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On today’s Big Take podcast: Sarah Frier and Sarah Holder break down why the pressure is building on tech companies to prove their AI investment will pay off — and soon bit. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Pixel 10a is official, though details are limited. On Wednesday, Google posted a teaser video showing the mid-range phone dancing around colorful backgrounds. You can pre-order the Pixel 10a on February 18. Google hasn't yet revealed the phone's specs. In the short video, we can see a blue model that's virtually indistinguishable on the outside from the Pixel 9a. And alleged leaks point to a p... View Source

As a member of the Crew Operations Office, Erin Edwards and her team manage astronaut candidate training schedules, including field medical exercises, land survival, and underwater operations at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. She also develops and tests new training programs to keep crews mission-ready.   Along with her role as a crew operations office... View Source

"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, and modeled potentially observable high-energy signals."... View Source

The US Capitol is seen ahead of a possible government shutdown in Washington, DC, January 29, 2026. | AFP via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the most ambitious crossover event of all time: the infinity war between technology and politics. Not subscribed yet? Come on, do it! Washington might seem slower than Silicon Valley. But that's because i... View Source

Losses are piling up for software stocks as investors worry about the business risks they face from better artificial intelligence tools. A new productivity tool released by Anthropic PBC sent stocks tumbling. Bloomberg's Carmen Reinicke reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Hot on the heels of AGDQ in January, Games Done Quick is hosting its second speedrunning event of the year, Back to Black 2026, starting tomorrow, February 5. The four-day event is organized by Black in a Flash and is raising money for Race Forward, a nonprofit that works across communities to address systemic racism.Back to Black is timed to the start of Black History Month and highlights the dee... View Source

Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit hero shooter Overwatch, was announced in 2019 but didn’t arrive for another three years, eventually bringing a shift to five-on-five matches in PVP, and a few new characters, including Overwatch’s first Black female hero. After canceling planned PvE content and unlocking its hero pool, the game’s developers eventually brought back a lot of thing... View Source

A brutal rout in software stocks has rattled investors across Wall Street, but it’s provided a boon to those betting against the group... View Source

Roblox launched an open-source AI model that generates 3D objects on the fly early last year and now that toolset is getting a massive boost. The platform has introduced a model that whips up "4D" objects. I put 4D in quotes because it doesn't actually allow access to the fourth dimension, but rather lets users make interactive 3D objects via prompts. As suggested, these aren't... View Source

8 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Lillian Gipson/Getty Images THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. Mos... View Source

There was a youtube video with a clickbait title of – Megaconstellations May Be Just 2 Days Away From Causing a Kessler Syndrome. The video was made over a month ago. So the specific title NEVER happened. The CRASH Clock asks what is the expected time for a collision in LEO between tracked artificial objects, ... Read more... View Source

It is time for Star Trek to boldly go where no streaming series has gone before: back to the 20+ episode seasons of old!... View Source

OpenClaw, the AI agent that has exploded in popularity over the past week, is raising new security concerns after researchers uncovered malware in hundreds of user-submitted "skill" add-ons on its marketplace. In a post on Monday, 1Password product VP Jason Meller says OpenClaw's skill hub has become "an attack surface," with the most-downloaded add-on serving as a "malware delivery vehicle." Open... View Source

From artificial intelligence and global security to markets, trade and resilience, Bloomberg House convened an influential cross-section of global leaders on the sidelines of the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos. The gathering included heads of state, cabinet ministers and technology leaders such as Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Yuval Noah Harari, Meredith Whittaker and Nigel Farage. (Source: Bl... View Source

Blizzard is running a series of showcases for several of its major franchises and on Wednesday, it was time for Overwatch to step up to the plate. That’s Overwatch, by the way, and not Overwatch 2. The studio is formally nixing the number from the game's name. "Overwatch is more than just a digit: it's a living universe that keeps growing, keeps surprising, and keeps bringing p... View Source

The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) conducted a technical assessment to evaluate alternatives to dichloromethane, traditionally used for bonding transparent polymeric materials. This effort was initiated in response to potential regulatory restrictions under the EPA Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which could impact critical bonding processes used in spaceflight hardware and experim... View Source

Pixel 10A teaser | Image: Google Google has taken the wraps off the Pixel 10A, the latest in its line of budget-friendly smartphones. A teaser shared on Wednesday shows off the new device in a powdery blue color, which will be available for preorder on February 18th. Based on the teaser shared by Google, the Pixel 10A looks a lot like its 9A predecessor. It features two cameras inside a flat, oblo... View Source

Investors are awaiting earnings from Google, due after the closing bell. Those results come as fears of AI disruption ripple through markets, hitting software makers, investment firms, and ad agencies, including MNTN. CEO Mark Douglas joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the shifts in advertising as the AI buildout ramps up. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the move was a victory for transparency. "We know the algorithm is dumb and needs massive improvements, but at least you can see us struggle to make it better in real-time and with transparency," Musk wrote. "No other social media companies do th... View Source

On Jan. 19, a powerful geomagnetic storm pushed auroral activity far beyond its usual range, allowing this exceptional sighting over Brazil... View Source

In late 2025, the Department of Homeland Security zeroed in on the Twin Cities in Minnesota, supposedly in response to fraud allegations made by a right-wing influencer. In the months since, thousands of immigrants have been swept up by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. In January alone, two American citizens were killed while documenting ICE operations in the city. Two Customs and Border Prot... View Source

Apple Inc. is trading in the opposite direction of technology stocks and the broader market as investors increasingly view it as an oasis of safety amid fears of artificial intelligence disruption... View Source

Amazon’s next-generation AI assistant is now available to everyone in the US for $20 per month, or for free if you’re a Prime member. Amazon has also introduced a try-before-you-buy free tier for non-Prime members, but it’s limited to text-based chat. Alexa+ has been in early access since last year, and Amazon says it’s listened to user insights ahead of rolling out the update nationwide today. If... View Source

2 Min Read NASA’s SPHEREx Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Coma PIA26720 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s SPHEREx Examines… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s SPHEREx Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Coma PNG (1.87 MB) Description These observations by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History... View Source

Sick of missing out on the best of British sci-fi, just because you're in the US? With a VPN, you can beat geo-blocking and catch shows like 'The War Between The Land And The Sea' without limits... View Source

Keanu Reeves in Outcome. | Image: Apple For much of its existence, Apple's streaming service has seemed intent to focus on quality over quantity, offering some great shows but often feeling barren in comparison to competitors like Netflix and Disney. But as Apple TV looks to expand its reach to hit a larger audience, it appears the "quantity" part of that equation is being addressed to some degree... View Source

Microsoft Corp. security chief Charlie Bell is moving to a new individual contributor role focused on engineering quality and will be replaced by an executive from Google’s cloud unit... View Source

Anthropic has announced that its chatbot Claude will remain ad-free. This is in direct contrast to rival company OpenAI, which recently brought ads to ChatGPT for many users. The company says that "including ads in conversations with Claude would be incompatible" with the chatbot becoming a "genuinely helpful assistant for work and for deep thinking." The reasoning here is rath... View Source

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is leveraging expertise, capabilities, and partnerships across its centers to make Artemis campaign and deep space exploration safer, more reliable, and efficient. At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, contributions include technical leadership, unique flight-testing capabilities, and m... View Source

A light-polluting green hydrogen plant project that would seriously affect one of the world's most important astronomical observatories has been scrapped by the company behind it... View Source

Microsoft has a new head of security. Hayete Gallot, who left Microsoft in October 2024 to become the president of Google Cloud's customer experience, is returning to the software giant as the executive vice president of security, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella. The move means Charlie Bell, formerly Microsoft's security chief, is taking on a new role at the company. "I've also asked Charl... View Source

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks about AI as a central force for growth, while also acknowledging its potential for job displacement. He also looks ahead to the business potential for quantum computing, which he hopes will be available to clients by 2029. He speaks to Bloomberg's Joumanna Bercetche on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit in Dubai. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

You can find a lot of good deals for Presidents’ Day, but to say it’s a tech-deal boon would be an overstatement. The best Presidents’ Day deals are usually on mattresses, appliances and furniture, but you can find some decent tech sales thrown in as well. This year, Presidents’ Day comes right after Valentine’s Day and Super Bowl 2026, which means there are even more chances to save as sales and... View Source

Varda Space Industries/William Godward This Jan. 29, 2026, photo captures the streak the Varda Space Industries W-5 capsule made while returning to Earth. The capsule uses a protective heat shield Varda produced made of cutting-edge material it licensed from NASA. The material, known as C-PICA (Conformal Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator), provides a stronger, less expensive, and more efficient... View Source

"There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions to be explored going forward."... View Source

On Tuesday, Rui-Siang Lin was sentenced to 30 years in prison for running "Incognito Market," a dark web platform that prosecutors say "sold more than $105 million of narcotics-including more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, over 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamines, hundreds of kilograms of other narcotics, and more than 4 kilograms of purported 'oxycodone'," between 2020 and 2024. Jay Clayton, U... View Source

AI chip provider Cerebras Systems Inc. has raised about $1 billion in a new funding round, bolstering the company’s efforts to compete with Nvidia Corp... View Source

Egyptian regulators have banned Roblox, a popular children's video game, Bloomberg reports. The nation's Supreme Council for Media Regulation is coordinating with the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority on the decision to ensure its enforcement. The state-owned outlet reported that Senator Walaa Hermas Radwandid had proposed regulation of the platform to “protect childr... View Source

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Valentine's Day is often thought of as the quintessential Hallmark holiday - and why wouldn't it be? Most of the time, it's marketed to us with massive floral arrangements and heart-shaped chocolates, both of which can come off as borderline twee. But no one says you have to play by the rulebook when it comes to holidays, especially if your husband or boyfriend couldn't care less about the classic... View Source

Financial technology startup Clara, a corporate spending management firm based in Sao Paulo, named former Point72 vice president Travis Foxhall as its chief financial officer... View Source

An impulsive X4.2 solar flare sparked strong radio blackouts across Africa and Europe as the giant sunspot continues to rage... View Source

I’m typically reluctant to recommend budget-friendly laptops, particularly ones that run Windows, because they suck, more often than not. That’s beginning to change, thanks in part to last year’s introduction of the Snapdragon X-series processors that offer solid performance and good x86 and x64 app compatibility. If you’re in need of a compact 14-inch laptop with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, the... View Source

Uber Technologies Inc. will expand its robotaxi services to include Hong Kong and Madrid as the ride-hailing giant pours hundreds of millions of dollars into the emerging industry... View Source

It’s hard to tell the difference between Apple’s second-generation AirTag and the almost-five-year-old original just by looking at them. In fact, the only way to tell is the many scratches on my old tracker, picked up from all those years attached to my keyring, living in my pocket.  While the price is still $29, Apple’s latest tracker packs some core upgrades. The new AirTag has a second-gen... View Source

It only took a brief drive in a Zeekr 7X to convince me: Chinese cars are now competitive and could be sold in the US tomorrow. The compact battery-electric crossover, a bestseller in Europe, is aimed directly at the Tesla Model Y with its five seats, two rows, impressive road grip, energetic performance, and smooth ride. Its price in China is around $32,000 - about $7,000 cheaper than Elon Musk's... View Source

The Space Launch System rocket program is now a decade and a half old, and it continues to be dominated by two unfortunate traits: It is expensive, and it is slow. The massive rocket and its convoluted ground systems, so necessary to baby and cajole the booster's prickly hydrogen propellant on board, have cost US taxpayers in excess of $30 billion to date. And even as it reaches maturity, the rock... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. is taking the wrapper off its upgraded Alexa in the US, offering the AI-enhanced digital assistant to paying Prime customers and introducing a free version for everyone else... View Source

Despite its supremely sleek design, the iPhone Air actually has a pretty respectable battery life, lasting for somewhere in the region of 27 hours if you’re continuously streaming video. But you’re still going to be wary of it dying on you if you’re on a trip or just having a particularly screen-heavy day. That’s where Apple’s iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack comes in, and it’s currently on sale fo... View Source

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On Wednesday, Spotify announced a few new lyrics features aiming to make it easier to understand and access song lyrics, including translations, previews, and offline lyrics. Lyric translations were originally introduced in 2022, but have only been available in specific markets so far. Now, they're rolling out worldwide to both free and premium Spotify users, who will soon start seeing a translati... View Source

Adobe Inc. ramped up its advertising in 2025, spending $1.4 billion to promote its brand in the face of steep competition and skepticism from Wall Street that the company is a loser in the age of AI... View Source

Nintendo has lined up its first showcase of the year. The next Nintendo Direct is taking place on February 5 at 9AM ET, the company has announced. It will run for around 30 minutes.As previous reports suggested, it will focus on third-party titles from partners instead of first-party games from Nintendo itself. So if you were hoping for new Mario or Zelda announcements, that may not happen during... View Source

A late January 2026 winter storm left more than snow and ice in its wake... View Source

Walk the rows of the farmers market in a small, nondescript Texas town about an hour away from Austin, and you might stumble across something unexpected: In between booths selling fresh, local pickles and pies, there's a table piled high with generic-looking streaming boxes, promising free access to NFL games, UFC fights, and any cable TV network you can think of. It's called the SuperBox, and it'... View Source

Resolve AI, a startup building AI agents to find and fix problems in live software systems, just hit a $1 billion valuation in a new funding round... View Source

Alexa Plus is now available to everyone in the US. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon has announced that its generative AI-powered digital assistant Alexa Plus is now available to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa mobile app. If you don't have Prime, you can access the assistant on a new free tier on the web and app, or pay $20 a... View Source

Clear Street Group Inc., a Wall Street broker built on cloud computing technology, is looking to raise as much as $1.05 billion in an initial public offering... View Source

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Jupiter may be a bit more petite than expected, and that could have a big impact on how scientists model the mysterious interior of the giant planet... View Source

Screenshot of a Claude Super Bowl spot showing a smiling man, with text saying “Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude.” | Image: Anthropic Anthropic has announced that it won't be bringing ads to its AI chatbot Claude, in sharp contrast to confirmed plans from OpenAI to allow advertising in ChatGPT. To hammer the point home further, the company is releasing a Super Bowl commercial that makes fun... View Source

Egyptian regulators moved to ban Roblox Corp.’s gaming platform, as the Middle East’s most populous nation says it’s making a push to curb childrens’ exposure to potentially harmful online material... View Source

Texas Instruments Inc. has reached an agreement to buy the US chip firm Silicon Laboratories Inc. in a deal valued at $7.5 billion, deepening its exposure to several long-standing markets for chips including the home appliance, power, industrial and medical-device sectors... View Source

Apple’s AirTag makes it easy to keep tabs on everyday items like keys, bags and luggage using the Find My network. Setup is quick, requires no tools and takes just a minute or two as long as you have a compatible iPhone or iPad. Once paired, your AirTag quietly works in the background to help you locate misplaced belongings. This guide walks through how to set up an AirTag, how to name it so you c... View Source

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing Google for more information about its plans to build a checkout feature into its Gemini AI chatbot. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Warren expresses concerns that the integration could allow Google and retailers "to exploit sensitive user data" or "manipulate consumers into spending more and paying higher prices." Last month, Google announced that... View Source

Alphabet Inc. is rapidly becoming seen as the leader in almost every major part of the artificial intelligence industry. Its earnings after the close Wednesday will help confirm whether that reputation is justified — and whether it’s enough to keep lifting shares... View Source

Redtech Ltd., a Nigerian financial-technology company backed by tycoon Tony Elumelu is considering a plan to raise about $100 million in the next two years as the startup expands across Africa... View Source

The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not... View Source

A growing legion of “zero trimester” influencers are convincing followers that healthy pregnancies are a choice—and that raw milk, watching sunsets, and pricey specialized courses can help... View Source

This 1048-piece Grogu and Hover Pram Star Wars Lego set is fun for builders of all ages, and right now, it's reduced in price, too... View Source

A selloff in software stocks and other sectors deemed at risk from advances in artificial intelligence showed no sign of abating on Wednesday, and according to JPMorgan Chase & Co., the grim mood among investors is unrelenting... View Source

Experts worry Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health Department will use an internal AI tool to analyze vaccine injury claims in a way that furthers his anti-vaccine agenda... View Source

Over close to two decades, the Abu Dhabi Investment Council has quietly built a $160 billion portfolio, largely unnoticed in a city awash in sovereign wealth. That restraint is now starting to fade... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Palantir’s revenue forecast that beat Wall Street expectations, sending its shares up. Plus, Disney Chairman James Gorman discusses the company’s decision to appoint its parks chief Josh D'Amaro as the next CEO. And Elon Musk confirms plans to combine SpaceX and xAI in a deal valuing the merged entity at $1.25 trillion. (Video updated to correct Asce... View Source

Infineon Technologies AG said it would ramp up spending on its technology for data centers to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence solutions... View Source

The fear of AI disruption in software is not just rocking equity markets, it's also hitting software firm's debt and pushing their bonds and loans into distressed territory. PagsGroup Founder and CEO, Steve Pagliuca, told Joumanna Bercetche on Horizons Middle East and Africa that AI moving into the implementation stage marks a turning point in the software as a service model. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

European countries are taking their broadest swipe yet at social media, with a growing number weighing bans of the services for minors and setting the stage for a new showdown with some of the biggest US companies... View Source

A new AI automation tool from Anthropic PBC sparked a $285 billion rout in stocks across the software, financial services and asset management sectors on Tuesday. The selloff started before the US market opened on Tuesday as traders pointed to a release on the Anthropic website as the reason behind steep declines in the shares of credit and marketing services company Experian Plc, business and leg... View Source

Almost half a trillion dollars has been wiped off cryptocurrencies in less than a week as a selloff led by Bitcoin accelerated. The declines follow a volatile week across global markets that also saw sharp swings in gold and silver. Bloomberg’s Ven Ram reports... View Source

The chief of Salesforce Inc.’s data visualization unit, Tableau, has left the company, raising some concerns on Wall Street about executive churn at the software maker... View Source

Combining with SpaceX may help Musk’s AI startup find more capital, talent and data... View Source

Microsoft could launch the next-generation Xbox console sometime in 2027, AMD CEO Lisa Su has revealed during the semiconductor company’s latest earnings call. Valve is on track to start shipping its AMD-powered Steam Machine early this year, she said, while Microsoft’s development of an Xbox with a semi-custom SOC from AMD is “progressing well to support a launch in 2027.” While it doesn’t necess... View Source

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Traders have become been skeptical about software stocks due to fears about the potential destruction to be wrought by artificial intelligence. Bloomberg's Annabelle Droulers breaks down the situation and explains how Asian markets are responding. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Prosus NV reached a multi-year cloud and artificial-intelligence deal with an Amazon.com Inc. unit that will consolidate contracts in these spheres, resulting in double-digit cost savings... View Source

Sonos Inc. plans to release “several” products this year, the clearest indicator yet that the audio company is ready to move past a lengthy period of software-related turmoil and resume consumer hardware launches... View Source

For much of the past three years, Elon Musk’s xAI has tried to compete against the leading AI labs, including OpenAI, the company he co-founded and later clashed with. The results have been mixed: xAI’s flagship product, the chatbot Grok, has made headlines for antisemetic responses and sexualized images that have overshadowed its technological advances... View Source

Fidelity's Thomas Taw tells Bloomberg Television that he expects a "very bumpy" ride ahead across asset classes. He also discusses the outlook for precious metals and Bitcoin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

In December, OpenAI made headlines when it posted a job listing for a “head of preparedness” with an eye-watering base pay range of as much as $555,000 a year. On Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman announced that the job has now been filled — by a staffer at rival AI model developer Anthropic... View Source

3C AGI Partners, founded by former SenseTime Group Inc. managing director Esther Wong, is launching an artificial intelligence venture fund backed by a family office that runs money for some of Hong Kong’s richest families... View Source

Microsoft’s Obsidian Entertainment is searching for ways to make games more quickly and on smaller budgets. Jason Schreier explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Asian software stocks dropped as fears grow over disruption of their businesses as the use of artificial intelligence gains traction... View Source

Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has "no plans to discontinue or remove access" to the app. Animate will still receive "ongoing security and bug fixes" and will still be available for "both new and existing users," but it won't get new features. Many creators express... View Source

Anthropic is working on a deal to let some employees sell shares in the company at a valuation of at least $350 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, a plan that is coming together at the same time as a funding round that could bring in more than $20 billion... View Source

Nintendo Co.’s shares slid their most since April after the company reported disappointing earnings, revealing a big hit to margins while concerns grow about the impact of soaring memory chip prices in 2026... View Source

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos (L) and Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights | Getty Images Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was launched into the middle of a congressional culture war on Tuesday as he testified before a Senate subcommittee about the company's at... View Source

Meera Pandit, Global Market Strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, discusses cyclical rotation in equities and opportunities in international markets. She speaks to Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Dani Burger on 'Open Interest.' (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google might have been officially ruled to have a monopoly, but we're still a long way from figuring out exactly what that determination will change at the tech company. Today, the US Department of Justice filed notice of a plan to cross-appeal the decision last fall that Google would not be required to sell off the its Chrome browser. The agency's Antitrust Division posted about the act... View Source

NASA stopped short of completing a critical fuel test for its Artemis 2 SLS rocket because of hydrogen leaks that sound a lot like the problems they had during Artemis 1... View Source

On Monday, Elon Musk announced that he was merging two of his companies, SpaceX and xAI, in a deal said to be worth $1.25 trillion. The reason, Musk said in an announcement, was that in order for AI to grow, it needed to go to space. AI relies on "large terrestrial data centers" that run on "immense amounts of power and cooling," he said, which comes at great expense to the environment and communi... View Source

Nvidia Corp. is nearing a deal to invest $20 billion in OpenAI as part of its latest funding round, according to people familiar with the matter, marking the chipmaker’s single biggest investment in the ChatGPT developer... View Source

Microsoft confirmed last year that it's working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use custom AMD chips, could be launching in 2027. "Development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox, featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC, is progressing well to support a launch in 2027," said AMD CEO Lisa Su on an earnings call today. The brief commen... View Source

A federal judge rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to throw out a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit alleging he waited too long to disclose his growing stake in Twitter... View Source

New Mario sports games typically only come around once in a generation. So to get a fresh installment of tennis featuring a deep roster of characters this early in the Switch 2's lifecycle is rather exciting. And after getting a chance to play Mario Tennis Fever prior to its official release on February 12, the best entry to the franchise yet might only be a couple of weeks away. Once again, Mario... View Source

On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed notice that it will cross-appeal from the remedies decisions in its case against Google's unlawful monopolization of internet search and search advertising." Just a few weeks ago, Google... View Source

Super Micro Computer Inc. shares gained in late trading after the company gave a forecast for sales in the current quarter that signaled strong demand for its gear to run AI data centers... View Source

2K owner Take-Two has paused development on Borderlands 4 for the Nintendo Switch 2, the company shared during its Q3 2026 earnings presentation. The Switch 2 port was originally planned to be released on October 3, 2025, a few weeks after the game's September 12 launch on all other platforms, but was indefinitely delayed on September 23."We made the difficult decision to pause developme... View Source

"The fundamental elements of generative AI are showing a lot of promise in streamlining the pillars of autonomous navigation for off-planet driving."... View Source

After right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley's viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares he said were operated by Somali residents, Donald Trump's administration responded by flooding the state with federal immigration agents and freezing funding for childcare services. (A judge ruled that the federal government must continue funding childcare subsidies, at least temporarily.) Now Shirley is back... View Source

Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter sales will be roughly $9.8 billion, plus or minus $300 million, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Analysts had estimated $9.39 billion on average, but some projections topped $10 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Kunjan Sobhani has more on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Amazon is running a sale on two of its newest devices. First, there's the Echo Show 8, which is down to $150 from $180 — a 17 percent discount. Next up is the Echo Show 11, which is more or less the same device, just bigger. This model has dropped 18 percent to $180 from $220. Both deals bring the Echo Shows down to new all-time low prices.  The Echo Show 8 and 11 came out in mid-November wit... View Source

Development on the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is on "pause," according to a statement from a Take-Two spokesperson given to Variety. "We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU," Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis said in the statement published by Variety. "Our focus continues to be delivering quality post-launch content for players on the ongoing improvements t... View Source

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the main challenger to Nvidia Corp. in the market for artificial intelligence processors, gave a disappointing forecast for the current period, a sign it’s not making the kind of AI inroads that some investors anticipated... View Source

If you've had trouble using ChatGPT today, you aren't alone. The AI chatbot is experiencing a partial outage for many users this afternoon. Down Detector reports of issues with the service leapt from almost nothing to more than 12,000 around 3PM ET. Down DetectorOpenAI issued a status update noting that "elevated error rates" are occurring for ChatGPT and Platform users. A... View Source

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The Super Bowl is not only one of the biggest sporting events in the world, it’s also one of the best times of year to find a deal on a big TV. For major events in particular, a large TV makes sense because it provides a more immersive experience and allows for groups of friends to gather and enjoy the game together. And as interest in big TVs grows, the prices continue to come down, making them m... View Source

Some lenders to Skillsoft Corp. re-engaged law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher for legal advice as its loans fall deeper into distress, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported that bad actors were hijacking its update mechanism to redirect traffic to malicious servers. It led to users downloading compromised executables that could infect their devices. Now, Don Ho has revealed that multiple security experts investigated the breach and determined t... View Source

SpaceX has temporarily grounded its Falcon 9 rocket after an upper stage failed to deorbit as planned during a Feb. 2 launch. Will the issue affect the company's Crew-12 astronaut mission?... View Source

Galaxy Digital's CEO Mike Novogratz tells Bloomberg that Bitcoin’s recent pullback reflects what he calls a "seller’s virus," driven by widespread profit-taking. Novogratz adds that pessimism across crypto markets is high, but argues sentiment could improve if market-structure legislation advances, noting that market bottoms are only clear in hindsight. He joined the conversation on "Bloomberg Cry... View Source

Developer Obsidian recently announced that it currently has no plans to make The Outer Worlds 3, according to a report by Bloomberg. Company head Fergus Urquhart didn't give a reason as to why Obsidian won't be working on a sequel, but he did note that the performance of The Outer Worlds 2 was "disappointing" and that it needs to "think a lot about how much we put into the... View Source

Microsoft says it is working on the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub that shows usage terms set by publishers. That way, AI companies can easily shop the terms and set up deals to use online content for "grounding" their AI models, while the content owners get usage-based reporting to help set prices. Microsoft says it's been codesigning PCM with companies including Verge p... View Source

"Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Today's guests: Galaxy Digital Founder and CEO Michael Novogratz, Hyperliquid Strategies Chair, Atlas Merchant Capital Founder Partner and CEO and Former Barlcays CEO Bob Diamond and Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple has just released Xcode 26.3, and it's a big step forward in terms of the company's support of coding agents. The new release expands on the AI features the company introduced with Xcode 26 at WWDC 2025 to give systems like Claude and ChatGPT more robust access to its in-house IDE. With the update, Apple says Claude and OpenAI's Codex "can search documentation, explo... View Source

The last Space Shuttle lost was Columbia during STS-107 on February 1, 2003. The orbiter disintegrated during reentry over Texas due to damage from foam debris striking the left wing during launch, killing all seven crew members. This was the second (and final) major loss in the program. The first loss was Challenger on January ... Read more... View Source

Netflix Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. will face a skeptical Senate panel Tuesday to defend their $82.7 billion media merger against allegations it will hurt competition in the streaming market... View Source

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ is a surprisingly powerful ultraportable held back by a clunky trackpad. It's a shame, really, because it's very well-designed and thanks to Intel’s Panther Lake CPU, it can even run games like Arc Raiders without breaking a sweat. It also has more ports than most thin and light machines, its OLED screen is great for productivity work and at three pounds it's easy to carry... View Source

Detailed Summary of Lex Fridman Podcast: AI State-of-the-Art 2026 with Nathan Lambert and Sebastian RaschkaThis episode (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV7WhVT270Q, released around early 2026) features Lex Fridman interviewing Nathan Lambert (post-training lead at Allen Institute for AI, author of The RLHF Book) and Sebastian Raschka (author of Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)... View Source

'Armageddon's' William Fichtner stars in the brand’s first-ever Big Game commercial... View Source

Apple is building OpenAI and Anthropic's AI-powered coding agents directly into Xcode. New integrations in Xcode 26.3 will give developers the ability to call upon Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex to write and edit code, update project settings, search documentation, and more. Xcode is the software developers can use to create and test apps for the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and Ap... View Source

Defense tech startup Overland AI has raised $100 million in new funding to help accelerate the use of robots and other autonomous systems across the US military’s ground forces. Stephanie Bonk, president and co-founder of Overland AI, joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Dyson PencilVac stick vacuum is finally available for purchase in the US after being revealed . It costs $600. The company says this is the "world's slimmest vacuum cleaner." We haven't broken out any rulers to confirm that statement, but it's certainly a ridiculously thin stick vac. It achieves this thinness by using a motor inspired by the company's . This is a small motor that can actually... View Source

Elon Musk is combining SpaceX and xAI in a deal that, according to people familiar with the matter, values the enlarged entity at $1.25 trillion. Bloomberg’s Loren Grush discusses the merger plan with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Fitbit's founders have a new startup. Two years after leaving Google, James Park and Eric Friedman announced a new platform that shifts the focus from the individual to the family. They say the Luffu mobile app "uses AI quietly in the background" to collect and organize family health information."At Fitbit, we focused on personal health — but after Fitbit, health for me became... View Source

It is rare for the richest person or richest family to triple wealth of the next richest. Bill Gates did it briefly in 1999 and Rockefeller did it. Now Elon Musk has a net worth of $852 billion and Larry Page has almsot $280 billion. Elon has 3.04 times as much wealth. Elon has about ... Read more... View Source

Your guide to March's full Worm Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights... View Source

Ordinary social networks face a constant onslaught of chatbots pretending to be human. A new social platform for AI agents may face the opposite problem: getting clogged up by humans pretending to post as bots. Moltbook - a website meant for conversations between agents from the platform OpenClaw - went viral this weekend for its strange, striking array of ostensibly AI-generated posts. Bots appar... View Source

PayPal Holdings Inc. said HP Inc. Chief Executive Officer Enrique Lores will take the top job from Alex Chriss, whose turnaround plan failed to meet targets and streamline the sprawling payments business. The shares tumbled as much as 19%, the biggest intraday drop in more than four years, after the CEO announcement and a separate statement showing fourth-quarter profit and revenue missed analysts... View Source

Sony's wireless WH-1000XM6 headphones are on sale for $398 via Amazon. This is a record-low price, as it drops $62 from the price tag. The sale applies to all three colorways. These easily topped our list of the best wireless headphones. They are, in a word, fantastic. The headphones are packed with premium features, like advanced ANC. There are a whopping 12 ANC microphones throughout and a brand... View Source

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Seasons Change in Southwest… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Notes from the Field Blog Earth Matters Blog Blue Marbl... View Source

If your phone feels too small but most tablets feel too big, Apple’s latest iPad Mini functions as a nice in-between. Thankfully, if you’ve been waiting for a discount, the base model with Wi-Fi and 128GB of storage is on sale at Amazon and Best Buy for $399 ($100 off), which is $50 shy of its best price to date and the cheapest it’s been since the holidays. If you need more storage, you can also... View Source

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Shuli Ren discusses developments in AI in China as compared to the US at a subscriber event held in Hong Kong on Sept. 18, 2025. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

So you've decided you need a virtual private network to hide your browsing activity from your ISP, change your virtual location, stay safe on public Wi-Fi and enjoy all the other benefits. The inevitable next question is: "Should I pay for one? If so, how much?"All the best VPNs cost money, but it can be hard to tell an overpriced service apart from one that's priced according to its value. On thi... View Source

NASA/Sam Lott A full moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early hours of February 1, 2026. The agency concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early Tuesday morning, successfully loading cryogenic propellant into the SLS (Space Launc... View Source

Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the "planet parade" we've been waiting for?... View Source

A raid on X's Paris office was carried out by the Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit on Tuesday with Europol and French police as part of an ongoing investigation that expanded in July to include Grok. As previously reported by Reuters, Elon Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino were also summoned for hearings in April. The investigation, which was initially launched last year, is looking into sev... View Source

Google, Microsoft y Nvidia son algunas de las empresas que compiten por mejorar la precisión de las previsiones del clima a largo plazo... View Source

Microsoft has revealed the first wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for February, and it feels like there's a bit of something for everyone this time around. Two of the titles land on the service today across the Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass tiers: Final Fantasy II (cloud, Xbox Series X/S and PC) and Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (cloud, console, handheld and PC). Final... View Source

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

Nintendo has had plenty of highs over its few decades in the video game industry. Popularizing home consoles with the NES, introducing new audiences to games through the Wii's motion controls, and the touchscreen Trojan horse that was the Nintendo DS, to name a few. But often these successes were followed by missteps; the Wii sold 100 million units, while its follow-up, the Wii U, couldn't even ma... View Source

Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch discusses the company's plans to invest $1 billion (€847 million) in manufacturing capacity in the US over the next two years. He speaks on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Stop me if you've heard this one before. Disney has announced a successor to outgoing CEO Bob Iger, effective in March. Josh D’Amaro, current chairman of Disney Experiences, was tapped for the role in a unanimous vote by the company's board of directors. D’Amaro has been at Disney for 28 years, where he oversaw theme parks, cruises and consumer products including video games. The company... View Source

From dazzling eclipses to rare planetary meet‑ups, the night sky is full of events worth looking up for. Hunt for the various events in our skywatching-themed wordsearch... View Source

Anthropic's Claude AI models experienced a major outage today, impacting products like Claude Code. Developers were seeing a 500 error when trying to use Claude Code, and Anthropic said that it was seeing elevated error rates on its APIs "across all Claude models." Anthropic quickly identified the root cause and implemented a fix within around 20 minutes, but developers that rely on the tool were... View Source

PayPal Holdings said HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores will take the top job from Alex Chriss, whose turnaround plan failed to meet targets. Paige Smith reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Netflix is back with another livestream production guaranteed to excite K-POP fans worldwide. The streamer has announced that BTS will be performing live on Netflix. It marks the band's first performance after almost four years — the members took a hiatus to complete South Korea's mandatory military service.  The live concert will air on Saturday, March 21, one day after BTS releases their ne... View Source

NASA/JPL-Caltech Rapid advances in commercial space, artificial intelligence, and edge computing are transforming what is possible for Earth observation. By pushing more intelligence onboard, missions can move from passively collecting data to actively interpreting and responding to changing surface conditions in near-real time, enabling more targeted observations and dramatically improving the va... View Source

NASA Artemis 2 mission after encountering hydrogen leaks during a fueling test of the Space Launch System. The Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft have been central to NASA’s Artemis program, aimed at returning humans to the Moon. Development began in earnest around 2011, following the cancellation of the Constellation program in 2010. SLS ... Read more... View Source

A February moon offers a practical preview of where to look for March's total lunar eclipse... View Source

Dyson’s new lightweight vacuum has no handle and maneuvers more like a Swiffer than a vacuum. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge As The Verge's resident robot vacuum reviewer, I don't have a lot of time (or space) in my life for stick vacs, and frankly, the ones I have used have largely disappointed me. Top-heavy, bulky, always getting clogged or running out of battery - they're so… m... View Source

Chris Harvey, CIBC head of equity strategy, says don't go "bottom-fishing" for stocks right now. He expects a melt-up for stocks this summer. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Spain will join the growing list of countries banning access to social media for children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. The law will apply to users under 16 years of age amidst a broader push to hold social media companies accountable for hate speech, social division and illegal content. Speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, Prime Minister Sanchez excoriated social... View Source

Our best family binoculars, the Celestron Cometron 7x50 binoculars, are now $13 cheaper on Amazon and are perfect for getting a better view of the night sky and all its wonders... View Source

When ChatGPT launched, in November of 2022, it started a race that almost immediately consumed the tech industry. OpenAI didn't invent the concept of AI, but most of the state-of-the-art technology was confined to research labs at companies and institutions around the world. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. And better than anyone expected. So many companies decided they needed to catch up as qui... View Source

US stocks struggled for direction on Tuesday as earnings took center stage following the delay of economic data due to the government shutdown... View Source

Even in 2026, VR still feels like tech that isn't quite ready for prime time. When Nintendo released the original Virtual Boy way back in 1995, it was hard for my 10-year-old brain to comprehend a 3D console with a bipod, a facemask and a monochrome red display. Then, when you factor in weak sales that led to the system being discontinued after only a year, you end up with a gadget that felt... View Source

Close-up of flush-mounted, retracting door handle on Tesla automobile, San Ramon, California, September 21, 2020. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) | Gado via Getty Images China is banning Tesla-style concealed door handles on electric vehicles to address safety concerns regarding people getting trapped inside their cars. The ban will take effect on January 1st next year, according to... View Source

Elon Musk’s xAI is under investigation by the UK’s data protection watchdog, as regulatory scrutiny ramps up of the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized imagery of people... View Source

NASA started making the final preparations for the Artemis 2 mission in early January, with the hopes of opening its launch window as soon as February 6. After issues showed up during the mission’s wet dress rehearsal in the early hours of February 3, however, the agency had to push back its earliest launch opportunity to March. “With more than three years between SLS launches, we fully anticipate... View Source

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy... View Source

James Park and Eric Friedman, the co-founders of Fitbit who left Google two years ago, have announced a new venture called Luffu. Described as an "intelligent family care system," Luffu collects and logs health and medical information from connected devices, other platforms like Apple Health and Fitbit, and details shared by family members through voice prompts, text, or photos. AI works in the ba... View Source

Cipher Mining Inc. is seeking to raise $2 billion in the US junk bond market to help fund construction of a data center tied to Amazon.com Inc... View Source

If you've been inside all winter gaming then it might be time to upgrade your gear. Right now, the 8Bitdo Pro 3 Bluetooth Controller is available for just over $48, down from $70. The 31 percent discount is the lowest price we've seen yet for the controller. Notably, the sale is only available on the Gray model. The new 8Bitdo Pro 3 came out in August and offers TMR Joysticks with a 12-bit ADC sam... View Source

Google Home now lets you use buttons — such as this Ikea Bilresa remote — to start automations and control connected devices.  | Image: Ikea Google Home users, your long nightmare is over. The platform has finally added support for buttons. The release notes for a February 2 update state that several new starter conditions for automations are now available, including "Switch or button pressed." Sm... View Source

Wall Street has been skeptical about software stocks for a while, but sentiment has gone from bearish to doomsday lately with traders dumping shares of companies across the industry as fears about the destruction to be wrought by artificial intelligence pile up... View Source

The moon will take on a dramatic blood red hue during the total lunar eclipse on March 3... View Source

"Finally." That was my first reaction when I heard Google would combine Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system. Android has long struggled on tablets, and ChromeOS always felt like too much of a stripped-down alternative to tempt me away from Windows and Mac. So last week, it was exciting to see a leaked first glimpse at Google's Aluminium OS, and hear it may already be slated for an... View Source

PayPal Holdings Inc. said Chief Executive Officer Alex Chriss will be replaced by HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores after profit and revenue fell short of expectations. Shares of the firm tumbled more than 12%... View Source

Proton VPN is running a solid deal right now, dropping its two-year Proton VPN Plus plan to $2.99 per month. That works out to $72 billed upfront for the first 24 months, which represents a 70 percent discount compared to its regular pricing. We’ve rated Proton VPN highly thanks to its strong privacy credentials, transparent nonprofit backing and consistently fast performance. It’s one of the... View Source

YouTube has started to block third-party mobile browsers from using a background playback loophole. Background playback is supposed to be limited to YouTube Premium subscribers through the official iOS or Android app, but many people have been using browsers like Brave, Vivaldi, and Edge to get background playback without a subscription. Not anymore. "Background playback is a feature intended to b... View Source

The seeds for Apple’s best iPhone sales in China were planted years earlier... View Source

Like some sort of corporate Russian doll, SpaceX has announced its acquisition of xAI. The merger will “form the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth,” according to, well, owner Elon Musk. The AI company, arguably best known for its ongoing CSAM-generating chatbot controversy, might seem like a strange fit for a rocket company. But SpaceX is apparently ke... View Source

Artemis II mission was due to begin as early as next week and astronauts have spent almost two weeks in quarantineNasa has postponed its historic mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again, after issues arose during a critical test of its most powerful rocket yet.The US space agency had planned to launch the Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as next we... View Source

With ICE and CBP roaming the streets, united community action is more important than ever right now - from local mutual aid groups to school safety patrols. Known for its privacy features and end-to-end encryption, the Signal messaging app has become a popular platform for organizing these community groups. Signal can be a great tool for private messaging, but it's at its best if you know how to u... View Source

Avalanche Energy wants to use the technology to power satellites and drones, though it remains far from building a commercial prototype... View Source

Shares of European legal software and publishing firms dropped after US artificial intelligence firm Anthropic unveiled a tool for companies’ in-house lawyers... View Source

Paris prosecutors announced that a search was underway at offices belong to Elon Musk’s X platform as part of an ongoing investigation first launched in January 2025. The raid is being conducted by Paris and national cybercrime units, with support from Interpol, according to post from Paris prosecutors on X. Officials from X have yet to comment on the matter. At the same time, Paris prosecutors is... View Source

The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity. It was the warmest day that Portland had seen in a while, with sun peeking out from the clouds here and there. Many people had brought their entire families; not just older children, but toddlers in strollers and wagons, too. Some brought their dogs. The chants were typical: "ICE ou... View Source

Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris were searched by French law enforcement’s cybercrime unit as part of an ongoing probe into alleged misuses of the social media platform... View Source

As nights get hotter around the globe due to climate change, the prevalence of sleep apnea is expected to increase by as much as threefold... View Source

Spain will seek to ban children and teenagers from using social media platforms, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Tuesday... View Source

Emerging-market stocks and currencies rebounded Tuesday, snapping a three-day run of losses, as the dollar weakened and the volatility in precious metals ebbed... View Source

Nintendo Co.’s profit rose a smaller-than-expected 23%, hurt by US tariffs on its Switch 2 console and soaring memory chip prices. After a record-setting summer debut for the flagship console, the Kyoto-based company is grappling with global trade disruptions from US tariffs. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Nathan Naidu breaks down the situation... View Source

The original Switch just became Nintendo’s best-selling console ever with 155.37 million units as of December 31, 2025, overtaking the DS which sold 154.02 million units from 2004-2011. It was part of a holiday surge that saw the company move 7.01 million Switch 2s (and 17.37 million through Q3 of its fiscal year), making it the “fastest-selling dedicated video platform released by Nintendo to dat... View Source

NASA has delayed its Artemis 2 moon launch until March at the earliest, after encountering some issues during a key prelaunch exercise known as a wet dress rehearsal... View Source

Nintendo Co. reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit gain despite solid sales of the Switch 2, fueling concern about the rising cost of memory chips... View Source

When I ask AI If having negative cashflow of $10 billion is a good thing, the AI says it can be strategically OK. IF the company was rapidly expanding with new factories or investing for major growth. Is Burning >$10.3 Billion in Cash “Good” or “OK”? It depends entirely on context, stage, and strategy—it’s rarely ... Read more... View Source

The original Switch is officially Nintendo's best-selling console of all time after surpassing the DS handheld in lifetime sales. In its latest earnings release, Nintendo reports that the Nintendo Switch has, as of December 31, 2025, sold 155.37 million units since its launch in 2017, compared to 154.02 million units for the 2004 Nintendo DS. In November, Nintendo reported that the Switch and DS w... View Source