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Apple Inc. introduced its first new AirPods Pro model in three years, adding new health-tracking features, improved noise cancellation and a better fit... View Source

Apple announced three new smartwatches at its “Awe Dropping” event today. Along with new iPhone 17 models, we now have the Apple Watch Series 11 as the rumors predicted. Engadget’s Cherlynn Low, Sam Rutherford and Billy Steele are on the ground at the event, so we’ll have hands-on coverage soon, followed by full reviews in a week or so. In the meantime, here’s everything we know about the newest A... View Source

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept shows a brown dwarf — an object larger than a planet but not massive enough to kickstart fusion in its core like a star. Brown dwarfs are hot when they form and may glow like this one, but over time they get closer in temperature to gas giant planets like Jupiter. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor An unu... View Source

As part of the Artemis 2 astronaut moon mission launching no earlier than 2026, NASA is asking volunteers to test alternative forms of deep-space tracking... View Source

Apple has announced its next high-end Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Ultra 3. The new Ultra follows the Apple Watch Ultra 2, which Apple announced in 2023; the black version of the Ultra 2, which Apple introduced last year; and the original Apple Watch Ultra, which Apple launched in 2022. Apple’s Ultra watches are generally targeted toward athletes and sporty types, with features like big battery li... View Source

A trio of European aerospace companies are moving ahead with plans to forge a space and satellite venture that can better compete with Elon Musk’s dominant SpaceX... View Source

Despite how it sounds, a xenotransplant isn't something from the latest Alien movie. It's an increasingly credible science: the transplantation of animal organs into humans. The field took one of its biggest leaps forward on Monday. The FDA approved the biotech company eGenesis to begin human trials of pig-to-human kidney transplants. eGenesis provides pigs with CRISPR-modified genes. Th... View Source

Research Astrophysicist and Roman’s Deputy Wide Field Instrument Scientist – Goddard Space Flight Center From a young age, Ami Choi — now a research astrophysicist at NASA — was drawn to the vast and mysterious. By the fifth grade, she had narrowed her sights to two career paths: marine biology or astrophysics.  “I’ve always been interested in exploring big unknown realms, and things th... View Source

Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now?... View Source

It's time for another "awe dropping" Apple event. The company is expected to announce the iPhone 17 today, alongside some new Apple Watches and perhaps the AirPods Pro 3. We got a glimpse of some software at WWDC 2025, but today is all about the new hardware, baby. We're anticipating the usual - the iPhone 17 and 17 Pro, new colors, camera upgrades, and quite possibly an iPhone 17 Air if the rumor... View Source

Nvidia Corp., whose chips and systems are at the heart of the artificial intelligence computing boom, said it plans to offer a new product designed to handle demanding tasks such as video generation and software creation... View Source

The Plex streaming platform has experienced a security breach and is telling customers to change their passwords "immediately." They also suggest that users enable two-factor authentication and sign out of any connected devices that are currently logged in. The company says a database was accessed by an “an unauthorized third party” and that some customers had their emails, usernames and... View Source

NASA/Kim Shiflett The Artemis II crew (from front left to back right) – pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and mission specialist Christina Koch – walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. During a two-day training, the crew practic... View Source

NASA's hosting a teleconference on Wednesday (Sept. 10) to discuss a new rock analysis from the Perseverance Mars rover. Here's how to tune in... View Source

Apple is ready to announce the iPhone 17 line, and this promises to be a bigger launch than most. We’re expecting a major redesign to the cameras and looking forward to an entirely new addition to the lineup: the extra-thin iPhone 17 Air. Alongside the new iPhones, Apple is likely to update its Apple Watch line. This should be a bumper year, too, with the Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3 a... View Source

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The Anker Soundcore Space A40 wireless earbuds are back on sale for a record-low price of $45 a 44 percent discount. These earbuds remain our top pick for best budget wireless earbuds. The most significant feature on the A40 earbuds is the inclusion of active noise cancellation (ANC), which is almost unheard of at this price point. It's not the most sophisticated ANC, but it does sufficiently redu... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) While auroras are a beautiful sight on Earth, the solar activity that causes them can wreak havoc with space-based infrastructure like satellites. Using artificial intelligence to predict these disruptive solar events was a focus of KX’s work with FDL.Credit: Sebastian Saarloos In the summer of 2024, people across North... View Source

At an event in Las Vegas yesterday, Tesla revealed a new utility-scale battery configuration that it claims can significantly lower construction costs for utilities, along with faster installation. Its new “Megablock” is pre-engineered; more assembly done in a factory allows for 23 percent faster installation, according to Tesla. That’s supposed to translate to up to 40 percent lower construction... View Source

A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade... View Source

Microsoft Corp. said many employees must soon work three days a week from an office... View Source

AI summaries seem to be everywhere, with the latest entry into the mix coming courtesy of Mozilla. The company has announced that its web browser, Firefox, is rolling out page summaries on mobile devices. Notably, this feature is only available for English-language iOS users in the US right now. Unlike other major summary tools from Google and the like, Firefox's page summaries are available... View Source

Boarding passes will carry participants’ names on NASA’s Artemis II mission in 2026.Credit: NASA Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. As part of the agency’s “Send Your Name with Artemi... View Source

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured great shots of the total lunar eclipse over the weekend... View Source

It's official, Microsoft is asking employees to return to the office three days per week. Amy Coleman, executive vice president and Microsoft's chief people officer, revealed the news to Microsoft employees in a memo this morning. "We've looked at how our teams work best, and the data is clear: when people work together in person more often, they thrive," says Coleman, in a memo obtained by The Ve... View Source

Anthropic has begun rolling out a small but significant update to Claude. Starting today you can use the chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs. In the past, Claude offered rudimentary file support, but now you can interact with any documents you need to modify directly through the chatbot. The new functionality is part of a feature preview you ca... View Source

NASA Stennis Buffer ZoneNASA / Stennis NASA’s Stennis Space Center is widely known for rocket propulsion testing, especially to support the NASA Artemis program to send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars. What may not be so widely known is that the site also is a unique federal city, home to more than 50 federal, state, academic, and commercial tenants and servi... View Source

Hyundai is out with a new concept car that previews a smaller EV that could slot below the Ioniq 5. And while the design is pretty bold, and full of what seems to be veiled references to Star Wars, the idea of a smaller (and hopefully less expensive) electric hatchback is surely one of the more grounded ways to approach a design exercise of this kind. The Concept Three certainly hints at a possibl... View Source

One of our favorite magnetic power banks is on sale for 42 percent off right now. The Anker 622 Magnetic Battery is down 42 percent to $28, which is almost as low as we've ever seen it. This steep discount is also available at Anker's online store with a coupon code that the company provides. This 5,000mAh MagSafe-compatible charger with a foldable stand is a slim and portable battery that can kee... View Source

Los nombres de los participantes irán en tarjetas de embarque a bordo de la misión Artemis II de la NASA en 2026.Crédito: NASA Read this press release in English here. La NASA invita al público a unirse al vuelo de prueba Artemis II de la agencia en el que cuatro astronautas emprenderán un viaje alrededor de la Luna y de regreso a la Tierra para poner a prueba los sistemas y el hardware necesarios... View Source

"The country that lands on the moon first will shape the rules of engagement in space for decades to come."... View Source

These screenshots are two examples of vertical videos that Google generated using Veo 3’s updated features. Google has added support for 1080p resolution and vertical video formats to its Veo 3 AI video generator. According to the announcement on Google’s developer blog, both Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast — a faster, and more affordable version of the video model that produces lower-quality results — now a... View Source

Pakistan has built sweeping surveillance systems that taps phone calls, tracks location and filters online content through a Chinese-designed firewall, according to Amnesty International... View Source

Video game difficulty is a real balancing act. You want to be challenged and earn each new level, but when it's too hard there's more frustration than fun. Apparently, a number of players have found the new Hollow Knight: Silksong game a bit too hard, struggling to defeat some of the bosses.  Now, Team Cherry, the indie studio behind the Hollow Knight series, is making things a bit... View Source

A sweeping U.S. missile defense program comes with many risks, costs and uncertainties, analysts say... View Source

From dystopian futures to interstellar adventures, this quiz explores the classics that dared to imagine the impossible—and the authors who made it unforgettable... View Source

Don’t call it a comeback. Canon seems to be riding the TikTok digicam resurgence and is rereleasing a mid-2010s point-and-shoot — the PowerShot Elph 360 HS A. It’s mostly the same camera as the original Elph 360 HS, first launched in the very different world of 2016 and recently anointed the darling pocket camera of celebrities like Kendall Jenner and Dua Lipa.  Now, in 2025, the “A” version... View Source

Nepal's government has lifted its ban on social media apps including Facebook and X after at least 19 people were killed yesterday during protests, The Guardian reported. "We have withdrawn the shutdown of the social media. They are working now," said communications minister Prithvi Subba Gurung. In a new development, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has resigned due to the unre... View Source

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It isn't just supermassive black holes that are messy eaters. Using a Japanese space telescope called XRISM, scientists have found that small black holes are a "hot mess," too... View Source

The Atari Gamestation Go comes with over 200 retro games. | Image: Atari Nearly two years after it was first announced at CES 2024, My Arcade’s Atari Gamestation Go handheld is finally available for preorder for $179.99 through the company’s website, with shipping expected to start in October 2025. That’s a small price bump from the expected $149.99 pricing announced earlier this year during CES 2... View Source

Exosens SAS, a French maker of night-vision gear, plans to expand globally through acquisitions as wars’ demands on special forces fuel a need for more advanced equipment... View Source

Canon has announced the EOS C50, its smallest cinema camera yet with features designed to appeal to social media creators and filmmakers alike. It has an RF mirrorless mount and all-new full-frame sensor that supports up to 7K 60p internal RAW recording and 32MP photo capture, making it a do-it-all camera for working pros. Despite the small size and light 1.5 pound weight, the EOS C50 is feature-r... View Source

Pollen Street Capital extended a $100 million lending facility to CredibleX, a United Arab Emirates-based lender to small-and-medium sized companies, as demand for private credit in the Middle East rises... View Source

It's still back-to-school season and, regardless of whether you've picked up a textbook recently, that will always mean its time to pick up new supplies. Thankfully, there are some great deals currently running, including a new all-time low price for the USB-C Apple Pencil.  Right now, you can pick up the USB-C Apple Pencil for $50, down from $79. The 37 percent discount is available as part... View Source

Two NOAA satellites saw a solar eclipse on Sept. 7 as the moon blocked out the sun mere hours before a lunar eclipse was seen on Earth... View Source

Frankenstein is one of those stories that's been retold countless times. And yet, Guillermo del Toro has managed to make a version that not only feels true to Mary Shelley's original, but is also imbued with the trademarks the director is known for. Maybe that shouldn't be too surprising - when presenting the film at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, del Toro expla... View Source

Vietnam’s government has given the go-ahead for the five-year pilot of crypto asset trading, a move aimed at capitalizing on a market that has thrived in the country despite the absence of a legal framework... View Source

Daily Hub aims to combine useful info with curated recommendations, but only sometimes succeeds. When Google launched the Pixel 10 line last month, it gave as much attention to its AI-enabled software tricks as it did the hardware upgrades. But now, less than two weeks after the Pixel 10 series hit store shelves, its already pulled one of those AI features: Daily Hub, which collects the weather an... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Olivia Poh delves into the big bet made by Singaporean investor darling Sea... View Source

Apple’s annual iPhone event kicks off later today, and we may finally see the iPhone Air. That would appear alongside the usual iPhone refresh, with an array of iPhone 17 devices. We’re expecting four models again: iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Some reports suggest bigger batteries will appear across the series. Still, the rumored iPhone Air will be the technical star... View Source

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Leaked images potentially give us a closer look at the Powerbeats Fit and its color-matched charging case. Apple teased the upcoming Powerbeats Fit last month, and now renders and specifications for the sporty wireless earbuds have appeared online that give us a closer look at what to expect. According to trusted leaker Evan Blass, the new Beats earbuds will be available in four colorways — orange... View Source

Blue Owl Capital-owned data center operator Stack Infrastructure Inc. is exploring a debt deal for up to €600 million ($705 million) linked to its assets in Milan, Italy, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg... View Source

Firefox will soon let you shake your iPhone to get an AI-generated summary of the webpage you’re on. The feature rolls out this week, and will operate using Apple’s on-device AI model on the iPhone 15 Pro or newer once iOS 26 launches. On older iOS versions, Mozilla will use its own cloud-based AI system to create summaries and insert them on top of the webpage. Along with shaking your phone, you... View Source

Space changes you. It strengthens some muscles, weakens others, shifts fluids within your body, and realigns your sense of balance. NASA’s Human Research Program works to understand—and sometimes even counter—those changes so astronauts can thrive on future deep space missions.   NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara pedals on the Cycle Ergometer Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) inside the... View Source

Conducting a flyby mission to an interstellar object visiting our solar system is "feasible and affordable," a new study finds. But orbiting such an interloper is a different story... View Source

The co-founder of internet company Yandex went into exile after the war began... View Source

The 3D-printed Switch 2 mockup that started Nintendo’s dispute with Genki. Nintendo has settled the lawsuit it filed against accessory maker Genki over the Switch 2 mockup it showcased at CES before the console was officially revealed, and accessories it promoted using the Switch 2 name. Genki’s parent company, Human Things, will pay Nintendo an undisclosed amount of money in damages to close the... View Source

Apple Inc. will hold its biggest product launch event of the year Tuesday, when the company is set to unveil the new iPhone 17 lineup, smartwatches and AirPods ahead of the holiday season... View Source

A fast, reliable SSD can make a huge difference to how your computer feels day to day. From quicker boot times to near-instant file transfers, solid-state drives outpace traditional hard drives in almost every way. They’re also more durable, run silently and use less power, making them a smart upgrade for laptops, desktops and even gaming consoles.The tricky part is choosing the right one. Between... View Source

Microsoft and LG are partnering up to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to internet-connected vehicles. A new Xbox app will soon be available on cars that use LG’s Automotive Content Platform (ACP), allowing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to access cloud versions of Xbox titles directly on in-car screens. The Xbox app will be able to stream games when you’re charging an EV or trying to entertain... View Source

Revolut Ltd. is planning to launch its services in the United Arab Emirates after the fintech behemoth secured initial approval for licenses from the country’s central bank... View Source

Reports have been circulating for the past few weeks that recent Windows 11 updates (KB5063878 and KB5062660) were causing some SSDs using Phison controllers to fail. While plenty of YouTube and TikTok videos have blamed Microsoft for the issues, Phison has identified “early versions of firmware and BIOS” as the problem instead. “Many of the reports originate from media testing conducted on hardwa... View Source

The Plex media streaming platform has been breached in what looks to be a repeat of a 2022 incident that saw authentication data and encrypted passwords compromised. The company is urging users to change their password, enable two-factor authentication, and sign out of any connected devices that might already be logged in. In an email sent to users titled “Action required: Notice of a po... View Source

Apple Music is one of the few streaming services that offers high-resolution audio (aka “lossless”) at no extra charge. But enjoying that extra quality on your phone usually requires some extra hardware. That is the purpose of this guide, — to help you find exactly what you need depending on how you prefer to listen. Every product listed below will help you squeeze more audio quality out of your A... View Source

A new venture capital company backed by former Silicon Valley executives is seeking to raise as much as €50 million ($58.7 million) to invest in northern European startups building artificial intelligence applications for business... View Source

EcoDataCenter AB raised €600 million ($703 million) in debt financing to build new data centers in Sweden that will power artificial intelligence... View Source

ASML Holding NV is investing €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) in France’s Mistral AI as part of a strategic partnership, an unusual move for the Dutch chipmaking equipment company that shores up Europe’s most important artificial intelligence startup... View Source

Legal & General Group Plc has raised €600 million ($704 million) for a digital infrastructure fund, the latest move by the UK’s largest asset manager to broaden its private-markets offerings... View Source

GIC Pte. and SoftBank Vision Fund are considering selling their stakes in Vietnamese fintech firm VNLife, according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

Judge William Alsup has rejected the record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement Anthropic has agreed to for a piracy lawsuit filed by writers. According to Bloomberg Law, the federal judge is concerned that the class lawyers struck a deal that will be forced "down the throat of authors." Alsup reportedly felt misled by the deal and said it was "nowhere close to complete." In his o... View Source

Mukesh Ambani is walking a tightrope between Trump and Modi, and he’s calling for all hands on deck to help. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Andy Mukherjee explains his plan. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Investors are snapping up orders for Klarna Group Plc shares ahead of its much-anticipated pricing debut late Tuesday. Part of the appeal: the buy-now-pay-later lender’s implied market valuation is currently about a 50% discount to rival Affirm Holdings Inc... View Source

Microsoft Corp. struck a multiyear deal worth nearly $20 billion to get AI cloud computing power from Nebius Group NV, the technology company spun out from Russian internet giant Yandex... View Source

Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots that encourage suicide or hold sexually explicit conversations pose a “clear and present danger” to children, Australia’s online safety regulator said, as it rolled out new rules governing the services... View Source

Brian Wang, Herbert Ong and Hans Nelson are covering the TESLA Megapack event. There will be new megapack products announced. Likely a mini megapack with about 500 kilowatt hours of energy. In between power walls and 3.9 MWh megapacks. There will likely be a megapack V3 that will have transformer components for easy lego construction ... Read more... View Source

A unit of Ant Group Co. is quietly making inroads to link over 60 billion yuan ($8.4 billion) worth of energy infrastructure and other real-world power assets to its blockchain, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mar... View Source

The Federal Communications Commission lifted a regulatory cloud hanging over EchoStar Corp. on Monday after the company earlier announced it’s selling $17 billion worth of wireless spectrum to SpaceX... View Source

Warmer temperatures are associated with higher consumption of sugary beverages and frozen treats, raising concerns about long-term health effects... View Source

A former employee at Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he repeatedly raised cybersecurity concerns about the messaging app with his superiors but was ignored and retaliated against... View Source

After months of turmoil from Donald Trump’s tariff changes, e-commerce platform Temu is charging back into the US market with deep discounts to regain ground against rival Shein Group Ltd... View Source

Bluesky has added a built-in bookmarking feature so users finally have a way to privately save posts on the platform. The update is out now on Bluesky's website and app.Bookmarks on Bluesky work pretty much like they do on any other service. Save a post and you can revisit it later from the "saved posts" section of the app and website. It's overall a basic feature — there'... View Source

After more than a decade and tens of billions of dollars spent trying to build a fourth major US telecom carrier, Charlie Ergen has put that dream to rest and will focus his energy on a more modest vision for his satellite-TV and wireless phone empire... View Source

Rimac Technology has unveiled a new battery pack platform for electric vehicles that uses only solid-state batteries. The company has been an EV supplier for notable car brands including Aston Martin and Koenigsegg, as well as making electric supercar Nevara. Rimac collaborated with ProLogium and Mitsubishi Chemical Group on the product, which it claims will offer a lighter, safer and more energy-... View Source

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft awaits its capture by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, commanded by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick on Aug. 6, 2024.Credit: NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 6:11 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept. 14, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International... View Source

AMD’s FSR 4 AI upscaling and frame-generation technology can now be enabled for “most games that support FSR 3.1 with DirectX 12,” the company says in the patch notes for its newest 25.9.1 driver.  This support has been a big promise from AMD, but it’s taken awhile to come to fruition; FSR 4 first launched alongside the company’s RX 9000-series graphics cards back in March. AMD touts FSR 4, i... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss SpaceX’s plan to buy wireless spectrum from EchoStar for about $17 billion. Plus, Cognition AI CEO Scott Wu discusses the company’s new $10.2 billion valuation in a roughly $400 million funding round. And Shane Goodwin, an adviser to Tesla’s special committee, discusses the proposed $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on September 10, 2021, the 198th Martian day, or sol of its mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 10, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of a forthcoming science paper. The sample, called “Sapphire Canyon,”... View Source

A new low-cost concept for interstellar travel combines solar power with a slingshot, but it would take a long time to reach the stars... View Source

Intel Corp., the computer-chip maker that has been struggling to revive its fortunes, appointed new leaders for its two biggest product groups and said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, a veteran executive previously in charge of the units, is leaving the company... View Source

Nintendo has notched another victory in its crusade against piracy. Last week, a Washington District Court judge ordered Ryan Daley to pay Nintendo $2 million and stop selling modded Switch consoles online, as reported earlier by Engadget. In a copyright lawsuit filed last year, Nintendo accused Daley of operating the website Modded Hardware, which sold modded Switch consoles, modchips used to hac... View Source

Dell Technologies Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Yvonne McGill is stepping down and will be replaced on an interim basis by David Kennedy, a senior vice president with the firm... View Source

Suspected cyber attackers linked to the Chinese Communist Party impersonated the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on China in a series of attempts to steal sensitive data on trade negotiations, the panel said... View Source

SpaceX Echostar bandwidth buy – SpaceX themselves said the throughput (comm speed) will go up 20 times and the capacity (how many users) will go up 100 times. In a few years, SpaceX own most of global communications and give full 5G everywhere. My video explains it all. (on X and on youtube). SpaceX is ... Read more... View Source

The comet will come closest to Earth on Oct. 20. There's hope that it may become bright enough to glimpse with the naked eye... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. has taken a stake in the Colombian delivery company Rappi Inc., a strategic partnership that pairs the e-commerce giant’s retail and technology infrastructure with one of Latin America’s best-known last-mile delivery outfits... View Source

Google is opening up AI Mode to more languages. Starting today, the AI chatbot the company is integrating into Google Search is available in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese.  The company has been rapidly expanding access to the search experience. In May, Google started offering it to everyone in the US (and later the UK and India) after starting public tests just... View Source

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with Super Heavy booster B15 on Sunday (Sept. 7), preparing the booster for Starship's Flight Test 11 — a fast turnaround from their successful Flight 10 launch two weeks ago... View Source

Google made three major updates to its Gemini-powered products on Monday: The Gemini app now accepts audio files; Search can handle five new languages; and NotebookLM creates reports in the form of blog posts, study guides, quizzes, and more.  According to a Monday post on X by Josh Woodward, vice president of Google Labs and Gemini, audio file compatibility was the “#1 request” to the Gemini... View Source

Vodafone made a commercial starring an AI avatar posing as a real lady. This is interesting because Vodafone is a major global brand and not a fly-by-night TikTok company using a ridiculous deepfake of Jackson Galaxy to sell cat toys. The tells in the commercial are obvious and what one would expect. The AI avatar's hair is a bit off, which ruins the charade that this is a real person. The ph... View Source

The shooting stars appear to emanate from a patch of space in the constellation Perseus... View Source

Signal is launching its first paid feature: the ability to make secure, end-to-end encrypted backups of your media history older than 45 days and of your text message history for $1.99 per month. “Media requires a lot of storage, and storing and transferring large amounts of data is expensive,” Signal’s VP of engineering, Jim O’Leary, says in a blog post. “As a nonprofit that refuses to collect or... View Source

'EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun... View Source

It’s been five years since Polestar first introduced the Precept, a concept car that the electric automaker described as “a manifesto of things to come; a declaration.” Well, come they have, because today Polestar finally revealed the production car that’s based on this manifesto: the Polestar 5. And wow, these specs: up to 460 miles of range, 800-volt architecture for ultra-fast charging, 884 hor... View Source

SpaceX, the Elon Musk-backed company that owns the Starlink satellite internet network, agreed to acquire wireless spectrum from EchoStar Corp. for about $17 billion, allowing Charlie Ergen’s beleaguered telecommunications company to resolve an overhanging regulatory probe and pay down debt... View Source

Amazon Music has just launched new AI-powered weekly playlists based on the "preferences and mood" of listeners. This just means it scrapes what you've already been listening to and extrapolates further. It doesn't apply modern technology to gauge the actual mood of users. The company says the playlists include "a curated mix of familiar favorites from their most listened-... View Source

An old screenshot of Nova Launcher. | Image: Nova Launcher After nearly everyone working on the Nova Launcher, one of the most recognizable names in Android launchers, was laid off last year, founder Kevin Barry, Nova’s sole remaining developer, said this weekend that he has left Nova’s parent company after being asked to stop working on the launcher and an effort to open-source it. Nova Launcher’... View Source

Quantum computing firm Infleqtion has agreed to merge with a blank-check firm led by Michael Klein in a pact that gives the startup a pre-money valuation of $1.8 billion... View Source

The only problem with being an astronaut? Less time for video gaming... View Source

The US Army awarded contracts to a partnership of Anduril Industries Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., and another led by Rivet Industries, to produce competing prototypes of a new combat goggle... View Source

Meta allegedly suppressed research that suggested kids were exposed to certain dangers when using its VR headsets, according to a report by The Washington Post. Current and former employees have presented documents to Congress that describe incidents in which children were groomed by adult predators in VR, but allege that internal reports were edited to omit the worst of these offenses. Meta has d... View Source

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” as the orbiting lab flew 263 miles above southeastern England on Oct. 1, 2022.NASA/Frank Rubio NASA astronaut Frank Rubio poses for a picture in the International Space Station’s cupola on Oct. 1, 2022. Rubio was selected as a NASA a... View Source

The potentially worldchanging (if successful) test of a quantum drive in orbit is being delayed by rare and infrequent communication to the cubesat. These are not problems with the drive but with the communication and satellites systems of the lowcost cubesat provider. I am speculating that Rogue Systems gave IVO a low cost or free ... Read more... View Source

A U.S. House of Representatives task force will once again hold a hearing on Sept. 9 to hear from witnesses who claim the U.S. government is hiding evidence of UFOs... View Source

For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last week, Google admitted that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” as spotted earlier by Jason Kint and reported on by Search Engine Roundtable. Google submitted the filing ahead of another tria... View Source

Investors expecting Apple Inc.’s biggest product event of the year to serve as the next catalyst for its recently-revived stock are likely to come away disappointed... View Source

OpenAI is throwing its resources behind a mostly AI-generated animated film that was the brainchild of one of the company's employees. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, the film will be called Critterz and will follow forest creatures who go on an adventure after their village is disrupted by a stranger. Chad Nelson, a creative specialist at OpenAI, started designing the character... View Source

A new group of whistleblowers are coming forward to allege that Meta is restricting research into how its virtual reality offerings could negatively impact kids and teens, The Washington Post reports. Four current and former Meta staffers allege that after an earlier whistleblower, Frances Haugen, leaked internal research to Congress, the company called on its lawyers to screen and sometimes veto... View Source

There are myriad questions about how NASA's budget process will play out in the coming weeks, with the start of the new fiscal year on October 1 looming. For example, the Trump administration may seek to shut off dozens of science missions that are either already in space or in development. Although Congress has signaled a desire to keep these missions active, absent a confirmed budget, the White... View Source

French prosecutors stepped up an investigation into Royal Philips NV for potentially causing danger to human health with breathing devices, tasking a magistrate with deeper probing powers to lead the case... View Source

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Hank Green, cofounder of Complexly, where we make SciShow, Crash Course, and a bunch of other educational YouTube channels. I’m also an author, a TikToker, and what you might call a poster — you might have seen my face on the internet over the years. You might also remember last year when I turned the tables on Nilay and interviewed him on his own show, becau... View Source

Artificial intelligence startup Cognition AI Inc. has reached a valuation of $10.2 billion in a roughly $400 million funding round — a deal that highlights the continued investor frenzy around AI-powered software development... View Source

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated the "Goldilocks zone" planet TRAPPIST-1e to search for a potential atmosphere and hints of habitability... View Source

The 2025-2026 college football season kicked off last week. If you want something to do while you wait for your favorite team to hit the field every week through the fall, I encourage you to check out EA Sports’ College Football 26, which is $49.99 ($20 off) at Best Buy, Walmart, and Amazon on PS5 (disc) and Xbox Series X (disc or digital). This game builds on the stellar College Football 25, EA’s... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was sued by advertising exchange PubMatic Inc., which is seeking billions of dollars over its claim that the search giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market... View Source

You don't necessarily have to break the bank to pick up a cordless vacuum and avoid the scourge of cables while you're cleaning up debris from your floors. Our favorite budget cordless vacuum already delivered good value for money, and now it's on sale, making it an even more enticing proposition. The Levoit LVAC-300 has dropped down to $270. This cordless vacuum's list price is $350, meaning that... View Source

Students prepare their robots to enter Artemis Arena during NASA’s Lunabotics competition on May 20, 2025, at the Center for Space Education near the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. NASA/Isaac Watson As college students across the country embark upon the academic year, NASA is giving them something else to look forward to – the agency’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge. Teams interested... View Source

Echostar stock is up 17%, because they sold their S band spectrum to SpaceX for half cash and half SpaceX shares. According SpaceX, this is a 50 Mhz s band deal. This is 5 times the megahertz spectrum width versus the spectrum that SpaceX is already using with the Tmobile partnership. This will be more ... Read more... View Source

Dish parent company EchoStar is selling wireless spectrum licenses to SpaceX for around $17 billion, the companies announced on Monday. SpaceX says it will use the spectrum to create the “next generation” of Starlink’s cellular satellite service, which customers of the EchoStar-owned Boost Mobile will gain access to as part of the deal. According to EchoStar, this deal, along with the previously a... View Source

The tender offer for the voice-generating AI startup is being led by Sequoia Capital and Iconiq Growth... View Source

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Yes, even Jupiter's moons produce auroras... View Source

The best part of going to a film festival is finding something new. Sure, it's great to find out that movies you're excited about are in fact good - I've had luck so far with Exit 8, No Other Choice, and Wake Up Dead Man - but it's so much more exciting to be surprised by something when you had no expectations going in. That's what happened to me when I walked into a theater to watch Arco, an abso... View Source

Uber Technologies Inc. is tapping the US investment-grade bond market Monday for its first blue-chip debt sale this year... View Source

Databricks Inc., one of the world’s most valuable startups, said it closed a $1 billion funding round, valuing the software provider at more than $100 billion... View Source

Ford has unveiled a new F-150 Lightning variant called the STX that brings extra range and a rugged attitude to the lineup. The model is likely a response to slipping F-150 Lightning sales and was designed based on customer feedback, the company said. It will replace the current XLT model at the same starting price.  Slotting in near the bottom of the lineup after the Lightning Pro, the STX t... View Source

2025 Evening with the Stars 9.10.25 MSBR Rooftop Reception 9.8.25 AIAA Dinner 8.18.25 STScI Event 7.29.25 MSBR Lunch 7.16.25 Rocket Lab Event 7.16.25 MSBR Lunch Reception 6.18.25 2025 Paris Airshow 6.13-19.25 Greater Houston Partnership Reception 6.12.25 Axiom Space X-4 Event Space Foundation and German Embassy Reception 6.5.25 Mission 2 Moon Landing 6.5.25 H2M Conference and Events 5.28-29.25 Pla... View Source

"'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them."... View Source

Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to acquire 50MHz of wireless spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service spectrum licenses from EchoStar for about $17 billion in cash and stock for its Starlink satellite network... View Source

Out with the old iPhone, in with the new. There's probably a lot of market research out there by fancy people who analyze consumer data trying to answer one question: Why do people choose an iPhone? Is it a reputation for better privacy? Long-term reliability? Targeted ad campaigns? I think it's a lot simpler than anyone wants to acknowledge: Their previous iPhone no longer works. They're fed up w... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Ed Ludlow looks at the interlocking relationship between Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, and his carmaker, Tesla... View Source

Uber and its new partner Momenta will start testing an autonomous ride-sharing service in Europe in 2026, Momenta announced. The service will kick off in Munich, Germany using Momenta's self-driving tech and Uber's ride-sharing platform, with the goal of future European expansion. The companies chose Munich to kick off the operation due to the city's "deep-rooted engineering he... View Source

A new review study examines the “gut virome”: the microbiome’s mysterious viral population... View Source

Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league, has reached a $340 million valuation after its debut season... View Source

In 2020, I bought an iPhone 12 to replace my aging Pixel 3, and nearly five years later, I'm still using that same device because it works fine and Apple has yet to bring the feature I want most on a regular iPhone: a ProMotion display. If you're not familiar with the company's marketing lingo, ProMotion is its way of describing a high-refresh rate display. Apple introduced ProMotio... View Source

A panorama captures a breathtaking view of the night sky above a frozen landscape... View Source

Private equity firm TPG GP Solutions LP has invested in a single-asset continuation vehicle for the insurance technology company Earnix Inc. in a deal with Israel’s Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) valued at $290 million... View Source

Planet Labs PBC boosted its full-year sales forecast amid higher demand for the earth-imaging company’s data... View Source

It hasn’t been the greatest year for the Ford F-150 Lightning, with sales so far this year down nearly 10 percent as compared to last year. In the hopes of boosting interest in the battery-powered truck, Ford today announced a new appearance package called STX, which the company says is in direct response to customer feedback. The STX, which replaces the XLT in the Lightning lineup, comes equipped... View Source

Research into whether drugs like ayahuasca can mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury is in its infancy. Pro athletes like Jordan Poyer are forging ahead anyway... View Source

At least fourteen people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal’s Kathmandu during protests against the government’s decision to ban several social media platforms, local media reported... View Source

A common nasal spray shows promise in reducing COVID risk, but vaccine access remains tangled in policy in the U.S... View Source

Two AI-generated  figures from the production of Critterz. OpenAI is on a mission to show Hollywood that generative artificial intelligence can deliver results and is throwing its weight behind an animated feature film it hopes will stand toe-to-toe with much costlier productions, according to the Wall Street Journal. The film, called “Critterz,” is expected to hit theaters worldwide in 2026 afte... View Source

See spectacular photos from the Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse... View Source

Anyone familiar with the AI slop on Pinterest should recognize how unnatural that hair is. I opened TikTok while visiting Germany last week and stumbled across a Vodafone ad being presented by a woman who probably doesn’t exist. The ad includes several “tells” that suggest the presenter was artificially created using generative AI — the unnatural style and movement of her hair, the way her moles d... View Source

Whether you’re chasing cinematic landscapes or just want to snap the ultimate selfie from above, finding the best drone comes down to knowing what kind of flying experience you're after. From compact foldable options you can slip into a backpack to advanced models that shoot silky-smooth 4K footage, today’s drones come packed with features that cater to everyone — from first-time flyers to seasone... View Source

One of the Middle East’s oldest sovereign investors has hired Saudi Arabian firm Jadwa Investment to shift about $1 billion in assets as part of a major strategic overhaul... View Source

The Beauty Tech Group said it’s planning an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange, marking a potential boost for the UK’s capital markets after the slowest first-half for IPO volumes in more than 20 years... View Source

A good cordless stick vacuum cleaner gives you the freedom to move from room to room without dragging a cable or hunting for the nearest outlet. They’re lighter than a typical corded vacuum and often easier to store, making them ideal for quick jobs as well as deep cleans. Many of the best vacuum cleaners now come in bagless designs, with powerful suction and smart features that make it simple to... View Source

The US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.’s factories in China, a compromise aimed at preventing disruptions to the global electronics industry after Trump officials revoked Biden-era waivers that let the companies more easily get such shipments... View Source

Uber and one of its many robotaxi partners, Momenta, will test fully driverless cars in Germany next year. The news comes as Europe continues to lag behind the US and China in the number of commercially operational robotaxi services. The companies say they will test Level 4 autonomous vehicles in Munich starting in 2026. (Level 4 describes fully driverless vehicles, without safety drivers, that ca... View Source

The pair will be visible on the eastern horizon soon after sunset before tracing the Pisces constellationAn almost full moon glides close to Saturn this week, forming a pleasant conjunction in an otherwise unremarkable patch of the sky.The chart shows the view looking east-southeast from London at 22:00 on 8 September 2025. The moon’s visible hemisphere is just over 98% illuminated, and at 16 days... View Source

Russia turned into a lucrative market for Chinese automakers after the invasion of Ukraine, as they rushed in to fill the void left by foreign brands. That easy access may be over... View Source

Visible from Australia, across Asia and western Europe, a blood moon has been captivating stargazers. This marvel is caused when the Earth shades the moon from direct solar light, causing the moon to appear red.Blood moon and lunar eclipse cast an ethereal light – in pictures Continue reading... View Source

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-led the latest funding round in robotics startup X Square Robot, as the Chinese e-commerce company is trying to cement its leadership in emerging technologies... View Source

Early-September downpours have drenched many Londoners, foreshadowing what forecasters say could be a soggier-than-usual autumn, but that probably won’t be enough to lift the UK’s drought... View Source

A child of the Space Shuttle Program, Jeni Morrison grew up walking the grounds of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston with her parents and listening to family stories about human spaceflight.  Now, with more than 15 years at NASA, Morrison serves as one of Johnson’s Environmental Programs managers. She ensures the center complies with laws that protect its resources by overseeing regulato... View Source

Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is releasing a Poké Ball virtual pet toy so you can fulfill your dreams of carrying your favorite Pokémon around with you everywhere. I don't know how this one slid under my radar when it was announced at the end of August (perhaps because all my attention has been on Tamagotchi Paradise) but now that I've seen it, I must have it. While it appears to be a Ja... View Source

Visible from Australia, across Asia, to western Europe, a blood moon has been captivating stargazers. This marvel is caused when the Earth shades the moon from direct solar light, causing the moon to appear red Continue reading... View Source

CEOs, investors, analysts and even some bankers gathering for one of the tech industry’s biggest summits this week in San Francisco will likely spend time whispering about how 2025 could go down as the best year ever for deals in their sector... View Source

See the first photos of September's majestic total lunar eclipse... View Source

Until very recently it wasn’t clear what usage limits were placed on Gemini at the various tiers. Thankfully Google has finally updated its Help Center article detailing “Gemini Apps limits & upgrades for Google AI subscribers.” Gone are the useless descriptors like “limited access” or vague statements like “we may at times have to cap the number of prompts and conversations you can have, or h... View Source

Microsoft said its Azure cloud platform has returned to normal service after an incident of cut underwater cables that played out over Saturday. The tech giant reported "undersea fiber cuts" in the Red Sea on Saturday morning, which disrupted Azure service throughout the Middle East and led to potential "increased latency" for users. Microsoft said that the latency issue was re... View Source

Nintendo has just won another major battle in its longstanding war against piracy. Earlier this summer, a US federal court ruled in favor of Nintendo in a lawsuit against Ryan Daly and the Modded Hardware website. The site was known for selling devices that allowed users to get around Nintendo's piracy protections, including the popular MIG Switch flashcart that lets buyers play official Nintendo... View Source

General Motors is going to be scaling back production of the Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq, as well as the Chevy Bolt EV as it expects sales of electric vehicles to slow dramatically. The $7,500 consumer tax credit for purchasing a new EV is set to expire at the end of the month. That credit has been crucial to driving demand for EVs, which are still more expensive than their gas-powered counterparts... View Source

For most Hollow Knight: Silksong players, the combat is challenging and the boss fights are punishing. However, there's another layer of complexity for anyone playing the sequel in Simplified Chinese: the bizarre translations. On its Steam store page, Silksong currently sits at a "Mostly Positive" rating across reviews in all languages. Once you filter for the Simplified Chinese rev... View Source

Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very different stories... View Source

One of Elon Musks Super powers is hyperfocusing on what really matters. What really matters for Tesla is get Cybercabs mass produced using the new unboxed manufacturing process. Tesla can go next level in car production, low cost vehicles with mass produced cybercabs with the new process starting in only 100 days. December 2025. Cybercab ... Read more... View Source

The Toronto International Film Festival is almost like a preview of the movie slate for the next few months — and this year I’m watching as much as possible to give you all the scoop on what’s ahead. To do that, I’ll be writing a dispatch covering every movie I’ve seen that day, which will run daily throughout most of the festival. That includes bigger movies you probably a... View Source

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected... View Source

While scientists are still working to understand the effects an extended trip to space can have on the human body, research in recent years has suggested that astronauts may experience some pretty dramatic changes on both the physiological and psychological levels. In the latest study led by a team at University of California San Diego, researchers found signs of accelerated aging in human stem ce... View Source

Everyone basically agrees: if you want people to transition from polluting gas guzzlers to electric cars, you have to make them more affordable. The luxury EVs, with their big battery packs and fine leather interiors, are all well and good, but if you really want to move the needle on EV adoption, we need more entry-level options. And so far, we’re lacking. Volkswagen hears this, and is responding... View Source

It took just a few eventful weeks for President Donald Trump’s family to rack up about $1.3 billion from two crypto ventures, each less than a year old... View Source

A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that should have destroyed them... View Source

When director Rian Johnson introduced the new Knives Out film on the third day of TIFF 2025, he exclaimed: "we're going back to church." By that he meant that Wake Up Dead Man, the latest Benoit Blanc mystery, would harken back to the origins of the whodunit, and in particular the gothic vibes of Edgar Allan Poe. And now that I've seen it, I have to say that Johnson pulled it off: the new movie ha... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things at the intersection of environment and technology, follow Justine Calma. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Some stories that I've worked on as an environmental journalist still haunt me. One of the first to ge... View Source

The highlight of Apple’s big event on Tuesday will be its thin and light “iPhone 17 Air” — but the device won’t be the right purchase for most customers. Also: The company is planning a Perplexity rival and continues its attempt to launch AI features in China. Lastly, an Instagram app for the iPad finally arrives... View Source

Ant queens of one species are sexual parasites that clone ants of another species to create hybrid workers that do their bidding... View Source

The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 delivers a long, blood-red moon... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 96, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, has your inbox been as busy as mine the past few days?, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) Over the past two weeks, I've been testing this wildly customizable keyboard with an attachable trackball, reading the first Dungeon Crawler Ca... View Source

We surveyed people in the U.S. about artificial-intelligence-generated art. Their answers told us a lot about how we value human creativity... View Source

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how... View Source

EToro Group Ltd. is ready to undertake more ambitious M&A deals, and has the cash to do so, one of its founders said... View Source

The ringed gas giant Saturn will be less than 5 degrees from the lunar disk at sunset on Sept. 8... View Source

Bitcoin has increased in price from less than penny ($0.003 in 2010) to $110,000 today in 2025. Bitcoin is up 18% in 2025 and was up as much as 31% last month. Buying into Bitcoin early in 2017 would have been at prices below $1000 and there would have been over 100X returns. Late 2013 ... Read more... View Source

Microsoft Corp. said on Saturday that clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut... View Source

The Square Enix team behind Final Fantasy Tactics — The Ivalice Chronicles didn't just remaster the iconic strategy RPG, they had to go through the trouble of remaking the source code from scratch, according to Bloomberg. In an interview with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, the game's director Kazutoyo Maehiro explained the arduous process of designing The Ivalice Chronicles, which is s... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink internet broadband satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025... View Source