The company’s $1,999-and-up foldable handset makes a strong first impression... View Source
Most families say the same thing too late. They wanted to know their grandparents better. They wanted the stories while the person was still in the room. Then the person is gone, and what is left is three anecdotes and a box of unlabeled photos. The point is not a prettier keepsake. It is to ... Read more... View Source
Apple’s newest devices are about to drop, which means existing models may be the smartest buy... View Source
It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono. That's the narrative AI companies are pitching schools on right now, but according to New York Times education technology reporter Natasha Singer, it's... View Source
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it had found a solution for a famous unsolved problem in mathematics by using a swarm of advanced AI agents. But the occasion quickly unraveled into an explosive scandal, with mathematicians accusing the company of stealing their work. OpenAI’s purported solution was for one of the so-called Navier-Stokes equations, which mathematically describe how fluids, rangin... View Source
Deepwater Asset Management Managing Partner and co-founder Gene Munster says Apple's foldable iPhone Duo will eventually make up 10% of all iPhone sales. He says the higher price point won't keep customers away. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
As wealthy tech companies scramble to reach early adopters, two tech podcasters are nearing a deal that could be worth up to $5 million a year... View Source
LINK, the satellite sent to boost the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory, may have had to give up on its mission, but LINK's manufacturer and operator Katalyst Space hasn't completely abandoned the spacecraft to its cosmic demise.NASA called off LINK's mission to rendezvous with its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory when the specialized probe encountered a thruster control issue. LINK was delivered to... View Source
The Apple iPhone Duo features a passport-style folding hinge. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Apple's foldable phone is finally here - well, almost. The iPhone Duo, coming October 23rd, follows in the footsteps of past folding devices from Android phone makers like Samsung, OnePlus, and Google, with a $1,999 price tag that sits just above the Pixel 11 Pro Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 8. Whi... View Source
With his approval ratings in the gutter, US president Donald Trump is cooking up another cash advance for the American people, and it’s a doozy. At the first-ever Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas — which is really more of a MAGA pep rally than a legitimate party assembly — President Trump promised that “if the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate,... View Source
Brazilian identity verification company Unico agreed to acquire an Argentine competitor as part of its broader expansion in Latin America... View Source
The Bom Jesus set sail in March 1533, but it wrecked before it could return with its riches. Those riches took almost 500 years to resurface... View Source
On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA's GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! GRAIL, which stands for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, was sent to the moon to map its gravitational fields. Scientists could study the moon's interior structure by looking at maps of the moon's gravity. Asteroid impacts from billions of years ago left dense pockets of material under the lunar surface, which c... View Source
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Nick Statt: Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer. And I’m joined by our brand-new supervising producer, Greg Ott. Greg Ott: Good day, everyone. And Hi, Nilay. Nilay is here too. He is the person who hosts the show, and his name is also in the show. So it mak... View Source
It’s no exaggeration to say that if you own an LG smart TV, it might be spying on you. The widely respected computer hardware experts at the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus found that the company’s boob tubes and pricey OLEDs can scan your Wi-Fi network to search for the devices you own, secretly record audio logs of your conversations using built-in microphones, and keep tabs on what you’re watching... View Source
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Apple's iPhone Duo with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, from its anticipated reception with consumers to what it means for Apple's new era under CEO John Ternus. Plus, the AI chip race is moving to inference. And, Elon Musk's Boring Co. reaches a $23 billion valuation. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
A football floats in microgravity aboard the International Space Station, high above the Earth.Credit: NASA Through a new collaboration between NASA and the National Football League (NFL), the agency will soon bring America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation to the football field. NASA will conduct flyovers, astronaut appearances, and fan engagement at NFL games across the... View Source
The iPhone Duo was the unequivocal star of Apple's "Surprise and shine" event, but not for people who were mostly paying attention for news on wearables. Thankfully, Apple had a lot to share about its new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. There's no update to the SE model for 2026, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (the SE 3 rules). Also, no price changes either, which can't be said for the ent... View Source
Elon Musk is reportedly “freaking out” over a new documentary by documentarian and investigative journalist Alex Gibney. And by all accounts, there might be a good reason for why Musk is lashing out at Gibney, calling his work a “hit piece” and “boring af.” The four-hour documentary, which had its world premiere today at the Venice Film Festival earlier this week, featured interviews with Musk’s f... View Source
Cybersecurity is the next big market for artificial intelligence, with advances in the technology set to disrupt an industry geared to defending computer systems, said Nvidia Corp. co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang... View Source
Marvel's Wolverine captures just how angry its lead character is. The latest PS5 exclusive from Spider-Man developer Insomniac, Wolverine is a straightforward action game that is at its best when you're (literally) slicing through enemies or thrust into a sequence pulled from a blockbuster movie, like climbing the fuselage of a plane as it careens toward land or racing a motorcycle across rain-sli... View Source
Nvidia is embracing the rise of custom AI chips as demand shifts toward specialized systems built for inference. d-Matrix CEO Sid Sheth discusses the startup’s new partnership with Nvidia, which will integrate its inference-focused XPUs with Nvidia GPUs using NVLink Fusion, and why inference is emerging as the next major battleground in AI compute. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source:... View Source
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F. Yusef-Zadeh, N. B. Sabha, C. Chan A brilliant concentration of stars takes center stage in this Aug. 11, 2026, image taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb observed IRS 3, a star near the end of its life cycle, located within this starfield. Webb’s mid-infrared data revealed the clear signature of oxygen-rich silicate dust, as well as, for... View Source
Using this method showed “the largest improvement in memory” anyone has ever found, according to one expert... View Source
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is fast and capable. | Image: The Verge Looking to take full advantage of your 4K television, but your current streaming stick doesn’t have the right features? Through September 13th, you can grab an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K from Woot for just $16.09 when you use the coupon code FIRE30 at checkout. With support for Wi-Fi 6 and 2GB of memory, it’s fast enough for streaming... View Source
Last year, a so-called “AI actress,” dubbed Tilly Norwood sparked a near-universal backlash. The algorithmic brunette’s appearance couldn’t have come at a worse time, as the entertainment industry continued to reel from being overrun by cheap AI slop. The drama reignited a heated debate over the tech threatening to put human creatives in the industry out of a job, a nightmare scenario that has enr... View Source
The AI boom is entering a new phase, where electricity could become the biggest constraint. Switchyard Partners CEO Joe Kaiser joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why data centers may increasingly move to stranded power, why capitalism could produce better AI guardrails and why dramatically lowering compute per task will be key to sustaining the next wave of AI investment. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
I have been able to do 4 pull-ups with a neutral grip. This is the first time in my life that I have been able to do any pull-ups. I had more strength and lower weight in my 20s but I had bad technique. It was a project that I have been working on for ... Read more... View Source
Long before it dried out, what’s now Egypt was a tropical Cretaceous sea... View Source
A catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after overfeeding on companion stars indicates that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is changing over time.The discovery, in conjunction with data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), backs results revealed from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) published in 2024 that... View Source
A new federal program to test the feasibility of electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft kicks off today in Texas - before the rules governing this new technology have even been finalized. Earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration's Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) selected eight state-led projects to s... View Source
Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund is considering combining Electronic Arts Inc. with Savvy Games, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would bring blockbuster titles like Madden NFL and Pokemon Go under one roof... View Source
Apple announced “the most powerful lineup of iPhones ever.” That’s great for pros, but what about the iPhone for everyone else?... View Source
Wrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster than scientists thought.New research suggests that Mercury is shrinking between 10% and 30% faster than had been previously estimated. The team behind this research calculated that the planet has lost nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) of its total diameter since it formed. The researchers think th... View Source
Universal Music Group is launching a new AI-powered platform that will allow users to draw from its catalog of licensed music to create song remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks, according to an announcement on Thursday. The record label is developing the platform through a multi-year licensing agreement with ElevenLabs, a company that specializes in AI voice and music generation. Artists can... View Source
Apple unveiled the company’s first foldable smartphone during a wide-ranging event Wednesday, betting that a new category can energize growth for its biggest-selling lineup. The iPhone Duo will start at $1,999 and cost up to $3,199. This was the first product reveal event for the new CEO John Ternus. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow was there and reports from Apple Park in Cupertino, California. (Source: Blo... View Source
Tesla already sold the car. Could it keep earning from that same vehicle for years—and eventually earn while the car is parked? Brian Wang of Nextbigfuture explores three potential revenue streams: FSD subscriptions, autonomous rides, and Digital Optimus—the vision of AI performing computer-based work using Tesla hardware. Cybercab gets the attention. But the Model Y ... Read more... View Source
The summer of 2026 showed how warming temperatures and wildfires are a growing threat to humanity’s health and safety. ... View Source
During the recent press rounds for Apple TV's Ryan Reynolds/Kenneth Branagh vehicle "Mayday", writer/director duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley talked about their plans for the next "Star Trek" movie. As well as confirming their story will feature an all-new crew, they mentioned that the in-development project will be inspired by a pair of hit films from the '90s and '00s, both of whic... View Source
I turned my Muse assistant into a purple cat. | Screenshot: The Verge Meta has launched its new Muse assistant, marking the company's first real foray into AI-powered productivity tools. The company says its AI agent can "take the busywork off your plate" by helping you with online shopping, emails, trip-planning, and more. I decided to try out the new tool and see how well it performed - especial... View Source
Tesla’s flashy unveiling of its Cybercab robotaxi in 2024 left some glaring questions unanswered. The sleek, gold-colored coupé impressed with a futuristic design, but baffled onlookers with its cramped two-seat interior, lack of a charging port, and a dubious, far-too-good-to-be-true $30,000 price tag. Just under two years later, the first Cybercabs are starting to hit the streets in Austin, Texa... View Source
Jack Caffrey, equity portfolio manager at JPMorgan Asset Management, says spending related to “the enthusiasm around artificial intelligence” is broadening out earnings themes. Caffrey warns of “a hiccup or two over the next few months” as companies need to borrow more to support their growth. He speaks on “Bloomberg Brief.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
From the sharp-looking Frame to the infinite contrast high-end OLEDs, these expert-recommended TVs are worth the investment... View Source
Jimmy Kimmel will be interviewing Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico "under unusual circumstances," posting the interview directly to YouTube, rather than airing it on TV during Jimmy Kimmel Live. In Wednesday night's episode, Kimmel said this was out of concern for retaliation from the Trump administration's FCC: [Trump's] FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our n... View Source
With opposition to AI continuing to grow, a top AI lab is building out a massive surveillance apparatus meant to keep a close eye on dissenters and predict when the next groundswell of protest might occur. News of Anthropic’s system was first reported by the American Prospect, which spoke with Anthropic senior security officials and indexed job postings to get an understanding of the dragnet. On t... View Source
The software maker agrees to principles to protect student privacy with the use of AI... View Source
This is the nextbigfuture GDP forecast scenario, not an IMF, Anthropic, or consensus forecast. It took the Anthropic economic forecasts for their base case and their bullish case. I then aligned national data for Taiwan and other countries as of this year. I then used OpenAI GPT 6 to build the scenario where AI productivity ... Read more... View Source
If you’re looking for an efficient way to heat your home during the cold winter months, pellet stoves offer several advantages over wood stoves or fireplaces... View Source
This new satellite image shows Vasquez Rocks in southern California, where Captain Kirk once faced off against the Gorn. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison/CBS via Getty Images)Decades ago, Captain Kirk faced off against the Gorn on the uncharted desert planet Metron. But as we can see in new satellite imagery from NASA, that mysterious rocky world can actually be found right h... View Source
With the iPhone Duo, Apple has pulled off a familiar trick. It arrives into a mature Android foldable market with a handful of hardware features we've mostly already seen elsewhere, but paired with a level of software polish that makes a lot of them feel new again. It's those software flourishes that have me excited to try the iPhone Duo when it launches next month, but I'm less convinced that its... View Source
Snap Inc. launched new event-planning features enabling Snapchat users to organize gatherings with friends, send invitations and collect responses without leaving the app... View Source
A surge in insect attacks is already underway, and mild winters are the culprit... View Source
OpenAI is ending a pilot program that allowed government agencies to use its models for only $1 per year and moving to a usage-based pricing system that will give federal workers access to the technology at a 50% discount from standard prices, according to a statement from the General Services Administration... View Source
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Stay prepared for anything your next road trip might throw at you... View Source
Plan your next event with friends without ever leaving the app. | Image: Snap Snapchat is launching Plans, a new suite of features designed to help turn the plans already being made in group chats - everything from birthday celebrations to study sessions and weekend hangouts - into real life get-togethers without ever leaving the app. Plans lets users set event details, invite up to 200 friends wi... View Source
Last week, a mother in Utah named Kalie Robins took to Instagram to post what she felt was an “innocent” video of herself and one of her two young daughters singing in the car. Her daughter’s face was visible, but Robins hadn’t said her name. None of her existing Instagram posts, she told Futurism, publicized the names of her children. When she returned to the same video later, Robins discovered t... View Source
A startup that builds off-grid power systems for data centers said it raised $120 million in a Series A funding round led by Spark Capital, an investor in artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic PBC... View Source
These expert-picked models cook cleaner than gas, and offer features like convection and air fry... View Source
Bending Spoons SpA agreed to acquire workplace-collaboration platform Miro in an all-cash transaction valuing the business at $1.36 billion, as the Italian technology group continues its acquisition spree... View Source
The painted creature inside an Etruscan tomb convinced mourners they were under its spell... View Source
Three of NASA's Artemis II astronauts are starting off the school year with new assignments.Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover, both NASA astronauts, will transition into "emeritus status" in September, the space agency announced on Wednesday (Sept. 9). Meanwhile, Canadian mission specialist Jeremy Hansen shared a video on X on Tuesday (Sept. 8) concerning his already-announ... View Source
Back in August, a massive leak in El Reno, Oklahoma spewed close to four million gallons of local water into the ground, forcing the city into an unofficial stand-still. The cause was quickly traced back to a damaged water line belonging to a Bitcoin-mining data center operated by the company Athlon BT. As ABC5 reported at the time, city inspectors trawling the building’s exterior uncovered the fa... View Source
Meta Platforms Inc. was upgraded to overweight at JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday, the latest example of how sentiment toward the Facebook parent’s position with artificial intelligence has been improving... View Source
Visa is looking beyond plastic cards in India. From agentic commerce to tokenization, Haslinda Amin explains how the payments giant plans to keep up with the changing ways Indians pay. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Another researcher is challenging OpenAI about the data driving its increasingly impressive array of mathematical discoveries. Just days after a bitter row erupted over whether the company's models benefited from unpublished work, a second mathematician has come forward a... View Source
DeepSeek rolled out an AI model that charges as little as a fraction of a cent per million tokens, ramping up the pressure on rivals from Anthropic PBC to Z.AI Co... View Source
For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting it. Science editor Ian Sample explains to Mad... View Source
Governments want to regulate AI – especially medicine where the stakes are high... View Source
Though their origins may be shrouded in mystery, fast radio bursts (FRBs) could be used to probe some of the universe's biggest puzzles. This includes probing the nature of dark matter, the invisible sort of matter that somehow dominates the universe, and dark energy, the mysterious force causing the expansion of our universe to accelerate. They could even shed light on the mysteries of neutrinos,... View Source
The iPhone 18 Pro’s triple camera setup with a variable aperture in the main (bottom) camera. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Apple always makes a big show of the latest cameras in its phones, and the major talking point of the iPhone 18 Pro is about the new variable aperture. Both the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max have an adjustable mechanical iris in their main camera modules to let mor... View Source
Sebastian Raedler, head of European equity strategy at Bank of America, says the key question facing investors is the sustainability of the artificial intelligence capex boom which is driving the "strongest earnings upgrades in the US that you've seen in 40 years." Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Raedler adds: "This is a very high-stakes game right now. You have to be in that trade. But a lot of... View Source
Nintendo always promised that the Switch 2 would support variable refresh rate (VRR) when docked, but the console launched without this key feature. A new 23.0.0 firmware update now adds VRR support to the Switch 2 when it's docked and in TV mode. VRR adjusts a display's refresh rate to match a game's frame rate, smoothing out gameplay and reducing screen tearing. It will be particularly useful fo... View Source
MediaTek Inc. reported a 44% surge in monthly sales, boosted by its emerging AI chip business from the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google... View Source
It’s going to take a lot more gold coins to buy the Trump Phone now. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Bad news if you didn't lock in a Trump phone at launch: It now costs $749, a $250 increase on its price at launch. The T1 Phone itself hasn't changed. Trump Mobile didn't announce the price increase, instead quietly changing its website overnight. This wasn't a total surprise though, es... View Source
Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations... View Source
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a 53.3% increase in monthly sales, with the company struggling to meet overwhelming demand from the global AI infrastructure buildout... View Source
Anthropic PBC has handed the European Union’s cybersecurity agency access to its powerful Mythos artificial intelligence model, more than three months after first signaling the bloc would be given access... View Source
Xbox will now publish Physint, an upcoming game from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, after PlayStation decided to cancel it. The unexpected swap came in a flurry of announcements from PlayStation, Xbox, Kojima Productions, and Kojima himself. Sony, which published both of Kojima Productions' previous Death Stranding games, framed it as a "difficult decision to step away from collaborating with Ko... View Source
Huawei Technologies Co. has notified some clients that it’s significantly increasing the prices of its most advanced AI accelerators, reflecting how demand is rapidly outstripping supply during the data center boom... View Source
Boring Co. secured $3 billion in fresh funding backed by the United Arab Emirates and affiliated investment entities, valuing Elon Musk’s tunneling startup at $23 billion... View Source
It's been about three years since Volvo discontinued its plug-in hybrid XC40. The mild hybrid version remains on sale in the US and elsewhere, alongside the electric EX40. Today, Volvo announced it was bringing back the PHEV version and giving it a major facelift. When it arrives at dealerships early next year, the new XC40 will have updated exterior styling, a gut-renovated interior featuring Goo... View Source
Horizons Middle East & Africa is your daily spotlight on one of the world's fastest-growing regions. Live from Dubai, we bring you the latest global markets and analysis, plus news-making interviews, with a special focus on MEA. All that and more, as you head to the office in the Gulf, pause for lunch in Hong Kong, or start your day in London or Johannesburg. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
Grab Holdings Ltd., the biggest ride-hailing and food-delivery firm in Southeast Asia, is in talks to buy a majority stake in Singapore-based buy-now-pay-later platform Atome Financial, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source
Boring Co. secured $3 billion in fresh funding backed by the United Arab Emirates and affiliated investment entities, valuing Elon Musk’s tunneling startup at $23 billion... View Source
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali 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 Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mi... View Source
South Korean artificial intelligence startup Upstage is considering a pre-listing funding round as one of several capital-market options, according to its co-founder... View Source
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 10 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula Explanation: What does this image l... View Source
Coinbase Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO Brian Armstrong says it’s likely the bottom of the Bitcoin price cycle has passed. He voiced conviction in the future of stablecoin payments, highlighting their potential to reshape everyday transactions. He speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
India will push BRICS nations to expand the use of central bank-backed digital currencies for cross-border payments, while stopping short of supporting a unified payments network that could be seen as a challenge to the dollar, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source
SpaceX will launch a secret mission for the U.S. Space Force today (Sept. 10), and you can watch the action live.A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today during a three-hour window that opens at 11:37 a.m. EDT (1537 GMT; 8:37 a.m. local time), kicking off a mission called USSF-153.You can watch live via SpaceX, starting about 10 minutes before... View Source
For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting it. Science editor Ian Sample explains to Mad... View Source
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is slated to lead a $300 million investment in AI training and benchmarking startup UniPat AI, valuing the nascent company at $2.5 billion and giving a vote of confidence to a former intern... View Source
Hong Kong-based luxury goods dealer New Sparkle Roll International Group Ltd. is considering selling its stake in Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen A/S, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source
Apple Inc. presentó el miércoles su primer teléfono inteligente plegable, con lo que busca reactivar el crecimiento de su línea de productos más vendida... View Source
With the Labor Day holiday — and summer in the US — now officially over, the traditional push to the end of the year in the market for initial public offerings is on... View Source
Tesla, SpaceX and AI could be approaching huge unlocks at the same time. Could Cybercab and worldchanging FSD 15 change Tesla’s demand? Could Starship unlock more satellite capacity—and eventually computing in orbit? And when does AI become a worker you can actually delegate to? • Tesla’s robotaxi rollout, FSD demand, and the opportunity in Europe. ... Read more... View Source
One of the pilots on the Amazon.com Inc. cargo plane that crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday called for the landing to be aborted after the plane touched down with too much speed, according to audio from the flight’s final moments... View Source
John Sculley, Zeta Global vice chairman emeritus and former Apple CEO, reacts to Apple's new iPhone Duo, the company's first foldable smartphone, which will have a 7.6-inch display when unfolded and a 5.4-inch outer screen. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
Apple unveiled the company’s first foldable smartphone during a wide-ranging event Wednesday, betting that a new category can energize growth for its biggest-selling lineup. Chris Welch was there and explains what makes this such a big deal for the brand (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
The new Apple Watches come in a variety of material and strap combinations. Apple rolled out the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 at its "Surprise and shine" event. The new watches feature sizable improvements to their health sensors and tracking, plus the ability to create brief audio transcriptions and summaries, plus a ceramic case option for the Series 12. Despite the new features... View Source
Apple Inc. on Wednesday unveiled its first foldable iPhone, the $1,999-and-up iPhone Duo, finally entering a market segment that rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Huawei Technologies Co. have been dabbling in for years... View Source
Suno's new v6 AI music model is its first made with support from the record industry. Suno's Jack Brody told The Verge that v6 was "trained from the ground up, with a new set of data that does not include the same data that our previous models were trained on." The data includes content licensed from partners Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe, as well as "user data." It's unclear whether that m... View Source
Chinese firms are increasingly turning to equity fundraising to bankroll their AI ambitions, fueling investor concerns about earnings dilution and oversupply in an already-underperforming market... View Source
Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of WordPress.com owner Automattic, has been placed on a paid leave of absence, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In an internal message by the outlet, Mullenweg claims Automattic chief financial officer Mark Davies "conspired" with board members to place him on leave. "They voted to put me on a paid leave of absence. I voted against that," Mullenweg wrote, referring to Davi... View Source
The UK needs to change how it regulates AI-enabled medical devices to better protect patients, and should implement a staged approval process that includes continuous monitoring, according to an advisory panel... View Source
Black is back. | Photo: Nilay Patel / The Verge Apple has seen reason: It has a black model in the iPhone Pro lineup again. Last year, Apple went bold with its colors for the iPhone 17 Pro, offering a flashy orange, a shiny silver, and a dark blue. Don't get me wrong, they looked nice. But there was no black (or dark gray) for the first time since the start of the iPhone Pro lineup, which Apple fi... View Source
It’s rare for Apple’s stock to go up after announcing a new product. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Dave Lee explains why the company’s foldable iPhone is different. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
New AirPods Pro with cameras were thankfully not announced at the September Apple event. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge September Apple events are always a swirl of information and new, exciting products, and today's was no different. Apple announced its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max; active noise cancellation (ANC) is now on the cheapest Ai... View Source
Glenn August, Founder and CEO of Oak Hill Advisors, discusses a recent filing that caught attention. August discusses whether OHA is making a real move into AI infrastructure, noting that the filing referred to real asset lending. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
It works fast, is easy to set up, and runs via a very intuitive mobile app... View Source
Apple announced the company's first device with a folding screen today, the iPhone Duo, but that's where the firsts end. The Duo is not only far from the first foldable on the market thanks to the efforts of Samsung and Google, but it's also not the first product to be called the Duo. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs popularized the saying "good artists copy, great artists steal," but will the iPhone D... View Source
Tag Greason, Co-CEO of QTS discusses the growing political and environmental backlash facing data center expansion. Greason says the AI boom is fundamentally an infrastructure buildout, and argues that U.S. leadership in AI depends on infrastructure leadership. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
Expect full-size tools, a battery voucher, and fun extras, plus a storage case for all the loot... View Source
Paying more for a new phone seems almost unavoidable after Apple's event today. The new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max start at $1,199 and $1,299, respectively - a $100 price hike over their predecessors. You can't dodge the price hike by opting for an older iPhone, either, because Apple raised prices on those by $100, too. And it's not just Apple. This year, the $100 price hike has been a trend across... View Source
Eric Hansotia, CEO, Chair, and President of AGCO, discusses conditions in the agriculture equipment business. Hansotia notes that the agriculture sector faces rising costs, framing the segment around input expenses and their impact on farming and equipment demand. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
A "forbidden" merger between two massive black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. That's according to new research that suggests the black holes involved were smaller than expected.On Nov. 23, 2023, the gravitational wave detector LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) detected tiny ripples in spacetime caused by the merger of two black holes. Wh... View Source
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial. | (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images) OpenAI's announcement Tuesday that it has solved one of mathematics' legendary Millennium Prize problems should have been a moment of triumph. The result is both an undeniable achievement and a striking demonstration of just how rapidly AI is transforming mathematics. But before it w... View Source
All of a sudden, French entrepreneur Hèlene Huby is seemingly everywhere. This week she is serving as one of two envoys, alongside astronaut Thomas Pesquet, at a high-profile International Space Summit convened by French President Emmanuel Macron. The government's website for the event describes her as chief executive of "the fastest-growing space company in Europe." Also this week, that firm, The... View Source
Catherine Clay, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices, discusses the upcoming S&P reconstitution and rebalance, noting that the process is fully transparent and routine. She says market participants already know which names are entering and leaving the index, including Bloom Energy, Illumina and Everpure joining the S&P this month, and have ample time to adjust portfolios accordingly. She speak... View Source
Credit: NASA A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran R launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. The Terran R launch service will be available to NASA’s launch services to use for future missions. The NLS II contracts are multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with an order... View Source
The batteries last more than 12,000 charge cycles, meaning they could one day dethrone lithium-ion alternatives... View Source
At Wednesday's iPhone Duo launch event, Apple announced a handful of new Siri AI Audio Intelligence features, including Siri Recap, Live Rewind, Sound Recognition, and Music Recognition. Alongside its announcement, Apple released a document laying out how it plans to balance AI "ambient listening" and users' privacy. It says the raw audio from the new features "is handled within dedicated hardware... View Source
These days, large language models are pushing the line between schizophrenic break and reality closer than ever before. In a wild new post that’s going viral on X-formerly-Twitter, an enterprising young biochemist named Douglas Yao showcased a new drug he’s been developing with the aid of ChatGPT. He’s not employed by any pharma company, and his drug lab is setup on a couple folding tables in his... View Source
Apple Inc.’s breakthrough new iPhone Duo costs $3,199 for the highest-end configuration, setting a record for the price of a mass-market smartphone... View Source
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Celebrations of Star Trek's 60th anniversary made it all the way to the final frontier.Among the science and supplies delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) for European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot's mission on orbit was a small piece of memorabilia to honor one of the most influential pop culture phenomena that has continually called for humanity to turn its gaze to the... View Source
Besxar, a startup founded by former OpenAI staffer Ashley Pilipiszyn, wants to make the key precursors for advanced semiconductors by taking advantage of the vacuum of space... View Source
Apple is launching a new way to prove that the picture you took isn't manipulated by AI. A new feature, called "Reference Image," will arrive with the iPhone 18 Pro lineup later this month and is supposed to use the device's new camera sensor to "sign every pixel it sees." The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will only authenticate photos when placed into Reference mode. Once the camera captures signed s... View Source
Artificial intelligence companies in the US have spent hundreds of billions of dollars to develop advanced chatbots, betting they can earn enough from customers to justify the investment. That approach carries the risk of being undermined by rivals who build competing AI systems for far less... View Source
Apple has just announced its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo. The new phone has a 5.4-inch outer screen and a 7.6-inch inner screen, two back cameras, Touch ID for authentication, an IP68 rating, and all sorts of slick software tricks to make iOS feel more at home on the new device. Preorders start on October 16th ahead of availability on October 23rd, and it starts at $1,999 for 256GB of st... View Source
Chime CEO Chris Britt joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Deals." Chime Financial struck a deal to buy Stride Bank for $590 million in cash, snapping up its longtime partner as the fintech streamlines its operations. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Alabama/M. Muhibullah et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these newly spotted objects in other galaxies may help solve not one, but two long-standing questions in astrophysics. These mys... View Source
Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio telescope, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to form a massive stellar binary. The observations revealed that these stars didn't form from the same collapsing cloud of gas and dust, as most binary stars are assumed to form, but instead came together later in their infancy. Here on Earth, we are slightly prejudice... View Source
The 18 Pro in burgundy is ready for fall. We've just gotten our hands on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max at Apple Park following the company's "Surprise and shine" presentation. The new phones look quite similar to the previous iPhone 17 Pro lineup, keeping the same general design, aluminum body, and screen sizes. The 18 Pro lineup comes in four colors: black, silver, "glacier" (which is blue), and... View Source
One of the selling points of Tesla’s much-hyped Cybercab — its purpose-built robotaxi — is that it doesn’t need manual controls. That’s why it doesn’t even come with a steering wheel or pedals. But an early passenger who got to ride one of the self-driving cars after they launched in Austin last week discovered that they secretly have manual controls hidden in a touchscreen — the most practical wa... View Source
When the cargo plane came to rest 1,300 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport, its nose sat flush with the ground, the tail — and the billboard-sized Amazon.com Inc. smile painted on it — jutting awkwardly into the air as an engine smoldered... View Source
After Apple wrapped up its "Surprise and shine" event today, we were able to get a look at the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. Both of the new watches launch September 18th, with preorders available starting today. The Apple Watch Series 12 once again starts at $399 for the aluminum case option in space gray, black, light gold, and dark bronze aluminum. The natural and radiant gold titanium... View Source
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow is live from Apple Park in Cupertino for what could be the iPhone maker's most consequential product launch in years. John Ternus is making his first major public appearance as Apple CEO and all eyes are on Apple's highly anticipated first foldable iPhone, marking the biggest change to the iPhone's form factor in almost 20 years. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
Stromatolites, formed by microbial mats, hold evidence of a symbiotic relationship that possibly kickstarted complex life billions of years ago. ... View Source
A brand new observatory began its tenure on Aug. 30 — it's called the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and it's equipped with a high-tech tool that can directly photograph planets beyond our solar system.The tool is called a coronagraph; in simple terms, a coronagraph is a device that can be affixed to a telescope and block out the light of a star the telescope is looking at to study features ar... View Source
Apple just wrapped up its first iPhone launch event with CEO John Ternus at the helm, and it did not disappoint. We got a look at Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone Duo, along with the next generation of AirPods and the Apple Watch. Here's a roundup of all the biggest announcements from the event. Apple's first foldable: the iPhone Duo Apple's "one more thing" at this year's event was the iPhone... View Source
Ask Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman anything about Apple’s biggest product spree in years and its new CEO John Ternus in a Live Q&A conversation on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. EDT... View Source
Apple has announced its long-anticipated foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, which arrives more than seven years after the first Samsung Galaxy Fold hit the market. Rumors have swirled about a folding iPhone since at least 2017, when it was optimistically reported that production might begin in 2020. Since then, rivals including Samsung, Google, Huawei, Oppo, Honor, and more have released myriad fold... View Source
Burning Man, the week-long festival that takes place in the middle of the Nevada desert and draws many luminaries from the tech industry, prides itself on building community. But unfortunately, this year’s festivities, which concluded on Monday, were not without incident. As NBC reports, there have been three separate deaths in less than a week at this year’s Burning Man. This past Saturday, offic... View Source
Lotfi Karoui, Multi-Asset Credit Strategist at PIMCO joins Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the health of credit markets and why cracks are emerging among the weakest borrowers. He explains why a coming wave of AI debt could force investors to become far more selective, and why downside protection and deal structure matter more than betting on the ultimate AI winner. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its event on Wednesday. The 18 Pro and Pro Max come in deep black, silver, "glacier," and burgundy, with color-matched back glass. They also have a new A20 Pro chip and purportedly the longest battery in an iPhone. During Wednesday's presentation, Apple highlighted how the new phones are well-equipped to work with Apple Intelligence and Si... View Source
After an ego-bruising stint with the New York Jets, it seems like seasoned quarterback and chief NFL conspiracy crank Aaron Rodgers is finally in good company with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In a recent interview with the Athletic, the team’s veteran wide receiver DK Metcalf admitted that he’s a “big conspiracy theorist.” “Shout out to my quarterback,” the two-time pro bowler said, referring to Rodg... View Source
Two major firms say attackers obtained and published private documents... View Source
NASA/Brandon Hancock The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission – NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – visited Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 1, 2026, where they met with the NASA workforce at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The event gave the crew an opportunity to share firsthand experiences from their mission, refl... View Source
The physical copy of the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake with its sparkly cover. | Image: The Verge Nintendo announced a variety of new titles at its September livestream, but among the most talked-about is the remastered The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2. Walmart has the physical copy of the upcoming game available for preorder for just $59.88, which is $10 lower than the physical... View Source
Muse, the popular English rock band that’s been selling out arenas for decades, is no longer @muse on Instagram, where it boasts nearly three million followers. That’s because on Tuesday, Meta, which owns Instagram, announced a new “personal AI agent” also called Muse — which is now taking the rock band’s original handle, in an act of what appears to be corporate eminent domain for a long-establis... View Source
Singapore's former minister for foreign affairs George Yeo points out the hubris of Silicon Valley, particularly Palantir, in its development of technologies with a "dark side". He speaks with Mishal Husain and Kishore Mahbubani on September 9 in Singapore at a Bloomberg subscribers-only event. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Hurricane Melissa is seen 50 miles south of Jamaica in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 28, 2025.NASA Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial industries, includin... View Source
Global warming will soon cross a critical threshold, surpassing a dangerous limit set years ago, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found. But experts say it's still possible to cool things back down, emphasizing that the stakes are too high to stop trying. In 2015, 196 nations and territories signed the Paris Agreement, pledging to restrict the average rise of global temperatures... View Source
Microsoft is starting to test some new Xbox console features with Insiders. Testers will be able to try out custom Xbox boot animations from the past, more personalization options for badges, a new local search feature, improved Remote Play quality, the ability to download while you play on cloud, and clearer voice chat. Xbox testers will be able to pick between the original Xbox One boot screen,... View Source
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: How Indian workers are using iPhones to train humanoid robots, and what the race for real-world data means for the future of work. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
In a "rare, positive update" amid the ongoing component shortage, Framework is lowering its RAM prices for some buyers of the Laptop 13 Pro - at least, for now. After increasing the laptop's memory pricing in July, Framework says it "secured a limited quantity of Micron 32GB and 64GB LPCAMM2 memory modules at lower cost," and plans to share the savings: We are committed to passing on savings whene... View Source
Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives for the trading day than "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
United States Space Command just held its first-ever "Apollo Maneuvers" exercise, which saw spacecraft maneuvering through simulated contested environments.U.S. Space Command combines assets and personnel from each U.S. military branch (including the U.S. Space Force) to project American military power into and from orbit. It's unclear which or how many satellites or spacecraft took place in Space... View Source
Getting out of a taxi shouldn't be a shameful experience. Yet I find myself feeling particularly embarrassed while exiting a Tesla Cybercab as it partially blocks a narrow road outside a popular Austin swimming hole. As a cadre of annoyed, sweaty Texan parking spot hunters pile up around it, the gold-painted two-seater just sits there obliviously, lights flashing. I try not to make eye contact, bu... View Source
Apple Inc.’s $570 billion summer surge is saddling new Chief Executive Officer John Ternus with high expectations heading into the company’s most anticipated event in years: the unveiling of the foldable iPhone on Wednesday. The stock has rallied 15% since June 25, when the company announced it was raising prices on many of its products, sending the shares to their worst day in more than a year. S... View Source
On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch.The Conestoga 1 rocket was designed by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) and built from spare parts of other rockets. It was named after a type of covered wagon that used to transport American settlers westward to the new frontier during the 19th century.The 36-foot rocket lifted off from a private launch facility on... View Source
Nintendo just announced a new 2D entry in the Metroid series for the Switch 2, titled Metroid Ravenous. It's launching on January 28th, 2027. The new game looks like an evolution of Metroid Dread. While it's still a 2D game, it features 3D graphics, lots of cinematic action shots, parrying enemies, and Samus rolling around in Morph Ball form. What's new for this game is that Samus also appears to... View Source
AI researchers are watching in terror as the product of their hard labor has started to take a life of its own. Earlier this year, OpenAI made a harrowing announcement, admitting that a group of its AI models had broken free from their constraints during testing and infiltrated the systems of open source AI platform Hugging Face. The news was met with an already-familiar sense of fear and apprehen... View Source
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has walked away from the company, saying it is "gambling with our lives." Seth Fiegerman has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
The Anak Krakatau volcano began erupting on Sept. 4, 2026, as seen here on Sept. 5 by the Landsat 8 satellite jointly operated between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison)A volcano on an Indonesian archipelago began erupting on Sept. 4, and satellites in orbit have been watching closely. What is it?The volcano Anak Krakatau started spit... View Source
It’s almost time for part two of Nintendo’s double feature this week. On Tuesday, the company hosted a showcase all about the Legend of Zelda franchise, including footage and a November 5th release date for the Switch 2 Ocarina of Time remake. On Wednesday, the company will be airing its next Nintendo Direct, which will spotlight Switch 2 games “launching this winter” in an approximately 45-minute... View Source
As Meta has embraced AI at a deep corporate level over the past few years, its users’ feeds on Facebook and Instagram have been overrun with AI-generated material. Much of this AI content is insipid or manipulative, clearly produced at scale to take advantage of Meta’s indifference to the slop by harvesting as many human eyeballs as possible in various monetization schemes. Some of the AI material... View Source
Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking to raise about $4 billion from an investment-grade bond sale, joining a wave of issuers seeking to refinance debt as it rides an AI-driven boom in demand for servers... View Source
From left, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot and Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, conduct leak checks on his spacesuit inside the crew suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, ahead of the Artemis II test flight. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Following their landmark Artemis II m... View Source
Pilate’s name had been transliterated from Latin to Greek, which was not uncommon for the time—but the specific spelling was... View Source
Asus’ Cetra Open wireless earbuds are some of the best that I’ve tested, despite being open-style earbuds. Their drivers sit outside of your ear, which allows outside sounds to mix with audio coming from your console. Some gamers may not want this, but it works well for me as someone who prefers to be aware of their surroundings as they play or listen to podcasts. They’re $22 off at Amazon and Bes... View Source
Ledger SAS, a maker of hardware devices used to store cryptocurrencies, is combining oversight of its internal technology systems and security under a single executive, as a rise in artificial intelligence-fueled crypto attacks pushes companies to rethink their defenses... View Source
Electrical activity that was fine-tuned in waking brains grew more chaotic under anesthesia... View Source
A photon, or particle of light, from the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang, nicknamed "the BOAT" (for the brightest of all time), should not have reached Earth. That is, unless it defied rules defined by Einstein. Now scientists may know how it did this, with new research suggesting how the high-energy photon may have survived a journey of more than two billion light-years without being... View Source
Maxton Hall. | Image: Prime Video Amazon's Prime Video is launching a new AI-powered feature that lines up an actor's mouth with "human-dubbed" audio. The feature is only available with the English dub of the German series Maxton Hall for now, but Prime Video plans to expand it to "additional titles" in the future. In its announcement, Prime Video says it uses a combination of AI and visual effect... View Source
As sordid tales of AI layoffs and automation grip the news cycle, one group is fighting fire with fire, by staging an anti-AI demonstration with dozens of humanoid robots. The rally, first reported by Agence France-Presse, was organized by the Polish group Democratism. It featured some 30 robots waving flags calling for swift regulation of AI. Staged outside the offices of Poland’s Digital Affairs... View Source
WB Electronics SA expects revenue to surge in the coming years as Poland’s largest drone producer works toward a potential initial public offering in Warsaw... View Source
The 6,500-year-old site, located in the present-day Czech Republic, was built to follow the solar and lunar calendars... View Source
Disney's Marvel movies have had their ups and downs, but James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy has never missed. Now, thanks to this deal, you can get 40% off this Lego version of Baby Rocket Raccoon's Ship, as seen in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. However, you'll have to hurry as this set has been retired by Lego and is selling fast. Get the retired set of Lego Marvel Baby Rocket Raccoon... View Source
Jenny Johnson, president and CEO at Franklin Templeton Investments, discusses the rising cost of capital and the impact of the AI buildout on private credit and the US economy. Johnson speaks with Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson at the IPEM Global conference in Paris, France. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
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He bought the taxidermied head at an antique store for $70. It just sold for $85,000... View Source
Starting today (Sept. 9), skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere have a chance to spot one of the night sky's more elusive sights: the zodiacal light.Zodiacal light is a faint, pyramid-shaped glow rising in the east before morning twilight. It is caused by sunlight reflecting off interplanetary dust.The phenomenon is sometimes nicknamed the "false dawn" because its soft glow can be mistaken for th... View Source
Students who use AI to help them study tend to perform worse at school than those who don't, according to data from a global OECD educational report. The situation is more complex than it sounds though, with certain types of AI use giving learners a slight boost, especially among students taught to critically assess how well the AI tools perform. The OECD's Programme for International Student Asse... View Source
Blair Jacobson, Co-President of Ares Management, says investors need to be more careful in selection and due diligence in the software market. He speaks to Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Brief" at the IPEM Global conference in Paris, France. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
The lab hopes its model helps researchers find the secrets to ailments... View Source
Taiwan’s exports surged to a record high in August, highlighting resilient global demand for technology products despite concerns about the pace of the artificial intelligence buildout... View Source
The future still needs office space... View Source
China is making progress on its Tianwen 3 Mars sample return mission, which aims to bring back to Earth roughly 500 grams (17.6 ounces) of Red Planet collectibles in 2031. According to the China National Space Administration, the Tianwen 3 mission will have a lander, an ascender, a service capsule, an orbiter and an Earth reentry module. If all goes to plan, Tianwen 3 will launch in 2028 on two Lo... View Source
Cofertility lets women freeze their eggs for free—as long as they give half of them back to the company. What happens next is anyone’s guess... View Source
Zankore, an Indonesian AI infrastructure platform backed by Nvidia Corp., signed a $3.1 billion loan deal on Wednesday to purchase advanced chips, underscoring surging demand for computing capacity across Asia... View Source
A senior Anthropic safety researcher has said there is more than a 10 percent chance artificial intelligence "could kill all humans" by the end of the decade, just hours after a colleague resigned over fears the AI lab and its rivals are carelessly racing to build "superhuman systems" they cannot control. In a post on X announcing his departure, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who has trained AI systems... View Source
Suno Inc. is rolling out its long-awaited artificial intelligence models trained and made in cooperation with major music industry players, such as Warner Music Group Corp... View Source
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is planning its biggest investment in Europe, an artificial intelligence infrastructure build out worth at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in Finland... View Source
Amazon.com Inc. kicked off the sale of its debut sterling bonds in a four-part deal, as hyperscalers continue to turn to global debt markets to fuel the artificial intelligence arms race. Uber Technologies Inc. has started offering its debut euro bonds, with a five-part deal that is set to price later on Wednesday. Bloomberg's Anna Edwards and Tom Mackenzie have the details. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source
SoftBank Group Corp. will repay the balance on a $40 billion loan it signed earlier this year to finance its investment in OpenAI, the Japanese conglomerate said Wednesday, as it moves ahead with plans to refinance that deal with longer-term debt... View Source
Amazon.com Inc. kicked off the sale of its debut sterling bonds, with a four-part deal expected to be delivered later on Wednesday... View Source
Samsung Electronics Co.-backed MangoBoost is now profitable, helped by roaring demand for cost-effective AI data centers, according to the startup’s chief executive officer... View Source