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Crypto lending firm Ledn Inc. has sold $188 million of securitized bonds backed by Bitcoin, making it the first ever deal of its kind in the market for asset-backed debt... View Source

Google has announced that using its newly incorporated Lyria 3 model, Gemini users will be able to generate 30-second music tracks based on a prompt, or remix an existing track to their liking. The new model builds on Gemini's pre-existing ability to generate text, images and video, and will also be available in YouTube's "Dream Track" feature, where it can be used to generate... View Source

5 min read 42 Years of Measuring the Sun, the Earth and the Energy in Between By Denise Lineberry NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), a part of the NASA’s three satellite Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), was designed to investigate how energy from the Sun is absorbed and re-emitted by the Earth. On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United Sta... View Source

Morgan Stanley Global Director of Research Katy Huberty discusses the selloff of software and services stocks, some of which hit companies with strong underlying fundamentals. Huberty joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

2 min read Notes from the Field Looking at Chlorophyll from Space By Compton “Jim” Tucker Tucker began his ground studies using a handheld instrument built by one of his classmates. “The instrument was literally held together by masking tape and rubber bands.” NASA scientists are able to study plants from space, but this wasn’t always the case. “I love using satellite data to study the Earth,” say... View Source

Apple is accelerating work on three new wearables, part of a shift towards AI-powered hardware, according to people with knowledge of the plans. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

2 Min Read Perseverance Pinpoints Its Location at ‘Mala Mala’ PIA26704 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Perseverance Pinpoints Its… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Perseverance Pinpoints Its Location at ‘Mala Mala’ PNG (23.40 MB) Description Using its navigation cameras, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rov... View Source

The Bahamas has given SpaceX permission to resume rocket landings in the country, which were paused last year after a Starship test flight explosion caused a debris shower... View Source

Waymo defended its use of remote assistants for its robotaxis after the testimony of one of its top executives during a Senate hearing went viral. In a letter to Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) on Tuesday, Waymo's head of global operations Ryan McNamara provided a detailed description of the company's remote assistance operations, including the number of employees based overseas. Waymo has approximately 70... View Source

Energy startup Heron Power has raised a $140 million Series B to build a 40-gigawatt US manufacturing facility for its advanced electrical equipment. Heron’s CEO Drew Baglino discusses the demand coming from renewable power and AI data center projects. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced just got hit with a short delay. The pixel-art game was supposed to come out on March 12, but will now be released on April 14. That's just a month, which isn't that big of a deal considering this game has been on our radar for five years. Why the delay? Developer Sad Cat Studios notes that the game is "technically finished" but th... View Source

3 Min Read Mars Global Localization Pinpoints Perseverance’s Location PIA26705 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Mars Global Localization… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Mars Global Localization Pinpoints Perseverance’s Location PNG (566.29 KB) PIA26705 animation MP4 (2.77 MB) Description These imag... View Source

Plus NOAA's GOES-19 satellite spies the lunar disk crossing the face of our parent star... View Source

Polestar says it will release four new electric models over the next three years, including a new SUV and a revamped version of its Polestar 2 sedan. The Swedish automaker, which is owned by China's Geely, said it will start delivering its Polestar 5 grand tourer to customers this summer, followed by a new long-roof variant of its Polestar 4 in the fourth quarter. In early 2027, a "new successor"... View Source

Los millennials se fundieron el cerebro con las pantallas. Sus hijos no quieren saber nada de eso... View Source

1 min read Commodity Classic 2026 Hyperwall Schedule Commodity Classic, February 25 – 27, 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #3481) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 4:30 – 4:50 PM NASA: Your Space and Science Agency Karen St Germain THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 11:00 – 11:20 AM Informing Water and Agricultural Management Apps with NASA... View Source

Maybe you've heard, but Elon Musk is apparently a Moon fan now. He has historically been the ultimate cheerleader for human missions to Mars, and as recently as last year, he said his aim was to go straight to the red planet and that the Moon was "a distraction." Now, he has apparently changed his mind, announcing that SpaceX has shifted focus to building a city on the Moon. Within the space scien... View Source

A list of all the ways AI will decimate jobs went viral. The truth is much more boring, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson says. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Nevada is taking action against the rapidly growing Wild West of prediction markets. The state's gambling regulators and attorney general sued Kalshi on Tuesday. They accuse the company of bypassing Nevada law by operating a sports gambling market without proper licenses. In addition, they say Kalshi provides services to individuals under 21, which violates state law.The lawsuit follows a fed... View Source

The Moon rises behind NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Spa... View Source

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds... View Source

Microsoft is working on a bunch of new features for Windows 11, including a new network speed test that you can access from your taskbar. The tool is bundled in an update rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, allowing you to right-click the network icon in the system tray to access a speed test option that opens in your default browser. From there, you can check how fa... View Source

Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand at a landmark trial over social media addiction and face a barrage of questions about how Meta Platforms Inc. balances protecting young users on its platforms and boosting revenue... View Source

Apple has scheduled a product launch event, dubbed an "Apple Experience", for March 4 at 9AM ET. The company is reportedly holding this event in NYC, London and Shanghai. Everyone loves shiny new products, so what can we expect to see at Apple's first launch event of 2026? We don't know anything for certain, but we have plenty of educated guesses that have been sourced from ind... View Source

NASA/Zena Cardman Fishing boats illuminate the Arabian Sea along India’s west coast with green lights designed to attract squid, shrimp, sardines, and mackerel in this nighttime photograph from the International Space Station, orbiting 259 miles above Earth on Dec. 25, 2025. Studying nighttime light offers a unique perspective for investigations into human behaviors, such as tracking the expansion... View Source

A three-hour-long period drama about kabuki, a centuries-old form of Japanese theater, doesn't exactly sound like box office gold. But that's exactly what happened with Kokuho. Director Lee Sang-il's adaptation of the Shuichi Yoshida novel of the same name was a surprise hit last year, becoming Japan's top-grossing live-action film domestically. But star Ken Watanabe - a veteran actor known for Ho... View Source

Lawyers ultimately traced scammers’ money back to the source... View Source

8 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) There is no GPS at the Red Planet, but a new technology called Mars Global Localization lets Perseverance determine precisely where it is — without human help.  Imagine you’re all alone, driving along in a rocky, unforgiving d... View Source

This premium stargazing kit will help you take your stargazing experience to the next level... View Source

Acer’s Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is an excellent 2-in-1. | Image: The Verge If you want a Chromebook that can double as a tablet when you need it to, Acer’s Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is one of the better 2-in-1s on the market. And you can buy it with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for $499 ($200 off), which is a new low price, at Best Buy until the end of today, February 18th.  Acer Chromeboo... View Source

Super Bowl 60 was played in Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The city had only hosted two other Super Bowls prior — and had to make a ton of upgrades to the stadium to bring the game back. Randall Williams takes a look at just how the Bay Area wooed the NFL in the latest Sports City. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Now that pre-orders are open for the Google Pixel 10a, it’s time to see how it stacks up against last year’s Pixel 9a. At first glance, the two phones look very similar, and that’s not a bad thing. Google hasn’t tried to reinvent its budget-friendly formula this year, sticking to the same compact design, clean software experience and camera-first approach that made the 9a such a good value.Both ph... View Source

3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Katie Oriti Katie Oriti manages the Orion European Service Module Integration Office, working closely with commercial and international partners to ensure the module is ready to safely support NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon. Credits: NASA/Jef Janis Listen to this audio excerpt from Katie Oriti, Orion European Service Module Integration Office manager: 0:00 / 0:0... View Source

How Many Scheduled Reminders & Queries Can xAI Grok 4.20 Handle Per User? Current practical limit is 150–200 active trackers comfortably, with no degradation in quality. It can simultaneously track dozens of companies, technologies, events, launches, earnings, regulatory filings, production numbers, funding rounds, etc. Real-world usage, it routinely manages 80–120 active items for power user... View Source

On Wednesday, Audible launched a new "immersion reading" feature that could help readers concentrate on their audiobooks by allowing them to read along with the ebook version. While listening to an audiobook in the Audible app, users can tap the "Read & Listen" button above their book's cover art to see the text version of what they're listening to. As the audio plays, the text is highlighted... View Source

Apple Podcasts’ fresh leap into video podcasts refocuses the audio medium on visuals... View Source

Ticketing marketplace SeatGeek has announced a partnership with Spotify that will direct an artist's fans to its platform from the Spotify app. The integration is currently limited to a few participating venues for which SeatGeek is the primary ticket seller. While SeatGeek is one of the largest online marketplaces for the secondary ticketing market, the company's announcement makes clea... View Source

Let Gemini be your, uh, Bard? | Image: Google Google has given Gemini the ability to spit out AI-generated music, courtesy of DeepMind's latest audio model. Beta access to Lyria 3 is rolling out in the Gemini app, enabling users to generate 30-second tracks based on text, images, and videos, without having to leave the chatbot window. The new music-making tool is available globally starting today... View Source

Meta plans to deploy millions of Nvidia processors, marking a significant shift from the traditional use of x86 architecture and Intel CPUs. Bloomberg Intelligence's Mandeep Singh explains why this move helps Meta secure supply amid rising demand and competition. He speaks on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google debuted the Pixel 10a phone today. Pre-orders are open now and the smartphone will be available starting March 5. Although it's the new 2026 addition to the A series lineup, the Pixel 10a invites many comparisons with last year's Pixel 9a. For starters, the price is identical at $499. Design-wise, not much as changed. The back of the phone can lay flat, which has become a hallmark... View Source

As promised, Google opened preorders for its Pixel 10A midrange phone, and it’ll launch on March 4th. We already published a hands-on with the device, and I encourage you to check it out (we think it’s more like a better Pixel 9A than a slightly worse Pixel 10). If you decide that you want to go through with a preorder, the best deal we’ve found so far is at Amazon and Best Buy, where you can get... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google introduced its latest entry-level Pixel smartphone, hoping that new AI software capabilities, minor hardware refinements and an unchanged $499 price can make up for an otherwise iterative update... View Source

Google's A-series phones have offered some of the best value among midrange handsets for years, and after checking out the new Pixel 10a, I don't see that trend stopping anytime soon.Let's start with the specs. Starting at just $499, you get a vivid 6.3-inch OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and 3,000 nits of peak brightness, 8GB of RAM and either 128GB or 256GB of onboard stora... View Source

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights Science Behind Discoverie... View Source

The NASA/SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched four astronauts on a journey to the International Space Station... View Source

Google's midrange Pixels have been our top pick for budget Android phones for a while. They offer good cameras and most of what you need at a budget-friendly price. But this year's upgrade feels so minimal, I'd liken it more to a Pixel 9A+. Or a Pixel 9B. The $499 Pixel 10A is supposed to be a slightly worse Pixel 10. But it's more like a slightly better Pixel 9A. And that's a bit of a bummer. Ver... View Source

A new report finds that of 154 specific claims about how AI will benefit the climate, just a quarter cited academic research. A third included no evidence at all... View Source

French quantum startup Pasqal SAS is in talks to raise €200 million ($237 million) in a round that would value it at more than $1 billion pre-money, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Polestar is gearing up to launch three new models in the next two years, including a station wagon (estate or shooting brake) version of the Polestar 4 that harkens back to the company's Volvo roots. The Geely-owned Swedish company sold a record 61,000 EVs in 2025, but hopes that the new models will help it take an even bigger bite out of the market. "We want to get more volume out of a... View Source

Ad aimed at finding lost puppies raises fears of the surveillance state... View Source

The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) performed an assessment to characterize the effects of abnormal grain growth (AGG) within a metallic liner of a composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV). This effort focused on evaluating the mechanical response of the liner material, including the strain amplification factor (SAF), using a series of custom-designed coupons that incorporated both m... View Source

Nexfibre Networks Ltd., the broadband venture owned by Telefonica SA and Liberty Global Corp., has agreed to buy the owner of fiber challenger brand Netomnia Ltd. in a deal valued at £2 billion ($2.7 billion), marking the first major consolidation in the crowded UK market... View Source

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star... View Source

Liberty Global Ltd. agreed to buy out its partner Vodafone Group Plc in Dutch telecommunications company VodafoneZiggo for €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in cash and a stake in a new holding company... View Source

Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Lori Schott didn't care what it took to haul her way from her small town in Eastern Colorado to show up to a Los Angeles courtroom where Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday. "I don't care if I had to hire a pack mule to get me here, I was going to be here," she told The Verge outside the courthouse Tuesday. Schott's... View Source

Saudi-backed artificial intelligence company Humain has invested $3 billion into Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, according to a statement on Wednesday... View Source

Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a preliminary win in a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge has ruled that the AI company's video generation tool Sora cannot use the term 'cameo' or any variation likely to cause confusion. A temporary restraining order in the case was originally granted in November of last year. The s... View Source

The AI scare trade retreated Wednesday as dip-buyers stepped in after concerns over artificial intelligence battered equity markets. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence has more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Alphabet Inc. unveiled several new initiatives to support its expansion in India, including new fiber-optic routes that will connect the country with the US and other locations in the Southern Hemisphere... View Source

Meta just announced a deal to buy "millions" of NVIDIA Blackwell and Rubin GPUs in a new long-term partnership. As part of that, the social media giant will deploy NVIDIA's Confidential Computing for WhatsApp, "enabling AI-powered capabilities across the messaging platform while ensuring user data confidentiality and integrity." As part of the deal, Meta committed to using... View Source

Artificial intelligence may soon automate much of the work of matching candidates with employers, reducing the need to engage the services of recruiters... View Source

Tesla has stopped using the term “Autopilot” to sell its cars in California, thereby avoiding a 30-day sales and manufacturing ban in the state. If you’ll recall, a California administrative law judge ruled in December that the automaker misled consumers by using the terms “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving.” The judge recommended the suspension, but the California DMV gave Tesla 60 days to remove... View Source

Elon Musk isn't the first person to propose the use of mass drivers on the moon. He's following in the footsteps of space visionary Gerard O'Neill, who floated the idea back in 1974... View Source

AI search startup Perplexity is distancing itself from ads amid fears users won't trust chatbots with an agenda to upsell. The move highlights an emerging crossroads for the AI industry as the sector's biggest players hunt for stable sources of income to bankroll massive spending, with giants like OpenAI leaning into ads and others like Anthropic promising to keep them out. Perplexity began phasin... View Source

The fight for artificial intelligence supremacy is between open versus closed systems rather than where those systems are built, according to Mistral AI’s chief executive officer, Arthur Mensch. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Should you buy a named-brand camera lens or go third-party?... View Source

Verizon Communications Inc. is looking to sell euro and sterling denominated hybrid bonds on Wednesday, just as the premium investors demand for subordinated debt over senior bonds has tightened to one of the lowest levels on record... View Source

Tesla is no longer using the term "Autopilot" to describe the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles in California, avoiding a 30-day sales suspension in the state. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced that Tesla has taken corrective action after finding in December that the EV manufacturer's marketing was violating state law and misleading customers into thinking its car... View Source

It’s been nearly 20 years since Apple Inc. was this untethered from its tech peers, giving investors an appealing alternative to the artificial intelligence-fueled volatility that has gripped most other corners of the stock market in recent weeks... View Source

Liftoff Mobile Inc. filed confidentially for an IPO late Tuesday, less than two weeks after the mobile advertising platform operator postponed plans to raise as much as $762 million... View Source

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

An Indian startup called Sarvam AI is making a push to create a viable competitor for the domestic market, unveiling an artificial-intelligence model that it says is more tailored to the languages and cultures of the world’s biggest market than the likes of ChatGPT and Claude... View Source

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway slashed its stake in Amazon by more than 75% in the fourth quarter, while also building a stake in the New York Times, his last new bet as chief executive officer of the conglomerate. Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Global investment firm Battery Ventures has raised $3.25 billion to fund new tech deals, including investments in software companies — a bet that the sector won’t be toppled by artificial intelligence-led disruption... View Source

Nvidia Corp. is deepening its India push with a series of local partnerships and infrastructure commitments, helping the South Asian country accelerate its efforts to build artificial intelligence capacity... View Source

Bitcoin extended a four-week slide as fund flows remain a headwind. US-listed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds notched a fourth straight week of net outflows, with $360 million withdrawn last week. On "Bloomberg Crypto", David Bailey, chairman and CEO of Nakamoto Inc, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec to discuss the "crypto winter" that has seen digital asset prices fall since October, Nakamoto's dea... View Source

Bloomberg's Merryn Somerset Webb discusses the correlation between falling fertility rates and the number of robots in a country. Filmed at a subscriber event held on June 4, 2025. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Quantum investment firm Quantonation Ventures has raised €220 million ($260 million) for its second fund devoted to physics-based technologies, backed by data center builder ACS SA and Novo Nordisk A/S’s controlling shareholder, among others... View Source

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory A Second Cyclone Slams Madagascar 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... View Source

Anthropic PBC and Altruist Corp.’s new artificial intelligence models recently upended multiple industries leaving Wall Street in search of where exactly the productivity-boosting promise of AI will translate into higher corporate earnings... View Source

YouTube fixed a problem with its recommendations system that caused more than 350,000 users to experience problems with the streaming site, saying all of its platforms are back to normal... View Source

Dexus Chief Executive Officer Ross Du Vernet doused concerns that artificial technology will hurt real estate demand, saying the market for premium office space remains strong... View Source

Japanese companies including SoftBank Group, Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. have expressed interest in participating in a US gas project announced by President Donald Trump, trade minister Ryosei Akazawa told reporters on Wednesday... View Source

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. slashed its stake in Amazon.com Inc. by more than 75% in the fourth quarter, while also building a stake in the New York Times Co., his last new bet as chief executive officer of the conglomerate... View Source

Western Digital Corp. is seeking to raise $3.09 billion from the sale of a stake in Sandisk Corp., the flash-memory unit that it spun off nearly a full year ago... View Source

YouTube is experiencing an outage across the United States, with users in other countries like Canada, India, the Philippines, Australia and Russia also having problems with accessing the website. The issue seems to have started at around 8PM Eastern time and reached 326,000 reports on Downdetector before starting to taper down. More users reported having issues accessing the app, but I personally... View Source

Activist investor Starboard Value is asking Riot Platforms Inc. to speed up its transition from Bitcoin miner to a data center company that could house hyperscaler tenants, according to a letter reviewed by Bloomberg News... View Source

Anthropic PBC’s talks about extending a contract with the Pentagon are being held up over additional protections the artificial intelligence company wants to put on its Claude tool, a person familiar with the matter said. Anthropic wants to put guardrails in place to stop Claude from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or to develop weapons that can be deployed without a human involved,... View Source

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Chipotle’s Adam Rymer, IHG’s Elie Maalouf, Goldman Sachs’ Christina Minnis, Kayne Anderson Rudnick’s Julie Biel,, Oaktree Capital’s Christina Lee, Sidley Austin's Lilya Tessler, and Union Square Hospitality Group’s Chip Wade... View Source

A prominent journalist in Angola was targeted by a government-grade spyware in the first known case of its kind in the southern African nation, researchers have found... View Source

Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia's Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia's hardware for its AI products, this deal "represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment," which Nvidia says will deliver "significant performance-per-watt improvements in [Meta's] data centers." The deal also... View Source

Nvidia Corp. sold off the last of its stake in Arm Holdings Plc, a chip technology company that it tried and failed to acquire five years ago... View Source

Anyone who's been paying even a little bit of attention to tech news lately could have made a reasonable guess that AI will be a big topic at Samsung's Unpacked next week. Ahead of the event, Samsung teased some of what's to come for AI in terms of the Galaxy S26 smartphone lineup's photography tools. The S26 phones will feature a new camera system using Galaxy AI that com... View Source

Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, discusses the market’s reaction to the company's revised forecast and the impact of the recent CyberArk acquisition. He speaks with Ed Ludlow on "Balance of Power: Evening Edition." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

If you’re looking for a great pair of noise-canceling headphones, Sony’s WH-1000XM6 are amongst the best available and are now down to $368 ($92 off) at Amazon in black or gray.  While their high price usually makes them harder for us to suggest over the last-gen model, which is often on sale for around $278.99, today’s deal makes the XM5 much easier to recommend. Just note the deal is expec... View Source

Christina Lee, co-portfolio manager for Oaktree’s U.S. private debt strategy, discusses the current lending environment for software companies in private credit. She speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google says it will now display links more prominently inside its AI-powered features in Search. Robby Stein, the vice president of Google Search, announced on Tuesday that a list of links will now appear inside a pop-up when you hover over the sources in AI Overviews and AI Mode on desktop, alongside a description of each linked article and accompanying images. Stein adds that Google will also sh... View Source

Government-backed AI investor MGX has a bullish plan to spend up to $10 billion annually over the next few years... View Source

First Cybercab off the production line at Giga Texas. Scaling Projections: The “Slow S-Curve” Reality Elon has been very clear and consistent for weeks of a slow S curve ramp. Mass / continuous production officially starts in April 2026. Initial ramp will be agonizingly slow because almost everything is new (new vehicle architecture with no ... Read more... View Source

A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion... View Source

Market turmoil unleashed by AI advances points up two seemingly contradictory fears about the tech: that it won’t fulfil its very expensive promise and that it will swallow up vulnerable industries. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond launched on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 in December, but if you’re itching for some more lore, Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective is a nice way to dig in, especially now that it’s on sale. Normally $49.99, you can currently buy the hardcover version for $41.08 (about $9 off) at Amazon and Walmart, which is one of the first discounts we’ve seen on the tabletop bo... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to deploy “millions” of Nvidia Corp. processors over the next few years, tightening an already close relationship between two of the biggest companies in the artificial intelligence industry... View Source

"Gangsters. War criminals. We'll take out every bad guy in your deck of cards."... View Source

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly talks with Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow about the impact of AI on the US economy during an event at San Jose State University. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It's official: Google I/O 2026 will take place from May 19th to 20th. In an announcement on Tuesday, Google says it will share the "latest AI breakthroughs and updates in products across the company, from Gemini to Android and more" during the event, which will take place in-person in Mountain View, California's Shoreline Amphitheatre, and online. Similar to previous years, Google I/O 2026 will fe... View Source

Stripe Inc.’s stablecoin arm Bridge received conditional approval from a US regulator to become a national trust bank, the latest in a string of firms getting the green light to offer banking services tied to digital assets... View Source

We’ll soon get a closer look at a bunch of features and updates Google has planned for Android and its other services. The company has confirmed that Google I/O 2026 will take place on May 19 and 20. As always, Google will stream some of the keynotes and sessions for free, including the opening keynote (during which the company makes the bulk of its major I/O announcements).Although I/O is primari... View Source

Here is Grok 4.20 analyzing the Macrohard emulated digital human business. xAI’s internal project — codenamed MacroHard (a deliberate jab at Microsoft) — is explicitly building digital human emulators or self-driving computers. These are AI agents that mimic exactly what a human white-collar worker does on a desktop/laptop. They watch the screen, move the mouse, ... Read more... View Source

Grab your telescope and join us on a sightseeing tour, before the moon returns to spoil the fun!... View Source

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Texas is suing Wi-Fi router maker TP-Link for deceptively marketing the security of its products and allowing Chinese hacking groups to access Americans' devices, Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced. Paxton originally started looking into TP-Link in October 2025. Texas Governor Greg Abbott later prohibited state employees from using TP-Link products in January of this year. TP-Link is n... View Source

Google is expanding the AirDrop compatibility it first offered in the Pixel 10 (above). | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge When Google announced it had engineered AirDrop compatibility for its Pixel 10 phones late last year, the pessimists among us figured it would be a matter of days before Apple shut it down. But not only is it still working, Google has expanded the capability to the Pixel 9 s... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to reopen negotiations with Paramount Skydance following its sweetened offer. Plus, renewed anxiety over the outlook for AI weighs on stocks. And, Thrive Capital raises more than $10 billion in its largest fund ever, giving the firm an expanded war chest to invest in AI. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

xAI Grok 4.20 has native 4-agent council (Grok = Coordinator/Synthesizer, Harper = Research/Facts/X-grounding, Benjamin = Logic/Math/Code, Lucas = Creative/Balance). They run in parallel on shared weights + KV cache. Internal structured debate rounds + RL-optimized orchestration. It has large gains in reasoning depth, fact-checking, blind-spot detection, and open-ended engineering without explodin... View Source

The second-gen Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is pushing ahead with plans to launch its first pair of smart glasses, along with an AI-powered pendant and camera-equipped AirPods, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The three devices come with built-in cameras and will connect to the iPhone, allowing Siri to use "visual context to car... View Source

A handful of software firms including McAfee have released their earnings ahead of schedule in a bid to convince lenders of their resilience to disruption from artificial intelligence... View Source

Xbox has revealed the second batch of Game Pass additions for February. There are quite a few heavyweights in the mix this time, including Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Let’s start with what’s available today, though. Xbox previously said Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, handheld and PC) would arrive today, wh... View Source

The four agents in Grok 4.20 (Grok/Captain, Harper, Benjamin, Lucas) form a native, production multi-agent collaboration system that runs on every sufficiently complex query. This is not a user-facing framework you have to orchestrate (like AutoGen or Swarm) but a baked-in inference-time architecture where four specialized replicas of the underlying ~3T-parameter model (MoE) collaborate in ... Rea... View Source

Starting on Tuesday, WordPress users can edit their websites using the new AI assistant built into the platform's site editor and media library, TechCrunch reports. The AI has a sidebar in the WordPress site editor where users can ask it to edit and translate text, generate and edit images using Google's Nano Banana, and make adjustments to their sites like creating new pages or changing fonts. Us... View Source

Digital talent agency Night has raised $70 million to expand its business in music, games, and live events. Night’s founder and CEO Reed Duchscher talks about why he sees digital talent as the future of celebrity with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Netflix has been in the game adaptation business for a while now, but until recently most of its attention had been on adapting video games. That’s still very much happening, but the streaming giant is also now buying up rights for board game IP too, with the latest being Asmodee’s Ticket to Ride. Netflix will look to greenlight a number of projects spanning TV, film and "additional formats,... View Source

xAI has launched Grok 4.20 live in Beta. Estimated Arena (LMArena) Elo for Grok 4.20: ~1505–1535 provisional (Grok 4.20 analysis). Reasoning: Grok 4.1 Thinking is already at 1483. The multi-agent council + extra inference-time compute + engineering/coding gains + hallucination reduction typically add 20–60 Elo points in crowd-sourced arenas (see historical jumps from single → ... Read more... View Source

As Predator: Badlands decloaks on streaming and physical media, we've sat down for a quick spoiler-filled chat with its director... View Source

For years, Toyota was criticized for sitting on the sidelines while the EV revolution swept through the auto industry. Instead of riding the wave, the Japanese auto giant doubled down on hybrids, while rolling out only one pure EV for the US market, the poorly reviewed bZ4X. But as sales growth slowed and governments started eliminating their EV incentives, Toyota's caution was retroactively seen... View Source

Anthropic PBC is releasing a new artificial intelligence model that’s intended to be better at using people’s computer in increasingly complicated ways, building on the startup’s efforts to make AI tools more effective at streamlining tasks. Claude Sonnet 4.6, set to be rolled out on Tuesday, can carry out actions on a computer that require multiple steps, such as filling out web forms and then co... View Source

Web designers of the world: The Automattic-owned WordPress.com is further embracing AI on its platform. On Tuesday, it expanded its one-off AI site builder into a persistent AI assistant for editing and media creation.In the site editor, the AI assistant can help with site-wide structure and design choices. For example, you can ask the chatbot to "give me more font options that feel clean and... View Source

Northern Japan, especially the island of Hokkaido, is home to some of the snowiest cities in the world. Sapporo, the island’s largest city and host of an annual snow festival, typically sees more than 140 days of snowfall, with nearly 6 meters (20 feet) accumulating on average each year.Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview On February 5, 2026, the... View Source

NASA will try again to fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket on Feb. 19. If all goes well, the crewed mission could launch as soon as March 6... View Source

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked him from broadcasting an interview with James Talarico, a Democratic representative from Texas. During his opening monologue on Monday night, Colbert says the network's lawyers told him in "no uncertain terms" that he couldn't have Talarico on the show, forcing him to post the interview on YouTube instead, hours after news broke that Anderson Coo... View Source

Ford has unveiled details of its engineering overhaul aimed at producing an electric vehicle with longer range and a lower price tag. Bloomberg’s Keith Naughton discusses the effort with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Netflix is streaming its very first live MMA fight on May 16. The combatants are one-time phenom Ronda Rousey and one-time actor Gina Carano. Both women have retired from the sport. Rousey left in 2016 and Carano left all the way back in 2009. In any event, they are both back for one night only. The featherweight bout will take place inside a hexagon cage and will stream globally. It's likely... View Source

Mesh aims to mass-produce optical transceivers for AI data centers... View Source

The Lens Lizard is installed using your car’s existing license plate screw holes. | Image: Lens Lizard A Vermont-based startup has announced a new upgrade kit that adds a remotely triggered backup camera cleaner to your car. The Lens Lizard system might seem like an unnecessary luxury to some, but if you deal with ice and snow obscuring your backup camera every winter, or live somewhere remote wit... View Source

Talent agent has lost his company, is hanging on to his LA Olympics role... View Source

Fans of The Mandalorian and his tiny green apprentice Grogu are getting their best look yet at the duo's upcoming theatrical adventure, set for release this spring. It’s hard to believe that it's been just over six years since the last Star Wars movie was released in theaters, followed by wall-to-wall coverage of so-called Star Wars Fatigue. The newest trailer, released today, clocks in... View Source

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A NASA simulation of higher airspace traffic management with industry partners Aerostar and Sceye in the Airspace Operations Laboratory at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on July 29, 2025.NASA/Donald Richey High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors rang... View Source

Test your knowledge of Europe's boldest missions, brilliant spacecraft, and groundbreaking discoveries as you dive into a trivia challenge dedicated to the European Space Agency... View Source

One of the best upgrades you can make to your gaming PC setup is an OLED monitor. Assuming that games already run great on your desktop or laptop, a monitor with per-pixel color and brightness control will make them look better than ever. If you’ve been shopping for one that’s on sale, Alienware’s 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED monitor is a fine candidate that just dropped to its lowest price yet, selling... View Source

Palantir Technologies Inc. said it’s moved its headquarters to Miami from Denver as more tech firms seek to base themselves in the Florida city as the city’s civic leadership tries to turn the location into the next Silicon Valley... View Source

During the flurry of CES 2026 news at the start of the year, it might have been easy to overlook Amazon's announcement that the Fire TV user interface is getting a revamp. But that redesign is rolling out starting today for US viewers. It will be available to users as a free update. The main visual updates for the streaming device's UI are a lot of rounded corners. But Amazon is als... View Source

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To say that Ford has struggled to make profitable electric vehicles would be an understatement. The company recently pulled the plug on its F-150 Lightning, a truck once heralded as the most important EV ever made, after taking a staggering $19.5 billion hit on its EV investments in 2025. A new focus on hybrids and extended-range EVs, as well as internal-combustion engine vehicles that still bring... View Source

Tech enthusiasts’ craze for artificial intelligence program OpenClaw has sparked a blistering rally in shares of Raspberry Pi Holdings Plc, the company that makes one of the simplest forms of personal computers... View Source

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy app is now available to download on Switch and Switch 2 as part of its Nintendo Classics offering. You’ll need to have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership to access the launch titles, and unlike Nintendo’s other retro emulators, this one also requires a dedicated accessory. As a reminder, the Virtual Boy was a portable tabletop system released in 1995, and t... View Source

China's Shenzhou 21 crew rang in the Year of the Horse with an impressive celebration aboard the nation's Tiangong Space Station that included filming a music video... View Source

For almost as long as phones have been around, people have wanted those phones to also be laptops. It seems so simple: Your phone has plenty of computing power, access to all your apps and data, an always-on connection. The only problem? Your phone's screen is too small for many tasks, and so is its keyboard. Or at least, they were, until foldable phones made it possible to carry a truly gigantic... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to draw on geothermal power from renewable energy company Ormat Technologies to help fuel its fleet of data centers in Nevada... View Source

Snapchat is taking a page out of Meta's handbook. The social media platform has announced it will launch creator subscriptions for users. Meta-owned Instagram and Facebook currently offer a similar feature.  On Snapchat, creator subscriptions will give users access to exclusive content across Snaps and Stories. They will also get priority replies and go ad-free on stories. Snapchat pitch... View Source

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The European Union has opened a formal investigation into Shein after French regulators found listings for "child-like sex dolls" on the retail platform last year. The investigation will assess whether the systems Shein is using to curb illegal product sales are compliant with the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), according to the European Commission, including "content which could constitute child... View Source

Mexico-based online used car dealer Kavak raised $300 million in an equity round led by Andreessen Horowitz, according to the startup’s chief executive officer... View Source

India- and US-based AI startup Emergent said it has reached a $100 million annual revenue run rate less than a year after launching its artificial intelligence-powered software development platform... View Source

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An annular eclipse swept over a remote corridor of Antarctica on Feb. 17... View Source

Perfect for people who want to look like they’re ready for rock climbing. | Image by Peak Design Peak Design is launching a lineup of mobile straps for carrying small gadgets and other essentials around without dumping them into a bag. There are three versions available starting today: a $29.95 Mobile Cuff for your wrist, a $49.95 two-point Crossbody Strap, and a $59.95 Crossbody Multi-Strap that... View Source

Edward Yardeni, president at Yardeni Research, examines where money is moving as it leaves the AI trade. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

After rejecting Paramount's latest acquisition bid, Warner Bros. Discovery says it's giving the David Ellison-led entertainment giant seven days to make its "best and final" proposal. Though WBD is reopening negotiations with Paramount, the company makes it clear in a press release that it still favors Netflix's $82.7 billion deal to purchase its studio and streaming service. As noted in the press... View Source

Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup working on hardware used to move data at high speeds within data centers, raised a $50 million funding round led by Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital to scale manufacturing of the technology in the US... View Source

Apple released its new 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 in October with little fanfare. But, despite the underselling, we found the device to be a great upgrade to its predecessor and the best MacBook for creatives. Now, you can find out for yourself with less of a strain on your wallet, thanks to a big sale.  Currently, B&H has discounts available for a variety of configurations. The cheapest opti... View Source

Some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal fans are up in arms over the Kremlin’s latest move to restrict the Telegram messaging service and push people to use a new state-backed alternative... View Source

The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into low-cost fast fashion retailer Shein. EC officials are concerned about the sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, as well as the potentially addictive design of its shopping experience. The Commission found fellow low-cost retailer Temu in violation of the Digital Services Act after a similar investigation last... View Source

From Bell Labs to Macs, Laurie Spiegel has pushed musical boundaries. | Image: Irina Prosser / Eventide In 1986, electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel created Music Mouse, a way for those with a Mac, Atari, or Amiga computer to dabble in algorithmic music creation. Music Mouse is deceptively simple: Notes are arranged on an XY grid, and you play it by moving a mouse around. Back in 1986, the com... View Source

Russ Koesterich, Global Allocation Fund portfolio manager at BlackRock, sees the rotation trade as “more about a change in sentiment, more about a rotation out of tech, and less about an economic view.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Name a more iconic duo. The first rule of Purse Computer is to check your bag before you leave the house. A few days ago, I took a 15 minute walk to a nearby coffee shop thinking I had my new folding keyboard in my bag - the key ingredient that would turn the Galaxy Z Fold 7 into a mobile workstation. I spent the whole trip congratulating myself on how light it felt compared to carrying my MacBook... View Source

Anthropic’s talks about extending a contract with the Pentagon are being held up over additional protections the artificial intelligence company wants to put on its Claude tool, a person familiar with the matter said. Anthropic wants to put guardrails in place to stop Claude from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or to develop weapons that can be deployed without a human involved, the... View Source

X is facing yet another investigation into Grok's reported creation of nonconsensual sexual images on the platform. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced an inquiry into X regarding the harmful, intimate images and processing of EU and EEA individuals' personal data — including children. In an 11-day period, X generated about three million sexualized images, an es... View Source

Shein risks hefty European Union penalties after regulators opened a full-scale probe into sales of child-like sex dolls on the Chinese e-commerce platform... View Source

The Orion capsule's heat shield had issues during the uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022. Here are the steps NASA has taken to prevent them from recurring on Artemis 2... View Source

As patients and employers look for alternatives to pricey GLP-1 drugs, Silicon Valley startup Twin Health is using AI and wearable sensors to help people make healthier choices... View Source

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he is using special public-interest powers to ask the country’s prosecutor office to investigate X, TikTok and Meta Platforms Inc. over alleged publication of child sexual abuse material... View Source

Even if the AI wasn’t being disclosed, its usage in these videos isn’t exactly subtle. | Image: Samsung / The Verge After cramming AI into every inch of its smartphones, appliances, and other devices, Samsung is now increasingly slapping it across social media. Several videos posted to the company's YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok accounts in recent weeks were made or edited using generative AI too... View Source

India expects to attract more than $200 billion in artificial intelligence-driven investments over the course of two years, a top federal minister said, underscoring the world’s most populous nation’s surging ambitions in the new technology... View Source

Don’t expect the Steam Deck to be easier to get anytime soon. Valve has posted a notice on the Steam Deck page with a warning that the handheld gaming console “may be out of stock intermittently” in certain regions “due to memory and storage shortages.” The company also reiterated that the more affordable Steam Deck LCD is no longer in production and will no longer be available once stocks run out... View Source

Boohoo Group Plc is planning to raise equity and hold talks with lenders as the online clothing retailer tries to turn around the business... View Source

Anthropic's talks about extending a contract with the Pentagon are being held up over additional protections the AI firm wants to put on its Claude tool, a person familiar with the matter said. Anthropic wants to put guardrails in place to stop Claude from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or to develop weapons that can be deployed without a human involved, the person said, asking not... View Source

India’s two largest conglomerates are using the ongoing India AI summit as a recruiting ground to scout and handpick young engineers, as the race to build AI tools and applications has intensified in the country with global players ramping up investments... View Source

Anthropic PBC has partnered Indian technology firm Infosys Ltd. to develop advanced artificial intelligence solutions for companies across sectors including telecommunications and financial services... View Source

Speaking to Bloomberg's Shery Ahn in Kyoto, President Norio Nakajima expects strong AI demand for the next 3 years and also noted that while memory chip shortages are beginning to squeeze output in the low-end sector, the high-end segment remains resilient. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Adani Group plans to invest $100 billion by 2035 to develop green-powered, AI-ready data centers as billionaire Gautam Adani seeks to capitalize on India’s emergence as a hub for artificial intelligence and cloud computing... View Source

Today (Feb. 17), the moon and sun will create a "ring of fire" during an annular solar eclipse. Here's what to expect... View Source

Moonshot is targeting a valuation of $10 billion in an expansion of a funding round already backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., seeking to tap strong interest in Chinese startups creating AI models to rival Silicon Valley’s best... View Source

Valve has updated the Steam Deck OLED website to say that the PC gaming handheld may be out of stock "intermittently in some regions due to memory and storage shortages." The Steam Deck OLED has been out of stock in the US and other parts of the world for a few days, and thanks to this update, we now know why. The update comes shortly after Valve delayed the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam C... View Source

Activist fund Palliser Capital has taken a stake in Japanese washlet maker Toto Ltd. and is pushing the firm to ramp up promotion of its little-known chip parts business in a bid to unlock value from the AI boom... View Source

For investors bullish on India’s technology services industry, the “AI scare trade” has created an opportunity to buy shares of companies that are able to survive the doomsday predictions... View Source

Six months ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was fending off verbal attacks from US President Donald Trump, trying to regain the upper hand over Pakistan after an armed conflict, and facing questions about his economy’s prospects... View Source

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has launched an investigation into X over concerns about sexualized images created and published using the Grok AI chatbot... View Source

Jonathan Wellum, CEO of Rocklinc Investment Partners, discussing capital flows into the US under Trump-era policies (tax cuts, deregulation, tariffs, reindustrialization). He emphasizes how investment in manufacturing, resources, AI, and data centers drives GDP growth via a 3X multiplier. $1 invested generates up to $3 in GDP over 1–2 years. With $2–3T in annual investment ... Read more... View Source

Rode is rolling out a firmware update for its Wireless Pro and Wireless Go (third-gen) microphones to add a feature called Direct Connect, which was already available for the Wireless Micro. This allows the mics to pair with iPhones and iPads via Bluetooth without the need for a receiver. All you’ll need is the Rode Capture app. Rode said it’s able to offer Direct Connect for Wireless Pro and Wire... View Source

Apple continues to double down on its Formula 1 programming, following up on the box office success of its blockbuster movie by adding a dedicated channel for the racing league to the Apple TV app. This section of the streaming service hints at some of what may be coming when the F1 season begins with the kickoff event in Australia next month. The F1 channel has placeholders for practices, qualify... View Source

Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the "Star Wars" planet Tatooine, are so scarce in our galaxy — and it has to do with general relativity... View Source

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will be no more this spring. According to Activision, servers will be taken offline for this mobile battle royale game on April 17, 2026. The shooter will remain available for current players until that date. This mobile port of the CoD battle royale mode has been on its way to a finale for the past year, with the game studio sharing in May 2025 that the title would be... View Source

An organic molecule called methanimine was found scattered throughout a dense clump of gas and dust 554 light-years away... View Source

European stocks were subdued as fears about the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on industrial software canceled out a rebound in bank shares. Dassault Systemes dropped 10%... View Source

iPhone 17 Pro Apple is starting to test end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) RCS messages with the developer beta of iOS 26.4 released Monday. Apple announced plans last year to support the feature, and once fully available, it will let iPhone and Android users send encrypted RCS messages to each other across platforms. However, with this initial implementation, Apple is only testing RCS encryption between... View Source

For years, DRAM — or Dynamic Random Access Memory — was kind of a sleepy, commoditized aspect of chip industry. Growth was steady, but modest, and prices just generally drifted lower. Suddenly all that’s changed. AI has created voracious demand for DRAM and consumer facing companies are being forced to either curtail supply or raise prices due to exploding costs. But what is it about A... View Source

For full-year 2025, GOOGLE Other Bets posted an operating loss of $7.52 billion. This was up ~$3.1B (or ~$3B) from $4.4B in 2024. Waymp had higher employee compensation (especially a $2.1B one-time stock-based comp charge for Waymo in Q4, tied to its $16B funding round and $126B valuation) plus rising ops/R&D costs from scaling. Waymo ... Read more... View Source

Apple Inc. is revamping its video offering in Apple Podcasts as part of a broader industry shift toward visuals in the once audio-only medium... View Source

The comet is now racing away from the sun following a close flyby on Jan. 20... View Source