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Czechoslovak Group CFO Zdenek Jurak tells Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz that innovations born on the battlefield in Ukraine are reshaping modern warfare. He discusses AI’s growing role in weapons systems and what escalating tensions in Iran mean for the global defense industry. They spoke on the sidelines of the JPMorgan Leveraged Finance Conference in Miami Beach, FL. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

During today's Nintendo Indie World presentation, we got a narrower time frame for when and where we'll be able to play the next project from Drinkbox Studios. The team announced that Blighted will be coming out in this fall for both the Nintendo Switch 2 and for PC. It’ll arrive on the same date for both platforms, but we don’t have any more specific timeline than the season.We fir... View Source

President Trump announced today (March 3) that the Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait if needed, and the U.S. government will provide political-risk insurance so commercial ships can operate. This is modeled directly on the 1987–88 Operation Earnest Will tanker convoy system during the Iran-Iraq Tanker War. Oil tankers are waiting by Oman ... Read more... View Source

Another high-profile live-service game is shutting down soon after launch: this time it's the free-to-play squad shooter Highguard. Developer Wildlight Entertainment says that, even though Highguard reached 2 million players, the game will be shut down permanently on March 12th. That's less than two months after the game debuted on January 26th. "Despite the passion and hard work of our team, we h... View Source

Lin Bin, the billionaire co-founder of Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi, has reached an agreement to buy a 1% stake in the Miami Dolphins at a $12.5 billion valuation, according people familiar with the matter... View Source

The next time you check your internet speed or whether your favorite site is down, another company may be profiting. On Tuesday, Ziff Davis announced that it sold its Connectivity division, which includes Ookla's Speedtest and Downdetector, to Accenture. The deal is worth $1.2 billion in cash.According to Reuters, the deal will allow Ziff Davis to focus on its core brands, including IGN, Mash... View Source

The US version of TikTok is once again experiencing issues due to an Oracle outage, just a month after coming back online from a similar outage in February. The service disruption, impacting Oracle's Ashburn, Virginia data center, began early Tuesday afternoon, with Downdetector reports spiking around 1PM Eastern. TikTok USDS confirmed in a post on X that US users "may temporarily experience lags... View Source

Conflict-related betting on prediction markets hit a record last week as traders piled into wagers on the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, while blockchain analysts flagged suspicious activity and lawmakers called for a crackdown. Yesha Yadav, professor of law and associate dean at Vanderbilt Law School, joins Isabelle Lee and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto," to discuss the need for regulatory predi... View Source

Elgato's Stream Deck helped popularize using a macro pad among aspiring livestreamers and regular desk jockeys, so it's only natural for the brand to continue to expand on its lineup. After announcing a suite of new Stream Deck devices last year, Elgato is kicking off 2026 with the Stream Deck + XL, a larger version of the already big Stream Deck XL, and a collection of new audio accesso... View Source

Google is bringing a new desktop mode to its Pixel phones and tablets. The feature comes as part of Google's March Pixel drop, allowing users with a Pixel 8 and newer to connect their device to an external monitor via USB-C for a "desktop-like multi-window experience." You can use a mouse and keyboard with the new desktop mode, which also works with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold... View Source

Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz are coleading a $4 billion fundraising round for defense contractor Anduril Industries that could wind up valuing the startup at about $60 billion. Ed Ludlow broke the story and has more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google unveiled its new features coming both to the Pixel line of devices and to the broader Android ecosystem this spring. Two of the more exciting additions for all Android devices are coming through the Find Hub. This can now be used to share real-time locations within Google Messages conversations or to send tracking information to airlines in instances of lost luggage. With both of those feat... View Source

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Google has a big update in store for the Pixel Watch, which will now allow you to make a range of payments by simply tapping your watch to a retail terminal without opening the Wallet app. The feature, called "express pay," is coming to the Pixel Watch 2 and later. It's similar to "express mode" on the Apple Watch, a feature that lets you use compatible cards without waking or unlocking your devic... View Source

ASM International NV forecast revenue for the first quarter that beat analysts’ estimates, boosted by artificial intelligence-linked investments and expectations of strong China demand... View Source

Apple unveiled a new MacBook Air today, and apart from the new M5 chip, things don’t look remarkably different. Sure, it’s getting a mild refresh, but maybe not in the way most people would want. Namely, it’s more expensive — a $100 price bump across all models. In exchange, the MacBook Air M5 does get faster performance and double the storage.If you placed the MacBook Air M4 and the M5 in front o... View Source

The Space Environments Complex at NASA’s Glenn Research Center at Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, shown here in September 2024. Armstrong Test Facility sits on 6,400 acres of land.Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin NASA’s Glenn Research Center is seeking proposals to lease select land parcels at its Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Proposals are due by 5 p.m. EST on July 2,... View Source

Engadget, the long-running tech news website, has a new owner. Yahoo sold the publication to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later this March. (Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.) The deal hasn't yet been publicly announced, but a source familiar with the publication says Engadget staff was told a few weeks ago and has already met with the new o... View Source

Avala Global Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Divya Nettimi and Lone Pine Capital Co-Chief Investment Officer, Kelly Granat discusses opportunities in the current market how to assess long-term winners. They spoke with Bloomberg’s Hema Parmar at Bloomberg Invest 2026 in New York. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Sure, Blue Prince has the most name recognition among the indie games that had a surprise debut on Nintendo Switch 2 today. However, I implore you not to overlook two other wonderful indies that hit Nintendo’s consoles in the wake of this morning’s Indie World showcase.Minishoot’ Adventures — from SoulGame Studio and co-publisher IndieArk — is a game I absolutely loved when it first emerged on Ste... View Source

Iran cannot use 60% enriched uranium directly in its current form (UF₆, which is stored as a solid in cylinders but handled as a gas or liquid during processing) to build a gun-type nuclear bomb. It must first be converted to metallic uranium, which is required for any fission weapon core. However, once converted they ... Read more... View Source

The Japanese company Space One will launch its Kairos rocket for the third time ever today (March 3), and you can watch it live. Kairos failed on its two previous liftoffs... View Source

Xiaomi kept prices steady with the 17 and 17 Ultra, but it’s not clear how long that will last. We've been talking to phone companies both big and small this week at MWC and they've basically all agreed on one point: the RAM crisis is hitting hard, and phone prices will almost certainly increase where they haven't already. For a major global brand like Xiaomi, volume is one lever the company can p... View Source

Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz are co-leading a fundraising round for Anduril Industries Inc. that could nearly double the defense tech startup’s valuation... View Source

Audible just launched a new budget-friendly Standard plan that costs $9 each month. Despite the lower price, this plan still includes a monthly audiobook credit. These credits allow users to download pretty much any audiobook from the library, including most brand-new releases. This was a perk previously locked to the Premium Plus plan, which is $15 per month. Subscribers also get access to a cura... View Source

Navy Decoded, youtube channel, explains how the US Navy prevents Iran’s Hypersonic missiles from hitting US ships or the aircraft carrier. The US mainly relies on electronic countermeasures. The iranian missile has to be able overcome jamming to try to maintain a lock on a moving target. The US creates spoofing for false targets. The ... Read more... View Source

"TIC 120362137 is currently the most compact known 3+1-type quadruple star system."... View Source

Microsoft is moving its annual Build developer conference from Seattle back to San Francisco and making some changes along the way. This year, the event will be held at Fort Mason, the former US Army post located in the San Francisco Bay Area, instead of the bustling downtown of Seattle. Microsoft is moving Build to this location to capture the AI buzz of San Francisco and to make the event more i... View Source

"There’s an argument that someone of our size and global reach should be larger, generally in private equity," Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti says during a discussion with Bloomberg's Dani Burger at Bloomberg Invest. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Microsoft has revealed the first wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for March. Cyberpunk 2077 and F1 25 headline the batch; the former is coming to both Ultimate and Premium tiers. Hollow Knight: Silksong, which launched about six months ago, is also on the way to Premium. Final Fantasy III and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II had been previously announced and are both available starting today. Both gam... View Source

The galaxy NGC 941 was imaged by the Subaru Telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawai'i... View Source

Apple is kicking off March with a flurry of product announcements ahead of a “special Apple experience” on March 4th in New York City, London, and Shanghai. Apple started on March 2nd by announcing the iPhone 17E. The new $599 phone has a lot of welcome additions over the iPhone 16E like support for MagSafe charging, doubled base storage of 256GB, and a Ceramic Shield 2 display, all for the same s... View Source

Mistral AI Chief Revenue Officer Marjorie Janiewicz discusses government input on AI regulation, how companies are transforming their business through technology, and the impact of AI on jobs. She speaks on the sidelines of Bloomberg Invest. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It happened much later than we expected, but Apple's announcement of MacBook Pros with its M5 Pro and M5 Max chips has finally arrived. These more powerful variants on Apple's silicon will be available in the 14-inch and 16-inch models of the laptops. Pre-orders will open on March 4 with an expected ship date of March 11. You’ll want to save some extra coin this time, though, as pri... View Source

In 1987's The Living Daylights, James Bond presses a dashboard button to activate retractable tire studs, giving the Aston Martin V8 Vantage he's driving more traction on a frozen lake. That tire technology is no longer limited to the movies. Later this year, Finnish tire brand Nokian is planning to launch a new snow tire with studs that automatically deploy when temperatures drop. The Hakkapeliit... View Source

Rudina Seseri, Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, discusses investing in companies where artificial intelligence is the core architectural foundation, capital flows shaping the sector and how to identify the next generation of corporate winners, with Bloomberg's Carol Massar at Bloomberg Invest 2026 in New York. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The unique and highly addictive roguelike Blue Prince is now available for Switch 2, as announced at today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase. This version allows for mouse control, via the underutilized Joy-Con feature. This is a wonderfully designed puzzle game that oozes atmosphere. The game tasks players with exploring a gigantic mansion, but there's a twist. You actually build this man... View Source

Iranian Kurdish groups (PDKI, Komala, PAK, PJAK, etc.) formed a formal anti-regime coalition in late February 2026. They are preparing for potential self-rule in Kurdish-majority areas (northwest Iran). Some small-scale successes like Kurds freed Kurdish prisoner in Mariwan by Killing prison Guards. US officials are coordinating armed groups as proxies. Netanyahu pushing for Kurdish involvement. ... View Source

Glory to Super Earth!... View Source

During Apple's week-long product launch event on Tuesday, a listing for the "MacBook Neo (Model A3404)" appeared on a regulatory compliance page on Apple's website under its line-up of 2026 MacBooks. First spotted by MacRumors, the listing appears to be an accident and has since been removed, but may have been a leaked reference to a rumored entry-level MacBook. Unfortunately, it didn't include an... View Source

Polymarket bettors with more than $115 million on the line are stuck waiting for a definitive answer to the question: Was Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “out” as supreme leader of Iran by Feb. 28?... View Source

“MacBook Neo” appears to be the name of Apple’s long-rumored cheap MacBook, based on a regulatory posting on Apple’s website, MacRumors reports. The gaffe was quickly removed from Apple’s site (pour one out for the poor soul who posted it). Previous rumors didn’t attach a name to the low-cost MacBook — I figured Apple would just revive the clean and simple “MacBook” branding. The name MacBook Neo... View Source

Everybody’s trying to get in on Cosmic Orange. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Unihertz, known for its slab phone alternatives, has unveiled an evolution of its device with a physical keyboard: The Titan 2 Elite. It's smaller and sleeker than the (aptly named) Titan that precedes it, comes in the orange color that's all the rage right now, and looks a heck of a lot like a Blackberry. Unihertz... View Source

The Moon has received a lot of attention in recent months, particularly the surface of Earth's cold and dusty companion. This has largely been driven by a decision from SpaceX founder Elon Musk to pivot, at least in the near term, from Mars to lunar surface activities and the potential for using material there to build large satellites. But there has been a notable shift from NASA, too, which has... View Source

Marc Rowan, CEO and co-founder of Apollo Global Management, says the company has no software exposure in its private equity portfolio during a discussion with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at Bloomberg Invest. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

There's more waffling going on about the future of electric vehicles in America right now than you might expect at a Belgian breakfast buffet. Some brands like Hyundai are staying committed, some brands like Honda are dialing back, and everyone else is simply doing their damndest to provide as many propulsion options as possibleCount Audi in that last category. On the EV side, it recently lau... View Source

BYD is experiencing a 36% decline in February 2026 sales compared to February 2025. This is six months in a row of sharp drop in sales in China, its core market, with global volumes down significantly year-over-year for six straight months through February 2026. March, 2026, is a hugely important month. There will be no ... Read more... View Source

The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first image as it begins its journey to help track nearby stars that might host habitable exoplanets... View Source

Let me let you in on a little secret: Amazon’s kid-friendly e-readers are a better deal than the standard models. Each so-called “Kids” device is identical to its non-Kids counterpart, except that it comes with a protective case, an extended two-year warranty against damage, and six months of Amazon Kids Plus. They also include optional parental controls and exclude ads, letting you skip the $20 u... View Source

Apple Inc. updated its two main laptop computer lines, adding faster processors to the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro and raising prices amid an industrywide memory crunch... View Source

Reports had suggested that Apple wasn’t going to reveal a refreshed MacBook Air with an M5 chip during its week of announcements, but whaddyaknow? Apple just went ahead and did that exact thing. Let’s deal with the bad news first: Apple is reverting a price cut from last year. It dropped the M4-powered MBA’s starting price down to $999, but for the M5-equipped model, you’ll need to shell out at le... View Source

Year after year, we mostly know what to expect from our smartphone upgrades. Galaxy, iPhone, Pixel, or whatever else, everything seems to get slightly better (and occasionally more expensive) without many surprises in store. That's not to say there are no new ideas left in smartphones, though. You just have to know where to look. Verge subscribers, don't forget you get exclusive access to ad-free... View Source

AI chip startup Rebellions Inc. has appointed JPMorgan Chase & Co. as global lead underwriter for its initial public offering in Seoul, setting the stage for one of South Korea’s most closely watched technology debuts... View Source

As part of its big week of announcements, Apple has unveiled a new pair of M5 chips alongside two new MacBooks. The new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips will power the new MacBook Pro that was just announced today, while the new MacBook Air comes with the base M5. According to the company’s press release, the M5 Pro and M5 Max come with an “advanced GPU with Neural Accelerators and higher unified memory ba... View Source

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There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil... View Source

After a few years between updates, Apple has two new 5K monitor options, ranging from expensive to very expensive, with the 27-inch 5K Studio Display and Studio Display XDR. Both have 5,120 x 2,880 resolutions and 12MP Center Stage cameras embedded inside - we'll be eager to see how much better those are this time around - three microphones, and six-speaker audio systems with support for spatial a... View Source

The startup embeds AI engineers with its biggest European clients... View Source

Users of Meta's AI smart glasses in Europe may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitive financial information with moderators outside of the bloc, according to a report from Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet released last week. Employees in Kenya doing AI "annotation" told the journalists that they've seen people nude, using the toilet and engaging in sexual activ... View Source

Representative Ro Khanna is facing backlash from billionaires for supporting a California wealth tax. Now a tech entrepreneur wants to turn that anger into a June primary challenge for Khanna’s Silicon Valley seat... View Source

Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment now officially own 80 percent of the Peanuts franchise. The companies have closed the deal, which was officially announced in December 2025 when it was still subject to regulatory approvals, for $460 million. Sony Music Japan has owned 39 percent of Peanuts since 2018, so the Sony subsidiaries are essentially buying 41 percent of the f... View Source

Wall Street is about as bullish about Palantir Technologies Inc. as it’s ever been, as the potential for growth in the company’s defense business brings enthusiasm back to the stock following a four-month selloff... View Source

Meta has started rolling out an experimental AI shopping tool to some users in the US, according to Bloomberg. At the moment, it’s reportedly only showing up on desktop browsers when select users visit Meta AI on the web. They’ll know if they have access to the feature if they see the “Shopping research” button inside the query text box. The company has confirmed that it was testing the feature, B... View Source

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management is investing $1 billion in Pinterest Inc. to help fund the social media company’s years-long effort to buy back shares... View Source

We’re at the start of another one of those weeks where Apple announces one or two of its lesser products each day. The first pair to break cover is the iPhone 17e and iPad Air M4, with more due to drop as the calendar rolls forward. The iPhone 17e is by far the more interesting gadget, especially as the price remained the same as for the iPhone 16e. Apple is charging $599 for the 17e, even though... View Source

Tonight's blood moon was the last that will be seen over North America until New Year's Eve 2028... View Source

A $1.75 trillion valuation for billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX in an initial public offering would be “justifiable,” according to a PitchBook analyst... View Source

Google Home has some significant new quality-of-life updates and a new AI-powered feature, the division's head honcho Anish Katturkan announced on X. Many of them, including a function called "Live Search," are powered by the company's Gemini for Home service launched in October 2025 as the official replacement for Google Assistant on smart devices.  "We launched Gemi... View Source

AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, according to the results of a UK trial, a finding that could have implications for electricity systems worldwide... View Source

Vnet Group Inc. has secured a record order to supply TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. with about 500 megawatts of capacity from its data centers in China, according to people familiar with the situation... View Source

This isn’t a Galaxy Note 7 debacle. Oukitel's WP63 is a ruggedized smartphone that’s meant to set things alight. It has a built-in electric igniter, aimed at emergency response and camping, helping to start fires when you forgot matches, but you brought this beastly phone along for the adventure. It’s got several other notable features, like a 20,000mAH battery, a loudspeaker, and even its ow... View Source

S&P Global Inc. lowered its outlook for SoftBank Group Corp. to negative from stable, saying plans for an additional $30 billion investment in OpenAI may hurt the Japanese company’s liquidity and the credit quality of its assets... View Source

‘Live Search’ can describe what your cameras see, not just what they’ve seen. | Image: Google Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform that fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies. There's also one noteworthy new addition: the introduction of "Live Search" for your cameras. So, instead of Gemini only knowing about things that have already hap... View Source

BNY CEO Robin Vince sat down with Romaine Bostick to discuss the bank's AI-forward transformation, cyber security, and client services. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses the ongoing fighting in the Middle East following the US and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend. Plus, Representative Sam Liccardo, a Democrat from California, shares his thoughts on the need for a national AI policy. And, fallout from the feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic over deployment of the AI company’s tech continues. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Technology developer Syzygy Plasmonics made a series of preliminary deals aimed at building out production of low-emission jet fuel across the Americas... View Source

Anthropic PBC was among the artificial intelligence companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to produce technology for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Broadcom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan saw his compensation package jump to $205.3 million last year, mostly from stock awards, as his company increasingly becomes a star of the artificial intelligence industry... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, purchased a $170 million mansion on Miami’s “billionaire bunker,” a private island in Biscayne Bay, according to two people familiar with the matter... View Source

The current analysis is that Tesla is still making a much cheaper model Y and model 3. Projected pricing for E41 (cheaper Model Y) and D50 (cheaper Model 3) assumes the reported 20% production-cost reduction vs. current refreshed/base models, with Tesla maintaining the same gross-margin percentage. Is dry-electrode 4680 (higher density) achieve these costs, or ... Read more... View Source

Flink SE raised funds in a round that values the firm at $900 million, in a sign that the grocery delivery startup has stabilized after a plunge in its valuation from a pandemic-era peak... View Source

Iran is extremely unlikely to produce functional nuclear bombs in the current environment—and certainly not quickly. The disruptions from Israeli and U.S. operations (including the ongoing strikes), combined with long-standing Mossad targeting of personnel. Advanced Israeli intelligence capabilities like hacked surveillance, have degraded or eliminated the secure, large-scale infrastructure and ex... View Source

Florida’s public university system, one of the nation’s largest, froze hiring via H-1B visas, emulating a move by Texas to restrict a program that’s become a focal point for President Donald Trump’s broader immigration crackdown... View Source

Applied Digital Corp. is seeking to raise $2.15 billion in a junk bond sale, the latest in a wave of debt financing tied to the buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure... View Source

OpenAI’s Sam Altman said the company will amend its deal with the Defense Department (or the Department of War) to explicitly prohibit the use of its AI system on mass surveillance against Americans. Altman has published an internal memo previously sent to employees on X, telling them that the company will tweak the agreement to add language to make that point especially clear. Specifically, it sa... View Source

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Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit warned of prolonged disruptions to its services after revealing that drone strikes damaged three of its data centers in the Middle East in recent days... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are SOFI’s Liz Thomas, Veriten’s Arjun Murti, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Retired Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, BNY’s Robin Vince, Cathinka Wahlstrom, & Carolyn Weinberg, Yardeni Research’s Ed... View Source

Singapore is on a quest to uplift its workforce by equipping lawyers, accountants and even prisoners with artificial intelligence skills... View Source

Household-help app Pronto raised funding at a $100 million valuation, underscoring rising demand for services such as cooking and cleaning from India’s rapidly expanding middle class... View Source

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said that the company’s rush to forge a deal with the Defense Department — following a clash between the Pentagon and rival Anthropic PBC — looked “opportunistic and sloppy.”... View Source

Congressional Democrats are vowing to contest the Trump administration’s unprecedented actions against the artificial intelligence giant Anthropic PBC, which include a prohibition on all use in the federal government and by Pentagon contractors... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. is testing a shopping research feature in its artificial intelligence chatbot, rivaling a similar tool offered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini... View Source

Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire third-party logistics provider WWEX Group Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, as part of a plan to create a shipping technology business worth as much as $12 billion... View Source

Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot Claude will be able to recall context across conversations for free users, as the company seeks to hang on to new consumers who have created “unprecedented demand” the past few days... View Source

BNY Chief Commercial Officer Cathinka Wahlstrom sits down with Romaine Bostick to discuss "AI everywhere," blockchain technology, tokenization, and client interest in digital assets. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Starlink mobile has 10 million monthly active customers for direct to cellphone 4G capability. This is with 650 V2 mini satellites. They support text, voice, basic data and basic video calls. SpaceX will launch V3 satellites that are three times bigger and 100 times the capacity. This will enable 5G capability at 150 mbps in ... Read more... View Source

Eclipse will feature a deep, coppery-red full moon on 3 March. From Sydney to New York, use our guide to find out when the eclipse will be visible and the best time to see it tonight.North America, Australia and New Zealand will be treated to a rare total lunar eclipse on Tuesday known as a “blood moon”.As the full moon dips into the planet’s shadow tonight it will change colour to a “deep and cop... View Source

BNY Chief Product and Innovation Officer Carolyn Weinberg sat down with Romaine Bostick to discuss blockchain, client demands, and the growth of digital assets. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

When Block laid off nearly half its staff last week, co-founder Jack Dorsey offered a seemingly simple explanation: artificial intelligence was allowing the company to do more with fewer employees. The announcement, though, landed at the center of a complex debate over AI and the future of work: on one side, genuine fear that the technology will displace jobs at an unprecedented pace; on the other... View Source

Israel (via Unit 8200/Mossad cyber ops) spent years hacking into Tehran’s public traffic cameras and related feeds specifically to track the daily movements and bodyguards of Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This intel directly fed into recent assassination/strike planning. They found the useful traffic cameras and used those to track Khamenei, IRGC and ... Read more... View Source

BNY Chief Commercial Officer Cathinka Wahlstrom and Global Head of Product & Innovation Carolyn Weinberg sat down with Romaine Bostick to discuss AI's role in client onboarding, traditional & digital finance, and the potential of blockchain and digital assets. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Anthropic is bringing another paid feature to Claude's free tier. The next time you chat with Claude, you'll have the option to have it reference your previous conversation to inform its outputs. Anthropic first made its chatbot capable of remembering past interactions last August, before giving it the ability to compartmentalize memories in the fall. Making memory a free feature is well... View Source

The AirPods 4 are the best entry-level AirPods yet. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge It’s a good day for Apple fans on a budget. Not only did the company introduce a new budget phone, its entry-level AirPods 4 are also on sale. Right now, you can snag a pair of Apple’s AirPods 4 starting at just $89 ($30 off) at Walmart. The model with active noise-cancellation are also down to their second best... View Source

US tech giants like Open AI, Microsoft and Google are pouring billions of dollars into developing AI in India. But can the world’s most populous nation create its own sovereign AI champion? (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Australia's government may take a strict stance on ensuring younger users cannot access AI chatbots. Reuters reports that Australian regulators may require app storefronts to block AI services that do not implement age verification for restricting mature content by March 9. "eSafety will use the full range of our powers where there is non-compliance," a representative for the c... View Source

Anthropic is making it easier to switch to its Claude AI from other chatbots with an update that brings Claude's memory feature to users on the free plan, along with a new prompt and dedicated tool for importing data from other chatbots. These upgrades could allow users who have been using rivals like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Gemini to quickly copy the data their preferred AI has collected on... View Source

US officials are considering caps on the number of AI accelerators Nvidia Corp. can export to any one Chinese company, which would further constrain the chipmaker’s reentry into a crucial market... View Source

Cursor’s annual recurring revenue topped $2 billion in February, according to a person familiar with the matter, a figure that underscores the fast growth of the artificial intelligence coding assistant... View Source

Call of Duty is getting a new battle royale mode later this month. The popular first-person shooter will introduce Black Ops Royale as a free game mode on March 13. Black Ops Royale pays homage to Blackout, the series' first foray into a battle royale game mode back in CoD: Black Ops 4. Matches will have 100 players dropping in as four-person teams. The mode takes place on the massive Av... View Source

Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network A total lunar eclipse glows red, Venus and Saturn get close, and we ring in the vernal equinox A total lunar eclipse blood moon takes centre stage, Venus and Saturn cozy up for a conjunction, and we celebrate the vernal equinox.  Skywatching Highlights March 3:... View Source

Hermeus successfully flew its latest Quarterhorse aircraft, marking the company’s second first flight in less than a year. The flight kicks off a test campaign that will see the unmanned aircraft reach supersonic speeds. Roughly the size of an F-16 and powered by a Pratt & Whitney F100 engine (Pratt & Whitney is an RTX ... Read more... View Source

Using gravitational waves as a measure of the universe's rate of expansion could solve the biggest headache in physics, the so-called "Hubble tension."... View Source

Sharing content to Mastodon is getting easier with the addition of a universal "Share to Mastodon" button for the decentralized social media platform. Announced on Monday, the widget allows users to share content on any Mastodon server by connecting your Mastodon account and redirecting you to the server that account is on. The blog post announcing the feature also explains that the tool "works en... View Source

Unlike its predecessor, the iPhone 17E supports MagSafe. | Image: Apple The iPhone 17 lineup now has a “budget” option. Announced this week, the iPhone 17E will hit stores on Wednesday, March 11th, starting at $599, with preorders opening on March 4th. The 6.1-inch phone joins the rest of Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup, which includes the iPhone 17 ($799), the more powerful iPhone 17 Pro ($1,099), and t... View Source

Iranians are finding ways to circumvent a fresh internet blackout imposed by their government and are sharing footage of US and Israeli airstrikes with the world... View Source

Apple has promised a “big week” for the company, which includes an in-person event for press and creators on March 4. But it didn’t exactly wait until Wednesday to get things started. The news started on Monday with the announcements of the iPhone 17e and M4-powered iPad Air.We’ll be updating this roundup throughout the week as we learn exactly what Apple has in store for everyone (though we have... View Source

Apple has asked Google to look into "setting up servers" for a new version of Siri that's Gemini-powered and meets Apple's privacy requirements, The Information reports. Apple had already announced in January that Google's Gemini AI models would help power the upgraded version of Siri it delayed last year, but The Information's report indicates Apple might lean even more on Google so it can catch... View Source

Iran’s feared hacking groups have failed to play a meaningful role as the US and Israel wage a new war, a silence cybersecurity analysts say underscores how far the Islamic Republic’s online attack and disinformation capabilities have withered... View Source

The Analogue Pocket handheld retro console has proven to be extremely popular, as initial runs have sold out. The company just announced the system will be back in stock this week, along with the dock accessory. Preorders open up on March 4 at 11AM ET, with shipments going out this June. Analogue Pocket & Analogue Dock - restock.A tribute to portable gaming. Out of the box, Pocket is compatibl... View Source

Pre-war baseline (Feb 2026 estimates from Central Bank, IMF, and tanker data) Iran Government budget is $106 billion annual ($8–9 billion/month total revenue needed). Oil share was 25–40% (or ~1/3 overall) → ~$1.7–2.5 billion/month net oil income (after heavy discounts to China). Non-oil exports are ~$4.5 billion/month (petrochemicals ~25–30%, pistachios/saffron/ag ~small slice, natural gas/metals... View Source

Mobile World Congress 2026 opened its doors today in Barcelona, Spain, but some of the biggest announcements from the mobile-focused show were already made over the weekend. To make sure you don't miss the best new smartphones, laptops, concepts, and accessories, we're rounding up all the most newsworthy gadgets that have debuted so far at MWC 2026. And if you want to stay on top of all the news,... View Source

Starlink is getting ready to launch its second generation of satellites, and it's expected to match the speeds of a traditional terrestrial network. During a keynote at Mobile World Congress, Starlink execs detailed the roadmap for the company's upgrade towards the next generation of satellites called V2. "The goal of Starlink Mobile ... is to provide a terrestrial-like connectivity... View Source

3 min read Collaborating Through Data: Inside the PSI Users Group About the PSI Users Group The Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) Users Group is a recurring Webex forum that brings together researchers, open-science practitioners, and collaborators from across the physical sciences community. Designed to foster collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and data-driven discovery, each meeting provides pa... View Source

US Treasury (under Bessent) claims direct visibility into wire transfers landing in global banks. Pre-strike Central Bank of Iran data (reported February 18–20, 2026) showed a record ~$15 billion capital outflow in a recent period, more than offsetting an $11 billion trade surplus — accelerating as oil revenues fell and uncertainty rose. One earlier report ... Read more... View Source

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Apple’s Magic Keyboard cases offer a fantastic typing experience, elevating the iPad to laptop status with a large trackpad that offers haptic feedback, and an articulating hinge to help you angle the display just right for your comfort. It’s typically a very pricey accessory, but Woot has new / open-box models selling at great discounts for the 11-inch and 13-inch sizing options. The 11-inch Magi... View Source

X is rolling out a built-in “Paid Partnership” label that creators can apply to sponsored posts, replacing the hashtag workarounds they’ve had to rely on until now. The feature, announced by the platform’s head of product Nikita Bier, adds a toggle that places a disclosure label directly below a post’s content. It can also be applied retroactively. The label is meant to help creators comply with y... View Source

A similar AI shopping feature on TikTok. | The Verge In late February, Puck reported on a strange case: An influencer with more than a million followers was inadvertently promoting products on Instagram. On some of Julia Berolzheimer's posts, a "Shop the look" button hovered in the corner. When followers clicked it, they were fed similar items to what Berolzheimer was wearing. Her job is to promot... View Source

Amazon cloud services have been disrupted after an object hit a data center in the UAE, raising fresh concerns about the vulnerability of critical digital infrastructure as tensions with Iran ramp up. Vlad Rikhter, the co-founder and CEO of Fencer, a cyber security platform, joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the vulnerability of US infrastructure and new AI challenges in US cyber securi... View Source

The iPad Air, the middle child in Apple’s tablet lineup, has been upgraded to the M4 chip with increased RAM and… Well, there’s not a whole lot else if I’m being honest. At the very least, the new iPad Air M4 models remain at the same price as the iPad Air M3, with the 11-inch version starting at $599 and the 13-inch at $799. I would give Apple more credit if it had increased the starting storage... View Source

Cloud cover outlook for the total lunar eclipse — where the blood moon will be visible... View Source

Finnish startup Donut Lab is out to prove that its solid-state battery is all that it claims to be. Last week, the test was about fast charging. This week is where things get hot. Like the first test, this one was also conducted by state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The team set out to determine how well Donut Lab's cells held up under extreme heat, which has been known to adver... View Source

SAP SE Chief Executive Officer Christian Klein announced a plan to shake up its executive board to focus on artificial intelligence as Europe’s most valuable software company faces increasing pressure from the technology... View Source

Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into a single streaming service following the completion of its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. CEO David Ellison confirmed the plan on an investor call Monday, saying the combined platform would serve over 200 million subscribers and position the company to compete with the biggest players in the streaming space. “We think the combine... View Source

The new HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), carrying science, supplies, and hardware for NASA and its international partners, is pictured on Oct. 29, 2025, after its capture by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.Credit: NASA After delivering about 12,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, hardware, and other cargo to the Internat... View Source

200 mobile launchers destroyed in Iran. This is roughly 50% of Iran’s operational launcher fleet at the start of the current campaign. Iran missile stockpile was 3000, inventory estimate 1500-2500 (500 fired). Esfahan North Missile Base (near Najafabad, Esfahan Province) — at least one launcher + missile storage facility destroyed. Iran increasingly relies on cheaper ... Read more... View Source

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida lofted 54 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Sunday, March 1, 2026... View Source

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case over whether AI-generated art can obtain a copyright, as reported earlier by Reuters. The Monday decision comes after Stephen Thaler, a computer scientist from Missouri, appealed a court's decision to uphold a ruling that found AI-generated art can't be copyrighted. In 2019, the US Copyright Office rejected Thaler's request to copyright an image, ca... View Source

Futures tumbling and oil surging to the most in four years as the war with Iran escalates. Anna Rosenberg of the Amundi Investment Institute says the odds of a regime change are medium to high. Amy Wu Silverman of RBC Capital Markets discusses the market reaction to the Iran war. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

As AI-generated artwork becomes more commonplace, it still won't be able to be copyrighted, according to US courts. On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to hear a case about whether an artwork generated with the help of AI can be copyrighted. The refusal means that a lower court's decision to reject the copyright request will stand. The case dates back to 2018 when Stephen Thaler app... View Source

NASA Sunlight beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. This is an example of sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water at the same angle that a satellite sensor views it. The result is a mirror-like specular reflection of sunlight off the... View Source

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars shine together after sunset in early March, with Mercury at its best of 2026... View Source

Analogue announced a restock for its Pocket handheld, but for the second time since late 2021, it's getting a price bump, this time to $239.99. The Pocket will once again be available for preorder through Analogue's website in black or white (the brightly colored versions are always limited editions that sell out fast) starting on March 4th at 8AM PT/11AM ET with shipping expected to start in June... View Source

Apple Inc. unveiled the iPhone 17e, the latest version of its lower-end smartphone, and a faster version of the iPad Air, kicking off a wave of new products... View Source

Nintendo has scheduled an Indie World Showcase livestream for tomorrow, March 3, at 9AM ET. The company says this event will include "roughly 15 minutes of news and updates on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch." That's not a whole lot of time, but indie trailers tend to be on the shorter side. We really don't know anything about what Nintendo and its p... View Source

Nvidia announced on Monday that it's investing $2 billion each into Lumentum and Coherent, which are both developing photonics technology for data centers, like optical transceivers, circuit switches, and lasers, which are used to move data at high speeds over long distances. Their tech could improve energy efficiency, data transfer speeds, and bandwidth in future AI data centers, after Nvidia alr... View Source

Generative AI is set to transform the way credit traders do their jobs, as the technology is well suited to handling the unstructured data produced by the asset class, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s global head of credit trading... View Source

Apple’s most affordable iPhone just got an upgrade, but how does the new iPhone 17e compare to the iPhone 16e? Well, thankfully the price remains the same at $599, which is good news in our current economic climate. An immediate difference you might notice is that one of them now comes in a third color: pink. That’s at least one win for me because I am all for putting more color into tech.There ar... View Source

Now that Paramount Skydance has become the frontrunner to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, CEO David Ellison wants the two studios' streaming services to become one. During a call with investors on Monday, Paramount Skydance head David Ellison insisted that, if his deal to acquire the entirety of Warner Bros. Discovery for about $110 billion receives the necessary regulatory approvals, he plans to merg... View Source

The conflict in the Middle East is driving oil prices up in a midterm year when Americans are already focused on high energy bills... View Source

Sanjay Jhamna, JPMorgan Chase's global head of credit trading, says generative AI is already impacting private credit during an interview with Lisa Abramowicz at the bank's annual leveraged-finance conference in Miami. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Anthropic has made switching to its Claude AI chatbot easier than ever. The company announced a new memory import tool that can extract all of a competing AI chatbot's memories and context of you into a text prompt that can be fed into Claude. With Anthropic's prompt, you can then copy and paste the output into Claude's memories, and the AI chatbot will pick up where you left off wi... View Source

The real secret of SpaceX is an operating system built around Time Over Money. It is the governing law with extreme loop compression (making every development cycle radically faster). In aerospace cost = people × time compressing time by 10× automatically makes things 10–1000× cheaper. Musk’s team ruthlessly deletes bureaucracy, sets impossible deadlines as forcing ... Read more... View Source

Just days after showing off the Galaxy S26, Samsung is finally rolling out the ability for users to unlock their home with a tap of their phone or by simply approaching their door. The new feature, called Digital Home Key, will live inside Samsung Wallet and is powered by the Aliro smart home standard. Samsung first teased its Digital Home Key feature in 2024 and said the feature would be availabl... View Source

Elon Musk’s brief effort to back out of buying Twitter Inc. in 2022 is the focus of a trial starting this week over claims the world’s richest person manipulated the company’s stock price to get himself a better deal... View Source

Apple has just announced the addition of the iPhone 17e to its smartphone lineup. This model is kitted with the same A19 chip that powers the base iPhone 17, and it will support the Apple Intelligence suite of AI tools. As the rumors suggested, the iPhone 17e will indeed be priced at $599, same as last year’s iPhone 16e. The base model will come with 256GB of storage, and also be available in a ne... View Source

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Iran’s regular surface navy is being systematically sunk and the Iran Navy headquarters was crippled, but the mini-subs and small mine-laying vessels—the ones actually capable of rapidly closing the Strait of Hormuz—remain the primary active threat and have not been neutralized in public reporting. ⚠️ 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 ⚠️ 🇮🇷🇺🇸 | U.S HAS SUNK THE IRIS ... Read more... View Source

The JUICE spacecraft captured its first detailed glimpse of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing a glowing coma and sweeping tail... View Source

Today, I’m talking with Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman. Zillow is one of those apps that really exemplifies what you might call the smartphone era of software: the company built a great mobile app for looking at real estate listings, and it turned into not just entertainment for so many of us, but what has become a vertically integrated platform for buying, selling, and renting real estate. Verge subs... View Source

Fidelity Investments, the world’s third-largest asset manager, reported a record year, with assets in its funds rising by more than $1 trillion and revenue jumping 15% since 2024... View Source

Samsung's newest feature turns your phone into your house keys. The company has created the Digital Home Key, a feature inside of the Samsung Wallet that should let you unlock any compatible smart door with your phone. The Samsung Wallet already offered digital car keys.  "As we continue to evolve Samsung Wallet, delivering trusted mobile experiences remains at the core of our innov... View Source

Apple has taken the wraps off the iPhone 17E, its latest entry-level smartphone. The iPhone 17E starts at $599 with a higher 256GB of storage, and is available in black, white, and pink. The company revealed the new device as part of a series of announcements that kicked off this week. Similar to the iPhone 16E, the iPhone 17E comes with a 6.1-inch display, but with a tougher Ceramic Shield 2 for... View Source

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Apple is kicking off multiple days of product announcements this morning with a new iPad Air. Unsurprisingly, it’s more or less like the iPad Air Apple announced one year ago, except it now has an M4 chip instead of last year’s M3.Apple is also including its in-house networking chips, the N1 and C1X, which will cover Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity. This means the iPad Air supports the Wi-Fi 7 sta... View Source

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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed new views of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus into immersive soundscapes, turning planetary data into audio you can hear... View Source

On Friday evening, amidst fallout from a standoff between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that his own company had successfully negotiated new terms with the Pentagon. The US government had just moved to blacklist Anthropic for standing firm on two red lines for military use: no mass surveillance of Americans and no lethal autonomous weapons (or AI systems... View Source

A former NASA administrator says he is "encouraged" that the US Congress is considering legislation to prevent NASA from spending more than 50 percent of its launch funding on any single provider. "America succeeds in space when American companies compete, innovate, and grow," former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote on LinkedIn. "I’m encouraged to see Congress taking meaningful steps to st... View Source

Oracle Corp.’s health records division has lost multiple senior leaders in recent months while the company works to modernize its software in the face of steep customer loses... View Source

Nvidia Corp. agreed to invest $4 billion in two companies that develop data center optics that are essential for artificial intelligence systems... View Source

There's a whole slew of objects that astronomers aren't sure whether to classify as "failed stars" or "overgrown planets."... View Source

Nintendo has a history of fleshing out the larger Pokémon world through spinoffs. What games from the Pokémon Snap and Detective Pikachu series lacked in terms of action, they made up for in the way they made pokémon feel like creatures with rich lives outside of their relationships with trainers. And as the mainline series has evolved over the years, games like Legends: Z-A h... View Source

Anthropic PBC’s popular artificial intelligence chatbot Claude experienced service disruptions on Monday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to monitoring website Downdetector... View Source

On its own, at 4.9mm thin, Tecno's modular phone concept barely feels like a smartphone. It has a screen, a basic camera module, four low-profile pogo-pin connectors and that's about it. From there, you can seemingly build your conceptual phone however you want. At its booth at MWC 2026, Tecno had two families of modular components in two different colorways, which is surprising at this... View Source

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Another major antitrust lawsuit has launched in the UK. This time its against Sony, which could be on the hook for almost £2 billion ($2.7 billion) for overcharging PlayStation users.  A class action case for about 12.2 million users argues that Sony "occupies a dominant position in relation to the digital distribution of PlayStation games and in-game content and that it has been unfairl... View Source

Tonight's blood moon will be the last until New Year's Eve 2028-2029. So catch it if you can!... View Source

It’s like 5G, but one more. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images It brings me no pleasure to say this, but friends: The next G cometh. The standard formally known as 6G is still being established, but it's going to be a major topic of discussion at Mobile World Congress 2026, which gets started today in Barcelona. 5G arrived back in 2019, but also, did it, entirely? You may have notice... View Source

MiniMax Group Inc. reported a better-than-expected 159% surge in revenue in 2025, reflecting the torrid growth that’s drawn investors to China’s leading OpenAI rivals... View Source

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At the mobile industry’s biggest annual gathering this week, telecom companies are trying to show that new partnerships and artificial intelligence-driven innovation can overcome supply chains strained by surging demand and geopolitics... View Source

Vivo barely has a presence outside of China but that seems to be changing with the company's next flagship phone. At Mobile World Conference 2026, the company unveiled the X300 Ultra smartphone that comes with a 200MP sensor along with two accessories designed for pro photographers and content creators: a SmallRig video cage and 400mm Zeiss telephoto extender lens. Vivo didn't go into de... View Source

The Xbox Series X and Series S are built for fast load times, smooth performance and expansive game libraries, but the right accessories can make a noticeable difference in how you play day to day. From storage solutions that help you manage growing installs to headsets that make it easier to catch subtle audio cues, the best Xbox accessories are about removing friction and improving comfort as mu... View Source

Motorola has unveiled the Edge 70 Fusion, its latest mid-range model with an impressive display and OIS-enabled camera with a Sony sensor. Though other specs are modest, the cameras, display and Pantone-inspired, fabric-like colors make it a good choice for fashion-forward and budget conscious buyers in Europe and other (non-US) territories.  The Edge 70 Fusion is a more modestly specced vers... View Source

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The average person can enter a stock trade on their computer, hit refresh, and the trade is done. As fast as that seems, there are professional traders moving even faster, executing thousands of trades per second. Over the years, the need for speed got so intense that competing firms would aim to get their own systems closer and closer to the exchange’s computers, so as to minimize the length of t... View Source

TCL has been making smartphones and tablets at an impressive clip for years. While most companies have focused on foldable display tech — and TCL has dabbled — the focus has been on its NXTPAPER screens. Aimed at being friendlier on the eyes, and pitched as a device somewhere between e-ink slates and traditional tablets, NXTPAPER has gradually been upgraded and refined, reaching an apex at CES 202... View Source

The Neon supposedly includes actual neon lighting in the rear. | Image: Tecno After teasing a magnetic, modular smartphone concept the other day, Tecno has followed that up with another two phone designs centered around color-changing finishes: one with E Ink, and the other incorporating neon. I'm the most taken with the Pova Neon, which the company says includes genuine neon lighting, not just br... View Source

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon Elite chips are reserved for the best Android phones and laptops, and now the company has introduced the first in the Elite series for wearables. The Snapdragon Wear Elite processor is designed for smartwatches and AI devices like pendants and promises up to a fivefold increase in single-thread CPU performance, Qualcomm announced.  The new processor is built on a 3n... View Source

Look closely and you might spot a phone in there somewhere. | Image: Vivo Vivo rarely has a presence at MWC, but this year it bucked that trend in a big way, with the reveal of its next flagship phone, the X300 Ultra, alongside an upgraded telephoto extender lens and professional camera cage. The company isn't ready to launch the handset just yet - or even reveal very many of its specs - but has c... View Source

Major e-commerce platforms are warning of longer delivery times to the Middle East after the US-led bombing campaign against Iran disrupted key air and sea routes, threatening supplies to one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets... View Source

AI wearables, all the way down. | Image: Qualcomm Like it or not, more AI wearables may be on the horizon - or at least Qualcomm seems to think so. Today the company announced its new Snapdragon Wear Elite chip. At a press briefing, Qualcomm said it considers the Elite to be a "wrist plus" chip. Meaning, it won't replace the previous W5 Plus, but exist alongside it. The company said it expects the... View Source

MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest network operator, said full-year earnings are expected to more than quadruple after its Nigerian and Ghanaian operations delivered “robust” results... View Source

Look west after sunset this week to see the pair converge in the dusk, closing in on a near-conjunction on 8 MarchLook west as the evening twilight gathers this week for a chance to spot the planets Venus and Saturn. The accompanying chart shows the view looking west from London at 18.10 GMT on 2 March.Venus will be the brighter of the pair, dominating the sky at magnitude –4. Saturn will be faint... View Source

After briefly announcing its new foldable at CES, Motorola is now ready to debut its first book-style foldable in full at MWC 2026. There are several features we already knew, including support for Motorola’s new Pen Ultra stylus and no fewer than five cameras. However, many specs were still unknown. There are some pleasant surprises. Motorola decided to make both screens brighter than any of its... View Source

It’s all starting to unfold. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Motorola has revealed a little more about its upcoming folding phone, and all signs point toward a premium option - not the budget-friendlier alternative the category could use. For starters, the Razr Fold will cost €1,999 (about $2,350) bundled with the Moto Pen Ultra. It'll go on sale first in Europe, with North America to fo... View Source