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Explore This Section Overview Science Science Findings Juno’s Orbits Spacecraft People Stories Multimedia JunoCam Images Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular auroras in the Solar System. Near its poles, these shimmering lights offer a glimpse into how the planet interacts with the solar wind and moons swept by Jupiter’s magnetic field. Unlike Earth’s northern lights, the largest moons... View Source

Image of Caleb Scharf _________________________________________________________________________________________ In the following interview, questions from the interviewer, Fred Van Wert, are in bold, and Caleb Scharf’s responses are in regular text. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Let’s begin with your early years. Where you were born... View Source

Kapital, a Mexican financial services company, has raised $100 million at a valuation of about $1.3 billion to help build out its artificial intelligence capabilities... View Source

The remedies ruling in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google finally landed on Tuesday. Last year, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google was a monopolist in the search and advertising markets, but while today’s ruling says that Google will have to share some search data with competitors, Google doesn’t have to spin off Chrome and it can keep paying for deals like the one that lets... View Source

Societe Generale SA is reconsidering its strategy for French digital lender BoursoBank, amid the oncoming challenge from $75 billion fintech giant Revolut Ltd... View Source

As President Donald Trump's August 29th deadline for new tariffs rolled around, the first thing that I thought of was 2026 planners. In July, Trump signed an executive order essentially killing a little-known but highly consequential trade rule, which meant that purchases coming from abroad - like $100 in planners and accessories - could enter the US duty-free. My preferred planner, the Hobonichi... View Source

Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler also say they were breached in campaign... View Source

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This happened once before when Slaughter briefly returned to her office months after Trump claimed to fire her, when US District Court Judge Loren AliKhan found her dismissal unlawful. Trump broke with decades of S... View Source

An old-fashioned focus on fun and resistance to tech trends have built a game maker unlike any other... View Source

Waymo is preparing to launch in two more markets. The company announced today that it will expand into both Denver and Seattle. It will begin testing with humans behind the wheel this week, bringing up to a dozen vehicles to each location, according to CNBC. The rollout will include a mix of the brand's fully electric Jaguar iPace and Geely Zeekr autonomous vehicles. "We will begin drivi... View Source

President Donald Trump is moving US Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, he announced during a press conference on Tuesday. The change reverses former President Joe Biden’s 2023 decision to leave it in Colorado Springs, where its temporary headquarters have been established. During the press conference, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, called... View Source

A slew of results from America’s largest market-making firms staked a new marker in how quickly Wall Street’s lucrative trading business is being reshaped... View Source

Amazon will now let you shop for products by pointing your camera at them. On Thursday, the company announced Lens Live, a new feature that uses your camera to scan things in the environment around you, while surfacing matching product listings. This feature, which is only rolling out to the Amazon Shopping app on iOS for now, lets you pan your camera around a room or focus on a specific product... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the impact of the US revoking TSMC’s authorization to freely ship essential chipmaking gear to its main Chinese base. Plus all the Magnificent 7 names tumble, as Nvidia shares fall for a fourth straight day. And the CEO of Crypto.com discusses the company’s latest deal with Trump Media. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Federal Trade Commission announced that Disney will pay $10 million to settle allegations that the entertainment giant allowed data collection on YouTube videos meant for children. Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, also known as COPPA, companies are required to notify parents and obtain parental consent if they collection information from minors. According to the FTC co... View Source

President says national security operations in space will be based in state he won comfortably, reversing Biden decisionDonald Trump made his first public appearance in a week on Tuesday to announce that the US Space Command (Spacecom) headquarters, which is tasked with leading national security operations in space, would be in the Republican stronghold of Alabama.Flanked by Republican senators an... View Source

Google will be able to keep making search deals like its $20 billion agreement to be the default option in Apple’s Safari browser, a federal district court judge ruled in the US v. Google antitrust case on Tuesday. Executives from both Apple and Firefox-made Mozilla have defended their search deals with Google, with Mozilla’s CFO testifying that Firefox might be doomed without the deal in place. “... View Source

Apple Inc. shares gained in late trading after a US judge stopped short of barring its lucrative search arrangement with Google, a deal that has generated roughly $20 billion in revenue a year for the iPhone maker... View Source

Google will not have to divest its Chrome browser but will have to change some of its business practices, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling comes more than a year after the same judge ruled that Google had acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in internet search. Following the ruling last year, the Department of Justice had proposed that Google should be forced to sell Chrome. But in a 230-pa... View Source

NASA’s Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) is an initiative supporting its Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate’s (ESDMD’s) efforts to explore innovative solutions for a variety of known technology development areas for human landing systems (HLS). Landers are used to safely ferry astronauts to and from the lunar surface as part of the mission architecture for NASA’s Artemis campaign. Thr... View Source

"Bennu is a time capsule of the material that was throughout the solar system."... View Source

On August 5th, 2024, Judge Amit Mehta ruled in the case of United States of America v. Google, saying, “…the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.” Nearly a year later, the judge has followed that up with a ruling on remedies for Google’s search monopoly. While lawyers fo... View Source

Zscaler Inc. shares climbed after fourth-quarter calculated billings hit a record high, driven by sales of artificial-intelligence products... View Source

Lydia Rodriguez is an office administrator in the Flight Operations Directorate’s Operations Division and Operations Tools and Procedures Branch at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.  Over nearly two decades, she has supported nine organizations, helping enable NASA’s missions and forming lasting relationships along the way.  Official portrait of Lydia Rodriguez. NASA/Devin Boldt “I... View Source

Winning more than $1 billion in Powerball is an exciting possibility, but keeping a cool math mind can help you decide whether that opportunity is worth your $2 bet... View Source

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Sept. 2) that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama... View Source

Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address its illegal monopoly in online search, DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday. Over a year ago, Judge Mehta found that the search giant had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act; his ruling now determines what Google must do in response. Mehta declined to grant some of the more ambitious proposals from the Justice Depart... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google doesn’t have to sell its popular Chrome web browser, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in the Justice Department’s landmark antitrust case against the search engine... View Source

A neutron star-powered pulsar is fleeing a supernova explosion in the outskirts of the Milky Way, a low-density region where such events are "forbidden."... View Source

A screenshot from Hollow Knight: Silksong. After years of development and pent-up anticipation from fans, Hollow Knight: Silksong, the full sequel to the indie classic Hollow Knight, will finally be released on September 4th. It will cost $19.99 and include new zones, more than 200 enemies, over 40 bosses, and an orchestral score from the composer of the first game. Silksong was first announced in... View Source

Apple’s lead artificial intelligence researcher for robotics has departed the company to join Meta Platforms’ competing effort, part of an exodus of AI talent from the iPhone maker. Mark Gurman has more on “Bloomberg The Close.”... View Source

A cable design that sends light through air rather than solid glass could cut signal loss and make long-distance transmissions cheaper... View Source

Hello and welcome to Regulator. Today, I will attempt to regulate my own apoplexy. Recently, Wired published an article revealing the existence of a secret Democrat influencer incubator that trained liberal and progressive content creators to push coordinated messaging across their shared social media platforms and paid them handsomely to do so. The fallout has been chaotic, at least in the left-w... View Source

Apple Inc.’s lead artificial intelligence researcher for robotics has departed the company to join Meta Platforms Inc.’s competing effort, part of an exodus of AI talent from the iPhone maker... View Source

It's a dynamic time right now in the automotive industry. Many manufacturers that previously pledged themselves to dive head-first into the wonderful world of electrification are now pumping their literal and metaphorical brakes on the idea, leaning back into hybrids, plug-ins, and various other transitional means of propulsion. Audi is one of those brands that has been softening its stance o... View Source

The iconic tabletop card game has dabbled in science fiction before, but this new set is space opera-flavored and full of celestial phenomena... View Source

Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude and one of OpenAI’s chief competitors, emerged from the holiday weekend with big news: A completed funding round of $13 billion, awarding the company a $183 billion post-money valuation. The company said in a press release that between the start of 2025 and August — less than nine months — its run-rate revenue had grown from about $1 billion to more than $5... View Source

Condé Nast’s Vogue magazine named Chloe Malle as the head of US editorial content and the successor to Anna Wintour, who led the magazine for nearly four decades and elevated it further as a fashion powerhouse... View Source

The Google TV Streamer 4K is back on sale for just $80, which is a discount of 20 percent. The deal is available via Amazon, but also through retailers like Best Buy and Walmart. This beats a recent Prime Day promotion by $4. The TV Streamer 4K topped our list of the best streaming devices. It's a smartly-designed product that just works. We enjoyed the clean interface and the fantastic remote tha... View Source

In July, Microsoft’s sweeping layoffs hit Xbox hard, and shuttered the entire game studio that was building Perfect Dark. Officially, the game was canceled. But unofficially, reports Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Microsoft gave Perfect Dark’s other set of developers — Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics — a chance to revive the game. Here’s where it gets potentially confusing: Microsoft doesn’t own... View Source

OpenAI has agreed to buy product testing startup Statsig for $1.1 billion in an all-stock deal, the company said, marking one of the largest acquisitions in the ChatGPT maker’s history... View Source

Amazon is shutting down the Prime Invitee program which allowed members to extend free shipping to people outside their household. An updated support page says sharing through Invitee will end on October 1 and that previously invited guests will be notified by September 5 of the changes. The Verge is reporting that users who don't live with the primary account owner will be prompted to create... View Source

Titan's shadow will fall over Saturn during the early morning hours of Sept. 4... View Source

OpenAI has started to build out its Applications team under Fidji Simo, its new CEO of Applications, who left her former position as Instacart’s CEO to start in the executive role on August 18th. On Tuesday, the company confirmed it’s shuffling executive roles, bringing on a new CTO of applications, and acquiring a product analytics company for $1.1 billion. Statsig, the company OpenAI is acquirin... View Source

Jaguar Land Rover said a cyberattack has “severely disrupted” its retail and production activities, dealing another blow to the UK automaker that’s suffered from higher US tariffs... View Source

A collection of seven book reviews from our archives, each paired with a recently published book we recommend... View Source

Excitement is building regarding the interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS, with new research suggesting which spacecraft from Earth could get a close-up view of the comet... View Source

Critics of Big Tech and President Donald Trump are on high alert as Google and President Donald Trump’s legal teams are engaged in what look like potential settlement discussions. Lawyers for Trump and Google’s YouTube recently told a federal judge they “continue to engage in productive discussions regarding next steps” in a lawsuit Trump filed over YouTube’s decision to ban Trump’s account in the... View Source

Anthropic has closed a deal on a new funding round that nearly triples its valuation to $183 billion, raising $13 billion from investors in a larger-than-expected haul that makes the artificial intelligence company one of the most valuable startups in the world. Ed Ludlow reports on Bloomberg Television... View Source

Paramount has just signed a deal with Microsoft and Activision to make a movie based on the iconic Call of Duty franchise. The valuation of the deal hasn't been revealed, but CoD is a mighty lucrative IP. We don't know much about the specifics of the deal, other than it covers a live-action feature film that Paramount will develop, produce and distribute. This means we don't have an... View Source

Tesla’s Optimus robots briefly served popcorn at the company’s diner — before going offline. Tesla's latest "Master Plan" makes a few things clear right out of the gate: the company that was once known for accelerating the push toward a brighter future by popularizing electric vehicles and renewable energy is no longer interested in that quotidian stuff. Now, it's all about artificial intelligence... View Source

Data security company Varonis Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire SlashNext, an AI-based email security provider, for as much as $150 million including performance-based retention awards... View Source

Google is readying an update for its Play Games app that will introduce stats and milestones to your all-new profile. From September 23 (October 1 in the EU and UK), other players will be able to see which games you’ve played and for how long, as well as any achievements you’ve unlocked. Google says there will also be new "social features," but it’s not yet clear what they’ll be. It soun... View Source

The cannibal solar storm didn't hit its full potential, but still put on a good show... View Source

Uber Eats is teaming up with Best Buy to offer deliveries of the store’s selection of tech products, like headphones, chargers, laptops, gaming gear and small appliances. Starting today, you can order a product at Best Buy through the Uber Eats app and have it delivered to your doorstep the same day, adding to store’s existing partnerships with Instacart and DoorDash. Uber Eats will house products... View Source

Anthropic has closed a deal to raise $13 billion from investors in a new funding round that nearly triples its valuation to $183 billion, including dollars raised — a larger-than-expected haul that makes the artificial intelligence company one of the most valuable startups in the world... View Source

Tesla has released part four of its so-called "Master Plan" in a post on X. Unlike the more focused "Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan," which outlined concrete plans for future products, this "Master Plan Part IV" reads more like a rambling utopic fever dream that was partly written by Grok, while touching on Tesla's AI-powered products. Tesla says it intends to... View Source

Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network Saturn’s spectacle, a Conjunction, and the Autumnal Equinox Saturn shines throughout the month, a conjunction sparkles in the sky, and we welcome the autumnal equinox.  Skywatching Highlights All of September: Saturn is visible Sept. 19: A conjunction between th... View Source

'Your world is running out of time. But I can help you'... View Source

Call of Duty is being adapted into a live action film as part of a new deal signed by Activision and Paramount. Paramount, the film studio behind Top Gun: Maverick, will “develop, produce, and distribute a live-action feature film” based on the franchise, and “both companies are committed to honoring the brand’s rich narrative and distinctive style,” the companies say in a press release. Years ago... View Source

The European Union paused its immediate plans to punish Alphabet Inc.’s Google for abusing its dominance over advertising technology amid fears that US President Donald Trump could hit back by derailing a transatlantic trade deal... View Source

Walmart's "Bricktember Lego Sales" event is live, and this nearly 2,000-piece model of Space history has a massive $63 reduction... View Source

The Zens Pro 3 USB-C charging cable includes additional inline wireless chargers. | Image: Zens It’s not an entirely new idea given Nomad’s Universal Cable from earlier this year can charge an Apple Watch and an additional device at the same time, but Zens’ new Pro 2 and Pro 3 USB-C cables offer additional functionality and some welcome future-proofing as chargers become more powerful. The cheaper... View Source

Paramount Skydance Corp. has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp.’s Activision video-game unit to develop and produce a live-action film based on the Call of Duty franchise, the company said in a statement Tuesday... View Source

OpenAI has promised to release parental controls for ChatGPT within the next month, the company said Tuesday. Once the controls are available, they'll allow parents to link their personal ChatGPT account with the accounts of their teenage children. From there, parents will be able to decide how ChatGPT responds to their kids, and disable select features, including memory and chat history. Add... View Source

NASA science and American industry have worked hand-in-hand for more than 60 years, transforming novel technologies created with NASA research into commercial products like cochlear implants, memory-foam mattresses, and more. Now, a NASA-funded device for probing the interior of storm systems has been made a key component of commercial weather satellites. The novel atmospheric sounder was original... View Source

"Once these objects get too faint to see, they will never be seen again,"... View Source

Quantum Systems, a German drone maker backed by Peter Thiel, will seek to raise money at a valuation of as much as €3 billion ($3.5 billion) this year... View Source

Microsoft has revealed the first batch of Game Pass additions for September 2025 and there's one hornet-shaped title that looms large over the others. After a seven-year wait, Hollow Knight: Silksong arrives on September 4. We've known for a few years that the sequel to Team Cherry's indie blockbuster would be on Game Pass on day one, and it'll be available on the Ultimate and... View Source

NASA/Nichole Ayers On July 26, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took this long-exposure photograph – taken over 31 minutes from a window inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module – capturing the circular arcs of star trails. In its third decade of continuous human presence, the space station has a far-reaching impact as a microgravity lab hosting technology, demonstrations,... View Source

As AI grows more fluent in mimicking human empathy, language and memory, we’re left asking: If a machine can fake awareness so well, what exactly is the real thing?... View Source

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If you’ve ever thought “it’d sure be nice to have just one controller to use between my phone, tablet, and TV,” then the Backbone Pro might be made for you. Backbone’s newest gamepad has the same phone-hugging design as its 2020 predecessor, but comes with a handful of distinct features — the most notable being that it can be paired via Bluetooth to any number of devices, not just phones. The rech... View Source

InPost SA shares fell to the lowest in almost two years after the Polish parcel locker operator reported slowing volume growth in its home country amid a spat with e-commerce company Allegro.eu SA over delivery options... View Source

Marshall's family of TV audio gear is growing. The company has announced the Heston Sub 200 subwoofer and Heston 60 compact soundbar, both of which are now available for pre-order. The $700 Heston 60 is a smaller take on the first soundbar Marshall introduced earlier this year, the Heston 120, offering Dolby Atmos and DTS-X for more intimate spaces. With the Heston Sub 200, a $600 subwoofer that p... View Source

Advancing Single-Photon Sensing Image Sensors to Enable the Search for Life Beyond Earth A NASA-sponsored team is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) detector technology that will enable future NASA astrophysics space missions to search for life on other planets. As part of their detector maturation program, the team is characterizing sensors before, duri... View Source

This quiz invites you to journey into the depths of these gravitational giants... View Source

Amazon is axing the program that lets Prime members share their free shipping perk with people outside their household. In an update to its support page, Amazon says it will cut off Prime benefit sharing on October 1st, 2025, prompting invitees who don’t live with the account holder to sign up for their own subscription at a discounted $14.99 rate for an entire year (and then $14.99 per month afte... View Source

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages after the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order... View Source

There's a new player in the AI race, and it's a whole country. Switzerland has just released Apertus, its open-source national Large Language Model (LLM) that it hopes would be an alternative to models offered by companies like OpenAI. Apertus, Latin for the world "open," was developed by the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL), ETH Zurich and the Swiss Nation... View Source

More than 10 years after the launch of Dolby Vision, the next generation of the HDR format is here, and it aims to do more than just optimize tone and brightness level for different scenes. The new version, called Dolby Vision 2, has new “Content Intelligence” tools that use AI to automatically optimize your TV based on what you’re watching, where you’re watching it, and what device you’re on, exp... View Source

Underdog and Crypto.com are launching a service that will let fans make bets on sports outcomes via a prediction market... View Source

ExpressVPN has tripled its subscription options by switching to a tiered pricing structure, effective today. The new system includes three levels of service, the cheapest offering basic VPN service and the others adding extra features. Each one of those levels — Basic, Advanced and Pro — can be purchased for monthly, yearly or two-year durations. In total, you've now got nine different option... View Source

Magnetic fields can replace bulky centrifuges in space oxygen systems, making them lighter, more efficient and better suited for deep-space missions, a new study finds... View Source

The Thermomix TM7 is the next generation of one the most versatile cooking appliances you can buy. I’ve owned a Thermomix TM6 for about five years, and I use it multiple times a day for everything from making smoothies in the morning to steaming veggies for dinner, whipping up a sauce, or cooking some rice. It’s the most versatile smart gadget in my kitchen. Now its successor, the Thermomix... View Source

The US has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s authorization to freely ship essential gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base, potentially curtailing its production capabilities at that older-generation facility... View Source

Dolby Vision has been one of the industry standards for HDR on TVs for over a decade. At IFA 2025, Dolby Laboratories is introducing Dolby Vision 2, what it calls "a groundbreaking evolution of its industry-leading picture quality innovation." The second iteration has been updated to meet the capabilities of today's TV technology and the ever-expanding set of artist tools. Dolby Vis... View Source

This concept trifold was previously shown off by Samsung Display. We know officially that Samsung is planning to launch its first trifold phone this year, and recent rumors suggest that might mean either this month or next. Just don’t expect it to appear at this week’s Unpacked event, which promises products ranging from “premium AI tablets to the newest member of the Galaxy S25 family.” Korea’s E... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Mark Bergen tries to unblur YouTube’s new experiment of covertly editing videos... View Source

JBL just announced a new portable Bluetooth speaker, called the Grip. This model includes a rope hook, which should make it easy to attach to backpacks, ski gear, or just about anything else. It also features customizable ambient lighting that actually looks pretty useful. The company says this lighting scheme makes the speaker a "perfect bedside companion for late-night reading." A spea... View Source

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like home... View Source

Klarna Group Plc and some of its shareholders are seeking to raise as much as $1.27 billion as the financial-technology company revives a New York initial public offering that was delayed earlier this year amid market volatility... View Source

Mathematicians have unraveled a key conjecture about knot theory... View Source

Researchers are working on manipulating wax worms’ digestive systems to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic... View Source

Elon Musk is deemphasizing Tesla Inc.’s car business like never before in favor of humanoid robots that are still in development and a ways off from generating revenue... View Source

It was a quiet Labor Day weekend for tech, but the Engadget team has kept busy testing out new gear from the likes of DJI, Sony and Bose. I want to kick things off with the new flagship DJI Mic 3. The wireless mics have a wholesale design change from the Mic 2, plus many improvements in sound quality, noise reduction and the number of subjects you can record at once — though there is one downgrade... View Source

Mergers and acquisitions are likely to pick up toward the end of the year and the artificial intelligence boom will drive significant infrastructure financing, according to Goldman Sachs’s global head of credit finance... View Source

Hangzhou Unitree Technology Co. said it will submit filings to list on a Chinese stock exchange as soon as next month, offering investors insight into the finances of one of the country’s most prominent robot developers... View Source

"Since I landed in Lucknow around 7:30 this morning, I must have clicked about 2,000 selfies."... View Source

Sighting by James Webb space telescope of black hole with sparse halo of material could upend theories of the universeAn ancient and “nearly naked” black hole that astronomers believe may have been created in the first fraction of a second after the big bang has been spotted by the James Webb space telescope.If confirmed as a so-called primordial black hole, a theoretical class of object predicted... View Source

Semiconductor equipment maker ASML Holding NV made a pitch for business in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to make chips locally and reduce imports of the critical technology... View Source

American astronomers say that without more funding to support telescope construction and research operations, the US risks ceding the field... View Source

You don’t need to spend a fortune to get a new phone that handles your daily tasks with ease. The best cheap Android phones pack impressive features into affordable price tags, making them great options for anyone who wants solid performance without stretching their wallet. Whether you're scrolling social media, streaming videos or snapping photos, there are plenty of budget-friendly Android devic... View Source

Guinness Nigeria Plc and other consumer-goods giants are turning to startups to crack Africa’s vast informal retail market... View Source

The update starts rolling out globally in September. Google is updating user profiles for its Play Games service on Android devices to display gaming stats, achievements, and social features. The changes include a suite of new capabilities for “showcasing and tracking your game progress and stats, new ways to build your gaming community, and allowing you to tailor your profile to your liking,” ac... View Source

Blackstone Inc. is planning a debt sale of up to £500 million ($670 million) linked to UK warehouses, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Tesla Inc.’s long-awaited entry into India has delivered underwhelming results so far, with tepid bookings fueling fresh doubts about the company’s global growth outlook... View Source

Japanese Bitcoin treasury Metaplanet Inc. secured shareholder approval for a proposal enabling it to raise as much as ¥555 billion ($3.8 billion) via preferred shares, in a bid to expand its financing options after its stock slumped... View Source

Before the trading day starts we bring you a digest of the key news and events that are likely to move markets. Today we look at:... View Source

Quicktron Robotics, a Chinese maker of self-driving forklifts and other robots used in warehouses, has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise at least $100 million as early as next year, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

The Bitcoin faithful gathered in Hong Kong last week, but all eyes and energy tilted west — toward the United States, now crypto’s once-unlikely command center... View Source

Chinese chipmakers are trading at a four-year high versus their US peers, but a top fund manager still sees pockets of opportunity among their equipment suppliers... View Source

Westpac Banking Corp. plans to hire 350 bankers and turn more to artificial intelligence as it ramps up business lending... View Source

President Xi Jinping is set to stage a major parade to mark 80 years since the end of World War II — and showcase China’s growing diplomatic sway and military might... View Source

Google is officially debunking a series of reports that claimed Gmail has been hit with a "major" security issue in recent days. "We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and effective," the company said in a somewhat unusual statement. "Several inaccurate claims surfaced recently that incorrectly stated that we issued a broad warning to all Gmail... View Source

On Sunday (Aug. 31 2025), 28 Starlink satellites (Group 10-14) lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch marked the 23rd flight of the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage (Booster 1077). Once again, it was successfully recovered. With this mission, the ... Read more... View Source

Amazon said it plans to invest more than NZ$7.5 billion ($4.4 billion) in data centers in New Zealand... View Source

On august 7, 2025, Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, began publicly trading with an initial public offering of 19,296,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $45.00 per share. They raised almost $900 million from the IPO. It traded up initially but is back to the ... Read more... View Source

On Wednesday (Sept. 3), the asteroid 2025 QDB will come to within just over half the distance between Earth and the moon, and you can watch its progress live online... View Source

Several notable AI models were released or updated during this week. Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (codename: Nano Banana): This is a state-of-the-art image generation and editing model from Google DeepMind, specializing in consistent character maintenance across images, multi-turn editing, and intuitive visual creation. It’s integrated into the Gemini app and available as a preview... View Source

Educators across the country are bringing chatbots into their lesson plans. Will it help kids learn or is it just another doomed ed-tech fad?... View Source

Mercury will be close to Regulus embedded among the stars of the constellation Leo... View Source

Today, NASA recovers over 90% of the water used in space... View Source

Major social media platforms in China have started rolling out labels for AI-generated content to comply with a law that took effect on Monday. Users of the likes of WeChat, Douyin, Weibo and RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu) are now seeing such labels on posts. These denote the use of generative AI in text, images, audio, video and other types of material, according to the South China Morning Post. Ident... View Source

After a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suffered a GPS navigation outage on its approach to Plovdiv in Bulgaria on Aug. 31, authorities in the country said the signal had likely been jammed by Russia... View Source

Whether you're commuting, working in a bustling café or just trying to tune out the world, the best noise-canceling earbuds can help you focus on what matters — your music, podcasts or a bit of peace and quiet. With advanced noise reduction and features like active noise cancellation, these compact in-ear buds are designed to block out distractions and deliver immersive sound, even in the most noi... View Source

A new live-action trailer for the upcoming sci-game "Borderlands 4" is here urging us all to "Quit Earth" and get on the rocket... View Source

The view underneath SpaceX's Starship spacecraft shows the Super Heavy booster's complex array of 33 Raptor engines... View Source

Hasbro, the toy manufacturer, and Disney, who own the rights to Star Wars, both make top lightsabers, but what are the differences between them?... View Source

Titan Books' hardcover cartoon collection makes you see militant Klingons in a whole new light... View Source

The end of any sports season is usually the most exciting part, and MLS fans can watch the climax of the 2025 campaign for a discount. As it has done each year around this time since it locked up the rights to the top North American soccer league, Apple is offering the MLS Season Pass at a discount for the remainder of the season. Apple TV+ subscribers can get access for $25, while everyone else c... View Source

The Potensic Atom 2 is an upgrade on its successful predecessor and now you can get the lowest-ever price on a useful bundle when you get it on Amazon... View Source

Boyd Corp. is exploring a sale of its thermal management solutions business, people familiar with the matter said, amid rising demand for air-cooling systems for data centers... View Source

NASA is using Colorado's rugged peaks to rehearse the risky final moments of future Artemis lunar landings... View Source

Sony has lined up its next PlayStation State of Play showcase, and this one is all about a single game. It will focus on 007 First Light, the long-awaited James Bond adventure from Hitman studio IO Interactive. It starts at 2PM ET on September 3 and you can watch it on the PlayStation YouTube and Twitch channels (there'll also be a version of the video with English subtitles on YouTube). You... View Source

The writing has been on the wall for years that the UK Space Agency would be scrapped, but will its end after a mere 15 years in existence undermine Britain's space ambitions?... View Source

AI (Chatgpt and Grok) were asked for near term TESLA share price catalysts and gave a list below. It was a reasonable list. However, they missed important catalysts. Q3 earnings report in October and market reactions to updates on autonomous robo-taxi progress and margins. Broader rollout and monetization of Full Self-Driving (FSD). Expansion into emerging ... Read more... View Source

"The surfaces of Nix and Hydra are as close to unaltered as you can get."... View Source

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In an age of constant communication, receiving phone calls or messages from unknown numbers has become increasingly common. Whether it's a missed call from an unfamiliar number, a potential scam or a wrong number, performing a reverse phone number lookup can help you identify the caller. You could start your search with free tools like Google or Whitepages, but if you’re struggling to find th... View Source

Beyond the blaze, wildfires can have rippling effects on a community’s health and the land... View Source

After years of waiting, there's only three days left until Hollow Knight: Silksong is out in this world. We only got the September 4 release date a few weeks ago and now we have the final piece of the puzzle: price.  Team Cherry, the indie studio behind the Hollow Knight series, has announced on X (formerly Twitter) that Hollow Knight: Silksong will cost $20. That's a $5 increase fr... View Source

Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots... View Source

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has tracked near-light-speed electrons back to the sun, finding two distinct families generated by solar flares and CMEs... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Matt Day looks at the employee protest movement at Microsoft... View Source

The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of "The Monkey's Paw," a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes, but always by the most malevolent path - the desired outcome arrives after exacting a brutal cost elsewhere first. With the same humorless literalness, ChatGPT would implement the change I'd asked for, while also scrambling dozens of... View Source

The Finnish state bought Chinese battery maker CATL’s stake in Valmet Automotive as the contract manufacturer enters the defense industry... View Source

A new concept for a next generation space telescope could provide an affordable breakthrough in the hunt for Earth's twin... View Source

Saudi Arabia-based quick delivery firm Ninja is looking to hire investment banks to advise on a potential initial public offering that could take place as early as next year, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry’s sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for seven years, is releasing later this week for just $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on September 4th comes with a modest $5 bump over Hollow Knight’s original $14.99 price tag. While Team Cherry could have charged more for Silksong, it’s essentially pricing it the same as the original when y... View Source

Turning your house into a smart home is easier — and more useful — than ever. From automating your lights and climate to securing your front door, smart home tech has come a long way in making everyday life more convenient, energy-efficient and secure. Whether you're just getting started or looking to upgrade your setup, there are plenty of gadgets that work seamlessly together to make your home f... View Source

The opening hours of Hell Is Us are brilliantly confusing. The game tasks you with getting up to speed on a complicated civil war between the Palomists and Sabinians. A deluge of proper nouns is unleashed: Lymbic weaponry, Guardian Detectors, and more. But the clearest way the game communicates that you should feel utterly dumbfounded is through the cryptic stone panels scattered amid its ravaged,... View Source

One of the trickiest parts of any new computer build or upgrade is finding the right video card. In a gaming PC, the GPU is easily the most important component, and you can hamstring your experience by buying the wrong model. The buying process can be frustrating, with many manufacturers selling their models above their suggested retail price. In this guide, we'll help you navigate the market and... View Source

OpenAI is seeking to build a massive new data center in India that could mark a major step forward in Asia for its Stargate-branded artificial intelligence infrastructure push... View Source

One of the oldest recognised constellations, it appears on Babylonian clay tablets and Ptolemy’s second-century listFor those of us in the northern hemisphere, September is an excellent time to search for the faint constellation of Capricornus, the sea goat, one of the oldest recognised constellations. It appears on Ptolemy’s second-century list of 48, and even before that on Babylonian clay table... View Source

Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. shares slid Monday after the Trump administration decided to make it harder for the world’s largest memory chipmakers to ship critical equipment to their giant Chinese operations... View Source

As BYD Co. weathers a rough patch atop China’s market for new-energy vehicles, other, smaller players are surpassing their sales goals by leaning into demand for cheaper cars... View Source

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s stock leapt almost 15% after reporting a surge in revenue from AI, underscoring the steady progress it’s making against rivals in a post-DeepSeek Chinese development frenzy... View Source

Japanese equities opened lower as investors steered clear of chip and tech shares following declines in Nvidia and Dell Technologies on the U.S. stock market over the weekend... View Source

Generally, AI chatbots are not supposed to do things like call you names or tell you how to make controlled substances. But, just like a person, with the right psychological tactics, it seems like at least some LLMs can be convinced to break their own rules. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania deployed tactics described by psychology professor Robert Cialdini in Influence: The Psycholo... View Source

Tesla’s 4% decline on Friday, August 29, 2025 while the broader market was only slightly down was due to technical patterns: Tesla hsa been forming a wedge, struggling to break through resistance at 350-360. Tesla-specific positives: New Model YL (three-row SUV) and Performance variant (0-60 in under 3 seconds, improved range). No major negatives noted, ... Read more... View Source

We'll have to wait until May to discover the fate of Earthrealm and Johnny Cage. Mortal Kombat II, the sequel to 2021's reboot of the video game adaptation, will be pushed back from its original October 24 release date to May 15, 2026. According to a post on X from the movie's official account, the "tournament demands a new time and place, worthy of its spectacle." The del... View Source

As of 2025, Europe’s Muslim population is estimated at around 46 million, or about 6% of the continent’s total population of roughly 745 million. This is up from 4.9% in 2016, driven by migration (about 50-60% of growth) and higher fertility rates (40-50%). Most Muslim migrants come from the Middle East and North Africa (e.g., ... Read more... View Source

The Very Large Telescope (VLT) detected significant nickel vapor but almost no iron in the interstellar 3I/Atlas comet. Having nickel without iron is not a chemical signature found in known natural comets and is more consistent with industrial alloy refining processes. Nickel Without Iron and Carbon Dioxide Without water Astronomers using the VLT observed emission ... Read more... View Source

Following news that Escape from Tarkov is escaping its perpetual beta, the pioneering extraction shooter is also about to make its debut on Steam. Nikita Buyanov, head of the Battlestate Games studio that developed Escape from Tarkov, confirmed on X that the game's Steam page "will be available soon," only teasing that the full details will come later. Buyanov's confirmation co... View Source

We may not have a date for Stardew Valley's next major update, but we have confirmation that it's happening. Eric Barone, the developer behind the hit farming sim, announced that there will be a 1.7 update during the Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons concert in Seattle, later confirming the news with a post on X. Barone, better known as ConcernedApe, didn't reveal a release date, n... View Source

Think you know Pluto? From icy plains to planetary debates, this quiz dives deep into the mysteries of our solar system’s most controversial—and captivating—dwarf planet... View Source

Jujtusu Kaisen is the the peak of Shonen anime (superhero animated action). Season 3 will release Jan 2026. It is the best superhero show. It has the best pacing, characters, powers and innovative power interactions. Season 1 is on Netflix and season 2 is on Crunch roll streaming. The manga has completed and there about ... Read more... View Source

Jupiter, Venus and Mercury move into line formation predawn on Sept. 1... View Source

What do you gift somebody who loves books? The obvious answer is "a book," but since true bibliophiles are probably sitting on a stack already, it's worth getting a little more creative. Luckily for you, many of us at The Verge are big bookworms ourselves, which is why we rounded up a bunch of clever, useful gifts our staff can vouch for. Below, you'll find a handful of thoughtful presents fit for... View Source

NASA plans to prioritize the fission reactor as power necessary to extract and refine lunar resources... View Source

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions this Labor Day... View Source

Meta is changing some of the rules governing its chatbots two weeks after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing ways in which they could, potentially, interact with minors. Now the company has told TechCrunch that its chatbots are being trained not to engage in conversations with minors around self-harm, suicide, or disordered eating, and to avoid inappropriate romantic banter. These changes... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink broadband internet satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025... View Source

A machine-learning algorithm spotted signs of “covert consciousness” in coma patients—in some cases, days before doctors could do so... View Source

The Aurigid meteor shower hails from debris of the comet C/1911 N1 Kiess, which last visited the inner solar system 2,000 years ago... View Source

China’s home sales extended their slump in August even as prices declined and the country’s two biggest cities rolled out additional stimulus measures... View Source

Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of losing homes, businesses—and lives—as giant “gullies” expand into cities across Africa... View Source

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe completed its Venus flyby on Aug. 31, keeping it on track to reach the Jovian system in July 2031... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things AI, follow Hayden Field. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started It all started with J.A.R.V.I.S. Yes, that J.A.R.V.I.S. The one from the Marvel movies. Well, maybe it didn't start with Iron Man's AI assistant, but... View Source

In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time... View Source

A total lunar eclipse will take place on Sept. 7-8, creating a spectacular blood moon effect... View Source

A pair of solar eruptions may combine into a powerful "cannibal CME," boosting chances for dazzling auroras over Labor Day... View Source

The EPA fired five agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health, alongside four more served removal notices... View Source

Hackers on Friday broke into Sinqia, a financial technology provider owned by Evertec, attempting to steal around 420 million reais ($77.4 million) from several Brazilian financial institutions including HSBC Holdings Plc’s local operations, O Globo reported... View Source

Simon Gerovich, who turned a struggling Japanese hotelier into a Bitcoin stockpiler and investor darling, is feeling the heat... View Source

Verizon has confirmed to customers in stores and online that its network is having an issue on Saturday. Many people have been unable to connect and make or receive calls for hours, while DownDetector’s tracker peaked in the afternoon at around 3:30PM ET with more than 20,000 reports. Some customers report their service has continued to function throughout the day, so it’s unclear what the c... View Source

These are some recently released titles we think are worth adding to your reading list. This week, we picked up the Saga Doubles release of Stephen Graham Jones' Killer on the Road and The Babysitter Lives, and the new Image Comics miniseries, The Voice Said Kill. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/what-to-read-this-weekend-two-thrilling-horror-n... View Source

TikTok is taking another step towards becoming more than just a platform for infinitely scrolling through short videos. The social media app told TechCrunch that its users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in direct messages or group chats. According to a TikTok spokesperson, these features will roll out in the next few weeks. As voice messaging has risen in popularity, TikT... View Source

Meta may be interested in more than Google and OpenAI's employees when it comes to artificial intelligence. According to The Information, Meta is considering using its competitors' models to improve its own apps' AI features. The report said that leaders at the Meta Superintelligence Lab have looked at integrating Google Gemini into its Meta AI chatbot to help it provide a conversat... View Source

xAI doesn't want its secret recipe for Grok to get out, and it's filing a lawsuit to make sure of that. In a lawsuit filed earlier this week, xAI claimed that former employee Xuechen Li stole the company's confidential info and trade secrets before joining the team at OpenAI. Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company also alleged that Li copied documents from an xAI company l... View Source

Meta hosted several AI chatbots with the names and likenesses of celebrities without their permission, according to Reuters. The unauthorized chatbots that Reuters discovered during its investigation included Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson, and they were available on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. At least one of the chatbots was based on an underage celebrity... View Source

For the last week or two, reports have been circulating that recent Windows 11 updates (specifically KB5063878 and KB5062660) were causing some SSDs using Phison controllers to fail. Tech influencers on YouTube and TikTok were quick to jump on the reports of corrupted data and disappearing drives, laying the blame squarely at Microsoft’s feet. We’re not saying any company is above lying to the pub... View Source

Leap into the killer cosmic combat for Keepsake Games' retitled first-person PvE shooter... View Source

AstraZeneca Plc said its experimental hypertension pill reduced blood pressure by more than twice as much as standard treatment in a large late-stage study, bolstering its chances of competing in a crowded field... View Source

On Episode 175 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Daniel Selva to talk about crew interactions and trust with AI using computers... View Source

Labor Day weekend has finally arrived, and after a week of early discounts trickling in, the sales are now in full swing. From big-screen OLED TVs and outdoor gear to back-to-school essentials like the latest MacBook Air, we rounded up a guide of almost 100 deals we think are worth your time and money. But we get it. In times of tariffs and inflation, spending a couple a hundred dollars on a new g... View Source

In this quiz, you’ll test your knowledge of Neptune's features, moons, and the science that keeps astronomers fascinated... View Source

Intel no longer has to fulfill certain requirements or meet milestones that it was originally supposed to under the CHIPS Act, now that the government is taking a stake in the company. According to the Wall Street Journal, Intel said in a filing that it can now receive funding from the government, as long as it can show that it has already spent $7.9 billion on projects that it agreed to take on u... View Source

Fall is just around the corner, which means we're in the midst of flagship phone season. Most recently, Google debuted its new Pixel lineup, offering multiple models where AI features take center stage. We've already put those devices through their paces, in addition to the best noise-canceling earbuds you can buy and a Sony camera. Read on to catch up on the reviews you might've missed over the l... View Source