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Apple Inc. is set to debut a roughly $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo on Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging product event, which kicks off at 10 a.m. local time from Cupertino, California... View Source

Artificial intelligence use is surging on farms as growers look for some high-tech help in planning and managing operations after years of scaling back on spending, according to McKinsey & Co... View Source

The UK government will require technology companies such as Apple Inc. and Google to stop children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images on their phones and tablets, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told the House of Commons on Tuesday... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled a new artificial intelligence agent designed to carry out tasks on a user’s behalf, advancing Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of a future where people each have a personalized AI assistant... View Source

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that the foldable phone expected to be announced by Apple this week has been 'a long time coming' for the company after Tim Cook took inspiration from similar phones he saw on a 2020 trip to Asia. Gurman said that the stakes for Apple's new product releases are high because every issue a new product has could be detrimental to the brand and its reputation. (Source: Blo... View Source

US security agencies have accused China’s top AI companies including DeepSeek and Kimi maker Moonshot AI of systematically extracting proprietary knowledge from American firms and warned Silicon Valley developers to protect their work... View Source

Indian digital payments pioneer Paytm is expanding to a new business, jumping on the agentic AI bandwagon to accelerate a rebound in revenue growth... View Source

Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s top executive brushed aside the likelihood of deeper ties with rival and stakeholder SK Hynix Inc., while pledging to keep surging memory prices at bay to avoid denting long-term AI demand... View Source

Ryan VanGrack, vice chair and head of corporate affairs at Coinbase, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." They discuss Coinbase taking the first regulatory step toward letting US investors make leveraged, round-the-clock bets on stocks without owning them. VanGrack also talked about US regulation and Anthony Armstrong joining Coinbase. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Qualcomm CFO Akash Palkhiwala discusses the company's deal to create customized chips for Amazon Web Services’ AI infrastructure. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Palkhiwala also comments on Qualcomm's AI data center strategy and the future of smartphones. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The companies ushering in food delivery robots aren’t buying themselves much goodwill in the Windy City. In the short amount of time they’ve been on Chicago streets, the bots have sent residents to the hospital and smashed through bus stops, prompting local officials to set up an exclusion zone prohibiting the companies from operating in a certain section of the city. Now, it seems the bots are al... View Source

"Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Today's guests: AVA Labs Vice President of OnChain Finance Morgan Krupetsky, BitGo Co-Founder & CEO Mike Belshe, Coinbase Vice Chair & Head of Corporate Affairs Ryan VanGrack, and WalletConnect CEO Jess Houlgrave. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: How Indian workers are using iPhones to train humanoid robots and what the race for real-world data means for the future of work. ... View Source

Schools across the world are experimenting with AI tools, usually to the dismay of unsuspecting parents. But one privately-run school is explicitly embracing AI as part of its sales pitch, and the in-class experience sounds more bizarre than anything you’d imagine. A blistering new article by education policy writer and cognitive scientist Benjamin Riley took a look under the hood of Alpha School,... View Source

Kroll CEO, Jacob Silverman, discusses the state of private markets, noting that their previous conversation in April or May covered concerns and growing pains in the sector. Silverman discusses the firm’s perspective as one of the largest valuation agents in private markets and asks whether anything has changed over the past four or five months. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Sour... View Source

Razer’s BlackShark V3 Pro are up to $100 off. | Image: Razer It’s rare to find high-end features like active noise cancellation in a gaming headset under $200, so we’re thrilled that the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro on sale at Woot for $164.99. There are specific models marketed to Xbox and PlayStation, but the Xbox version is the best choice because it also supports PlayStation, PC, Nintendo Switch an... View Source

Jeetu Patel, Cisco’s President and Chief Product Officer, discusses an open letter signed by Cisco, OpenAI, Anthropic and others warning that AI-enabled cyberattacks are likely to become more widespread and sophisticated. He says the same tools that help people work more efficiently can also help bad actors operate at machine scale. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg... View Source

Sony isn't backing away from its decision to kill the video game disc. But Sony isn't shutting down production as quickly as we thought, either. Two months after reports that Sony's last discmaking plant was already being repurposed, the company's discmaking division now says that one widely reported detail was wrong. Originally, it sounded like the division's president said the Thalgau plant woul... View Source

Heath Golden, CEO of Marquee Brands, discussed the company’s planned acquisition of Canadian outdoor and lifestyle brand Roots, calling it a strong fit with Marquee’s strategy of buying timeless, high-awareness brands with room to grow. Golden said Marquee is building a portfolio of about 24 brands, including Martha Stewart, Roberto Cavalli, Ben Sherman and BCBG, and sees Roots as another brand wi... View Source

Scientists may finally know why Venus, Earth's twin, lacks a moon, finding that the hottest planet in the solar system may have consumed its own natural satellite. Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin due to its size, mass, rocky composition, and distance from the sun, but there are some glaring differences between the two planets. Aside from Venus' blisteringly hot temperature, which could... View Source

Rivian's futuristic e-bike is delayed, and customers are not happy. Last year, Rivian's micromobility spinoff Also unveiled a new, software-controlled electric bike called the TM-B that immediately set the e-bike world ablaze. With USB-C chargeable battery, removable seat post, and software-controlled pedal-by-wire system, the TM-B set itself apart with a totally unique approach to electric bicycl... View Source

Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions... View Source

It’s no secret that Elon Musk is hiding plenty of skeletons in his closet. The mercurial billionaire has made an extensive list of enemies through his offensive commentary, led the gutting of humanitarian aid, exploited workers at his companies, and meddled with the democratic process — all the while alienating investors with his chronic overpromising and underdelivering. Simply put, documentarian... View Source

Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." They discus the importance of the Clarity Act and how regulation affects her business. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Jaden Caradine knew he wanted to be an engineer at eight years old. He just took a winding road to get there. Before he enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, before he discovered the field that would become his focus, and before he landed a Pathways internship at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Caradine spent five years as a mechanic in the United States Marine Cor... View Source

The Exploration Company (TEC) has raised $450 million to build reusable spacecraft, in what it describes as “the largest-ever Series C by a European space company.”... View Source

OpenAI says it found a solution to a major math problem that has remained unsolved for around 90 years, as reported earlier by The New York Times and Wired. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it discovered a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem - which relates to the flow of liquid and gas - using an internal AI model more powerful than the newly released GPT-6 Astra alongside 10,00... View Source

Bloomberg's Ben Weiss joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Despite failing to get a license in Europe, it's business as usual for Binance in Europe. The firm is still operating in the region due to a number of workarounds and side doors under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulatory framework, better known as MiCA. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Artistic concept of lunar surface technologies and infrastructure capabilities, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production systems, surface power systems, in-space manufacturing tools, and advanced nanomaterials production.Credit: NASA NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technology and infrastructure needed to explore the Moon and establish a Moon Base in the lunar South Pole re... View Source

You get fingerprint entry and built-in WiFi, plus the matching handle most locks make you buy separately... View Source

I used ChatGPT and its Sketch tool to make this AI-generated image of a cat. OpenAI announced ChatGPT Images 2.5 on Tuesday and is adding a new way to tell ChatGPT what you want it to make an image of: by drawing a doodle. With a new feature called Sketch, you can just draw something right inside ChatGPT and then tell ChatGPT how you want it to make an image based on that sketch. You can activate... View Source

Bloomberg Intelligence's Dushyant Shahrawat, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." A blockchain used by several cryptocurrency exchanges to move Bitcoin was hacked for $320 million, the latest in a spate of breaches to shake confidence in digital-asset security. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Jensen Huang says AGI has arrived. What can you actually do with it? I explain why I moved from $20 to $200 a month on AI—and how I’m using it to finish work I used to put off. We look at GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable and Grok, the next compute expansion, and what increasingly capable ... Read more... View Source

Advanced GPS, artificial intelligence, and programmable mapping are powering the latest generation of robot lawn mowers... View Source

September 8th, 1966 was a Thursday. Not a fresh-start-Monday or an exciting Saturday. A regular old Thursday; except that this one catalysed a cultural phenomenon. This was the Thursday that "Star Trek" was first broadcast, drawing viewers across the United States into a space-age world that revolutionised television. The thing is, in 1966 no exoplanets (planets beyond our Solar System) had actual... View Source

Can AI have good taste? Fashion founder and tastemaker Emily Oberg says no. In a post on her Substack, Emily Loves, Oberg discussed her experiments using AI to help her run Sporty & Rich, the fashion and lifestyle brand she founded in 2018 on the back of a popular moodboard she created. One area where she’s been testing AI, she wrote, is by using AI to generate e-commerce images — and accordin... View Source

Mike Belshe, co-founder & CEO of BitGo, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto."  A company tied to World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto venture, received preliminary conditional approval for a national trust bank charter from a federal regulator. It would no longer need its current issuer BitGo Bank & Trust. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Stoke Space has amassed a substantial sum during its latest round of financing and is revealing exactly where it plans to invest its new stack of cash. The Kent, Washington-based company just raised $1 billion via its"Series E" capital campaign, bringing Stoke’s total investor haul to $2.3 billion. The Sept. 8 announcement provided a development update for Stoke’s fully reusable Nova Pathfinder la... View Source

Meta is making another push to bring artificial intelligence to the masses with Muse, a personal assistant it says can put AI in the hands of virtually anyone. The product is the latest step in a multi-billion dollar strategy overhaul designed to revitalize the company's ailing position in the AI race and help it catch up to rivals like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Muse is a "personal AI agent"... View Source

Generative AI has infiltrated almost every aspect of our daily lives, whether we like it or not. It’s nearly impossible to avoid on social media, and it’s even showing up on dinner menus at the local diner. Some researchers have suggested that we’re already adapting our own behavior to suit the demands of AI tech. AI’s wide proliferation shares some striking similarities with the ways viruses spre... View Source

Mike Belshe, co-founder & CEO of BitGo, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." They discuss the need for the passage of the Clarity Act in the US. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SteelSeries moved the system-level Xbox buttons to the bottom of the controller. | Image: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge SteelSeries is a household name for many gamers, but not when it comes to controllers. Instead of easing into the conversation with reasonably-priced console and PC controllers to build trust, it's kicking down the door with the $259.99 Aeon Pro wireless controller for Xbox and PC... View Source

Ramp is in early talks with investors for a new round of funding at a roughly $60 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the efforts, just three months after the financial technology startup was valued at $44 billion. The company is considering raising about $1 billion in primary funding, said one of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is not public. Th... View Source

The Crescent Nebula shines in the constellation Cygnus. (Image credit: Kevin Boardman)Astrophotographer Kevin Boardman captured this spectacular view of the Crescent Nebula, revealing intricate filaments of gas surrounding a massive star nearing the end of its life some 4,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.Boardman's image represents a turbulent chapter in the life of the colos... View Source

Engineers at Microsoft typically enjoy a quieter summer to take vacations and spend time with family, as is common at many companies. But this year, the season has been unusually busy for Windows and security engineers, thanks to new AI models that are discovering software vulnerabilities at a rapid pace. Sources tell me that Microsoft will set another patch Tuesday record today, the third in just... View Source

Artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. has raised $2 billion in a new round of funding that vaulted its valuation to $48 billion... View Source

Looking for a quality camera that marries style and performance? Look no further than the Nikon Zf. Despite its vintage looks, it's one of the best Nikon cameras you can buy and with its excellent low-light performance, we also rank it as one of the best astrophotography cameras. Now, thanks to this deal, it's the cheapest it's been since last year's Black Friday. Save $453 and get the Nikon Zf ca... View Source

There's never really been a game like Grand Theft Auto VI before, one that has completely altered the lineup of games around it. Everyone, it seems, is scared of going up against Grand Theft Auto VI. Everyone, that is, except for Nintendo. The company held a 30-minute showcase this morning focused entirely on its Legend of Zelda franchise, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. We got a title... View Source

An Amazon Prime Air cargo jet ripped right past the landing zone at the Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, struggling to stop itself in time before overrunning the runway and crashing into a cleaning crew and a nearby SUV. It was a tragic incident, killing five innocent people. The Boeing 767-300 also barreled right through a chain-link fence that was protecting a highly unusual lot... View Source

Bank of America Corp. has discussed providing investors of Cogent Communications Holdings Inc. with additional collateral for a new money raise for the internet provider, according to people familiar with the situation... View Source

On Sept. 8, 2004, NASA's Genesis spacecraft crash-landed in Utah after its parachutes failed to deploy. Genesis was NASA's first sample-return mission since the Apollo program, and the first attempt ever to bring back samples from someplace farther than the moon. The spacecraft picked up solar wind particles while orbiting the L1 Lagrange point, which is about 1 million miles from Earth. L1 is a "... View Source

Anthropic says power users are key to its business - it's prioritized them even when it means cutting off other popular applications, like OpenClaw. But some of these same customers say Anthropic misled them into believing they'd get more out of a top-tier pricing subscription than they did. In an expanded class-action lawsuit filed today, a group of Claude subscribers say the company deceptively... View Source

Ireland’s media watchdog launched an investigation into X, over concerns the social media platform owned by Elon Musk breached age and parental control provisions... View Source

NASA, ESA/Hubble, D. Gouliermis NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across. The glittering stars at the center of the void are responsible for its c... View Source

“Build the Wall” was pulled days after the White House launched its “arcade.” | Screenshot: The Verge The White House has taken down its racist Tetris ripoff days after launching a website dedicated to "arcade games," as spotted earlier by Kotaku. The Tetris clone, called "Build the Wall," involved stacking different-sized blocks to prevent a "zombie border siege." It's not clear why the White Hou... View Source

There are many ways to honor someone who’s recently passed. Flowers. Murals. Candlelight vigils. And in today’s age, unfortunately: AI slop. Weeks after Dolly Parton died, the legendary country singer’s sister, Stella Parton, has begged fans to stop posting “fake AI garbage” as supposed tribute, saying it’s making it hard to move on. “Sadly, because of the way our lives have been lived in front of... View Source

Evolution AB had “ineffective” compliance procedures for checking if its casino games were accessible in markets where gambling is illegal, according to a 2022 report made public in a Tuesday court filing... View Source

A team of researchers just chased a pair of reentering satellites in a private jet to learn about the pollution caused by space debris burning up in Earth's atmosphere.The satellites in question were the European Space Agency's (ESA) Tango and Samba spacecraft, which once formed the Cluster constellation, together with the already de-orbited Rumba and Salsa. The quartet used to study the interacti... View Source

The Tesla Cybercab is notable for what it lacks, namely a steering wheel and pedal. By design, there is no way for this vehicle to be manually controlled - or so we thought. Less than a week after the Cybercab was officially launched in Austin, Texas, some riders have discovered the Cybercab's secret manual controls that appears to be intended only for Tesla employees. In at least two videos poste... View Source

Thoma Bravo has launched a new effort to refinance upcoming debt for cybersecurity company Sophos, in a bid to tackle its most urgent portfolio company maturity ahead of a March deadline... View Source

Explore Hubble Science Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Hubble, Webb Find… 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 Scie... View Source

A lot of people are split between getting a nice all-in-one soundbar or spending more for an option that includes rear satellites for immersive surround sound. JBL’s Bar 700 Mark 2 system is one of the most unique options available, shipping with two modular speakers that charge when docked to the soundbar. When detached, the battery-powered (and mountable) speakers can be placed anywhere, lasting... View Source

This is not the real Slim Shady. In a world dominated by cheaply-produced AI content, it’s never been easier to imitate your favorite artist. YouTube, for instance, has succumbed to a tidal wave of AI-generated music released under the names of real artists without their permission — and a baffling number of its unknowing users are blissfully unaware they’re being served a microwaved counterfeit... View Source

Anthropic PBC decidió no seguir adelante con la adquisición de la startup de inteligencia artificial Decart AI, según personas conocedoras del asunto... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jon Harman poses in front of an example of the Rancho Bernardo style of Native American artwork that’s barely visible until Dstretch is applied. Credit: Jon Harman  High in the central tower in the ancient Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat, paintings depict horseback riders and a traditional musical ensemble. Thousands of... View Source

The date of 'Star Wars Day' is based on a "May the fourth be with you" pun. The date of 'Alien Day' (April 26), meanwhile, is inspired by an extremely tenuous link to LV-426, a moon pivotal to the first two movies. 'Star Trek Day', however, is based on an actual date; September 8 is the anniversary of the Original Series' very first broadcast in 1966. This year's birthday is more important than mo... View Source

Pusheen is getting her first game, and it will appear exclusively on Apple Arcade. Launching October 1st, Pusheen's Place lets you collect and care for more than 100 Pusheens as you play minigames and decorate rooms for Pusheenicorn, Pancake Pusheen, and other variations of the cartoon cat. In the mix of minigames, you'll "sort color cakes in Snack Stack," "pop cute Pusheen fruit bubbles in Parfai... View Source

Katrina Dudley, Senior Investment Strategist at Franklin Templeton Public Markets, discusses the returns on AI spending being pushed out further and the justification for infrastructure spending. She speaks to Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Bailey Lipschultz on "Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Explore This Section Science Science Activation 1,000 Museum Visitors Dive… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation   3 min read 1,000 Museum Visitors Dive Into NASA Sea Level Science on World Ocean Day Participants reach into an augmented reality sandbox, reshaping the terrain as projected contour lines and colors illustrate topographic features and el... View Source

Form meets function? | Image: Peak Design Oh, this thing? It's just a crossbody strap. It's a fun and youthful way to carry your phone. It's all the rage with Europeans and young people. I love it, and I definitely don't feel weird and self-conscious using it. Plus, it's great to have a $700 investment dangling near your waist while you walk down the street. Kind of a thrill. Stylish? Yeah, I gues... View Source

Runway AI Inc.’s annual recurring revenue hit $200 million in September, underscoring growing demand from companies using the startup's image- and video-generating software to make marketing materials and ads... View Source

This might look like a rocket launching off Earth, but it's actually a rocket booster perfectly landing on our planet after fulfilling its duty. (Image credit: Chelsea Gohd)On Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket — then, after completing its job, the rocket's boosters safely landed back on Earth. Watching the events unfold, Space.co... View Source

Link's next adventure now has a release date. During a Legend of Zelda stream for the franchise's 40th anniversary, Nintendo announced that the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake for the Switch 2 is launching on November 5th. The release date makes Ocarina of Time one of just a few big-budget titles launching in the same month as Grand Theft Auto VI. Nintendo first teased the remake back in June, tho... View Source

Qualcomm said it signed up Amazon.com as a data center chip customer in a deal that gives Amazon the right to acquire as much as $4 billion in shares. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence has more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Legend of Zelda franchise turns 40 this year, and Nintendo has some news in store. The company is airing a Zelda-themed Direct on September 8th at 10AM ET (it’s actually the first of two news-filled events), which is expected to last around 30 minutes and, according to Nintendo, will include a “variety of information related to The Legend of Zelda.” That’s a pretty vague description, but the e... View Source

Qualcomm Inc., the largest maker of smartphone processors, said it’s signed up Amazon.com Inc. as a data center chip customer in a deal that will span “multiple generations” and gives Amazon the right to acquire as much as $4 billion in shares... View Source

Montbellant Hill was first home to a first-century B.C. city before Roman and medieval structures were built on top of it in the ensuing centuries... View Source

Scientists have spotted the first hints that Albert Einstein's formulation of gravity operates in the quantum realm. The hints have to do with observations of a falling quantum object, and though this may not seem like a huge deal (literally, we are talking about atoms here), it could be an important step on the road to a theory of ... everything.To start, we have to go back to the early years of... View Source

Suspenseful clock ticking… as you wait for AI to take your job. | Image: Adobe Adobe is overhauling how editors interact with AI in its Premiere professional video editing software. Its new Generative Media tool makes it easier to generate video, sound effects, music, and soundscapes without ever leaving the project timeline. The generators themselves aren't entirely new; the big change is how eas... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. has run more than 300 advertisements on Instagram and Facebook containing suspected child sexual abuse material this year, according to a report Tuesday by the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project... View Source

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Indefinite causal order let physicists reverse a rule of nature, then confirm it with a split light beam... View Source

A journalist has accused Cleveland.com — the online home of The Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest newspaper — of publishing an article under her byline without her consent, knowledge, or approval. The article was generated by the “Cleveland.com Express Desk,” which “uses AI tools to assist in producing content” that the newspaper claims is “reviewed and edited by staff.” In an X post on September 7, Cl... View Source

Stoke Space announced Tuesday that it has raised another significant round of funding, $1 billion, as it makes a final push toward its debut launch next year. The Washington-based launch company also revealed plans for a larger medium-lift vehicle. With the Series E funding round, co-led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital, Stoke Space brought its total amount of capital raised to $2.3 billion,... View Source

Around 2020, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook returned from a trip to Asia unusually energized about a new product category: foldable phones... View Source

New Apple CEO John Ternus’ first hardware launch has already proved the company’s industry influence. | Image: The Verge; Getty Images Apple is almost certain to launch its first foldable iPhone tomorrow, seven years after Samsung's Galaxy Fold initially went on sale. And while Apple might be a few years late to the party, the run-up to this launch proves that new CEO John Ternus has inherited a c... View Source

Marriage breakups get complicated with multibillion-dollar ventures on the line... View Source

A single overlooked test finally exposed a deadly design flaw... View Source

The LG G5 OLED is one of the TVs tested by Gamers Nexus. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and their homes, even when offline or on standby mode, according to a new report from YouTube channel Gamers Nexus. The company's TV sets scan Wi-Fi networks for nearby devices, record audio logs through their microphones, and use a... View Source

Students who do not use AI chatbots for schoolwork are outperforming those who do, according to the OECD’s flagship educational report, providing some of the widest-ranging evidence yet that the technology could be hurting children’s learning... View Source

Boston Scientific Corp. said that fallout from a cybersecurity incident has impacted its ability to ship its products to customers and will cause the medical devices company to miss its sales growth and earnings estimates for the year... View Source

Stoke has "completed the initial closing" of a $1B Series E round intended to help it reach orbit and prepare a new, larger rocket for operations... View Source

The wearable industry is giving itself an AI makeover that it hopes you like and trust... View Source

It began with an unusual flash detected off the coast of South Africa by an aging American satellite — and to this day, debate continues over whether this odd Cold War event involved an illicit atmospheric nuclear test.The strange story of the "South Atlantic Flash," better known as the Vela Incident, began on Sept. 22, 1979. At that time, Vela 6911, a satellite in a constellation developed by the... View Source

Singapore-based Circles Group is spinning off its business that provides digital software services to telecom operators... View Source

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India spent the past decade transforming how money moves, with its home-grown real-time payments system changing the way millions of people pay. Now, it is preparing for a bigger leap as artificial intelligence reshapes finance... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. has mandated banks for a debut sterling bond sale with the deal expected to launch as soon as Wednesday... View Source

Willem Sels, global chief investment officer at HSBC Private Bank, says the the economy and corporates have proved "more resilient than people thought" and further AI-driven productivity gains are one reason why he is "more bullish on the US than on Europe." Sels speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

ASML Holding NV has won commitments from top chipmakers to use its latest semiconductor production gear, while embarking on a broader agreement to meet surging demand for more powerful artificial intelligence technology... View Source

Xiaomi is the latest manufacturer to release a short, wide foldable phone, in the same week Apple is expected to do the same. I got to try the 18 Fold behind closed doors at IFA last week, and while it looks and feels similar enough to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8, superior specs make it feel like the phone I wish Samsung had made. The 18 Fold is Xiaomi's first book-style foldable since 2024's Mix Fo... View Source

Insight with Haslinda Amin, a daily news program featuring in-depth, high-profile interviews and analysis to give viewers the complete picture on the stories that matter. The show features prominent leaders spanning the worlds of business, finance, politics and culture. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Anthropic has decided against acquiring artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, according to people familiar with the matter. The companies may still pursue other opportunities to collaborate, one of the people said. Bloomberg's Neil Campling has the details. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Mistral AI has raised €3 billion ($3.5 billion) at a valuation of more than €21 billion from investors led by Samsung Electronics Co. to fund the development of artificial intelligence models and build computing infrastructure... View Source

French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI is raising €3 billion ($3.49 billion) in a Series D funding round, with Samsung Electronics joining the round. Chief Executive Officer Arthur Mensch argues that the company is probably still undervalued and that macroeconomic reasons are starting to show that open source models will win. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 8 –… 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. Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn’s South Pole Explanation: Why are S... View Source

Renault SA is set to start sales of its overhauled electric Dacia Spring, which will be assembled in Europe to qualify for incentives favoring local production... View Source

Firmus Technologies Pty is setting up investor meetings for next week ahead of an initial public offering, the Australian Financial Review reported, citing unidentified people... View Source

The Xiaomi 18 Fold and its Xring O3 chip. China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphics processor inside its custom Xring O3 chip. What's so special about that? After five years of development, Arm now has an AI gaming graphics accelerator inside... View Source

Anthropic PBC has decided against pursuing an acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, people familiar with the matter said... View Source

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co. is set to begin trading in Hong Kong on Tuesday after raising HK$7.08 billion ($903 million) in an upsized share sale, testing the resilience of investor enthusiasm after a flurry of artificial intelligence supply chain offerings in the city... View Source

Australia is in the process of finalizing a treaty with another Pacific island nation, with the national broadcaster reporting that Canberra has struck an “in-principle” agreement with the Solomon Islands... View Source

Tesla is reportedly ordering enough parts from suppliers to build 15,000 Optimus units by the end of 2026 — about 1,000/week by end of September, ramping to 2,500/week by year-end. That’s a run rate of 100,000–125,000 units/year heading into 2027, and it confirms what many doubted: humanoid robots at scale is happening now, not years ... Read more... View Source

I'm a pretty thrifty guy; no one will ever accuse me of being a hoarder or a bulk shopper. You won’t ever see me at a Costco lugging around 48-count packs of toilet paper, hernia-inducing apple bags, or ginormous 5-pound boxes of Goldfish Crackers.But after tinkering around with "The Last Starship" for a while, I think I could be converted into a doomsday prepper; someone who loads up on necessary... View Source

When shopping for an electric vehicle, affordability is becoming a more common trait. But affordable and energy efficient is truly a rare breed. Often you have to sacrifice one for the other. Want something affordable? Great, here's a range loser. Want something that goes the distance? Be ready to pay the price. Surprisingly, here comes Audi to split the difference. The German automaker's new A2 E... View Source

OpenAI’s top scientist has warned that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control, and said he expects AI labs to voluntarily slow development for safety reasons... View Source

A group of Europe’s biggest mobile operators are in early talks to create a consortium to bid on satellite spectrum and offer direct-to-mobile service, which would rival Elon Musk’s Starlink service on the continent, people familiar with the matter said... View Source

The moon could have formed in a matter of hours following the giant impact between Earth and a Mars-size protoplanet early in the history of the solar system. The theory comes from new simulations that take into account how the internal temperature of young protoplanets affected their geologic properties and therefore the collisions they experienced. This giant impact scenario has become the leadi... View Source

Companies investing in trustworthy AI practices are far more likely to see strong returns from the technology, according to new research from SAS. But trust remains a hurdle: 97% of users override AI recommendations at least some of the time, while employees are less likely to trust increasingly autonomous AI agents. Jay Upchurch, SAS Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, joins B... View Source

On Tuesday (Sept. 8), skywatchers can first catch a striking predawn pairing of the crescent moon and Jupiter, then — where conditions and location allow — attempt the much harder daytime occultation, when the moon hides the planet from view.Before sunrise: Find the moon and JupiterSet your alarm for 5 a.m. local time on Tuesday and look low toward the east-northeast sky. Check in advance for tall... View Source

The XM4C (in white) have the exact same visual design as the XM4 (in black) from 2020. | Photo: John Higgins / The Verge Six years ago Sony and Bose were in the middle of a noise-canceling battle, with each new model of headphones better than the last. In the fall of 2020, Sony released the WH-1000XM4 headphones to wide acclaim. They sat atop best headphones lists for years, thanks to their great... View Source

Top lenders HDFC Bank Ltd. and ICICI Bank Ltd. are among buyers of India’s first tokenized bond offered by state-run REC Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, signaling interest for such issuances that could help deepen debt market liquidity... View Source

UForce, a London-based drone startup, is in discussions to raise new financing at a valuation of about $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight mission for NASA. Endeavour lifted off from NASA's historic Pad 39A launch site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the 11-day mission, five crewmembers did science experiments, deployed and retrieved a satellite called Spartan 201, and conducted a nearly seven-hour-l... View Source

The River 260 Gen4 (on the table) powering a portable fridge, Starlink Mini, and charging a phone. | Image: EcoFlow If you're in the market for a tiny power station that punches well above its size and weight then have a look at EcoFlow's new fourth-generation River series. The River 260 Gen4 features a 256Wh capacity battery while the 520 Gen4 packs in 512Wh - storing about 2.5x and 5x the energy... View Source

Nā 'Uhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to this image of NGC 7253 — a pair of spiral galaxies caught in each other's gravity. This image was captured by the Gemini North telescope on Maunakea. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)It is nearly impossible to fathom the entirety of a single galaxy — these realms can span hundreds of thousands of light-y... View Source

Is being the world’s richest man not enough for Elon Musk? He must also have us all believe that he’s a genius, sui generis, with a mind so mighty that it’s wasted on supposedly intellectual pastimes like “chess.” He’s so convinced that the board game is beneath him, in fact, that he’s begun arguing about it with… Chess.com, a leading source of expertise and chess AI.  The inane saga kicked off ye... View Source

US tech titans are interested in building data centers in Australia, drawn by its green grid and proximity to Asia, as they face a growing backlash at home, according to AirTrunk Operating Pty Ltd... View Source

We are a planet-based species: With a few notable (astronaut) exceptions, everyone who has ever lived remained glued to our spinning Earth, which now houses 8.3 billion people. That's the gravity of the situation. But we're also a world of floods, typhoons, earthquakes, heat and cold calamities, volcanic eruptions and even encounters with sun-caused auroras and bruises from incoming asteroids.It's... View Source

A man is facing numerous felony charges in Georgia after police allege he allegedly used a bizarre projectile to melt automatic license plate readers into smoldering heaps of metal and plastic. According to Fox5 in Atlanta, 25-year-old Colby Williams was hauled into jail after allegedly setting fire to three automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) installed by the extremely controversial company F... View Source

ByteDance Ltd. is readying an AI model geared for real-time spatial video generation, taking on Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in an arena with applications in robotics and autonomous systems... View Source

Japanese startup Preferred Networks is seeking to go public to mass-produce its chips, reflecting the rising cost and scale needed to stay competitive in the global AI race, CEO Daisuke Okanohara said in an interview with Bloomberg News. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

When Apple debuts the next generation of iPhones this week, they're likely to come with an unwanted change: a higher price tag. A price hike from the supply-chain powerhouse would be the clearest sign yet that soaring memory costs have become unavoidable - with no end to the memory crunch in sight. Call it "chipflation" or "RAMageddon." The shortage is reversing a decades-long decline in memory co... View Source

Dark energy might be getting weaker. Scientists are wondering if interactions with dark matter in a “dark dimension” may be responsible... View Source

When the Denver board of Water Commissioners approved stage one drought restrictions back in March, they did so facing some of the driest conditions in decades. According to the US Drought Monitor, the watershed sourced for Denver’s water utility is experiencing a “severe to exceptional drought,” while the Denver metropolitan area has been in a “severe drought.” As a result, residents and business... View Source

An Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport, killing at least five people and temporarily shutting down the airport’s runways during the busy Labor Day travel weekend. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The intricate, 5.6 trillion-pixel map covers approximately 75 percent of the sky and includes about 4 billion celestial objects... View Source

Reaching the point when AI handles most tasks better than humans had been seen as a measurable achievement... View Source

I've got three telescopes in my home, but the Celestron FirstScope is my first stop when it comes to stargazing. Now this super-portable, beginner-friendly tabletop scope is $60 at Amazon, even cheaper than Prime Day!Save 20% on this moon-themed Celestron Firstscope at Amazon What makes the Celestron FirstScope so fantastic? It's all down to ease of use and portability. There's next to no assembly... View Source

Thanks to their ability to provide a smooth ride and quiet powertrain with ease, electric vehicles are a true shoo-in for the high-end luxury automotive segment. Rolls-Royce has the Spectre, Cadillac's Celestiq is taking bespoke to a whole new level, and Mercedes has given the EQS the full Maybach treatment. From Volkswagen Auto Group, Bentley is just about to debut its 2027 Torcal, a spacious SUV... View Source

In an affront to creeps everywhere, Meta has started remotely bricking the smart glasses of wearers who try to secretly record other people. Earlier this month, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company said it would crack down on customers who modified the spectacles to disable or cover up their lights that indicate when they’re recording, amid incredible public backlash against how the glasses are being u... View Source

CD Projekt Red SA is ramping up investment as it prepares the next chapter of its flagship monster-hunting Witcher franchise, with several projects now in development... View Source

IQE Plc Chief Executive Officer Jutta Meier said access to indium phosphide substrates is emerging as a key risk for the semiconductor industry as Chinese export controls create uncertainty over supplies... View Source

Like most of their compatriots here on terra firma, the three Americans living off Earth will get to put their feet up today (Sept. 7).NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will get Labor Day off aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the agency said on Friday (Sept. 4). European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, the first French woman ever to perform a spacewalk, w... View Source

Huawei has released its third trifold phone in China, and the company has clearly had half an eye on Samsung during development. Not only does the Mate XT 2 adopt the inward-folding form factor used on Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold, it's also the first foldable to include a privacy-enhancing display, much like the one Samsung added to the Galaxy S26 Ultra this year. The first Mate XT, which launched... View Source

An experimental lung disease drug developed using artificial intelligence showed promise in reversing biological signs of aging, pointing to broader potential use of the treatment, according to its developer... View Source

Japanese startup Preferred Networks Inc. is seeking to go public to mass-produce its chips, a reflection of the rising cost and scale needed to stay relevant in a global AI race... View Source

The science curriculum the industry is offering to schools casts plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda... View Source

Germany’s Zeiss Group, a key supplier to the global semiconductor industry, overhauled plans to move to a new cloud-based SAP SE software service after costs swelled to more than €200 million ($232 million) over several years... View Source

Uber Technologies, Inc. has hired banks for a debut multi-tranche debt offering in euros... View Source

Malaysia is leaning toward relying on Huawei Technologies Co.’s artificial intelligence chips to power its sovereign AI efforts, in what would be a major victory for Chinese AI technology in the face of strong opposition from President Donald Trump’s administration... View Source

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Huawei Technologies Co. and Xiaomi Corp. are raising the stakes in China’s smartphone arena just days before Apple Inc.’s first foray into the foldable category... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 7 – The… 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. The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Explanation: The P... View Source

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. So where are they?By Adam Kirsch. Read by James Sobol KellyRead the text version hereSupport the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpodAdapted from We Want to Believe: How Aliens Went Mainstream and Why It Matters, published by Columbia Global Reports on 25 August. To support t... View Source

Australia’s data center boom risks pushing demand beyond the economy’s supply capacity, fueling inflation and requiring the Reserve Bank to run higher interest rates, according to James McIntyre at Bloomberg Economics... View Source

Japanese stocks rose, driven by tech and chip shares, following a surge in AI and semiconductor-related names in the US on Friday. Signs of stabilizing interest rates also helped assure investors... View Source

The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company's logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its most advanced model to date. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to co... View Source

Go Inc., the taxi booking app operator that pulled off Japan’s biggest initial public offering this year, said it is sustaining strong ride volume even after fare hikes... View Source

An Amazon.com Inc. cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport and burst into flames on Sunday, shutting down the airport’s runways and taxiways and prompting an emergency response. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on September 06, 2026. | Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in multiple injuries. The extent of the damage or the seriousness of the injuries was not clear at the time of publication. In the afterm... View Source

German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe's first entirely commercial orbital rocket. It attempted to achieve the feat last March, but that lasted all of 30 seconds before the vehicle crashed into the sea and exploded. This time the company managed to get the two-stage Spectrum into low Earth orbit from a Norwegian spaceport. CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Metzler said in a press r... View Source

Jason Calcanis of the All in Pod predicted Tesla will land 40% of the future robotaxi market, Uber 40%, Waymo 15%, and everyone else splits the remaining 5%. I go through the actual supply chain, unit economics, and hardware numbers and show why we think that split is way off — and why Tesla likely ... Read more... View Source

SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Sept. 6).The spacecraft rode to low Earth orbit (LEO) atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 10:26 a.m. EDT (1426 GMT; 7:26 a.m. local California time). The Falcon 9 rose into blue morning skies — something of a rarity for California's central coast, which is often cloaked... View Source

As Americans are being hailed as folk heroes for sawing down Flock surveillance cameras across the country, British home appliance company Dyson has come up with a form of video surveillance that we didn’t even know was possible. Yes: the company has launched a new AI-infused electric toothbrush that features a “100k pixel macro lens camera,” allowing users — brushers? — to “see what their dentist... View Source

On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured from a German manufacturing site by the Allied forces at the end of World War II.V-2s were the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. They were designed by German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, a famous aerospace engineer, invented them for Nazi Germany before he was secret... View Source

Boox teased the Picco, its take on the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, back in July, but provided almost no details. Now, thanks to some reporting out of IFA, we've got a bit more info, though sadly still no price. Unlike the Xteink devices, the Picco will not have magnets on the back for attaching to a phone. The 3.97-inch e-paper display, however, will be touchscreen, which The Verge's Andrew Liszewsk... View Source

The surveillance state costs money, people! Well, tell that to president Trump. On Thursday, he slapped a 100 percent tariff — he sure loves round numbers and levying imports — on larger foreign-made drones. Trump claimed that this “bolsters national security.” But, ironically, it could be undermining domestic security — at least according to surveillance-happy police departments who’ve gotten use... View Source

Star Wars' starships are almost as memorable the saga's character and thanks to Lego's Star Wars range, you can build your own replicas of these iconic craft. We've rounded up the very best, from a palm-sized version of Darth Vader's Tie Fighter to a massive, table-hogging Star Wars Clone Wars-era Venator Star Destroyer.While several of these sets are display pieces, we've included some play-frien... View Source

A group of software engineers who say they were fired by their bosses because of AI are giving their former employers a taste of their own medicine. With the powers of spite and friendship, they’ve built “OpenExecutive,” an AI system designed to do the work of a CEO, if not the entire c-suite, TechRadar reports. “Work happens around the clock. Leadership doesn’t scale with it,” a demo video begins... View Source

Also: The latest on Apple’s big Sept. 9 event... View Source

While they’re seemingly still years away from completing actually useful tasks, like cleaning a messy apartment or doing the dishes, humanoid robots have developed plenty of capabilities over the past few years, from sprinting faster than any human ever to performing elaborate dance choreographies. They’ve also been taught how to punch and even kickbox for their human overlords’ amusement, as one... View Source

Repairability rules. The Fairphone 6 Plus feels like an extremely average midrange Android phone and I couldn't be more thrilled. The mission has always been admirable. Fairphone seeks out ethically sourced materials and offers a high degree of repairability for its devices. But the phones themselves required a lot of sacrifices, like putting up with underpowered processors and bad cameras, in ord... View Source

Isar Aerospace plans rapid expansion amid race to capitalise on expanding satellite-launch marketA German startup has launched the first commercial rocket to reach orbit from continental Europe, a milestone for Europe’s efforts to secure independent access to space.Isar Aerospace said on Sunday that it would rapidly ⁠expand satellite deployments after the ⁠first orbital launch of ​its uncrewed Spe... View Source

To get started with competitive Pokémon battles, all you need is your phone. But to compete at the highest level, like at the Pokémon World Championships, you're going to need a Switch. And there doesn't seem to be a good reason why. Battle simulator Pokémon Champions originally launched on the Switch and Switch 2 in April, with the mobile version following in June. The experience is nearly identi... View Source

For seafood lovers, there are few things more appealing than a simple slab of raw tuna — a fish whose fatty, savory, and tender muscle tissue has been a delicacy for thousands of years. Unfortunately for those foodies, fresh raw fish comes with the distinct possibility of parasitic infection. Off the coasts of southern Brazil, that risk is rising, as hauls of the common skipjack tuna come with the... View Source

EcoFlow’s high-end, weatherproof, plug-in solar kit with integrated battery. | Image: EcoFlow This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on e-bikes, power stations, and how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started With a deep breath,... View Source

Automakers are having an increasingly difficult time convincing their customers that more in-car screens — and the often dodgy software that accompanies them — are a compelling reason to pay a major premium. Virtually every major car company is now installing increasingly enormous screens into the dashboards of its cars, frequently stretching far beyond the driver’s seat and into the passenger are... View Source

A rising Gen Z indie musician known as Betty Hammerschlag has turned out to be a middle-aged man, in an elaborate — and dare we say a bit creepy — deception that fooled everyone from fans to music critics to the artist’s own collaborators. Music journalist Shawn Reynaldo blew open the charade in an exposé published Wednesday in his newsletter First Floor. By all appearances, Hammerschlag presented... View Source

Nigeria’s antitrust commission said it is probing Uber Technologies Inc.’s abrupt exit from the West African nation, after the ride-hailing platform shut down last week without prior notice to users... View Source

The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control... View Source

NASA's long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost.The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons, added a 114-foot (34-meter) radio-frequency antenna in California, boosting capacity on the increasingly crowded network.More than 40 spacecraft exploring the solar system and interstellar space use DSN, w... View Source

Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence... View Source

If you happen to live in Ohio, Wisconsin, or Kansas, you may soon notice a massive uptick in ads extolling the virtues of AI data centers. That’s not by accident. As Bloomberg reported this week, a group funded by tech industry billionaires called Build American AI is spinning up a massive campaign meant to sway public opinion around data centers in key battleground states. The ad blitz is describ... View Source

Some of these prices are low enough to justify buying the tool before you need it... View Source

OpenAI GPT 6 is a next generation model. It is built different. Theo says it is the best model ever... View Source

Around the world in 80 WAVs. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge I love field recordings. I love making them. I love them when they're incorporated into my ambient music. They're great background noise for working or sleeping. But they're also great for active listening, focusing in on the fine nuances of burbling brooks or urban chaos. Earth Garden gives you a globe to explore with real fi... View Source

When iOS 27 lands later this month, it will have a feature called iPhone Handoff that lets you switch between two phones using the same number. It was briefly mentioned during the WWDC keynote back in June, but there were no details at the time. Now there's a demo clip showing how to set up the feature running in Xcode 27's Device Hub. It lets you pair two iPhones, using one as your main device an... View Source

An Isar Aerospace rocket lifted off from a launchpad in Norway as the German startup seeks to pull off the first commercial space mission to reach orbit from continental Europe... View Source

After health officials in Pennsylvania found that two young children died from measles, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is refusing to count their deaths as being caused by the deadly virus. “This week’s measles outbreaks update will not include the two measles-associated deaths reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Aug. 25,” the CDC posted on its website, in a high u... View Source

Chris Camillo — the investor who’s turned a small stake into as much as $100M — says Tesla’s robotaxi and Cybercab story is already priced into the stock. We go through the actual numbers on a whiteboard and show why we think he’s missing several layers. FSD subscription revenue today, the Hardware 4 legacy fleet ... Read more... View Source

There’s some real gems in there. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD sales exploded in the first half of 2026. A new report from the organization says 17.5 million CDs were sold in the first six months of the year, up from just 12 million during the same period in 2025. That's a jump of 45.7 percent, and 58.6 percent in dollar... View Source

Three hikers who extensively used Google’s Gemini to plan their trip to the summit of Mount Shasta in California’s Cascade Range had to be rescued by Forest Service rangers when the chatbot’s advice went horribly awry. As the Chicago Tribune reports, the three young men from outside of Sacramento attempted to reach the potentially active stratovolcano’s 14,179-foot peak earlier this week late into... View Source

Soon, the sky's most glamorous evening performer will take its leave. Since late March, Venus has been the unmistakable "Evening Star," gleaming shortly after sunset and stealing attention from nearly everything else in the twilight. In June, it helped stage a striking three-planet lineup after sundown, outshining both Jupiter and Mercury. Now the curtain is beginning to fall: Venus is sinking nig... View Source

Andy Holloway cohosts the Fantasy Footballers podcast with his friends Jason Moore and Mike Wright. The show is one of the premier fantasy sports podcasts, netting over 2 million monthly listeners and numerous awards, including Best Sports Podcast from iHeartRadio and People's Choice at the Podcast Awards four years in a row. Holloway's goal has always been about bringing fantasy football to a wid... View Source

If you’re one of the many people chowing down on melatonin gummies to help get to sleep, you may want to check out this study. A new piece of research published by the American Heart Association made an alarming discovery about long-term use of melatonin supplements, an over-the-counter sleep aid used by tens of thousands. Basically, those who use melatonin over a year or more had a 90 percent hig... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 5 –… 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. Chasing the Moon’s Shadow Explanation: Chasing the shadow of a Ne... View Source

You can keep your space camels, the AT-ST is Star Wars' coolest land vehicle, and now this Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series AT-ST is $39 off at Amazon, the cheapest this set has ever been. Save $39 on this Lego Star Wars UCS AT-ST at Amazon. Like the rest of Lego's Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series, this Lego Star Wars AT-ST is a seriously detailed model. It has some interactive features... View Source