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SK Hynix Inc. said that it’s exploring options to boost its global competitiveness after a report that it may team up with Intel Corp. to make semiconductors in the US... View Source

The false door inside was meant for the soul to enter and leave the afterlife at will... View Source

The AI kingmaker also fancies himself a savvy venture capitalist... View Source

Almost one in ten UK workers have used an AI tool that their employer has banned or would disapprove of, according to a survey by Deloitte that highlights the growing tension between employees and their bosses over using the technology... View Source

A particularly pointed balancing act for finance and investing executives... View Source

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Russia plans to launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station today (Sept. 16), and you can watch the action live.The robotic Progress 96 spacecraft is scheduled to lift off atop a Soyuz rocket from the Russian-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today at 9:33 a.m. EDT (1333 GMT).You can watch it live here at Space.com courtesy of NASA, or directly via the agency, beginning at 9:15 a... View Source

ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming has become Asia’s richest person for the first time, marking a comeback for the TikTok developer as fortunes linked to AI surge above the billionaires of traditional industry. Pui Gwen Yeung has more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

While a bunch of sharks cruising the Maine coast may seem ominous, it’s actually a sign of a conservation success story... View Source

The debate over how far, and how fast, artificial intelligence is advancing poses a serious dilemma for tech executives. They’re keen to telegraph their concerns about the technology’s potential perils and have offered various remedies that include slowing down its development. But having plowed hundreds of billions of dollars into AI, they’re trying to calm people down without spooking investors... View Source

Meta may be ready to reveal a new pair of smart glasses with no camera at all, amid a PR crisis for the company caused by the video recording capabilities of its flagship smart glasses. A new report from The Information claims the camera-free glasses, codenamed Luna, could be revealed as soon as the Meta Connect event next week. Instead of a camera, the Luna glasses will reportedly include six mic... View Source

The treatment can reprogram immune cells that have been corrupted by the cancer, strengthening the body’s ability to attack... View Source

The European Union is working to ban social media for kids under 13 and restrict the use of technology and artificial intelligence services for older children, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in her annual address Wednesday... View Source

A turn in sentiment toward Indian digital payments pioneer Paytm is putting its initial public offering price back in sight for the first time since its listing... View Source

ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming has become Asia’s richest person for the first time, marking a comeback for the TikTok developer as fortunes linked to artificial intelligence surge above the billionaires of traditional industry... View Source

Alan Chan, Managing Partner at the Hong Kong-based family office Full Vision Capital, discusses his vision for investment opportunities for Hong Kong, and the city's move to align closer to China's economic plans with its own five-year plan. The firm focuses on investments that support Hong Kong's green transition and innovation development. He speaks with David Ingles on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trad... View Source

Hong Kong leader John Lee has unveiled the city's first five-year plan, a blueprint his administration has crafted as it seeks to align the city's priorities with China’s national strategy. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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South Korea must continue advancing artificial intelligence without pause or delay, its deputy prime minister said on Wednesday, striking an unequivocal tone in a growing global debate about the pace of development for the technology... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 16 –… 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 + WebbHubble Webb’s View of M64 Explanation: Sometimes wh... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp.’s credit default swaps hovered near a three-year high as traders assessed potential implications from funding plans for OpenAI, one of SoftBank’s biggest bets... View Source

SK Hynix Inc. has struck an agreement with its union to pay out half of all profit-sharing bonuses in cash, resolving a dispute that threatened to disrupt production at the world’s second-biggest memory chipmaker... View Source

China’s top military diplomat used a defense forum in Beijing to call on countries around the world to step up AI oversight, just as the new tech exacerbates a rivalry with the US... View Source

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee set out plans to almost double the city’s spending on innovation in coming years, as his government seeks to align the financial hub more closely with Beijing’s economic priorities... View Source

A new push by top artificial intelligence firms to coordinate with one another and the US government on AI safeguards threatens to make it harder for smaller companies to compete in the lucrative market, according to startup executives and industry watchers... View Source

Even as Donald Trump blasts Anthropic PBC’s Dario Amodei over his call to hit the brakes on AI development, the two agree on the need to prevent China from catching the US. But doing that remains difficult in practice... View Source

Nearly two years after the last update to Boox's smartphone-sized black-and-white e-reader, the company announced the Palma 3 with a sleek redesign, new functionality, and a handful of other small updates that may justify its significant price bump depending on how you plan to use it. While the Palma 2 launched in 2024 for $279.99, the Palma 3 will be $339.99 and is expected to be "available soon... View Source

Sandra Rivera, VSORA Chair, discusses a key AI industry issue: whether demand and revenue can grow quickly enough to justify the massive spending on physical infrastructure. She speaks with Romaine Bostick & Bailey Lipschultz on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said he believes artificial intelligence companies can develop the technology safely without significant harm to people at large... View Source

Canon announced the second-generation of its EOS R8 with a new retro-inspired redesign and the addition of in-body stabilization. That feature was one of the most notable omissions from the original R8 that launched in 2023 as a smaller, cheaper, and more accessible alternative to the Canon R6 Mark II for photographers wanting a larger full-frame shooter. While the new EOS R8 Mark II is slightly h... View Source

Hong Kong’s ambitious plan to become a data center hub got off to a slow start... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said artificial intelligence labs should rely on independent evaluators and advisers to ensure that models are safe... View Source

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Steve Ormsby, Aphrodite Kostakis, Alejando Borlaff, Sarah Nickerson, Martina Caussi, Keiko Nomura, and Stephen Broccardo. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space B... View Source

US military forces and FBI agents boarded a Texas-bound oil tanker to investigate a cyberattack, the Coast Guard confirmed late Tuesday... View Source

Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what we've already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to - AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. Asked if they support or oppose the construction of data centers to power AI tech, 61 percent of the 1,503 likely voters surveyed in early September (ahead of the recent AI safety slowdown discussion) s... View Source

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang is slated to attend President Donald Trump’s state dinner with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week, according to a person familiar with the matter... View Source

OpenAI is holding early talks with investors about a fresh funding round that would value the ChatGPT creator at more than $1.2 trillion ahead of an initial public offering... View Source

Senior Trump administration officials met Tuesday with Anthropic PBC’s top Washington executive to discuss artificial intelligence safety risks... View Source

Anthony Soohoo, CEO of MoneyGram, said the company was surprised by the Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act, but emphasized that MoneyGram will keep moving forward and focus on what it can control. He said it is too early to tell whether the bill, or something like it, will pass soon, and noted that the company is reassessing the regulatory environment. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "T... View Source

This cordless blower’s controllable power makes quick work of heavy leaf cleanup... View Source

Delays in the build-out of artificial intelligence because of public opposition will make the technology the “domain of large firms,” limiting access, BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink warned... View Source

A life without pain seems miraculous. But denying this hallmark of human existence could come with its own set of challenges... View Source

NASA's newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to extend its lifespan and double its exciting potential for discovery thanks to an efficient use of fuel on its way to its final orbit."As a result of exquisite planning by our orbital dynamics team, brilliant execution by the operations team, and a precise launch from SpaceX, Roman has fuel for at least 22 years of potential science... View Source

When 23-year old Lindsey Brooke Isaacs surrendered to police at the advice of her attorney, she was treated like a hardened criminal. Facing eight felony charges, including three counts of vehicular homicide, she spent her first days in custody in solitary confinement, separated from the rest of the jail population. Having been denied bond, Isaacs would spend nearly two weeks in jail, swallowing t... View Source

BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink says delays in the buildout of artificial intelligence lead to limited access. He spoke at the Canada Investment Summit on Tuesday. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It's been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, the company says it will host a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC." Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be in attendance, alongside Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davul... View Source

Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and Salesforce Inc. CEO Marc Benioff said companies have just begun taking advantage of artificial intelligence tools and need more help to gain the greatest benefits for their businesses... View Source

BlizzCon 2026 delivered big gaming news over the weekend, including Diablo 5 and a new Warcraft 3 expansion announcement, but sci-fi lovers were the ones with the most cause to celebrate, as we learned that StarCraft will return in 2030. It's not coming back as a sci-fi strategy game this time, though.16 years after StarCraft 2's initial launch and after months of rumors, Blizzard Entertainment ha... View Source

Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame for the prominent decline in teen mental health since 2010. It quickly became a central rallying cry of the social media backlash. Haidt has been credited with helping inspire Australia's nationwide tee... View Source

Conventional gym etiquette involves carefully wiping down the surfaces of any machines or equipment after using it. Businesses usually provide customers with wet wipes, or simple sprays and towels, to keep faux leather padding and other public surfaces pristine and sanitary. But during professional events, that level of cleanliness isn’t always guaranteed. Organizers of a recent Hyrox competition... View Source

The Claude maker faces a unique challenge, partly of its own making... View Source

The U.S. Space Force is opening up about its operation of orbital weapons, but not much beyond admitting that they exist.During a "State of the Space Force" address at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Tuesday (Sept. 15), Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess stated unequivocally that the Space Force uses active spa... View Source

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang dismissed the need for new artificial intelligence security regulations on Tuesday, arguing that market forces will help companies safely innovate... View Source

NASA will host an International Observe the Moon Night celebration from 5:30 to 8 p.m. CST on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, the official visitor center for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. International Observe the Moon Night celebrates the Moon, the science behind it, and its connection to space exploration and human culture. NASA’s free pub... View Source

Holy manuscripts preserved the genome of a plague that wiped out up to 90% of Europe’s historical sheep herds... View Source

Pending regulatory approval, SpaceX said today it intends to launch its 14th Starship mission as early as September 22. This flight is notable, as it will be the first time that SpaceX attempts to launch the experimental vehicle into orbit. The company set a target liftoff time of 7:15 am local in Texas (12:15 UTC), with a 75-minute launch window. Sunrise in Brownsville, Texas, is 7:17 am CT, so t... View Source

AI agents in a simulated environment lied, stole and voted to “kill” one of their own, according to Emergence, a startup that helps small businesses build applications using artificial intelligence... View Source

These vacs are rechargeable, come with multiple attachments, and can also blow air for detailed cleaning... View Source

We now have a launch date for Starship's most ambitious mission to date.SpaceX announced today (Sept. 15) that it's targeting Sept. 22 for the first orbital flight of Starship, the fully reusable megarocket that the company is developing to help humanity settle the moon, Mars and more.Liftoff, from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas, will occur during a 75-minute window that opens at 8:15 a.m... View Source

You may not know it, but minivans are making a comeback in the US. Look around, and you'll start to notice an uptick in these breadboxes on wheels. Sales were up 21 percent in 2025, suggesting that the humble minivan is shaking off its "uncool" stigma and finding new fans among an SUV-weary public. I'm here for it. One of the companies currently carrying the torch for minivans is Kia, which has so... View Source

The state of our inboxes here at Futurism is chaotic. Every day is a cacophony of PR pitches, deranged rants, irrelevant news updates, and too-good-to-be-true business opportunities. (Don’t worry, though: we read every email.) But what’s really caught our eye lately is a growing number of cold emails that admit right in the subject field that they’re from an “AI agent” — more than a dozen so far o... View Source

Get a jump start on the US trading day with Dani Burger and Isabelle Lee on "Bloomberg Open Interest." Dani Burger is at Carlyle’s Global Investor Conference, talking defense tech, AI and the outlook for credit with Ian Fujiyama, Jason Thomas and Alex Chi. Plus, the Fed under pressure, questions over an AI slowdown and Scott Bessent in the Capitol Hill spotlight on inflation, energy and AI. (Sourc... View Source

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Could we find alien technology embedded in moon dust?The bold idea, not yet peer-reviewed, suggests checking out the lunar surface for "microscopic technosignatures." The SETI Institute — or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute — describes these technosignatures as "tiny engineered particles" that may have come from interstellar space before settling on the moon.The institute rec... View Source

Elon Musk's company will also attempt to deploy the first V3 Starlink satellites into its orbital internet constellation... View Source

The Centauri Carbon 2 stores the filament on the outside to fit the bowden tube in the build space. | Image: The Verge If the high price tag of premium 3D printers have kept you from exploring the hobby, this deal is a great entry point. Elegoo has its Centauri Carbon 2 Combo on sale for $369, almost $100 off its usual price of $449. This capable 3D printer can handle four filament rolls at once,... View Source

Aerial drones have become a startlingly common sight on the battlefield. Ukraine, for instance, has been deploying a record number of them as global demand for the often inexpensive and relatively simple to launch devices surges. But US-based firms are thinking far ahead, envisioning a dystopian “Terminator”-inspired future in which humanoid robot soldiers go to war on behalf of their flesh-and-bl... View Source

OpenAI Inc. is taking a close look at Canada under Prime Minister Mark Carney, said one of its top executives who previously hired the Canadian to lead the Bank of England... View Source

Climate change? What climate change? Choosing to bury their heads in the sand on behalf of the citizens of this country and perhaps the planet at large, the Trump administration has announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate limits on greenhouse gas pollution produced by coal and natural gas power plants, the Associated Press reports. Needless to say, it would be a staggerin... View Source

It’s worth spending an extra $20 for wireless charging and volume controls, but both versions of the AirPods 5 offer improved sound and noise cancellation... View Source

NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (left) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano view progress on the solid rocket booster integration in High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Bresnik, Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, and Bob Hines made the first visit to Kennedy... View Source

40 years ago on Sept. 12, 1986, musical icon Michael Jackson debuted in "Captain EO," a 17-minute long 3D sci-fi fantasy film. The catch? You could only see it at Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center in Florida, or — six days later — at Disneyland’s Magic Eye Theater over in Tomorrowland.Jackson had already been anointed the King of Pop in the ‘80s with the stellar multi-platinum album "Thriller" when... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. has been unable to restore access to some of the data stored at Persian Gulf facilities damaged during the US-Iran war... View Source

In April, the world watched as four humans circled the Moon for the first time in over 50 years with NASA’s Artemis II mission. On Saturday, Sept. 19, the public is invited to look up again with NASA events across the country, including the International Observe the Moon Night celebration held at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This year, NASA will celebra... View Source

There are a lot of movies that have tried to seamlessly integrate modern tech - text messages, livestreams, etc. - into their storytelling. Some of the most novel attempts have been in the genre space, like the Twitch-style horror flick Deadstream. But the most chaotic to date might just be Vintage Violence, an absurd crime thriller with lots of blood, jokes, and screentime. I was able to catch Vi... View Source

Carlyle Global Head of Liquid Credit Lauren Basmadjian spoke with Bloomberg’s Dani Burger from the sidelines of Carlyle’s Global Investor Conference and talked about the health of corporate borrowers, the loan market moving toward equilibrium, data centers as an emerging source of loan supply, and more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The stone carving could be thousands of years old, possibly from the Bronze Age... View Source

Astronauts could travel back to Earth from Mars using rocket fuel converted directly from the carbon dioxide in the Red Planet's atmosphere, using a technique known as electrochemical reduction, a recent study reports.It's an old method involving electrolysis, which is the application of an electrical current to drive a chemical reaction, but the new trick produces methane pure enough to be used a... View Source

Whether you played it in the back of your classroom or on your computer at home, if you were a kid in the last 30 years you almost certainly grew up playing The Oregon Trail. On the season 5 premiere of Version History, our fearless wagon leader David Pierce is joined by gaming journalist Chris Grant and Philip Bouchard, the designer and team leader of the game's most iconic version. They talk abo... View Source

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a live phone call from Donald Trump during a panel discussion, allowing the US president to dismiss artificial intelligence dangers as a “hoax." Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

More than a decade after its Kickstarter proposed a "cell phone designed to be used as little as possible," Light is adding a direct connection to Uber and Lyft with a new Rideshare tool. For owners of either the Light Phone III or the upcoming Light Flip, they can use it to find pick up / drop off locations, see fares and ETA, and select different trip options or saved locations they frequently v... View Source

The public messaging surrounding Meta’s flashy smart glasses hasn’t exactly gone in the company’s favor. The camera-equipped devices have garnered a reputation for allowing shady individuals to record strangers without their consent, garnering them the memorable pejorative of “pervert glasses.” So when Wired revealed in June that Meta had silently added facial recognition code to the smart glasses... View Source

US Attorney General Todd Blanche says he prefers a restrained approach to taking enforcement action against artificial intelligence companies and executives amid a rising debate over the risks of the cutting-edge technology... View Source

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For decades, researchers have been monitoring armed conflict around the world by analyzing news reports and collecting oral testimonies. This approach, while valuable, has its limitations. A new study suggests that a satellite's view from above might fill the gaps in our understanding of the grim realities of war.In 2017, the Myanmar Army murdered several hundred Muslim Rohingya civilians in the v... View Source

Shortly after launching its new do-everything AI assistant Muse, Meta's launching subscription bundles that pair its standalone app subscriptions with extra AI usage. Some of the new Meta One bundles were in testing earlier this year, but are now available globally starting today, with several tiers for individual users, creators, and businesses. Meta says the "core experience" on its apps and Met... View Source

There was no livestream and the media wasn’t invited. We didn’t even see a euphoric Elon Musk embarrassing himself on stage. Tesla’s rollout of its two-seater Cybercab robotaxis on the streets of Austin, Texas, this month left investors scratching their heads. With little fanfare, the company stated on Musk’s social media platform X that “Cybercab rides” would “open to public” on September 4. The... View Source

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Dave & Buster's (PLAY) shares are lower after it reported revenue for the second quarter that missed the average analyst estimate. - Coinbase (COIN) along with other crypto shares along with Bitcoin are sliding ahead of the Senate's vote on the CLARITY Act that would regulate digital assets and the crypto industry. - Waystar (WAY) shares are higher after Reut... View Source

A broad pit that looks almost like a "footprint" on Mars is unlike anything researchers have ever seen on the Red Planet. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)Is that a footprint on Mars? Sorry to burst your bubble, but no. However, scientists have found a strange feature unlike anything they've seen before on the Red Planet's surface. What is it?While NASA's Perseverance rover is the newest addit... View Source

Voicemod announced a new mobile device that expands the capabilities of the Voicemod Key dongle it launched in late 2024 as a way to bring the company's real-time voice changing tech to consoles. While the older Voicemod Key only used a smartphone as an interface between the company's mobile app and the Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch, the new Key Pocket can be used to change your voice or trigger s... View Source

OpenAI is working on steps to address artificial intelligence safety issues with its top competitors Anthropic PBC and Google DeepMind, escalating industry efforts to respond to a groundswell of concern that the technology poses an economic and security threat... View Source

5 Min Read Travel The NSSC provides travel reimbursement services for all authorized Agency travel including: domestic, foreign, local, ETDY, and Change of Station (COS). References Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) Traveler Extended TDY and Taxes Domestic Per Diem Rates Foreign Per Diem Rates Change of Station NSSC Travel now has another way that a transferee Traveler may submit his or her voucher... View Source

On Sept. 15, 1968, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 5 spacecraft on a mission to loop around the moon and return to Earth. There were no cosmonauts aboard, but there were several smaller vertebrates — including the first two tortoises to ever go to space! Other passengers included wine flies, mealworms, plants and seeds. These were the first animals in deep space and the first to travel around t... View Source

Fujifilm announced a follow-up to its tiny and quirky Instax Pal camera that debuted three years ago bundled with an instant printer. While the original Pal was a palm-sized camera with a round design that lacked a screen or viewfinder, the new Instax Pal 2 includes both in a design that looks like a miniaturized analog film camera. It's also reminiscent of trendy pocket-friendly cameras like the... View Source

A simulated AI-created WeChat bug shows why slowing the AI race won't work without global cooperation. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Catherine Thorbecke says the US and China need to make transparency on AI risks a priority. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A portable scanner allowed scientists to decipher messages no human has seen in four millennia... View Source

The new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 adds 2K resolution and dual band Wi-Fi. | Image: Simplisafe DIY home security company SimpliSafe is bringing its AI-powered proactive security feature to the front door. The new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 launches today for $199.99 and works with the company's Active Guard Outdoor Protection (starting at $49.99 a month). This combines AI analysis... View Source

Don’t ask an AI chatbot how many letter e’s there are in the word “seventeen.” Or do, actually, if you want to see how dodgy the tech remains. In a clip that’s gone viral in AI circles, the content creator who goes by “Husk” asks ChatGPT’s Voice mode to answer this simple counting question. Not only does the confident-sounding AI get it wrong — insisting there’re only three e’s instead of four — i... View Source

Altera, a chipmaker backed by Silver Lake and Intel Corp., filed confidentially for an initial public offering... View Source

A continental mash-up some 750 to 550 million years ago was likely essential for complex life to emerge during the Cambrian Explosion. ... View Source

Moon lovers rejoice! International Observe the Moon Night returns on Sept. 19. Here's everything you need to know about how to participate in the annual celebration of Earth's natural satellite both in-person and from the comfort of your home.International Observe the Moon Night takes place around the first quarter moon in September or October, when the moon is conveniently visible in the late aft... View Source

The AirPods 5 earbuds and case look identical to the AirPods 4. It's almost a guarantee that the new version of a product will be, at best, the same price as the old one, and often (especially in the past couple years) more expensive. But that's not what Apple did with the AirPods 5. The $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case are $30 cheaper than the AirPods 4 with ANC they replace. They have... View Source

Data center operator Crusoe struck a multiyear cloud deal with Perplexity AI Inc., an AI search company, continuing its push to win more business renting out artificial intelligence chips and related software... View Source

Bronze Age China couldn’t smelt iron, making the Sanxingdui relic a truly celestial oddity... View Source

In the age of AI agents, it’s no longer enough to ask how much electricity a single chatbot prompt uses. Today’s AI models are even more complicated systems, often designed to complete complex tasks autonomously, and are made up not only of large language models, but a host of other tools and application layers which demand much more power than the humble standalone chatbot. That makes calculating... View Source

Carlyle CEO Harvey Schwartz sees the US economy “doing quite well,” despite uncertainty and inflation, and says the US is at a period where the Federal Reserve will continue to watch the data. Schwartz also discusses the firm’s partnership with MIT and his view on growth concerns related to artificial intelligence. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

He invented a science, spied in the Balkans, and smuggled guns. Then history erased his name... View Source

SpaceX will launch its second classified mission for the U.S. Space Force in less than a week tonight (Sept. 15), and you can watch the action live.A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today, during a four-hour window that opens at 9 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. local California time; 0100 GMT on Sept. 16).You can watch it live via SpaceX beginning about 10... View Source

Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbitThe US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts warn will accelerate a high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit.US secretary of the air force, Troy Meink, announced that Washington had active “on-orbit” weapons, m... View Source

S&P 500 Index futures fall 0.2% as of 7:42 a.m. in New York. Stocks are heading for more declines as oil prices and Treasury yields climb... View Source

The use of existing AI models and services will fuel the demand for computing power... View Source

General Motors is polishing up the software experience in its bestselling trucks in an effort to reduce the amount of dangerous tapping and swiping that's required to access the most-used controls. It's also giving Apple CarPlay and Android Auto spiffy new picture-in-picture displays - which is notable given GM's previously stated hostility to phone mirroring in its electric vehicles. When the nex... View Source

AI leaders loosely agree to pace development, but China and Trump have something else in mind... View Source

WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges... View Source

Grab Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy a majority stake in Singapore-based buy-now-pay-later platform Atome Financial for $1.49 billion, staking a major bet on financial services as it builds out a new pillar of growth... View Source

NASA astronaut Victor Glover is now "astronaut emeritus." He's hanging up his spacesuit for a position he hopes can guide the future engineering and science leaders of tomorrow. Glover, who served as pilot on NASA's Artemis II mission that flew around the moon in April, officially began his new role as executive advisor to Jeff Armstrong, president of the California Polytechnic State University (C... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. shares have been on a rollercoaster ride through 2026, rising and falling as investor belief in the Facebook parent’s status as a player in the artificial intelligence space ebbs and flows... View Source

The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200... View Source

Trustpilot Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Adrian Blair said growing demand from major brands seeking to improve their visibility in artificial intelligence-powered searches drove a 35% increase in large customers on its platform in the first half... View Source

Sitara Sundar, head of alternative investment strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, discusses the outlook for the artificial intelligence trade. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, she says her firm still has a constructive view on the AI industry in the long run. "We would actually start to lean more into some of the integration and the application layer of artificial intelligence," she adds. (Source:... View Source

Microsoft has started rolling out an emergency out-of-band update to fix problems with its record-breaking September patch Tuesday update. The software giant patched nearly 1,000 flaws in its biggest update ever this month, but it also introduced some bugs that have affected businesses, developers, and gamers. The September patch Tuesday affected folder shares on Hyper-V-based Linux virtual machin... View Source

Calls for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development won’t stop major technology companies from pressing ahead with fundraising and capital spending, according to AllianceBernstein Holding LP fixed-income specialists... View Source

Cloudflare CEO and Co-Founder Matthew Prince sits down with Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick to discuss AI's potential vulnerability, what's behind the bot traffic increase and if he agrees with Anthropic's Dario Amodei's warning. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Shanghai Biren Technology Co. is weighing another share sale to help finance its artificial intelligence ambitions, according to people familiar with the situation... View Source

Most plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) today get an average of around 30-50 miles of battery-only range: decent, but not mind-blowing. With hybrid sales dominating the market today, Volvo is out to prove that its PHEVs can push the limits of what's possible. Today, the Swedish automaker revealed the updated PHEV versions of its popular XC60 and XC90 SUVs are its first "long range plug-in hyb... View Source

A railway section failure at multiple locations in the Netherlands appears to have been caused by sabotage, according to ProRail, the Dutch government agency responsible for railway infrastructure... View Source

Texas Capital is switching its primary stock listing to the Texas Stock Exchange, joining Energy Transfer and other companies that plan to move starting in early October. In the segment, Rob Holmes, CEO of Texas Capital, is asked why the firm chose a full move to the TXSE rather than maintaining a dual listing with Nasdaq. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Isabelle Lee on "The Close." (Source:... View Source

President Donald Trump’s opposition to guardrails on artificial intelligence puts him at odds with a growing number of lawmakers from both parties, with AI safety fears adding to voters’ misgivings about the technology heading into the midterm elections... View Source

Chinese state media accused leading US AI executives of using calls for slower development of frontier models to blunt competition from China, describing the push as a “self-serving” effort to preserve American dominance... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 15 – 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 Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus There was something behi... View Source

The global debate over AI safety is intensifying, as President Trump dismisses industry calls for a slowdown as a "conspiracy theory," and China brands fresh warnings about the tech "fearmongering." At the same time, Australia's cyber intelligence chief, Abigail Bradshaw, says the country needs an AI early warning system to guard against risks. Scientia Professor of AI at the University of New Sou... View Source

Hugging Face Researcher & Chief Ethics Scientist Margaret Mitchell believes if done well, ethics can drive innovation in artificial intelligence instead of slowing it down. She speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Margaret Mitchell, chief ethics scientist at Hugging Face, warns that autonomous AI agents pose oversight challenges that incumbent firms may be leveraging to restrict competition. She argues that safety, privacy, and security must be built directly into AI architectures rather than treated as trade-offs to frontier progress. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

An AI researcher who recently resigned from Google DeepMind warned humanity is running out of time to prevent artificial intelligence from causing widespread harm, the latest staffer to voice concerns about the direction of the technology... View Source

Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang took a live phone call from Donald Trump during a panel discussion, where Trump dismissed artificial intelligence dangers as a “hoax.” Meanwhile, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has pushed back against tech leaders' calls to slow frontier AI development. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Nuno Matos warned about unpredictable risks linked to artificial intelligence and declined to rule out large-scale job cuts at the bank as it adopts the quickly evolving technology... View Source

BlackRock Inc. has returned to an overweight recommendation on emerging-market equities, betting that access to the scarce resources needed for the artificial-intelligence boom and strong earnings will drive outperformance... View Source

Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts break down how President Donald Trump's rejection of artificial intelligence safety guardrails coincides with a sharp selloff across semiconductor stocks. They also examine the regulatory uncertainty driving market movement and tech sector volatility. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Manulife Investment Management Head of Multi-Asset Solutions Marc Franklin argues that the recent AI stock pullback reflects debates surrounding regulatory guardrails and development pace rather than structural growth damage. He stresses that shifting regulatory frameworks and open-source quantum tools will create new competitive pressure for high-margin technology suppliers. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Close 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 Morgan Stanley Investment Management Deputy CIO, Solutions & Multi-Asset Jitania Kandhari, McKinsey & Co. Senior Partner & Global Leader, Tech & AI Kate Smaje, Teva Pharmaceuticals President & CEO Richard Francis, Bet... View Source

Now that Valve has finally launched its entire 2026 hardware lineup - the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and today's Steam Frame - are we any closer to a next-gen Steam Deck handheld? Valve isn't saying so yet. The company is figuring out "how and when we can deliver something like that," Valve designer Pierre-Loup Griffais now tells IGN. Valve has been clear for years that 1) a Steam Deck 2... View Source

Top artificial intelligence companies Anthropic PBC and OpenAI should make safe products — and pace their own progress if necessary — without government intervention, David Sacks, co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg TV... View Source

The US Justice Department is seeking forfeiture of $61 million it says was generated from Iranian black-market oil sales and laundered through the cryptocurrency exchange Binance... View Source

Matt Maddox, CEO of Authentic Brands, discusses why the company is partnering with creator Stephen Bartlett in a joint venture rather than pursuing a buyout-style deal. Maddox says Authentic Brands sees the creator economy as a major growth engine for media and audience expansion over the next decade, and views Bartlett as a strong partner for building brands through creator-led platforms. He spea... View Source

When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, and SpaceX head Elon Musk loosely agreed over the weekend to slow down AI development, skeptics spotted an ulterior motive immediately. The AI titans had declared that their aim was to "pace the frontier," signing on at least partially to a proposal for embedding third-party auditors, regulating domes... View Source

Timnit Gebru DAIR Institute Founder & Executive Director, discusses her early warnings about artificial intelligence risks and her departure from Google’s ethical AI team in 2020. She discusses whether the public and policymakers are asking the right questions about AI safety and security, in the context of broader concerns about the pace of AI model development in the U.S. She speaks with Rom... View Source

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New Apple Intelligence features for HomeKit cameras start at $10 a month and go up to $60. | Image: The Verge With the public release of iOS 27 and tvOS 27, Apple Home is getting an injection of Apple Intelligence - but you'll have to pay more for it. Apple Intelligence for Home brings AI-powered video summaries to HomeKit Secure Video, so you can get short text descriptions of who and what compat... View Source

In theory, developing a spacecraft that will fly to Mars, insert itself into orbit around the red planet, and relay transmissions back and forth to large satellite dishes on Earth is a relatively straightforward proposition. NASA's procurement of a "Mars Telecommunications Network" spacecraft, however, has turned out to be one of the most engrossing dramas of the year for the US space agency. The... View Source

Kate Smaje of McKinsey says the recent wave of warnings from AI leaders and researchers about slowing development is an important debate, especially around AGI, risk, pace, and patience. But she says the conversation inside boardrooms is different: executives who have already invested heavily in AI are now focused on whether those tools can scale, deliver profitability, and remain sustainable. She... View Source

Super Mario Odyssey is among the discounted games. | Image: Nintendo As promised, Nintendo has marked down a wide variety of Switch games and accessories at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, as well as its own digital storefront. Its “Customer Appreciation” sale is happening because of tariff-related refunds it received from the US government, and it ends on September 26th at 8:59 PM PT. Nintendo gam... View Source

In a whiplash-inducing turn away from the mythical quest to build human-level artificial intelligence, Western tech billionaires like Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk are now joining hands to call for a massive slowdown of the tech’s development. The commentariat is divided on what exactly this means — for some, it’s proof-positive of a genuine threat that AI could spin out of control and e... View Source

Minebea Mitsumi Inc., one of Japan’s biggest corporate dealmakers, is hitting pause on acquisitions to focus on its output of ball bearings, motors and actuators for AI hardware to chase lucrative returns from the emerging technology... View Source

I’ve compared different models head-to-head. Now I’m throwing down the gauntlet... View Source

Dario Amodei kicked off a flood of statements over the past few days about AI safety by publishing a long essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier" detailing why AI development should be slowed down. Other AI leaders and politicians are speaking out in favor of or opposing his points, and we've compiled some of them here. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Amodei's Saturday morning essay outlined three ste... View Source

Canada wants to see the creation of a global “technology stability” body to help oversee AI and ensure it is safe, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in an interview with Bloomberg's Brian Platt (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Sakana AI has progressed beyond its early demonstrations. But I did not find evidence that it has established a widening research lead through sustained, accelerating RSI. Its published results support bounded self-improvement and increasingly capable orchestration. Your test asks for something stronger: does the improved researcher make the next improvement faster, cheaper, and more consequential... View Source

The Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans today to kill any remaining standards on how much greenhouse gas pollution power plants are allowed to emit in the US. The move will only make electricity dirtier as AI, electric vehicles, and a revival of domestic manufacturing drive up power demand. The EPA's proposal today is a major escalation of President Donald Trump's efforts to promot... View Source

Apple Inc. just launched some major new products, including the iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro line, AirPods 5 earbuds and fresh smartwatches. But the company has a lot more in store for this year and the first half of 2027... View Source

NASA has selected 12 new investigations to help support human explorers in space. Six will help advance the ability to produce food off-planet, while another six advance the understanding of how unique conditions associated with space exploration can impact the health and physiology of astronauts.   The six food-focused investigations, supported by the agency’s Space Crops grants, advance NASA’s g... View Source

AI leaders are talking about RSI ( recursive self improving AI) but not describing the levels of capability. People know something about self driving. Are we warning helping, autopilot, what level of automation. The AI researcher progression: Autocomplete helps me type. An intern executes my plan. A postdoc advances my project. A research leader finds ... Read more... View Source

If this summer felt hotter than usual, you're not alone. As it turns out, this past summer was the hottest on record in the United States. This is the hottest that summer in the U.S. has been in at least 132 years. Specifically, the temperatures rose to 3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.67 degrees Celsius) above average, beating out the most recent record set in 2021 of 0.4 degrees F (0.22 degrees C) above... View Source

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026. (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on Monday while onstage at the All-In Podcast's All-In Summit. It's not the first time Huang has taken a call from the president during work, but this t... View Source

After over two decades of operation, Amazon Prime has become the backbone of American commerce, more akin to a public utility than a private company. Its logistics network has blown past the US Postal Service in parcel volume, delivering crucial goods to small business owners, trade workers, and teachers at record speed. And like any public utility, Amazon Prime comes with a public price tag — a m... View Source

For years, as artificial intelligence has evolved from the stuff of sci-fi movies to an app ordinary people have installed on their phones, tech leaders and some AI insiders have talked about the potential for it to escape human control and wreak havoc on society. Those fears have become impossible to ignore in recent days, driven by advances in the technology, a series of cybersecurity breaches i... View Source

It won’t run for a long time, but it can deliver powerful and precise airflow, controlled independently of the trigger... View Source

The Steam Frame headset is here, and it may not surprise you: it was supposed to cost less than $1,059. "We set out to come out with a device that would have been far more affordable, but the global RAM market, the global storage market have impacted us the same way they've impacted everybody," Valve developer Jeremy Selan told the BBC. "We fought hard to get it even to this price." I haven't yet... View Source

Bloomberg's Mike Shepard said that the White House doesn't want anything to upset the current AI agenda because the Trump administration has made it the centerpiece of its economic agenda, even as AI leaders are sounding the alarm about risks in the pace of development. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Concrete, brick, or concrete-block walls provide the most flexibility when deciding where to put your screen... View Source

It has now been just over a year since the comet 3I/ATLAS first captured the world's attention as the third known object to fly through our solar system from beyond. Astronomers are still learning new things about where exactly it came from.For the first time ever, they've been able to study charged particles in the tail of the interstellar comet. This has told them that 3I/ATLAS contains more nit... View Source

Hey! I'm Sean Hollister, you might have seen me around this place a few times, and I just spent three weeks beta-testing the Steam Frame, Valve's hotly anticipated new don't-call-it-a-VR-headset that might also be an early glimpse at the future of games that run everywhere. At 4PM ET today (that's 1PM PT for West Coasters like me!), I will answer as many of your questions as humanly possible about... View Source

Remember how Elon Musk vowed that his AI Grok would make an anti-woke, “historically accurate” version of the Odyssey?  Well, he ended up throwing together a whole contest around it — and the winner of the first place prize of $100,000 is, as you probably expected, laughable nonsense. The problems run deep. The Cyclops Polyphemus is depicted with three eyes, which feels disqualifying. And just a f... View Source

Accenture Plc, a management and technology consulting company, has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve allegations by the US Justice Department that it took race and sex into consideration when making hiring and promotion decisions... View Source

From Darth Vader’s helmet to the iconic Rebel Alliance starship... View Source

Welcome back. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Dell's last XPS 13 was meant to be a farewell before the company sunset the entire XPS brand. But it was a bitter ending, and an overpriced one as well. Earlier this year, Dell resurrected the XPS name with the excellent (and very expensive) XPS 14 and 16. And now, it's reinvented the XPS 13 as a much more affordable thin-and-light to take... View Source

Despite being one of the world leaders in AI development, the private firm Anthropic has yet to post a quarterly profit. That operating deficit isn’t for a lack of trying — and, as the company tells it, could be reversing very soon, at least if you’re willing to swallow one massive caveat. According to new reporting by the Financial Times, the company behind the Claude told a select group of trust... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down calls from AI for a slower pace at the frontier, arguing safety needs time to catch up with increasingly powerful models. The debate is reaching Washington and Wall Street, with AI-linked stocks under pressure as investors weigh what slower development means for the spending boom. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A secret World War II operation used the corpse as bait to fool the Nazis and turn the tide of the war... View Source

Two European Earth-observing spacecraft will lift off from South America tonight (Sept. 14), and you can watch the action live. A Vega C rocket carrying the FLEX and Copernicus-3C satellites is scheduled to launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 9:21 p.m. EDT (10:21 p.m. local time in Kourou and 0121 GMT on Sept. 15).You can watch it live here at Space.com courtesy of the Europ... View Source

The iOS 27 update arrives just in time for the iPhone 18 Pro release. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple is now rolling out its iOS 27 update to compatible devices today, alongside the watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 updates. Siri AI is the headline feature across all four updates, the delayed AI-powered overhaul of the Siri assistant. Siri AI is available as a beta today for Engl... View Source

Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez is pushing back on proposals for the biggest frontier AI labs to coordinate on safety standards, warning that such an approach could entrench dominant players and amount to a “cartel.” Gomez argues that tougher safeguards, independent testing and greater transparency are needed, but says the rules should be shaped by a broader group of stakeholders rather than companies such... View Source

If you want an idea of what’s next in film, the Toronto International Film Festival is a good place to start. Every year TIFF features a huge range of features from around the world, and often some of them go on to be huge hits or awards contenders; the 2025 edition, for instance, included the likes of both Hamnet and Obsession. Covering a sprawling festival like TIFF solo is next to impossible, s... View Source

While the US appears to be further away from meaningful AI regulations than ever before, lawmakers certainly have plenty of ideas on how the country could go about setting meaningful rules. It’s a particularly precarious moment as fears over rogue AI models wreaking havoc and endangering humanity continue to mount. Even tech leaders from the majority of frontier AI labs have started to coalesce ar... View Source

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has talked about leading a “race to the top” in setting standards of vigilance for others to follow when building powerful systems. But this was probably an impossible ideal from the start, says Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, center, Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States, Mohamed Siad Douale, left, and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, right, pose for a group photograph after the Artemis Accord signing, Monday, September 14, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA/Bill Ingalls The Republic of Djibouti became... View Source

Whatever they are and from where, UFOs, now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena or UAP, are the subject of serious scrutiny at the highest levels of the U.S. government.In June 2026, the White House established a new UAP Science Advisory Council in coordination with the Pentagon's All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the FBI Deep divin... View Source

Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on Monday, which brings the new Siri AI assistant, Liquid Glass improvements, improved performance, and more. The update is compatible with all Macs with Apple Silicon, but not Intel Macs - Apple released its final big update for Intel-based Macs last year with macOS Tahoe. Siri AI is arguably the biggest feature in macOS 27, and it allows you to ask questions,... View Source

The rise of artificial intelligence has coincided with a significant decline in both initial earnings and employment among graduates with the most-exposed college majors, a worrisome trend that could shape career outcomes for years afterward, according to a new study... View Source

Netflix has announced three new adaptations of Sega games: a Crazy Taxi film, a Sonic animated series "built for kids who want to feel a little edge," and a live-action movie based on the upcoming Stranger Than Heaven from Yakuza developer RGG Studio. The Crazy Taxi movie will be the first project released, though it doesn't have a debut date yet. Netflix also already has three seasons of a Sonic... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo is now serving paying customers in Las Vegas, marking the 15th US city where it offers hailable robotaxis... View Source

NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Fans pose for a photo with an astronaut in the NASA Experience Zone at an NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Atlanta Falcons at Acrisure Stadium, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its partners and showcasing innovation i... View Source

Unless you’ve been living in a galaxy far, far away, you probably already know that 2027 marks the 50th anniversary of "Star Wars", as George Lucas’s sprawling space opera first struck theaters back on May 25, 1977.To celebrate this milestone occasion, Disney and Lucasfilm are bringing the original Star Wars theatrical release to IMAX screens for the first time. We don't have an exact date yet, bu... View Source

Today, I’m joined by comedian, podcast host, and YouTuber Adam Conover. Adam is a familiar face to anyone who’s spent time on the internet. He got his start, like so many successful comedy writers, at CollegeHumor back in the day. That was before transitioning into cable TV with Adam Ruins Everything, then onto Netflix, and all the way back to YouTube again, where he posts videos and hosts a podca... View Source

Scientists say that the planet Mercury has been actively shrinking over the billions of years that it’s orbited the Sun, a process that’s leaving cracked-up wrinkles behind like an old apple. At just one-third the size of Earth, it’s already the smallest planet in our solar system — it’s larger than Pluto, but Pluto is no longer classified as a planet — in a title it’s bound to hold on to as its c... View Source

A rig collapsed in Miami’s financial district at the construction site of Citadel’s new headquarters, crushing several cars and snarling traffic. Videos and pictures provided by Miami Fire Rescue showed three cars impacted by the metal structure with a white BMW SUV still smoldering after a fire was put out on Brickell Bay Drive. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro will release this Friday, September 18th, and it’s tough to see it as just a coincidence that Google’s latest Pixel phones are discounted. The Pixel 11 Pro carries the biggest discount, with its fog, olive, and obsidian color schemes selling for around $1,007 at Amazon, almost negating this year’s $100 price increase for the starter configuration despite having twice the stor... View Source

AI stocks are under pressure as fresh safety warnings revive fears that the trade has run too far.  Is the AI boom cracking, or is this the dip investors have been waiting for? Nancy Tengler, Laffer Tengler CEO and CIO,  says the latest sell-off is more “hiccup” than collapse. She  argues the AI buildout is still a once-in-a-generation opportunity. She breaks down where the winners could emerge an... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The members of NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class pose with rock samples collected during their geology training at the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico, in May 2026. NASA/Helen Arase Vargas Did you spend part of your summer camping, hiking, at the pool, or in an aircraft? So did NASA’s 2025 Astrona... View Source

The discovery of water at the poles of the moon has inspired speculation about whether we can build there – cities, industrial neighborhoods, places where people work and live. But is there enough water, and can we use it efficiently enough? In their new article in Frontiers in Space Technologies, Dr. Martin Elvis and Dr. Jonathan McDowell do the math. Even at the most generous estimates of the av... View Source

No, that's not a Tesla Cybercab. That's Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency, the world's slipperiest electric vehicle. The near-production 2+2 seat electric coupe prototype was built on VW's MEB+ platform, incorporating front-wheel drive components from the upcoming ID. Polo and ID. Cross models. True to its name, the mission of Mission Efficiency is to break records. With a drag coefficient of a scan... View Source