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Airbnb Inc. has replaced its chief business officer with a former executive of Tripadvisor Inc. and Booking Holdings Inc., underscoring its efforts to expand beyond home-sharing into new travel segments... View Source

GoPro says it's moving into AI data centers as part of a $285 million merger... View Source

The Roku Pro Series OLED TV. | Image: Roku Just a few weeks ago the only midrange OLED options available were from LG and Samsung. But after Sony officially announced the Bravia 6 last week, Roku has now launched its first-ever OLED TV - the Roku Pro Series - which will be followed by the step-up Pro Series LX next month. The Roku Pro Series has a 120Hz panel, four HDMI 2.1 ports, and supports Dol... View Source

Waymo will begin offering paid robotaxi rides to the public in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa, Florida, bringing the number of US cities where its driverless ride-hail service is available to 14... View Source

Perplexity's Hybrid Compute lets you split tasks between cloud and local models... View Source

Venus, which has been such a prominent object in the western evening twilight sky since the start of spring, is now entering its final full month of visibility. With each passing day, it drops a bit lower in the southwest sky and sets a bit earlier and closer to the vicinity of the sun. By month’s end, making a Venus sighting will be rather difficult as it will be following the sun to below the ho... View Source

After launching a budget-friendly flood sensor last month with impressive battery life, Shelly announced a new $49.99 security camera today that can be used without any additional subscription fees - although that's still an option if you want to expand its capabilities. The Shelly Camera will be available soon from the company's online store and other resellers in black or white. Although competi... View Source

Capturing the zeitgeist has never been actor Gal Gadot’s strong suit. The Israeli performer’s most recent appearances on the silver screen — two lauded starring roles as Wonder Woman not withstanding — have quickly garnered her a reputation for being the butt of the joke, from singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” in an infamous viral March 2020 video to some truly harrowin... View Source

Perhaps the biggest question going into the Artemis II mission this spring was how the heat shield at the base of the spacecraft would perform during reentry through Earth's atmosphere. The ablative heat shield, designed to char upon reentry while keeping the crew safe, had experienced unexpected losses of large chunks during a test flight in late 2022. After much deliberation, and not without con... View Source

As the company opens its platform to AI assistants, Chief Executive Officer Tom Conrad wants to reposition Sonos as something bigger than a speaker brand... View Source

The refreshed model with better surround sound will cost $699... View Source

Mozilla is officially launching ad blocking for Firefox on iOS today, after testing the feature over the past few weeks. The new built-in option will block most third-party ads and trackers before they load on an iPhone, reducing bandwidth use and decluttering mobile websites. Mozilla is using Apple's WebKit Content Blocker technology and the EasyList filter to block ads in Firefox on iOS, so you... View Source

Brightspeed, the broadband provider backed by Apollo Global Management Inc., warned investors that there’s substantial doubt it will be able to continue as a going concern, as it presses ahead with its search for financing to meet looming debt obligations... View Source

Atlas says its new wearable EEG will be able to tell you where your attention is through the day... View Source

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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on the outside of the International Space Station during an extravehicular activity on Aug. 25, 2026. (Image credit: ESA/NASA)Repairing an engineering marvel like the International Space Station is no easy feat by itself, but it's even more impressive when it's done 250 miles (400 kilometers) up.What is it?In this photograph, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie... View Source

The Sonos Ace Ultra are what the original Ace should have been — headphones for the Sonos ecosystem. | Image: Sonos At an event in New York City, Sonos announced two new audio products - the Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar and Sonos Ace Ultra headphones, details of which were found in an FCC filing in early August - and a major update to its audio operating system dubbed Sonos 27. It's the biggest singl... View Source

China is unlikely to advance its semiconductor manufacturing capabilities fast enough to develop a viable alternative to ASML Holding NV’s cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet technology within the next decade, UBS Group AG analysts predict... View Source

In the age‑old debate over whether a TV can truly replace a computer monitor, several important differences in design and performance set the two apart... View Source

As much as any Apple product released during his time as CEO, Tim Cook's tenure will be remembered for its ruthlessly efficient tight-rope walk between an autocrat in China and a would-be autocrat in the US. During his 15 years as CEO, Cook steered Apple through relations with both Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, including escalating conflicts between the two. As Apple'... View Source

When Nvidia unveiled its new DLSS 5 feature, which uses AI to overhaul the visuals of video games, gamers knew what they were getting into. The official demos Nvidia had shared previously looked uncanny, disjointed from the game’s original aesthetic, and worst of all, bore that unmistakable AI sheen. Gamers reviled it as “slop tracing” — a play on Nvidia’s ray tracing graph... View Source

Alphabet Inc. has tapped geothermal developer Fervo Energy Co. to provide up to 396 megawatts of power for a prospective data center in Utah beginning in 2028... View Source

Roku has announced its first OLED TVs, available this fall from Amazon starting at $999... View Source

Florida is banning Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers across state highways, as reported earlier by NBC News and local news outlet WUSF. In a memo on Monday, Florida's Department of Transportation says it's revoking permits for all license plate readers, adding that they must be removed from state highways within 30 days. As noted in the memo, Florida's DOT says it's issuing t... View Source

The South African airline Airlink is defending its dramatic flyover of two full sized passenger jets that passed just yards above a packed stadium in Cape Town. Footage of the ambitious stunt consumed social media, with multiple angles showing how closely the aircraft — two Embraer SA passenger jets — passed within the rooftop of the 55,000 capacity venue. It was a tight enough call that many saw... View Source

Savvy Games Group Chief Executive Officer Brian Ward, who oversaw the Saudi Arabian government’s $38 billion investment in the video-game industry, is stepping down, according to a message he sent to staff on Tuesday that was reviewed by Bloomberg News... View Source

Poco's newest smartphone isn't headed to the US, but you might want it to... View Source

The F9 Pro and F9 Ultra both pack Bose speakers. Xiaomi spinoff brand Poco has partnered with Bose for the second year in a row for its flagship F9 Pro and Ultra phones. The F9 phones double down on amped up audio, with a light-up subwoofer built into the Ultra, along with extremely bright displays, enormous batteries, and what should be Poco's best cameras yet. The F9 Ultra sees the return of the... View Source

Salesforce Inc. is investing in human resources software company HiBob as part of a more than $160 million funding round that values the startup at over $3.2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

How to cancel your Whoop membership (and why you may want to)... View Source

From left to right, here’s a size comparison between the new Cove M1, Cove X1, and Cove P1 speakers. | Image: JBL JBL is well known for its portable bluetooth and party speakers, but now it's also stepping into the world of connected whole-home audio. The JBL Cove series of speakers introduced today can work independently, as a stereo pair, or linked together to form a multi-room sound system, pla... View Source

There are, by various estimates, several trillion planets within the local group of galaxies including our own Milky Way. Many of these are within the habitable zone of their stars. So if life finds a way, where are the alien civilizations? This is the crux of what is known as the Fermi paradox, which posits that if life is fairly common in the Universe, humans should have collected credible evide... View Source

YouTube has tapped Amazon.com Inc. as its newest affiliate partner in YouTube Shopping, part of the video giant’s push to prioritize e-commerce as one of its next big bets... View Source

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Nvidia and Google are investing in Taiwan’s unheralded chipmaker... View Source

Expectations for Tim Cook were almost impossibly high when he stepped in to replace Apple's visionary cofounder in 2011. He inherited a company on a blockbuster run, after Steve Jobs returned and revitalized the Mac, launched the iPod, and oversaw the launch of the iPhone. Now, after 15 years in the CEO role, Tim Cook is stepping down. He's replaced today by hardware leader John Ternus. Over the c... View Source

Cameron Dawson, chief investment officer at NewEdge Wealth, suggests waiting for some volatility to come and create better equities buying opportunities as she says, “2Q is likely the peak in earnings growth rate.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple SVP John Ternus takes over as CEO from Tim Cook. | AFP via Getty Images For the first time since 2011, one of the world's most valuable companies has a new leader, as today marks John Ternus' first day as Apple's CEO. He's replacing Tim Cook, who will continue on as the executive chairman on Apple's board and departed with a letter to employees that remarked, "This place is proof that cultur... View Source

The US job market isn’t improving... View Source

Here you can see the Archer 8 Ultra (bottom) and the Deco 8 Ultra (top). | Image: TP-Link The Wi-Fi 8 standard is far from finalized, but TP-Link is almost ready to release its first hardware targeting the next-gen spec. It unveiled the Archer 8 Ultra tri-band router and Deco 8 Ultra mesh system at IFA 2026, which utilize the upcoming IEEE 802.11bn standard to "address the connectivity problems pe... View Source

How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy... View Source

Dyson Ltd. introduced a $499 toothbrush that uses artificial intelligence and a built-in camera to give real-time feedback, the latest in a growing subset of gadgets that put AI and video in sometimes unconventional places... View Source

For its latest trick, Dyson is coming for your mouth. The CameraJet is a $500 three-in-one toothbrush that can automatically waterfloss and rinse for you... View Source

Growing up, the best Saturday morning cartoons were the ones we re-enacted with our friends on the playground. Whether it was screaming at the top of our lungs to go Super Saiyan like in Dragon Ball Z, or sleuthing around the school as Darkwing Duck. In the years since our childhood, we’ve often bonded with both strangers and friends over memories of Saturday morning cartoons, remembering the quai... View Source

Nexperia BV’s owner Wingtech Technology Co. said a Chinese court froze 2.14 billion yuan ($318 million) worth of assets held by the Dutch chipmaker, the latest in a protracted tussle for control of the company... View Source

Dyson is expanding into oral care with its first toothbrush featuring a camera and flossing capabilities. | Image: Dyson Dyson is once again expanding its line of personal care products with a device that focuses on your teeth instead of your hair. As the name implies, the $499 CameraJet is the first electric toothbrush to incorporate a camera into the brush head. Available starting today in ceram... View Source

Societe Generale SA will buy Patrick Drahi’s 50% stake in OXG, a German fiber joint venture with Vodafone Group Plc, as the heavily indebted billionaire continues to sell telecommunication assets... View Source

Chinese AI lab MiniMax Group Inc.’s Co-Founder Yeyi Yun said the milestone for artificial general intelligence will be set by its ability to generate 1% of the global economy... View Source

Henry He, CFO at Baidu, speaks on "Bloomberg: The China Show" as the Chinese tech firm becomes dual-primary listed on both HKEX and Nasdaq. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Yeyi Yun, Co-Founder & President at MiniMax, discusses the Chinese AI lab's business strategy from the sidelines of the "Goldman Sachs Asia Leaders Conference." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Roland's latest digital piano will get software updates and have an improved teaching experience, thanks to built-in Wi-Fi... View Source

Private equity firm Epiris has offered to buy UK communications provider Gamma Communications Plc for an equity value of about £1 billion ($1.4 billion)... View Source

Google's streaming device used to cost $100. Now, it'll set you back $150... View Source

Anthropic agreed to a $35 billion computing deal with Lambda, a cloud provider backed by Nvidia, part of an effort to quickly expand its AI capacity, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bloomberg's Neil Campling has the details. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SemiAnalysis says Anthropic and OpenAI each ended 2025 with nearly 2 GW of AI conpute and each should end 2026 near 5 GW. Epoch AI data center tracking identifies named location with about 1.45 GW for Anthropic and 421 MW for OpenAI with confidence. Add every announced 2026 project and the end of 2026 number ... Read more... View Source

Sucharita Kodali, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, discusses Shein's trading debut in Hong Kong and the outlook for the e-commerce and fast-fashion industry. She speaks with Yvonne Man and David Ingles on Bloomberg: The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Samsung has released a more accessible and affordable Galaxy Book 6 laptop... View Source

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ice Island Survives Run-In… 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... View Source

Nik Rizal Kamil, Group CEO and MD of Axiata Group, one of Asia's leading telecommunications and technology groups, shares insights into the company’s transformation from a traditional telecom operator into a 'Smart Asset Manager'. He speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 1 – A… 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. A Plane Lunar Eclipse Explanation: Did you need to be on the ri... View Source

The Cove series is a major departure for JBL... View Source

Two astronauts will conduct history's sixth all-female spacewalk today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live.NASA's Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) at around 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) on an excursion expected to last about 6.5 hours.You can watch it here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the agency... View Source

Apple begins a new era as John Ternus takes over from Tim Cook on September 1st. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman explains why the transition is likely to be gradual, how Ternus could reshape decision-making at Apple, and why his product background matters as the company prepares its next wave of iPhones, Macs and other devices. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Shares of MediaTek Inc. soared after the Taiwanese chipmaker scored a $3.5 billion outlay from Nvidia Corp., the American chipmaking giant’s largest ever direct investment outside the US... View Source

Chinese automakers’ ambitions to shave even more time off their breakneck development speeds are facing a reality check as regulators ramp up scrutiny of the industry’s safety and testing... 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 T. Rowe Price CIO, Co-Head of Global Investments Sebastien Page, T. Rowe Price Chief U.S. Economist Blerina Uruçi, T. Rowe Price. Lead Portfolio Manager, Active ETFs Jodi Love, T. Rowe Price Head of Global Distribution Dee Saw... View Source

The GameCube had some things going for it, and it even has a cult following these days, but at its release, it was a flop... View Source

Anthropic PBC agreed to a $35 billion computing deal with Lambda, a cloud provider backed by Nvidia Corp., part of an effort to quickly expand its AI capacity, according to a person familiar with the matter... View Source

Android can help you keep your phone safe from malicious apps, scam calls, invasions of privacy, and much more. You just need the right settings... View Source

The Federal Bureau of Investigation looks almost unrecognizable under director Kash Patel’s leadership. The agency’s head has been embroiled in a seemingly endless list of controversies, from allegations of excessive drinking to buying up location data on everyday American citizens to furthering of harebrained conspiracies. Patel lacked virtually any degree of relevant working experien... View Source

Airbnb Inc. is testing taking a smaller cut of rental fees from hosts, seeking to fight back against a trend of customers booking directly outside of its platform... View Source

Starlink's extra router can be useful, but getting your main satellite dish positioned properly is more important... View Source

The billions of dollars being borrowed to fund data centers in Asia are pushing banks to their limits and making them more selective about which projects to finance, according to senior bankers at Barclays Plc... View Source

It claims a laptop proves that a former employee accessed and used proprietary files for the AI company... View Source

Google raised the price of its 4K streaming box to $149, up $50 from its original $99 price. The new price is currently live at the Google Store and Best Buy, but Amazon appears to still be offering the original price. The price hike comes just a couple of weeks after Google launched its new lineup of Pixel 11 phones with a $100 price hike over their Pixel 10 counterparts. The Google TV Streamer o... View Source

Two are dead and over 25 buildings damaged after a cataclysmic explosion at a cannabis facility in Sand Springs, Oklahoma last week. According to initial reporting by KTUL, the blast happened at 1:30am, and literally blew the roof off the building, sending out shockwaves that could be felt up to 30 to 40 miles away. “It was like around 1:20, 1:25. And it was just a big boom,” local man... View Source

Shein Global Holdings Ltd. is set to begin trading in Hong Kong after raising HK$13.6 billion ($1.7 billion) in an initial public offering, testing investor appetite for the stocks of companies outside the artificial intelligence supply chain... View Source

The Slate Truck is affordable because you have to 'bring your own tech'... View Source

JMGO’s Iris Ultra Max 4K 120Hz Google TV projector. | Image: JMGO JMGO's 4K 120Hz Iris Ultra Max all-in-one Google TV projector is now available outside China. It gets its name from a new dual-iris system that lets it produce an impressive 10,000:1 native contrast, according to JMGO. It boosts the contrast - always an issue with projectors - by placing two separate physical apertures (irises) alon... View Source

Apple Inc. escalated its legal battle against OpenAI, claiming in a new court filing that OpenAI is actively destroying crucial evidence and that former iPhone engineer Chang Liu “not only downloaded a confidential Apple circuit schematic but also used it in his work” at the AI company... View Source

The company's "deception continues to this day," the lawsuit says... View Source

Is the Tesla Robotaxi Era finally here. Many Tesla believers had lost faith. But look out Tesla is ramping unsupervised robotaxi. There are about 1000 Cybercabs parked in and around Austin and other Tesla robotaxi cities. Elon and Tesla AI lead Ashok are talking about flooding Austin with Cybercabs. Unsupervised Cybercabs are already being added ... Read more... View Source

The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon for allegedly using a "secret ad surcharge" to drive up prices for ads on its website and app. FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson claims in a blog post on the lawsuit that the higher advertising prices "were largely passed on to American consumers." According to the complaint, Amazon violated the FTC Act and over a dozen state laws. This lawsuit co... View Source

T. Rowe Price CEO Rob Sharps discusses how the company is adapting to the rise of passive investing. Speaking with Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg The Close," Sharps also says private assets are slowly moving into 401(k) plans and sees "tax-loss harvesting" as a growth area. He also discusses how the firm is utilizing artificial intelligence. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

There are some good reasons you might want to look for a laptop with multiple USB-C ports next time you upgrade... View Source

Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, 3rd from left, signs the Artemis Accords for the Republic of Türkiye as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Environment Connor Tomlinson, and Turkish Space Agency President, Yusuf Kıraç, right, look on, Monday, August 31, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters buildi... View Source

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is back to studying the universe after spending months in a low-drag configuration while awaiting an orbital rescue mission that ultimately fell short.Mission controllers restarted two of Swift's three science instruments — its X-ray Telescope (XRT) and Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) — on Aug. 26. Both instruments had been shut down in February as part o... View Source

Ceddanne Rafaela is tagged out at home plate at Yankee Stadium on August 28th. | Getty Images This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn't make that much sense. Apple and Major League Baseball chose a classic match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the... View Source

There was a time in the United States when the richest moguls, regardless of their many personal shortcomings, embraced philanthropy in a cynical effort to keep the angry mobs at bay. Andrew Carnegie famously built libraries, John D Rockefeller helped fund research that eventually eradicated hookworm, while JP Morgan donated vast collections of art and books to museums and other cultural instituti... View Source

Blerina Uruci, T. Rowe Price chief US economist, is quite positive that inflation will fall to 2% even "without interest rates being too restrictive." She speaks to Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Sometimes the volume control on a Bluetooth device behaves unpredictably. This quick fix in your Android phone's settings is a good troubleshooting step... View Source

Sebastien Page, T. Rowe Price’s CIO and co-head of global investments, discusses the outlook for financial markets, the AI trade and the factors impacting bond yields with Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Modders often find purpose for old tech that's collecting dust, like adding an antiquated version of Windows onto a 25-year-old console with this process... View Source

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Catherine Thorbecke says Hollywood should study China's low-budget microdrama model rather than repeat Quibi's costly mistake. The format has become a multibillion-dollar global industry, and America's window to compete is shrinking. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The physical setup of a subwoofer can be the difference between bass that swallows you up and bass that seems to come from a specific spot... View Source

Every month, NASA Earth Observatory features a puzzling satellite image. The September 2026 puzzler appears above.  Your ChallengeIdentify the location shown in this satellite image. Share what clues you see, where you think it is, and what makes this place interesting or unique to you. How to AnswerSubmit your response using this form and select “Puzzler Answer” as the topic. Please include your... View Source

The SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying NASA's Roman Space Telescope crosses the face o the sun as it launches to space from Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this photo taken by Space.com's Josh Dinner from a Titusville Hobby Lobby parking lot. Here's how he did it. (Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Standing in the parking lot of the Titusville Hobby Lobby was... View Source

The Alienware AW2726DM is a wallet-friendly screen with premium features for gaming. While memory and storage prices are still high, there are still good discounts on other gaming-related hardware. Take Alienware’s AW2726DM, for example. Dell is selling it for $319.99, a $30 break from the usual price of $349.99. The 27-inch gaming monitor features an QD-OLED panel for deep, immersive black levels... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Nvidia's $3.5 billion investment in MediaTek, deepening its collaboration with the Taiwanese chipmaker and demonstrating how the AI leader plans to tackle Big Tech efforts to build custom silicon. Plus, a look at Tim Cook's last day as CEO of Apple before John Ternus takes the reins on September 1st. And, all eyes on Anthropic as it prepares to file publicly in th... View Source

Phil Schiller will remain an Apple Fellow and focus on "unspecified initiatives," according to Bloomberg... View Source

Dario Amodei’s Anthropic is facing yet another massive legal challenge. Sony Music and Warner, both juggernauts in the music publishing industry, filed a major lawsuit against the AI company late Friday night, accusing it of “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.” More specifically, the publishers said that Anthropic had, without... View Source

The IA40 list from Madrona is back, spotlighting the private companies shaping the next phase of AI. Matt McIlwain, managing director at Madrona, explains how the list is assembled, why OpenAI, Anthropic and Databricks dominate AI fundraising, and how a successful Anthropic IPO could open the door for a new wave of public offerings in 2027. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomber... View Source

Moving from Windows to macOS will have a bit of a learning curve... View Source

Radiant has won a $750 million US Army contract to provide 15 portable nuclear microreactors under the Janus program. President and COO Tori Shivanandan discusses the technology behind the reactors, the military’s push for resilient energy, and what Radiant needs to do next to scale production. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Nintendo Switch is winding down, but it's not done yet. Yours should work even once hardware sales stop and new games aren't made for it anymore... View Source

Steve Jobs' successor carried the torch of the iPhone and built Apple into a global powerhouse with few rivals. Since becoming CEO in 2011, Tim Cook has led the company to become one of the most dominant forces in the daily lives of billions of people. Today is his last day as CEO. Sending lots of love to the Apple community on my last day as CEO. My title changes tomorrow, but the love I have for... View Source

When president Donald Trump, in his latest paroxysm, declared that he would be renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Google instantly capitulated. So eager was it to realize his will that it actually renamed the lake before official government map makers did, Ars Technica noted. No one really expected a tech monopoly to take a principled stand against the decision, but you might... View Source

Nvidia makes another big bet on the future of AI with a $3.5 billion investment in MediaTek, as investors gear up for a potentially record-breaking Anthropic IPO. Forrester Research Founder and CEO George Colony weighs in on the AI boom, whether the hype is justified and what comes next. He speaks on Bloomberg Open Interest. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Ad-supported streaming channels are hitting Sony's console in the US today... View Source

YouTuber Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach has invested enough in GoPro to become its single largest shareholder, with an 8.5 percent stake in the company, Bloomberg reports. Speaking to Bloomberg, Fischbach said he thought GoPro "seems undervalued" and sees his investment as "part of a larger mission to make filmmaking more accessible," following the release of his first feature film, Iron Lung, earlie... View Source

An advocacy group backed by artificial intelligence industry billionaires is launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in election battleground states to try to counter a mounting public backlash against a data center construction wave crucial to the industry’s growth plans... View Source

It's easy to add all your various cards and passes to Apple Wallet, and they don't have to stick around once you're done using them... View Source

Automakers keep shoving more tech into their cars, despite evidence that consumers are increasingly fed up with huge screens and glitchy software. In fact, the features that car owners appreciate the most happen to be the ones they barely notice, according to the latest tech survey from JD Power. The consumer research firm surveyed 68,084 owners of new 2026 model-year vehicles after 90 days of own... View Source

The AI industry has lost an astonishing amount of goodwill with the public. Once seen as exciting new tech that could make our lives easier and better, the construction of countless new data centers to support power-hungry AI models has soured the mood considerably. Protesters are waging a war against $130 billion in data center investments, arguing they’re only benefiting a select few wealt... View Source

Michelle Weaver, head of US thematic research at Morgan Stanley, says companies are beginning to see measurable benefits from AI as adoption moves from experimentation into production. About 25% of S&P 500 companies are now quantifying benefits from AI, up from 14% a year ago, with AI adopters also seeing relative forward margin expansion. “You’re starting to see this come into the fundamental... View Source

Several Garmin watches offer a built-in LED flashlight, but even if you have another brand, you likely have a decent light on your wrist... View Source

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue "working on unspecified initiatives," Bloomberg reports. The news comes just one day before hardware leader John Ternus is set to take over for Apple CEO Tim Cook, who... View Source

Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook told employees that he’ll miss the role of chief executive officer but has “enormous comfort” in the leadership of his replacement, John Ternus... View Source

The company says the ex-congressman didn't fully cooperate with its investigation into alleged insider trading... View Source

NASA's next big space telescope has left Earth, but it's not ready to start observing the heavens just yet.The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched yesterday (Aug. 30), riding a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket into the heavens. Astronomers are very excited about Roman, for it's expected to discover thousands of new exoplanets and shed light on mysterious dark energy and dark matter, among other a... View Source

Sony is one of many companies offering Labor Day discounts on tech products, though its week-long sale on the last-gen WH-1000XM5 is one of the most attractive deals I found upon logging in this morning. The comfy over-ear headphones offer some of the best sound quality and active noise cancelling, and are down to $198 at Amazon and Best Buy. Originally $399.99, they typically sell for around $250... View Source

Newell Brands President & CEO Chris Peterson joins Bloomberg Open Interest to break down the increasingly divided US consumer, explaining why higher-income shoppers are still spending while lower-income households remain pressured. He also talks about how AI slashed digital content costs by 80%, helping the Sharpie and Rubbermaid maker return to growth without widespread job cuts. (Source: Blo... View Source

Digital wallets are secure, since even if you lose your phone, they're protected by your lock screen. But you can disable your wallet to be safe... View Source

The Tesla Robotaxi tracker does not capture all Tesla Robotaxi. It is a crowdsourced identification of unique robotaxi where people must submit vehicles and license plates to the system. The system has identified about 1145 out of 3800 claimed Waymo vehicles. Waymo are easier to identify as they have distinctive hardware. This would mean that ... Read more... View Source

Debian voted to allow developers to use AI tools in their contributions to the Linux distribution's "development, maintenance, [and] documentation." The new policy on AI acknowledges that "responsible" use of AI can improve developers' productivity, and goes on to say, "generative AI is neither exempt from nor subject to special rules beyond the standards already expected of Debian contributors."... View Source

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says their chips accelerate the entire lifecycle of artificial intelligence. He speaks exclusively with Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow and says Nvidia can address markets that no one else can. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Honor crammed a gimbal camera into a phone in a promising hardware experiment... View Source

SpaceX's next astronaut mission to the International Space Station won't launch on Sept. 12 after all.That flight, known as Crew-13, has been delayed due to an oxidizer leak in the propulsion system of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, NASA announced on Saturday (Aug. 29). "Joint NASA and SpaceX teams are performing additional tests and data review and will complete any necessary rework prior to launch,... View Source

Swedish education group AcadeMedia AB played down the risk of sweeping reforms to the country’s independent schools after next month’s election, arguing strong support among parents will make radical changes politically difficult... View Source

ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox to face the EU's strictest platform rules... View Source

On August 31, 1965, NASA's Super Guppy cargo plane took its first test flight. This oversized aircraft looks a bit like a giant flying whale. It was built by a company called Aero Spacelines and based on the Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser. NASA uses these funny-looking planes to transport large cargo, like spacecraft parts and other smaller aircraft. (See the Super Guppy swallow a T-38 supersonic jet!... View Source

Today, I’m talking with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and I’ll just warn you — this episode moves really fast. It’s an election year, after all, with a shocking amount of tech policy at stake, and Governor Hochul has taken strong positions on almost every major tech issue there is. For example, Meta just reached a settlement with dozens of states, including New York, which will restrict how teen... View Source

Now that AI models have officially passed the Turing Test, there’s no doubt that they’re capable of imitating human traits — at least in text form — to a degree that would have flabbergasted even an expert just few years back. After all, large language models are built by digesting copious amounts of human-authored content, making them little more than algorithms that mirror our behavi... View Source

Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in MediaTek, deepening collaboration with the Taiwanese chipmaker as it's working to persuade more companies to build chips that plug into its dominant data center ecosystem. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai join Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow in this exclusive interview to discuss the deal. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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NASA/John Kraus NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, transits the Sun during launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. Roman is named after the agency’s first chief astronomer. Roman will survey billions of stars and galaxies with a field of view far larger than Hubble’s, helping scientists study dark energy, exoplane... View Source

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope separates from a SpaceX Falcon Heavy upper stage after launching on Aug. 30, 2026. (Image credit: NASA)NASA caught a breathtaking image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope deploying into space shortly after launch.What is it?This image was captured just some 31 minutes after the Roman telescope took off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket... View Source

Cody Wilson, the creator of the first 3D printed gun, announced a tool last week aimed at skirting a New York law that prevents 3D printers from making firearms - and taunting governor Kathy Hochul in the process. But Hochul isn't having it. In this week's episode of Decoder, Hochul responded to Wilson's "Hochulization" tool, warning she isn't going to let it defeat the state's efforts: You can te... View Source

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang and Rick Tsai, MediaTek Inc. CEO, talk about expanding their partnership. Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in the Taiwanese chipmaker. They speak exclusively to Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A PlayStation State of Play double bill is set for September 3... View Source

“AI creator” accounts like Aitana Lopez will get a new “AI-generated profile” label. | Image: Aitana Lopez Instagram is finally taking steps to address the rise of fake AI-influencer accounts that have gotten harder to spot. It's also renaming the "AI creator" label to "AI-generated profile" to make it clear when a profile features an AI-generated person that's not a real human being. "We've hear... View Source

US equity futures waver as markets digest Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech. Oil jumps as the US and Iran exchange strikes for the first time in about a month. G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in North Carolina for a multiday summit. George Goncalves of MUFG sees softer jobs report before the Fed's next policy meeting. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The app isn't cracking down on other kinds of AI slop, though... View Source

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The full moon of September 2026 will occur at 12:49 p.m. EDT (1649 GMT) on Sept. 26 as the moon glows opposite the sun in Earth's sky.September's full moon is often referred to as the Harvest moon — a traditional name for the full moon that falls closest to the September equinox, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.Sadly, the sun, Earth and moon won't line up again to create a spectacular lunar... View Source

OpenAI will soon be held accountable for mitigating risks related to ChatGPT's impact on minors, user mental health, and the spread of illegal content in the European Union. That's because ChatGPT is now considered a Very Large Online Search Engine under the EU's Digital Services Act, a set of laws regulating major online services and platforms. Along with ChatGPT, the European Commission also ann... View Source

William “Sonny” Criss was the consummate working musician. Having started on the saxophone at 11 years old, Criss began his professional career filling in on gigs with bandleader Johnny Otis, before going on to play alongside jazz legends like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Cole Porter, and Dizzy Gillespie. Though he might never have risen to the level of a household name, his tremendous... View Source

Nvidia says it's investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. Nvidia will buy bonds that convert into MediaTek shares. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

2 Min Read Roman Commissioning Beauty pass of Roman, coming around from behind with high-gain antenna rotating. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab Where is Roman? Roman is making its three-month journey from Earth to Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, or L2. Along the way, Roman is undergoing a process called commissioning, where systems are turned on, adjusted, calibrated,... View Source

Poland’s security services are investigating whether a fire at a facility belonging to the country’s largest drone producer WB Electronics SA was an act of sabotage... View Source

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New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two very different halves.Deep inside the southern hemisphere of Mars, the temperature is up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit (400 degrees Celsius) warmer than beneath the northern hemisphere, deepening the mystery of the strange dichotomy between the Red Planet's flattened north and craggy southern highlands."Sci... View Source

Saudi Arabia’s Humain is partnering with Applied Intuition Inc. to deploy self-driving trucks by 2030, as the kingdom’s leading artificial intelligence firm looks to find practical uses for the technology that align with national priorities... View Source

SLB Ltd. agreed to acquire Kelvion, a provider of data center cooling services, from investors including Apollo Funds for $3.4 billion in cash... View Source

While Trump administration cuts have contributed to the epidemic of foodborne illnesses this summer, there are also deeper issues that make the American food supply chain susceptible to parasites and bacteria outbreaks... View Source

Huawei Technologies Co. posted a deep profit decline after the Chinese tech champion grappled with rising memory costs and poured more resources into semiconductor research... View Source

ChatGPT, Reddit Inc. and video game company Roblox Corp. will face stricter European Union scrutiny after surpassing a threshold of 45 million monthly users in the bloc... View Source

The space industry treats the sky as a place to dump what it no longer wants. We must develop a new model of accountabilityOn 5 August, a piece of a derelict SpaceX rocket traveling at 5,400 miles an hour met with the moon and punched a fresh hole into it near Einstein Crater. Astronomers were thrilled. The European Southern Observatory caught sodium and lithium flaring in the debris plume and cal... View Source

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Singapore has earmarked S$220 million ($173 million) over three years to fund financial technology and innovation, as it seeks to stay competitive with other rival hubs including Hong Kong that are also investing in this area... View Source

The third-smallest constellation can be found partway along one of the imaginary lines of the summer triangleWe are on the hunt for another small, northern summer constellation this week: Sagitta, the arrow. Although it consists of just a handful of faint stars, Sagitta’s distinctive shape (it really does look like an arrow) makes it easy to identify against a dark sky.The chart shows the view loo... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 31 –… 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. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading... View Source

Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese radar satellite to orbit early Monday morning (Aug. 31), and you can watch the action live.An Electron vehicle is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Monday during a window that opens at 8:00 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT; midnight on Sept. 1 local New Zealand time). It's carrying a single Strix satellite for Synspective, a Tokyo-based Earth-i... View Source

Since it was stripped of planetary status, Pluto’s defenders have been fighting the decision – and they’re only getting more passionateTwenty years ago, Pluto got demoted. After a vote by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2006, Pluto was relegated from major planet to dwarf planet status. Our solar system dropped from nine planets to eight. At the time, many scientists were unha... View Source

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co. is seeking to raise as much as HK$6.28 billion ($801 million) in a Hong Kong listing, extending the wave of Chinese companies along the artificial intelligence supply chain coming to the market after its onshore shares have gained about 50% this year... View Source

SK Hynix Inc. is studying the feasibility of a joint venture to make memory chips in Japan, one of several options under consideration to meet surging AI demand while controlling production costs... View Source

People still swear by this quirky controller, leading to Nintendo supporting it for 25 years and counting... View Source

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Is your iPhone acting up? Let's walk through the different kinds of resets, what they do and how to perform them... View Source

Chinese fast-fashion business Shein Global Holdings Ltd. was once worth more than the parent companies of H&M and Zara, giving its reclusive boss Sky Xu a net worth of more than $23 billion... View Source

Apple CarPlay can sound great, but you have to make sure you're sending it high-quality audio. A few quick checks can boost your audio enjoyment on the road... View Source

Markiplier believes GoPro cameras can revolutionize filmmaking... View Source

Apple is getting a new CEO. John Ternus officially takes over from Tim Cook on September 1, and he has a lot on his plate to tackle. Mark Gurman explains what Ternus faces in this next chapter of the tech company (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

I recently dug out my CDs and started reripping them all. I've found a few forgotten gems in there, but few hit harder for me than the beautifully concise Professor Murder Rides the Subway EP. There was a period of time in the mid-aughts in NYC where it seemed like every indie band wanted you to let loose, dance like no one was watching, and just have some damn fun. Few embodied that as much as Ne... View Source

If the sound you're getting through Android Auto is disappointing, there are several components and settings you should check... View Source

Nintendo's worst-ever console was awkward to use and didn't even sell a million units. But you can try it today if you're curious... View Source

The leak contains beta builds and finished games from Valve and third-party developers... View Source

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —President Trump interrupted a NASA press conference today (Aug. 30) to congratulate the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team on a successful launch. Just a few years ago, however, the president tried to cancel this very mission. In today's briefing, mission leadership was going through the specifics of Roman's successful launch and the science the observatory is expected to... View Source

Over 12 terabytes of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been leaked. We don't know everything in the archives yet because of its massive size. But people have already dug up assets related to the canceled Half-Life 2: Episode 3, content cut from Portal 2, and a build of a game called F-Stop that's set in the Portal universe but is built around a came... View Source

Uber and Lyft drivers in Atlanta are fed up with Waymo robotaxis. The Atlanta Rideshare Drivers Union is claiming that drivers have reported lower pay, longer waits between rides, and fewer fares since Waymo began offering its service in the city last June, Axios reports.  As such, the union is calling on city and state leaders to curb Waymo’s expansion — and to consider some measures t... View Source

If you want to enhance the sound of your AirPods even further, we've got you. Let's dig into some settings that will level up your listening experience... View Source

CAPE CANAVAREL, Fla. — It was a bright and sunny morning here in Florida when the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off planet Earth against a magical blue sky. "What a glorious dawn launch," Jackie Townsend, the Roman Space Telescope's project manager, said during a post-launch press conference on Sunday (Aug. 30). "The ride was magnificent — it put us right where we wanted to be. All of t... View Source

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MIT is mulling an overhaul of its entire educational system in response to the threat posed by powerful AI models — a striking response to the tech from one of the planet’s most visible and influential research universities. In a new report published by the university’s ad hoc AI committee, which is co-chaired by professors Eric Klopfer and Samuel Madden, the educators describe the... View Source

As is standard procedure for major NASA missions, the US space agency held a post-launch news conference on Sunday morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide information about how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was faring during its initial maneuvers. What was not standard, however, is what happened in the middle of the news conference. A little less than half an hour in, NASA Ad... View Source

If your algorithm is out of whack recently, there are things you can do to get it back on track with content you like... View Source

Watching NFL games life can get expensive in a hurry, but there are a few corners you can cut to keep the cost down... View Source

Data centers are wildly unpopular amongst the US population — so much so that grassroots opposition threatened some $130 billion in developments over the first three months of 2026 alone. Tech executives, as a result, are having to make a calculated decision to change their tune, from AI doomsaying to something more palatable to the everyman. But just like their proselytizing over the coming... View Source

During your birthday week, you can claim a special gift from Xbox. Let's see what it is and how to claim it... View Source

2 Min Read Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex PIA26777 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Panorama Showcasing the… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN’s Goldstone Complex JPEG (853.58 KB) Description Five antennas s... View Source

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope blasts off. | Photo: NASA / John Kraus After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From this vantage point, Roman will conduct an unprecedented survey of the univers... View Source

On the bright side, Apple is more certainly working on an Apple Watch overhaul... View Source

1 Min Read NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online PIA26778 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA Deep Space Network’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA Deep Space Network’s New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online JPEG (1.26 MB) Description Long shadows are cast by the recently com... View Source

Microsoft employees are supposed to be using AI as much as possible. But wait, not like that! In internal tracker, one employee who worked in the Customer and Partner Solutions organization stood out from all the rest by admitting they spent an eyebrow-raising $28,000 on AI tools in just 28 days, Gadget Review noticed. That sky high figure came from an internal employee compensation spreadsheet fi... View Source

G20 finance officials are gathering in North Carolina with sovereign debt, global imbalances and economic growth in focus, but CSIS Director of Economics Program Philip Luck joins Bloomberg This Weekend and says the US and its partners increasingly disagree over both the problems and how to address them. A separate technology meeting will bring Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Alt... View Source

4K is a catchier marketing term than 2160p, but the resolution also has this name for a reason... View Source

2 Min Read Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23 PIA26779 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network’s Deep Space Station 23 JPEG (1.10 MB) Description Leadership... View Source

As backlash grows over Flock's AI surveillance cameras, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen state spending on them. The move came just ahead of the publication of a Texas Tribune investigation that revealed the state spent over $30 million on Flock cameras. That money was primarily raised by tacking a $1 fee onto insurance policies, allegedly to help fight catalytic converter theft. Flock camera... View Source

Former New York City Traffic Commissioner Sam Schwartz joins hosts Christina Ruffini and Bailey Lipschultz on Bloomberg This Weekend and warns that the expansion of autonomous vehicles brings cybersecurity risks, including the possibility that bad actors could seize control of connected cars and use them as weapons. His new novel, Autokill, explores that threat while Schwartz argues that autonomou... View Source