

For two weeks, medical experts monitor the astronauts as they remain indoors, live in isolation, and avoid physical touch, all to prevent harmful microbes from traveling to space... View Source

Tesla Inc. isn’t waiting around to see if Elon Musk’s 100-gigawatt solar ambition is feasible — it’s already acting on it. The company is evaluating multiple sites across the US to begin manufacturing solar cells, according to people familiar with the matter, turning what sounded like a moonshot just weeks ago into an active industrial push... View Source

"It highlights gravity's possible hidden complexity and invites a reevaluation of where dark matter effects originate."... View Source

Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions... View Source

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Transferring data between iPhones and Android devices is about to get a lot easier. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge After introducing AirDrop support to Pixel 10 devices last year, Google is now set to expand it to phones made by other Android partners. Eric Kay, vice president of engineering for Android, confirmed in a press briefing attended by Android Authority that "a lot more" Android de... View Source

Europe’s quest for sovereignty in critical infrastructure like power grids and digital networks risks unsustainable asset-price growth in the sector as cash continues to pour in, according to one of Europe’s largest private equity firms... View Source

Kuaishou Technology was fined 119.1 million yuan ($17.2 million) by Beijing regulators for hosting pornographic content on its video platform... View Source

Igor Babuschkin, co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI, has agreed to buy a penthouse overlooking London’s Hyde Park for about £57 million ($68 million), marking the most expensive UK home deal in more than a year... View Source

JPMorgan Private Bank Global Investment Strategist Madison Faller explains where she sees opportunities for active managers amid the equities selloff. "There are pressure points and we need to be aware of them as investors," Faller tells Bloomberg Television. "But at the same time, some of those challenges are also opening up a lot of opportunities." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Tokyo Electron Ltd. raised its full-year outlook even after its quarterly profit missed estimates and said it sees a surge in spending by chipmakers eager to ride an AI spending wave... View Source

Maser Group, a closely held Dubai-based company, is pivoting to investment in farmland and data centers across Africa as demand for technology infrastructure and the need for food security surge... View Source

Private credit giant Blackstone Inc. is finalizing a loan of more than A$5 billion ($3.5 billion) to fund the data center expansion of Australian startup Firmus Technologies Pty., people familiar with the matter said, the latest in digital infrastructure funding tied to the AI boom... View Source

Trumpf auf Erholungskurs. Der schwäbische Laserhersteller profitiert als einer der wichtigsten Zulieferer des niederländischen Halbleiterausrüsters ASML vom weltweiten Ringen um Chips. Der Hauptsitz nahe Stuttgart spielt dabei eine entscheidende Rolle. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

C.P. Gurnani, Co‑Founder of AIonOS and former CEO of Tech Mahindra, discusses whether AI could replace long‑standing IT workflows, how enterprise adoption is evolving, and why data security, infrastructure and AI-native platforms may drive future growth. He also explains why Indian I.T. firms could benefit despite short-term disruptions. He speaks on Bloomberg’s Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source... View Source

For years, governments have relied largely on platform-led safety tools to manage children’s use of social media. That approach has come under growing scrutiny... View Source

AI has been one of the best things to happen to Atlassian Corp., Chief Executive Officer Mike Cannon-Brookes said, as shares fell in the US in late Thursday trading following the company’s second-quarter results, amid a broader AI-driven tech sector slump... View Source

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Apple Inc. is scaling back plans for a virtual health coach, according to people with knowledge of the matter, part of an effort to rethink how the company approaches the burgeoning market for wellness services... View Source

Bill Barton, President and CEO of Bob’s Discount Furniture, says the company’s IPO proceeds will be used to pay off all long-term debt, allowing it to operate as a debt-free public company. He speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

I Squared Capital is considering options for its Asian data center business BDx, including a sale, people familiar with the matter said, signaling another potential deal in an industry riding the artificial intelligence boom... View Source

Joanne Crevoiserat, CEO of Tapestry, discusses the company’s strong second-quarter results, citing record sales and earnings. She tells Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close” that Tapestry remains focused on disciplined brand building and reaching younger consumers. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A relentless selloff in BYD Co. shares is laying bare investor anxiety over the profit outlook for China’s electric-vehicle sector, as cooling demand at home and surging raw material costs trigger a brutal reset of expectations... View Source

Tesla is down to $1.24 trillion in market capitalization. After SpaceX bought XAI a few days ago the valuation of SpaceX is $1.25 trillion... View Source

A closed-door congressional meeting this week with South Korea’s top trade official was dominated by one topic: Coupang Inc., the Seattle-headquartered e-commerce platform best known as the “Amazon of South Korea.”... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp.’s third-quarter earnings next week will be the first opportunity for the Japanese tech giant to respond to reports it’s considering raising its investment in OpenAI... View Source

Four of the biggest US technology companies together have forecast capital expenditures that will reach about $650 billion in 2026 — a mind-boggling tide of cash earmarked for new data centers and the long list of equipment needed to make them tick, including artificial intelligence chips, networking cables and backup generators... View Source

Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian CEO, discusses the company’s strong financial performance and revenue growth. He tells Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close” that AI is one of the best things that has ever happened to Atlassian. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Surfshark’s One plan is heavily discounted right now, with an 87-percent discount on the two-year package, plus three extra months. The promo price comes out to $2.29 per month, or $62 for the first 27 months. We’ve generally liked Surfshark as a straightforward, speedy service for everyday use, and it’s one of the picks in our guide to the best VPNs. In our Surfshark review, we found it delivered... View Source

HBO is developing a Baldur's Gate TV show that will continue the story of Larian Studios' hit RPG Baldur's Gate 3, according to Deadline. The Last Of Us co-creator Craig Mazin will serve as the show's creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner. While it's set to feature new protagonists, the plan is for existing characters from the game to return, and Mazin plans to reach out to cast memb... View Source

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, CEO of Xero, joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss how the firm's small business tools won't be overtaken, but rather enhanced by AI. Cassidy mentions that Xero sees AI as a net benefit for its product suite because the firm builds its LLM "on the back of" AI models. Her comments come as AI fears consume investors in software stocks. Cassidy speaks with Carol Massa... View Source

The Bundeskartellamt, or the Federal Cartel Office of Germany, has prohibited Amazon from continuing its practice of using mechanisms to control the prices charged by sellers on its platform in the country. Germany’s competition regulator explained that the company uses “various price control mechanisms” to review prices set by third-party Markerplace sellers. If the website deems a specific listi... View Source

A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field... View Source

Adam Greenblatt, CEO of BetMGM, discusses the company’s record 2025 performance and expectations for Super Bowl weekend. He tells Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close” that there’s concerns over the sports Prediction market. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Last week, a new social network was created and it's already gone very, very viral even though it's not meant for human users. I'm talking, of course, about Moltbook, a Reddit-like platform that's populated entirely by AI agents. The platform has gained a lot of attention since it was created last week, thanks to a lot of wild posts from AI agents that have gone extremely... View Source

Elon Musk discusses the convergence of AI, robotics, energy, and space tech as critical to humanity’s future. There are bottlenecks in power, chips, and manufacturing. Elon predicts orbital data centers will become the cheapest and most scalable AI infrastructure within 30-36 months due to unlimited solar energy and regulatory ease, with SpaceX launching hundreds of ... Read more... View Source

Mario Harik, Chairman and CEO of XPO, says he’s confident in the company’s outlook after a strong earnings beat and record-high share price. He speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games kick off with the Opening Ceremony this Friday. Here's how to watch. (REUTERS/Claudia Greco) REUTERS / Reuters The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin this week, and this year's Opening Ceremony promises to be one for the ages. The three-hour event will feature performances from Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli, 3,000 athletes participating... View Source

After rolling out age verification last year, Roblox is aiming to grow the number of players over 18 on its platform. As noted in its 2025 year-end earnings report, 45 percent of Roblox's daily active users have completed an age check as of January 31st. Of those who have verified their age, 27 percent are adults. Roblox also reported that this age category is spending more money on its platform t... View Source

Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of similar cases... View Source

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is heading to the Switch 2 on June 3. The news was dropped at this morning's Nintendo Direct livestream. This is the second part of the FF7 remake-a-palooza. The first installment, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, was released for Nintendo's console on January 22. Only a six month wait between chapters? Sony fans had to wait four years. For the uninitiated, Fina... View Source

The path of first the SpaceX IPO and then the attempt to merge SpaceX and Tesla. SpaceX and xAI merged pre-IPO to optimize AI operations in space, avoiding double taxation and enhancing margins by 5-10%. SpaceX builds satellites and xAI runs AI like Grok. XAI Grok AI would eventually be like Amazon AWS (web services) ... Read more... View Source

Tether co-founder William Quigley weighs in on the recent selloff in cryptocurrencies. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Quigley says he never expected crypto to be a long-term investment opportunity. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

After celebrating its fifth anniversary earlier this month, the tough-as-nails survival Viking game Valheim is coming to Switch 2 this year. Initially launched as a Steam Early Access game in 2021, Valheim lets you team up with up to nine other players online as you explore a procedurally generated open world inspired by Norse mythology. Whether playing alone or with your Viking pals, survival dep... View Source

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Each TV company has its own distinct personality and direction. These change over the years, with new technological breakthroughs or at least new business deals. New aspirations shake up the natural order. This year, for example, nearly every company has decided to make and heavily promote RGB LED TVs. Some of them, like Hisense, seem like they're doing it because they want to. LG's making one too... View Source

Roblox Corp. reported fourth-quarter users and bookings that beat analysts’ expectations thanks to a slate of hit games... View Source

With gaming becoming an ever-smaller part of NVIDIA's lucrative business, the company reportedly won't bother releasing new graphics cards this year. The Information reported on Thursday that NVIDIA has pushed back its plan to release an update to the RTX 50 line in 2026. This would be the first time in three decades that the company hasn't launched new gaming chips. The culprit? Wh... View Source

Credit: NASA Two next-generation satellite missions announced Thursday will help NASA better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters. “NASA uses the unique vantage point of space to study our home planet to deliver life-saving data into the hands of disaster response and decision-makers every day for the benefit of all, while also informing... View Source

When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos entered the Senate office building on Tuesday, he got thrown a curveball. What started as a standard antitrust hearing relating to the Warner Bros. merger quickly devolved into a performative Republican attack about the spread of "woke" ideology on the streaming service. At the same time, arguably a much more influential platform was completely ignored: YouTube. Af... View Source

Blackstone Inc.-backed Liftoff Mobile Inc. postponed its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, after tech stocks spiraled on concerns over the impact of artificial intelligence on operating companies... View Source

X is experimenting with a new way for AI to write Community Notes. The company is testing a new "collaborative notes" feature that allows human writers to request an AI-written Community Note. It's not the first time the platform has experimented with AI in Community Notes. The company started a pilot program last year to allow developers to create dedicated AI note writers. Bu... View Source

From spaghettified convicts to doomed interplanetary liners, these space movies really pile on the misery... View Source

As a movie, Iron Lung is occasionally thrilling but mostly forgettable. It's a small-budget horror flick that has some cool ideas and pulls them off in an extremely efficient way, creating a sense of tension that unfortunately never turns into outright scares. But the most important thing about it is what it represents. At a time when movie theaters are dominated by only the biggest blockbusters a... View Source

Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped off the value of stocks, bonds and loans of companies big and small across Silicon Valley, with software stocks at the epicenter. The spark for the selloff was AI startup Anthropic. Brody Ford explains why. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The upcoming science fiction film Project Hail Mary is getting a LEGO set. This is fascinating because LEGO typically makes sets based on long-standing franchises like Star Wars and Harry Potter. Project Hail Mary doesn't even hit theaters until March 20. It's not an entirely new IP. The movie is based on a 2021 book written by Andy Weir, the same author behind The Martian. It's coo... View Source

The European Space Agency and ClearSpace of Switzerland are targeting 2026 for a debris removal mission, in which a long-discarded payload adapter, at right in this illustration, will be grappled by a ClearSpace-made spacecraft equipped with an ESA-developed robotic arm. A Kessler Syndrome cascade is something that would play out over the course of decades ... Read more... View Source

On Thursday, Bitcoin's value fell over 10 percent in a single day, dropping to around $64,000, the lowest it has been since the 2024 Presidential election, as CNBC reports. After crossing $100,000 in November 2024 and peaking at over $122,000 in October 2025, the cryptocurrency has been in a steady decline for the last several weeks. Here are some other crypto headlines that have popped up as Bitc... View Source

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, a City University of New York professor, discusses the current selloff in cryptocurrencies, arguing that the recent downturn in crypto markets is different from past cycles. Krugman attributes much of the recent price action to political factors, particularly the Trump administration's support and exposure. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead a home console sibling to the Steam Deck. Valve introduced its second attempt at ruling the living room in a surprise hardware announcement in November 2025, and paired the new Steam Machine with a new Steam Controller and a wireless VR headset it calls the Steam Frame... View Source

Ionized clouds give the impression of flames surrounding the star AE Aurigae... View Source

Boris Cherny gets recognized in public relatively often. At the bar, at the airport, and in generally any public space, people want to take selfies with the creator and head of Claude Code. For the last couple of months, Anthropic's Claude and its coding platform have been having a moment - on social media, in engineers' circles, and in C-suite offices. Claude Code reached newfound popularity over... View Source

Arm CEO Rene Haas says the company’s data center business is “exploding” and that it might soon play a larger role than handsets for the company. Haas joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

If you haven't yet played Alan Wake 2, here's your chance to immerse yourself in its terrors for free. Prime members can play it this month on Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service at no additional charge.The "fantastic" Alan Wake 2 oozes "psychedelic terror," as Engadget's Jessica Conditt put it in our review. The 2023 horror-survival game uses a dual-protagon... View Source

3 Min Read Career Spotlight: Welder (Ages 14-18) What does a welder do? A welder uses tools that join two or more parts through forces such as heat or pressure. Metals are the materials most commonly used in welding, but it’s also possible to weld thermoplastics or wood. Welders use their hands, skills, and problem-solving abilities to create something new. At NASA, welders use different typ... View Source

SpaceX Starlink Direct-to-Cell aims to connect billions of existing smartphones to LEO satellites. No hardware modification required. No special SIM card. T-Mobile’s beta already delivers SMS to unmodified phones via Starlink. But scaling to full voice and data service demands solving a hidden bottleneck. Every time a LEO satellite passes overhead and hands off to ... Read more... View Source

Anthropic's "smartest model" is getting a major boost, the company said in a blog post announcing Claude Opus 4.6. It called the new model a "direct upgrade" from its predecessor in a release, noting that it can better take on complex, multi-step tasks and get "much closer to production-ready quality on the first try than what we've seen with any model - documents, spreadsheets, and presentations... View Source

The company is the top podcast network by reach, but its effort to build a satellite radio following for hosts is uncertain... View Source

Meta is developing a standalone app for Vibes, its feed of AI-generated videos, according to reports from TechCrunch and Platformer. Vibes was introduced as a feature in the Meta AI app in September 2025. Similar to OpenAI's Sora app, Vibes lets users prompt Meta AI to create TikTok-style vertical videos."Following the strong early traction of Vibes within Meta AI, we are testing a stand... View Source

Pictured from left: Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot. Credit: NASA NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is preparing to launch for a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. During the mission, select crew members will participate in human health studies focused on under... View Source

The SpaceX + xAI + Tesla Merger Path that Larry Goldberg outlines. • Product integration can’t work across separate companies • SpaceX IPO → absorb xAI → merge with Tesla • Endgame: Engineered abundance, not financial engineering Larry is invested into SpaceX and there have been discussions with other large investors. Goldberg outlines a phased ... Read more... View Source

China will work on establishing space-based data centers as a part of a larger five-year plan to expand the nation's already significant presence in space... View Source

One day after The Wall Street Journal published a blockbuster story about Meta's own dismal findings about teen girls' mental health on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wondered whether Meta should change how it studies its platforms' potential harms. "Recent events have made me consider whether we should change our approach to research and analytics around social issues," Zuckerberg wrote in a Sept... View Source

Forgent Power Solutions Inc. shares declined 3.7% after the company and some of its backers raised $1.5 billion in a US initial public offering... View Source

The US Central Intelligence Agency is ending one of its popular services, The World Factbook. Over the decades, this reference has provided readers with information about different countries and communities around the world. The post from the CIA announcing the news didn't provide any information about why it will stop offering The World Factbook. The agency was subject to the same buyouts an... View Source

Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross explains why the rapid collapse in the cost of AI is doing more than improving software. It is triggering a chain reaction that could collapse the cost structure of the entire economy. This conversation explores the idea of an Economic Singularity, where intelligence becomes radically cheaper, robotics turns that intelligence into near-zero ... Read more... View Source

If you often travel with your gadgets, a fast, reliable portable battery like Anker’s Laptop Power Bank is a worthwhile purchase. Right now, you can buy the silver model at its all-time low price of $87.99 ($47 off) from Anker via Newegg when you apply promo code ENCF232 at checkout. Alternatively, the black color scheme costs $89.99 from Newegg (with code BGSF33) and directly from Anker (with cod... View Source

A recent report found that carbon emissions caused by the Milano Cortina Olympics could lead to the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and millions of metric tons of glacial ice... View Source

Palantir Technologies Inc. is seeking more office capacity in Manhattan, joining a slew of tech firms expanding across New York City... View Source

Nintendo capped off today’s partner-focused Nintendo Direct with a flurry of Bethesda-related announcements, but arguably the most interesting game of the showcase appeared right at the start. First announced at the beginning of the year, Orbitals is a two-player puzzle adventure game in which you and your co-op partner play as the intergalactic explorers Maki and Omura, on a mission to save their... View Source

What happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko? This episode won't give you any answers, but it asks all the right questions... View Source

Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world... View Source

Super Bowl LX is nearly here, with the Seattle Seahawks taking on the New England Patriots. While Bad Bunny will be the star of the halftime show, AI could be the star of the commercial breaks, much like crypto was a few years ago. Last year’s Super Bowl featured a Google Gemini ad that fumbled a Gouda cheese stat, and this year’s game is already slated to include an ad for Anthropic’s AI platform... View Source

Bitcoin tumbled well below $70,000 as the unwinding of leveraged bets and broader market turbulence deepened a selloff that’s hammered cryptocurrencies over the past three weeks. and  Silver fell sharply, wiping out its two-day recovery as the white metal struggled to find a floor following a historic market rout. Bloomberg's Mike McGlone joins to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

JLab just released a gigantic pair of headphones that doubles as a Bluetooth speaker. The Blue XL headphones are ridiculously oversized, making them headphones in name only. I don't even think Andre the Giant could've comfortably worn these suckers. Unless you have a mythically large head, these are basically "headphone speakers." The idea is to drape them around your neck and... View Source

Microsoft has a big year ahead for Xbox as it marks its 25-year milestone. After the tough decision to release more Xbox games on rival consoles two years ago, 2026 is a chance to refocus on the platform and celebrate some of Xbox's biggest franchises. It's also an opportunity for Microsoft to define its vision for the future of Xbox, after months of confusion from fans and plummeting Xbox hardwar... View Source

Bitcoin trades below $70,000 for the first time since November of 2024. A selloff has wiped out all of Bitcoin's gains since the election of President Donald Trump. Bloomberg's Muyao Shen reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

VPNs have a mixed reputation, primarily because you can use the technology to hide your location and identity on the internet. Even the best VPNs can be used to conceal crimes and make the perpetrators harder to track. Fortunately, most of the world's governments (at least for now) recognize that VPNs are just technology that can be used for good or ill.That means VPNs are legal in almost eve... View Source

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7722, a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away, features concentric rings of dust and gas that appear to swirl around its bright nucleus.ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz), Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Acknowledgment: Mehmet Yüksek This new Hubble image, released on Jan. 30, 2026, is... View Source

Mercury puts on its best evening show of 2026 this February, with bright views after sunset and a helpful crescent moon... View Source

For years, Alphabet-owned Waymo has tried to set itself apart from other self-driving startups by emphasizing a culture of caution and safety. Now, just ahead of major planned rollouts across the country, it is facing a recurring failure in one of the most sensitive places imaginable: school zones. In December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into... View Source

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats are considering a social media ban for children below the age of 16 amid growing scrutiny of the digital offerings across Europe... View Source

Our review of the new AirTag went up yesterday, and that involved testing the new Precision Finding feature on Apple Watches. In the process, I found the setup to be confusing and counterintuitive, and was relieved to discover it wasn’t just me. If, like me, you’ve been trying to set up Precision Finding on your Apple Watch for the AirTag you’ve just unboxed and attached to a precious belonging, h... View Source

The Super refresh to Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs was expected at CES 2026 in January, but it didn't make an appearance. The Information reports that in December, Nvidia managers decided not to release the new cards as scheduled, choosing to prioritize AI chips instead due to the limited supply of RAM currently available. On top of that, "Nvidia is also slashing production of its current line of ga... View Source

French authorities charged four people with spying for China in a case that targeted Elon Musk’s satellite Internet provider Starlink... View Source

Horizon is one of PlayStation's biggest franchises at this point. Alongside Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, there are a bunch of spin-off games. Joining them is Horizon Hunters Gathering, a co-op action game that original Horizon developer Guerrilla is making for PlayStation 5 and PC. We've known since 2022 that the studio was working on a Horizon multiplayer game.Here, you... View Source

Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith... View Source

Last fall, new Peloton CEO Peter Stern made a bet. The company announced a complete refresh of its entire hardware lineup, complete with swivel screens and AI-powered features. Today, the initial results of Stern's bet are in. In its Q2 2026 earnings call, Stern noted that the hardware refresh hasn't landed with existing Peloton users, resulting in weaker-than-expected holiday sales during what's... View Source

The iPhone is going orbital, and this time it will be allowed to hang around for a while. On Wednesday night, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that the Crew-12 and Artemis II astronauts will be allowed to bring iPhones and other modern smartphones into orbit and beyond. "NASA astronauts will soon fly with the latest smartphones, beginning with Crew-12 and Artemis II," Isaacman wrote on X... View Source

Ares Management Corp. Chief Executive Officer Michael Arougheti says many private market companies are "well-hedged" against changes caused by AI. He speaks on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Todd Howard made a surprise appearance at the end of Thursday’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase to share updates about a few Bethesda Game Studios that are coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this year. The first of those is Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition, which will hit the console on February 24.This version of Fallout 4 debuted on PC, Xbox and PlayStation in November. It includes the base game and all... View Source

Kamala Harris' social media strategy in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election was filled with Gen Z dog whistles: viral branding based on pop music, memes, camo hats that were a double entendre. It was an effective way to get attention and news coverage, as well as a mountain of user generated content online. But for months, the accounts have been dormant - until today. On X, Harris herself... View Source

US stocks continued to slide on Thursday as technology shares fell and private jobs data revived worries of an economic slowdown... View Source

The digital publishing platform Substack has told some of its users that their data was stolen in a security breach. The affected account holders had their email addresses and phone numbers scraped in a hack that occurred in October 2025. In an email posted on Bluesky, Substack CEO, Christ Best, said the company became aware of the breach on February 3, which involved an "unauthorized third p... View Source

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a ride over the Artemis 2 launch pad recently... View Source

JLab, a brand best known for its budget-friendly but well-featured wireless earbuds, has announced a new pair of headphones that are far less discreet. The oversized Blue XL Speaker Headphones look like an ill-timed April Fools' Day prank but are actually a pair of Bluetooth speakers cosplaying as wireless headphones. They're wearable, but for the sake of your eardrums, you'll want to leave them h... View Source

“Rotation is the new momentum trade,” says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, as she sees the broadening out of markets as a “meaningful shift that probably will continue.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Aspiring Starlink competitor Logos Space Services has secured FCC clearance to launch more than 4,000 broadband satellites into low Earth orbit by 2035, as reported by Space News. Under FCC regulations, the company must deploy half of the approved amount within the next seven years. The company is headed by its founder, Milo Medin, a former project manager at NASA as well as a former vice presiden... View Source

From Lego and stickers to hats and mugs, we've rounded up the best NASA Artemis 2 swag you can buy for the space and rocket fan in your life, everything from soup to nuts!... View Source

We just got through the Switch 2's first holiday season, which means that Nintendo has slowly started to reveal what 2026 will look like for the console. And while we already know about a bunch of upcoming first-party titles - including the Pokémon spinoff Pokopia, Mario Tennis Fever, and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - today the company revealed a number of major games coming from third-pa... View Source

OpenAI is introducing a new platform that’s designed to help companies deploy AI agents more easily, part of a broader push to cement itself as a leader in automating valuable work tasks.The new product, called Frontier, allows organizations to build and manage these AI tools so that each agent has appropriate guardrails and data access. The goal is to simplify the process of rolling out AI agents... View Source

ExpressVPN is launching a new cybersecurity suite consisting of four standalone products: a password manager called ExpressKeys, a masked email relay called ExpressMailGuard, an encrypted AI platform called ExpressAI and an app called Identity Defender that monitors public information for any threats to your identity. All four apps are being rolled into ExpressVPN's existing multi-tiered pric... View Source

A new comet approaching the sun has caught the attention of astronomers, primarily because of its lineage. It appears to belong to a group of comets that in some cases have briefly become outstandingly bright objects... View Source

Managing humans is hard. Managing AI agents is… also hard. That's why OpenAI is launching a new platform called OpenAI Frontier, which it says will help businesses "build, deploy, and manage" AI agents, even those not made by OpenAI itself. OpenAI's description of Frontier sounds something like HR for AI. "Frontier gives agents the same skills people need to succeed at work: shared context, onboar... View Source

Nigeria is tightening scrutiny of its fast-growing fintech industry while easing licensing and improving access to capital as it tries to balance innovation with financial stability... View Source

You will have to wait a bit longer before you can buy a Steam Machine — and you may have to pay more for one, too. Valve had intended to release the console-style SteamOS-powered device in early 2026, and AMD CEO Lisa Su just claimed that the company was on track to start shipping it soon. But in a new post detailing the latest updates for its upcoming Steam products, Valve has revealed that while... View Source

A door handle on a Tesla Model Y at a charging station in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. Tesla Inc. is working on a redesign of its door handles, which have drawn scrutiny over safety incidents that trapped passengers inside their vehicles. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Bloomberg via Getty Images The mother of 20-year-old man who died after... View Source

A growing cadre of multibillion-dollar startups are racing to create the best artificial intelligence models, able to absorb tasks from software engineers, musicians and paralegals. Eric Ho, the chief executive officer of a startup called Goodfire, thinks we’re moving too fast... View Source

Sony has now shipped 92.2 million PlayStation 5 consoles in total around the world, but sales were down sharply over the holiday season compared to last year. In its latest earnings report, the company said it shipped eight million PS5s during its key third quarter, 1.5 million (16 percent) lower than in the same period last year. The gaming division still made more profit, though, thanks to a boo... View Source

Astronomers used James Webb Space Telescope data to determine the density of the universe's most mysterious "stuff."... View Source

'No one is vibe-coding their payroll' says Anish Acharya, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz on this week's software sell off. 'I think the market has overreacted'. He joins Bloomberg's Guy Johnson, Anna Edwards and Tom Mackenzie on 'The Opening Trade'. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The 2026 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will air on NBC this Sunday, Feb. 8. The game will also stream on Peacock. If you don't have NBC over the air and don't subscribe to Peacock, there are still ways to watch Super Bowl LX — and Bad Bunny's history-making halftime show — for free. Here's how to tune in.  How to watch Super Bowl LX free: Date: Sunday, F... View Source

Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your spot in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify app uses computer vision to match text with audio. If you have to jump behind the wheel for a long drive, but didn't want to put down The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, you can just snap a pic to jump to the spot in the audiobook w... View Source

Shares of Peloton Interactive Inc. fell after the company provided a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for the fiscal third quarter, disappointing investors who hoped a recent hardware revamp would spur a long-promised turnaround... View Source

I have a love-hate relationship with Spotify that might just be leaning more towards love today. While I struggle with some of the company's choices about the type of content it allows on its platform, I have always had a soft spot for its Wrapped roundups and the monthly audiobook hours included with my Premium subscription. For those like me, Spotify’s news today will li... View Source

They used to just be called “books.” | Image: Spotify Spotify is going all in on books in 2026 and partnering with Bookshop.org to let you buy physical copies of audiobooks and support local retailers starting in the Spring. The announcement dovetails with the launch of Page Match, a new feature that lets you sync physical books and ebooks with audiobooks in the Spotify app using your camera. When... View Source

A string of private credit deals in recent weeks suggests some of the world’s most deep-pocketed investors are getting behind Europe’s defense build-up... View Source

Modern statecraft may already involve manipulating artificial intelligence systems to produce different results based on someone’s identity or political activity... View Source

"If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and account for all the missing dark matter in the universe."... View Source

Starlink terminals used by Russian military units to provide satellite internet on the battlefield have been shut down, according to an adviser to Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov... View Source

Substack is notifying some users that the email addresses and phone numbers linked to their accounts were exposed in a "security incident" last year. In an email to account holders, Substack CEO Chris Best said that a hacker had accessed internal data without authorization in October 2025, but that passwords, credit card numbers, and other financial information remain secure. "On February 3rd, we... View Source

JPMorgan Asset Management's Iain Stealey talks about the global slump in tech stocks, calling what happened in markets "AI jitters." He adds that the current environment is "great" for "good stock pickers" and there will be "a lot of opportunities coming out of this." Stealey speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. must stop enforcing price controls for retailers on its German marketplace, according to the nation’s antitrust watchdog, which also seized €59 million ($70 million) from the Big Tech company. That amount is how much Amazon is estimated to have made via the illicit practice... View Source

Alphabet Inc. topped projections for quarterly revenue and outlined an ambitious capital spending plan, far surpassing predictions, leveraging its growth to build out the data centers and infrastructure needed to lead in the AI age... View Source

Vodafone Group Plc grew more slowly than expected in Germany, its largest market, bucking expectations of stronger growth after bringing on 1&1 AG as a wholesale customer... View Source

China has tapped its national meteorological bureau to develop a weather framework to support an expected wave of drones, flying taxis and other electric aircraft that may be zipping through its cities in coming years... View Source

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.’s revenue rose 35.5% in January, suggesting demand for Nvidia Corp. servers remains resilient during a global wave of AI development... View Source

BT Group Plc shed fewer broadband customers than analysts expected as the telecommunications company’s price cuts and network investment paid off... View Source

Officials in India are publicly debating age restrictions for accessing social media, a potential fresh challenge to Big Tech in a massive market for users as global debate grows over online harms to children... View Source