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Nvidia plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., in an effort to speed up the use of AI in the pharmaceutical industry. Denny Fish, portfolio manager on the Global Technology and Innovation Team at Janus Henderson Investors, joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

We learned last March that Lego and Pokémon would be joining forces and the first results of their partnership are here. Pre-orders for all three kits are open now, with an expected ship date of February 27. As one might have guessed from the lightning bolts on the previous promotional image, one of the debut pocket monsters getting the brick treatment is Pikachu, complete with a Poké Ball. The 2,... View Source

From the Upside Down through the Devil's Anus and beyond. Here are 6 times these theoretical wormholes turned up in sci-fi shows and movies... View Source

The UK is bringing a law into force that makes creating non-consensual intimate deepfake images, like the ones that have proliferated on X because of the Grok AI chatbot, a criminal offense, as reported by the BBC. "The Data Act, passed last year, made it a criminal offence to create - or request the creation of - non-consensual intimate images," according to a statement from Liz Kendall, the UK's... View Source

The car market is undergoing changes as Nvidia makes a push into self-driving and EU regulators consider replacing tariffs on Chinese EVs with minimum pricing. Stephanie Valdez Streaty, director of industry insights for Cox Automotive, discusses the latest news and expectations for the car industry with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

On the heels of Mark Zuckerberg announcing that Meta's former board member, Dina Powell McCormick, would be formally joining the company as president and vice chairman, the CEO has shared new details about her purview at the company. The executive will play a key role overseeing Meta's sprawling infrastructure investments as part of a newly announced initiative called Meta Compute."... View Source

Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development of shale oil reserves... View Source

If you’re planning on traveling at all this year, the Baseus EnerCore CG11 Universal Travel Adapter is worth a look. The adapter can power up to six devices at once, and now through the end of today, January 12th, it’s on sale for just $34.19 (about $36 off) at Amazon, matching the all-time low price we last saw at the end of November. Baseus EnerCore CG11 Universal Travel Adapter Where to Buy: $6... View Source

Nvidia Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use of artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry... View Source

If you follow Anthropic, you're probably familiar with Claude Code. Since the fall of 2024, the company has been training its AI models to use and navigate computers like a human would, and the coding agent has been the most practical expression of that work, giving developers a way to automate rote programming tasks. Starting today, Anthropic is giving regular people a way to take advantage... View Source

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making kids' online safety a cornerstone of her administration, and she's eyeing a platform that has often flown under the radar: Roblox. As progress in Congress has stagnated, states have become the primary drivers of internet reforms meant to protect kids, including age verification laws and new requirements for online platforms. Hochul announced a sweeping plan to... View Source

Next-generation nuclear companies Oklo Inc. and TerraPower LLC will need to invest more than $14 billion in new reactors to support Meta Platforms Inc. data centers, according to estimates from BloombergNEF... View Source

The peak time for deals on streaming services — the holiday shopping season — has come and gone, but Disney is back with a fresh offer for the new year. New and eligible returning subscribers can get one month of the ad-supported Disney+ Hulu bundle for just $10. That's $3 off the usual monthly rate for the bundle, and more than 58 percent off if you consider the prices for each service indiv... View Source

Hugo Costa, executive director for the Portuguese Space Agency, and U.S. Ambassador to Portugal John J. Arrigo pose for a photo on Jan. 12 during a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, to mark the country’s signing of the Artemis Accords.Credit: U.S. State Department Portugal is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords alongside 59 other countries in a commitment to advancing principles for th... View Source

Anthropic wants to expand Claude's AI agent capabilities and take advantage of the growing hype around Claude Code - and it's doing it with a brand-new feature released Monday, dubbed "Claude Cowork." "Cowork can take on many of the same tasks that Claude Code can handle, but in a more approachable form for non-coding tasks," Anthropic wrote in a blog post. The company is releasing it as a "resear... View Source

Humanoid maker 1X Technologies has introduced a new AI model that it says allows its home robot Neo to perform new tasks from a video or voice prompt even if the robot has zero experience doing the task before. 1X Technologies CEO and CTO Bernt Børnich joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA NASA has identified a list of 32 technology shortfalls and invites you to give input on your critical technology needs using this feedback mechanism. Whether you’re part of the space technology community or an interested member of the public, your input is invaluable. By registering and providing your feedback, you could help inform of national space technology priorities. NASA will analyze a... View Source

The path forward for the Democratic party after its 2024 defeat includes less tech influence and more populist policies, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Warren delivered this message in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Monday, where she charted a vision for the future of a party that's still in the midst of an identity crisis. She laid out one of the competing pe... View Source

Societe Generale SA is scrapping a self-developed artificial intelligence tool in favor of Microsoft Corp.’s Copilot solution, highlighting the challenges even large lenders face in building out their own offering in the cost-intensive technology... View Source

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.MIT/Jose-Luis Olivares A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist’s concept release... View Source

If you can afford this house you can probably afford a whole-home backup solution like the E10. | Image: Anker Homeowners in search of grid independence have another option today with the launch of Anker's Solix E10 big-ass battery system. It joins companies like Tesla and EcoFlow in offering whole-home backup solutions in the US market meant to counter blackouts and reduce monthly energy bills, o... View Source

Teens’ favorite chat app is planning an initial public offering... View Source

Paramount Skydance just does not want to take no for an answer. After having multiple bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) rejected, including a recent hostile bid that the WBD board recommended that shareholders reject, Paramount is turning to the courts and mounting a proxy fight. In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Paramount CEO David Ellison said the company has filed suit in Delawa... View Source

Richard Wear stands with the E Test Complex in the background at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, where he is acting chief of the Mechanical Engineering Branch. NASA/Danny Nowlin Richard Wear calls it an honor to be working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, during a historic time as NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years... View Source

Hytale, the highly anticipated Minecraft-like adventure game that's been in development for a decade, is nearly here. After developer Hypixel Studios was acquired by Riot Games in 2020, shut down by Riot in June 2025, and went independent a few months later, the team is launching Hytale in early access on January 13th. And if you jump in at launch, you can expect updates for years to come - which... View Source

Paramount Skydance said it plans to nominate directors to Warner Bros. Discovery’s board to vote against the approval of a merger with Netflix and has filed a suit to force Warner Bros. to disclose information to help shareholders make an informed decision. Geetha Ranganathan has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

"The surprise that a supposedly quiet, discless system could drive such a spectacular nebula was one of those rare 'wow' moments."... View Source

Paramount is turning up the pressure on Warner Bros. Discovery in the wake of its merger with Netflix, as it's now suing the David Zaslav-helmed company in an attempt to get more details surrounding the agreement. In addition to the lawsuit, Paramount CEO David Ellison revealed that the company plans to nominate directors to WBD's board to vote against its deal with Netflix. After fielding offers... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google confirmed that it has entered a multiyear deal with Apple Inc. to power the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence technology, including the Siri voice assistant... View Source

If you’ve got a recent smartphone, chances are it’s got a really good camera — and don’t you want to take the best photos you can? One way to do that is via the DJI Osmo Mobile 7P Gimbal Stabilizer, a selfie stick that includes a tripod, a telescoping arm, and (perhaps best of all) a module that offers built-in computer vision which automatically tracks you, stops and starts, and adjusts framing w... View Source

CNBC reported that Apple had picked Alphabet’s Gemini to run an AI-powered version of its Siri digital assistant. Bloomberg Intelligence's Mandeep Singh has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple has confirmed reports that it will use Google Gemini’s models to help it power the new version of Siri and other generative AI features. “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models and we’re excited about the innovative new experiences it will unlock for our users,” Apple said in a statement obtained by CN... View Source

The observatory will combine tech from NASA's most powerful space telescopes... View Source

Over the past couple of weeks, users on the r/alexa subreddit have reported getting automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus as a perk for their Prime memberships. The update doesn't appear to be opt-in, but there's an option to roll it back. Screenshots of a message from Amazon sent to users state that, "After your device updates, you can still revert to the original Alexa by saying, 'Alexa, exit Ale... View Source

Alphabet Inc. broke above a $4 trillion market capitalization on Monday, becoming one of the few companies to ever cross the threshold as investors increasingly see the Google parent as one of the biggest winners of the artificial intelligence boom... View Source

India is considering new smartphone security rules that would require device makers to allow government access to source code for “vulnerability analysis.” It would also require companies to notify the government of major software updates and security patches before rollout, according to Reuters. This is the latest in a raft of unprecedented proposals by the Indian government under the guise of se... View Source

El cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial (SLS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA, visto en la nave High Bay 3 del Edificio de Ensamblaje de Vehículos mientras los equipos t esperan la llegada de los tripulantes de Artemis II para abordar su nave espacial Orion en la parte superior del cohete como parte de la prueba de demostración de la cuenta atrás de Artemis II, el sábado 20 de diciembre de... View Source

Responsible spending? I don’t choose you! | Image: Lego After teasing its first collaboration with the Pokémon franchise last March but sharing very few details, Lego's first Pokémon sets are now available for preorder through the company's online store. The cheapest of the three is an articulated version of Eevee, but there's also a budget-busting set featuring Charizard, Blastoise,... View Source

Nvidia plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use of artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry. Jessica Nix has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Meta has appointed Dina Powell McCormick, a banking executive and former Republican White House official, as its new president and vice-chairman. The company said McCormick will help guide its overall strategy and execution as a part of the management team.“Dina’s experience at the highest levels of global finance, combined with her deep relationships around the world, makes her uniquely suited to... View Source

Recent technological advances have set the stage for a renewed focus on human-based solutions called new approach methodologies (NAMs) that can complement, and in some cases replace, animal models in research and regulatory testing. These NAMs generally span advanced cell-tissue-organoid (in vitro), computational modeling (in silico), and cell-free biochemical analysis (in chemico) techniques, wit... View Source

Astronomy needs space... View Source

Paramount Skydance Corp. said it plans to nominate directors to Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s board to vote against the approval of a merger with Netflix Inc. and has filed a suit to force Warner Bros. to disclose information to help shareholders make an informed decision... View Source

The 2026 Golden Globes took place on Sunday and it was another big night for streamers. Netflix took home seven awards, Apple and HBO Max each won three and Hulu got one.  Netflix's hit show Adolescence received four awards alone, including best limited or anthology series. It also won for best actor (Stephen Graham), supporting actor (Owen Cooper) and supporting actress (Erin Doherty) i... View Source

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights Science Behind Discoverie... View Source

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. has appointed a former top adviser to US President Donald Trump to a newly created senior management role focused on partnering with governments and investors on AI... View Source

The holiday season is fully in the rear view mirror and real life is here to stay. But that doesn't mean the time for gifts is over — especially ones for yourself. You can still take advantage of great January sales on some awesome tech products. Take the Apple Mac mini M4, which is down to $500 from $599. The 17 percent discount gives you 16GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD for only about $20 more... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon that will pave the way for human exploration on Mars, the agency is tapping into America’s expanding space economy to help guide its strategic technology investments. This initiative, led by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate invites colla... View Source

Dassault Aviation SA, developer of the Rafale fighter jet, led a $200 million investment into the relatively unknown drone company Harmattan AI, making it one of Europe’s newest unicorn startups... View Source

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.’s quarterly earnings missed analysts’ estimates, as corporations continue to limit spending on information technology projects in an era of geopolitical tensions and on one-time costs... View Source

To comply with Australia's under-16 social media ban, Meta said on Medium that it has shut down nearly 550,00 accounts. That number includes 330,000 Instagram, 173,000 Facebook and 40,000 Threads accounts deemed to belong to children. "Ongoing compliance with the law will be a multi-layered process that we will continue to refine, though our concerns about determining age online without... View Source

Iceberg A23-A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident...but perhaps not for much longer... View Source

AI Voice Generator, ElevenLabs, says they have now crossed $330M in ARR. The Co-Founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski speaks with Bloomberg TV on the outlook for 2026 and what's next for the AI company. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie, Guy Johnson and Anna Edwards on The Opening Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google turned up the heat in the AI shopping wars this weekend, announcing plans to turn Gemini into a merchant and launching an open-source standard built together with major retailers including Shopify, Walmart, and Target. The move comes as companies like OpenAI, Amazon, and Perplexity jostle for power and influence at the heart of a growing AI-powered shopping ecosystem, with consumers increas... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Vlad Savov looks at China’s No.1 paid app... View Source

Malaysia and Indonesia are the first countries to block Grok, claiming that X’s chatbot does not have sufficient safeguards in place to prevent explicit AI-generated deepfakes of women and children from being created and disseminated on X. Indonesia temporarily blocked access to Grok on Saturday, as did Malaysia on Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, UK media regulator Ofcom has... View Source

The UK communications regulator has opened a formal probe into Elon Musk’s social media site X, adding to the global backlash against sexually suggestive images generated using artificial intelligence tool Grok... View Source

At least $3 trillion is set to flow into data-center-related investments over the next five years, capital that will rely on the might of multiple areas of the credit markets to provide, according to Moody’s Ratings... View Source

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect laboratory for understanding how giant planets can form."... View Source

Dubai's financial regulator is rolling out major updates to its crypto-token framework to bolster & regulate its digital asset environment. Elisabeth Wallace, Associate Director of Policy & Legal at the Dubai Financial Services Authority spoke to Bloomberg’s Horizons Middle East and Africa anchor Joumanna Bercetche on how the new framework will help Dubai continue to function on par with I... View Source

"This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object."... View Source

The National Basketball Association is preparing to pitch investors on a new European league, targeting team valuations of up to $1 billion, as it readies a pair of regular season games in London and Berlin... View Source

The Trump administration approached Microsoft for its donation to fund the White House's $300 million ballroom, documents released by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) office reveal. In response to a Democrat-led letter questioning Big Tech's involvement in the ballroom's construction, Microsoft counsel Karen Christian writes that the company "was contacted by a fundraiser for the effort regarding a... View Source

BE Semiconductor Industries NV’s shares rose after the Dutch chip toolmaker said fourth quarter orders doubled on the back of increased demand for data center applications and from photonics customers... View Source

Nico Rosberg, a former Formula 1 racing champion, has raised $100 million for his venture capital firm, making it one of the largest technology investors from a former athlete... View Source

Middle East venture capital funding hit record highs in 2025 as international capital poured into the region, helping it defy the fundraising slump seen across other emerging markets... View Source

BrainCo has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, putting it on track to be the first of China’s so-called Hangzhou Six to trade publicly... View Source

Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder Joe Lonsdale led investors betting on a little-known Nigerian defense startup that’s expanding drone manufacturing as violent extremism spreads across Africa... View Source

India’s space agency began 2026 with a setback after its rocket failed for the second time to achieve the desired orbit, underscoring challenges to the country’s ambitions... View Source

Xpeng Inc. has hired banks to work on an initial public offering of its flying car unit in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Indonesia and Malaysia’s ban on Grok AI over explicit content has raised global concerns about deepfakes and the challenges of regulating fast-evolving AI technologies. Helen Toner, Interim Executive Director at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, joins Insight with Haslinda Amin to discuss why policymakers are struggling to keep up, the urgent need for transparency, and how... View Source

Recorded in cave drawings as far back as 1000BC, this is one of the oldest zodiacal constellations to be recognised in its modern formTaurus, the bull, is our focus this week. One of the oldest constellations to be recognised in its modern form, it was recorded as the bull of heaven in Babylonian records from about 1000BC, but cave drawings from Lascaux, France, suggest that humans may already hav... View Source

HD Hyundai Robotics Co. has hired banks to work on its South Korea initial public offering at a time when global companies are racing to develop human-like robots... View Source

A spat over technology transfers has split a Dutch chipmaker in two and triggered a race for survival... View Source

Operation Absolute Resolve was like the US Dream Team of Basketball Domination. It was like Shaq and Jordan in their prime versus a High School Squad. It was a wake-up call for China and Russia. It was a stunning display of military prowess and intelligence and drone infiltration and sabotage. Recent events in the Russia-Ukraine ... Read more... View Source

For years, Fang Fenglei was Wall Street’s go-to fixer in China — a partner to heavyweights like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who built one of Asia’s most prominent private equity firms... View Source

Susan Schuh has dedicated her career to helping humans adapt to life beyond Earth.   As the Flight Crew Integration Operational Habitability (OpsHab) team lead in NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Schuh leads efforts to understand what it is really like to live and work in space. She turns that information into progress by documenting ast... View Source

Macquarie Group Ltd. is lending as much as €117 million ($136 million) to German data center infrastructure startup Polarise GmbH, as a debt-fueled boom in the sector continues into 2026... View Source

Netflix’s embrace of podcasting is a major moment for the service -- and a bigger one for the podcast industry... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children... View Source

Billy Woods has one of the highest batting averages in the game. Between his solo records like Hiding Places and Maps, and his collaborative albums with Elucid as Armand Hammer, the man has multiple stone-cold classics under his belt. And, while no one would ever claim that Woods' albums were light-hearted fare (these are not party records), Golliwog represents his darkest to date. This is not you... View Source

Anthropic is making it easier for patients and clinicians to use its artificial intelligence chatbot to access medical information, part of a broader push into the lucrative health care sector. The San Francisco-based company on Sunday said that its Claude product is launching a new health care offering that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and c... View Source

To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that's called Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). In brief, it's a framework that combines the power of AI agents and online shopping platforms to help customers buy more things. Thanks to the introduction of UCP, Google is offering three new online shopping features. To start, Google's AI mode w... View Source

The loss of the federal EV tax credits may have been a huge blow to prospective buyers, but California wants to fill that gap for its residents. Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed budget for 2026-2027, which was released on Friday, includes a "light-duty zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) incentive program" that details a one-time infusion of $200 million. According to the budget summary, th... View Source

It happens every year: we set ambitious New Year's resolutions - work out more, spend less, keep the house cleaner - full of optimism and motivation. Then life happens, and suddenly it's June and you can't recall what your resolutions even were. But it doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes the problem isn't a lack of motivation but rather a lack of tools, the kind that can make those goals feel m... View Source

Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: In one case that experts described as "really dangerous", Google wrongly advised people with pancreatic cancer to avoid... View Source

Don't be surprised if you see even more drones delivering groceries across the US since the Alphabet-owned Wing announced another service expansion with Walmart over the next year. The partnership said that drone delivery services will be available at 150 more Walmart locations in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Miami and more metros that have yet to be announced. According to Wing, its t... View Source

How U.S. Military Captured Nicolás Maduro Inside Operation Absolute Resolve (January 3, 2026) On January 3, 2026, U.S. special operations forces executed Operation Absolute Resolve, a daring nighttime raid that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from the heavily fortified Fort Tiuna military complex south of Caracas.The operation combined months of intelligence ... Read... View Source

If you're one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue. What was the issue? Unclear. We reached out to Meta for clarification and have yet to receive a response. All we know is that an "external party" triggered the emails, and Instagram says you can safely ignore them. The company posted on X that the issue had... View Source

The Israeli cybersecurity startup Torq is planning to announce Sunday that it has closed a $140 million funding round, raising its valuation to $1.2 billion... View Source

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is in line to potentially earn $35 billion in stock options, so long as the company hits a $100 billion market cap. One way to hit that target is by cutting costs, and one way of cutting costs is to close down a bunch of stores. The company closed 590 stores in fiscal year 2024, and said in a recent SEC filing that it anticipates "closing a significant number of additional... View Source

Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders... View Source

Such experiments have previously only been conducted aboard the International Space Station... View Source

This week, Google announced a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that replaces the traditional list of emails with an AI-generated list of to-dos and topics to track based on what's in your inbox. It's not widely available yet, but I have access, and in the few hours I've spent messing around with it, I can see how AI Inbox could be a helpful or even transformational way to manage your inbox. But right n... View Source

Walmart Inc. is partnering with Alphabet Inc. to offer AI-enhanced shopping on Google’s Gemini platform — part of the retailer’s race to apply the technology across its operations... View Source

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news... View Source

Wing is bringing drone delivery to even more Walmart stores in 2026. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its drones will be flying above 150 more locations this year, including in four new cities: Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami, and Cincinnati. In June 2025, the companies said they would expand their delivery partnership to 100 additional stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando,... View Source

'Luckily it does have a future, so I can confirm that 'Black Mirror' will return, just in time for reality to catch up with it.'... View Source

Not every phone needs to be a black rectangle. It's January, which means there's a whole year of rectangular glass slabs ahead of us. But before that happens, I managed to find phones of a different shape lurking around the corners of the CES convention center halls. They weren't center stage, of course. That was reserved for robots doing laundry badly. But in the margins at tech's biggest show, I... View Source

To beat the market in recent years, many investors applied a simple strategy: Load up on the biggest US technology stocks... View Source

For a while, it seemed like everyone had a TiVo. It was a plot point on major TV shows; it had A-list Hollywood fans; it became a verb as ubiquitous as Google or Xerox. The love was well-earned, since TiVo had created a product that felt genuinely like magic. You could pause live TV. And rewind it. And even set shows to record for later, knowing they'd be there whenever you needed them. There's a... View Source

Indonesia and Malaysia restricted access to Elon Musk’s Grok AI over the weekend, becoming the first countries to ban the artificial intelligence system over its generation of sexual content... View Source

Self-driving robotaxis are already operating in a handful of US cities and in China, with companies betting billions that autonomous vehicles will transform ride-hailing and mobility. Zoox CEO Aicha Evans, Lyft CEO David Risher, Uber executive Sarfraz Maredia, AVRide CCO Sergei Kirillov and Harvard’s Mark Fagan lay out the timeline, the business model and the biggest risks for robotaxis. (Source:... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the action (and inaction) of lawmakers seeking to rein in tech platforms, follow Lauren Feiner. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started In the offline world, age verification is often as simple as flashing a cashier your drive... View Source

You can watch India launch 16 payloads, including an advanced military satellite, to space tonight (Jan. 11). It will be the first liftoff of a PSLV rocket since a May 2025 failure... View Source

Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing... View Source

AI-generated songs are climbing the charts and often listeners can't tell they're not made by humans. From Billboard hits to new artificial intelligence music platforms, the industry is racing to adapt as artists and labels confront a rapidly changing soundscape. Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The total wealth that has left California is now $1 trillion. California had $2 trillion of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them. ... Read more... View Source

Lutnick predicts that after a low GDP read in the 4th quarter because of the furloughs of federal workers. He disagrees with how this is measuered. Q1 and Q2 should have 5.X% GDP growth with 30 major new construction projects, new factories from the start of the $18 trillion in investment commitments. If the rate ... Read more... View Source

Main predictions are that US GDP will be 4-6.2% in 2026. Chamath had a wildcard (longshot) that SpaceX would not IPO but have a reverse merger with Tesla. Biggest Political Winner (12:27) David Friedberg — Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) solidifies takeover of Democratic Party (like MAGA did for GOP) rise of collectivism. Jason Calacanis ... Read more... View Source

X may soon provide more insight into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the company "will make the new X algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days." X's recommendation algorithm has been the subject of investigations by France and the European... View Source

The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites... View Source

A giant version of Lockin’s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor. I picked Aqara's Smart Lock U400 and Roborock's Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from CES 2026, but there were gazillions of other great gadgets on the show floor. It was a banner year for smart home products, but the big trends I saw weren't about new product catego... View Source

In 2023, what was then still called Twitter, open-sourced at least portions of the code that decided what it served up in your feed. But that GitHub repository is hopelessly out of date, with the vast majority of the files appearing to be from the initial upload three years ago. Elon Musk says that in seven days, he will open-source X's new algorithm and finally give people a peek behind the curta... View Source

Your neighborhood GameStop might be on the chopping block, along with more than 400 other retail locations across the US. As first reported by Polygon, the retailer is pursuing a severe cost-saving measure by closing up several hundred physical locations. According to a blog that keeps track of GameStop closures, there are 410 locations that are confirmed to be closing or are already closed, along... View Source

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, removed two of its historic test stands – the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility – with carefully coordinated implosions on Jan. 10, 2026. The demolition of these historic structures is part of... View Source

The FCC approved SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites on Friday. That brings the total number of satellites the company will have in orbit to around 15,000 worldwide. As part of the approval, the government is also waiving previous requirements that prevented overlapping coverage and enhanced capacity. SpaceX originally sought approval for 30,000 satellites, but for... View Source

Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users... View Source

If you received a bunch of password reset requests from Instagram recently, you're not alone. As reported by Malwarebytes, an antivirus software company, there was a data breach revealing the "sensitive information" of 17.5 million Instagram users. Malwarebytes added that the leak included Instagram usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more. The company... View Source

The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s request to deploy an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, allowing the company to launch 15,000 in all. It has also allowed SpaceX to upgrade its Gen2 satellites with “advanced form factors and cutting-edge technology,” to operate across more frequencies and to add more orbital shells to optimize coverage and performance. This appro... View Source

Nintendo Switch 2 owners can forget about seeing Baldur’s Gate 3 in the Nintendo Store, at least as of now. In a Reddit AMA, Larian Studio's CEO, Swen Vicke, said that the team would have loved to bring the title to Switch 2, but "it wasn't our decision to make." As cryptic as that may sound, Vicke's response hints that either Wizards of the Coast, which owns the Dungeons... View Source

At every CES I’ve ever been to, there’s been one or two gadgets promising to boost your mental health. In recent years, the number of companies making forays into this space has grown, and will likely continue to do so in the future. Could it be, much like the number of people wearing heart-monitoring wearables today, everyone will be strapping an EEG to their skulls a decade or so down the line?... View Source

Elon Musk accused the UK government of being “fascist” after it stepped up threats to block X over sexualized images of women and children produced by his artificial intelligence tool Grok... View Source

The start of the year is typically a great time to snag deals on health and fitness gear, including trackers and wireless earbuds, and this week was no exception. We found plenty on sale and highlighted the best picks below. Not all of the deals are related to New Year’s resolutions, though; there are also a number of other worthwhile deals worth checking out. Despite the Consumer Electronics Show... View Source

Jensen Huang took the stage at the CES trade show in Las Vegas this week to make the clearest pitch yet for Nvidia Corp.’s autonomous driving technology. In doing so, the chief executive officer’s vision for vehicles that can drive themselves edged into the terrain of major customers like Tesla Inc. and its boss, Elon Musk... View Source

That’s a wrap for CES 2026! In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about their favorite aspects of the show, as well as Engadget’s best of CES awards lineup. Also, Cherlynn chats with Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky about his Pebble smartwatch revival, as well as an intriguing new AI ring that’s built entirely around notetaking.Subscribe!iTunesSpotifyPocket CastsStitcherGoogle PodcastsTopicsTV... View Source

Liftoff is scheduled for 8:19 a.m. ET on Sunday (Jan. 11)... View Source

Is this… bliss? | Screenshot: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Greetings from the year of Linux on my desktop. In November, I got fed up and said screw it, I'm installing Linux. Since that article was published, I have dealt with one minor catastrophe after another. None of that has anything to do with Linux, mind you. It just meant I didn't install it on my desktop until Sunday evening. My goal here is... View Source

CES always has its share of attention-grabbing robots. But this year in particular seemed to be a landmark year for robotics. The advancement in AI technology has not only given robots better “brains,” it’s enabled new levels of autonomy and given rise to an ambitious, if sometimes questionable, vision for our robot-filled future.From sassy humanoids to AI-powered pets and chore-handling assistant... View Source

Put this ball under your board. Keychron announced new mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life at CES, but this trackball stole the spotlight. The Nape Pro is Keychron's first trackball, and its slender frame means it can work on your desk in multiple ways. You can keep it to the right or left of a keyboard like a traditional trackball, or you can tuck it in front and use it without moving... View Source

Back in 2024, NASA announced that the Artemis 2 mission was going to be pushed back to April 2026. Now, the agency says it could launch as early as February, with the first flight opportunity being on February 6. NASA is currently making the final preparations for the mission and will soon roll out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft to their launch pad at the Kennedy Spa... View Source

On Episode 192 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik looks forward to 2026, which promises to be the most exciting year in the new space age yet!... View Source

At CES this year, humanoid robots appeared to be closer than ever to moving into our homes. LG introduced CLOiD, a household robot it says can handle chores like preparing food and loading the washing machine. SwitchBot showed off the Onero H1, another home helper built to tackle everyday tasks, and Boston Dynamics, WIRobotics, Zeroth, and others debuted even more impressive humanoids. Advances in... View Source

Some of China’s most prominent figures in generative artificial intelligence warned that the Asian nation is unlikely to eclipse the US in the global AI race anytime soon... View Source

Space agency said crew of four will leave ISS next week with goal of touching down in California on 15 JanuaryNasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a “serious” but undisclosed issue.The US space agency announced on social media on Friday night that it will aim to have the crew leave the station no... View Source

Stevie Bonifield is a news writer here at The Verge and, they say, “I cover a little bit of just about everything, from the FCC to AI shopping tools to Linux.” Before joining our news team, they wrote weekend news for PC Gamer and did reviews, news, features, and guides for Laptop Mag, along with some stories for Tom’s Guide, IGN, TechRadar, and XDA. “I’ve been reading (and watching) The Verge sin... View Source

Chances are that you're here because you've heard a virtual private network (VPN) can change your virtual location, and want to know what that means. If you know already, head over to my best VPN list to learn which services I recommend for changing your location. But if you're clueless, read on.Whenever any device connects to the internet — whether it's a laptop, a phone or a... View Source

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines... View Source

Diora might be the most ambitious game I've played on the Playdate. It's all about perspective: You turn the handheld's crank to rotate your viewpoint of the bite-size 3D landscapes, which lets you peek around corners to find solutions to various puzzles. On a device with a 1-bit, black-and-white display, the miniature worlds feel miraculous, like little dioramas you can spin around in your hands... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 111, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about gerrymandering and watch conventions and John Ternus, watching F1 and Roofman and half the Mission: Impossible series on p... View Source

The Washington Monument lit up on New Year's Eve in celebration of the Artemis 2 moon mission as well as the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence... View Source

Games Done Quick, the biannual charity speedrunning event currently going on right now, not only helps organizations like the Prevent Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Borders - it helps indie games get noticed, too. Indie game developers face an incredible uphill battle not only getting their projects funded, completed, and launched, but discovered as well. Events like GDQ can be a boon to de... View Source

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news... View Source

Kimiya Yui released the timelapse footage to celebrate his 300th cumulative day spent orbiting Earth... View Source

China has issued draft regulations for the governance of personal information collection from the internet and its use by applicants, as part of its efforts to safeguard users’ rights and promote transparency... View Source

Indonesia blocked access to Grok after an investigation into the artificial intelligence system’s generation of sexual content... View Source

The largest anti-government demonstrations to rock Iran in recent years intensified Friday night, fueling fears of growing fatalities as authorities battle to suppress the protests... View Source

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Friday (Jan. 9), acing its third mission of 2026... View Source

The first medical evacuation in the history of the International Space Station will take place on Jan. 14, when the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission head home... View Source

Ynys Môn (Anglesey): The wolf moon is spectacular enough, but look east and you’ll see a celestial titan the size of a pinprickAs unmissable as new year’s fireworks, the wolf moon held the heavens for the first few nights of January, casting an unearthly radiance over everything, night almost as bright as day. Now, as that moon wanes, prepare to be wowed by a true planetary A-lister: Jupiter... View Source

Millionaires have become far more common over time, driven by global economic growth, inflation, and wealth creation. In the early 20th century, being a millionaire was extremely rare. Historical Number of Millionaires There were estimated to be only about 20 millionaires in 1840 in the USA and around 4,000-5,000 by 1900. Globally, the figure was ... Read more... View Source

NASA plans to roll out its Artemis 2 moon rocket on Jan. 17, keeping the historic mission on track to launch as soon as Feb. 6... View Source

Elon Musk’s Boring Company will soon open new tunnels that will link new stations and will add Robovan around 2027-2028. Current Expansion Plans TBC’s core strategy is building small-diameter tunnels (12-14 feet) for Tesla vehicles, enabling point-to-point transport at speeds up to 150 mph. This contrasts with traditional subways by being cheaper (target: $10M/mile vs. ... Read more... View Source

Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to "triple your crypto," according to a thread on Reddit. The Betterment account says in an X thread that this was an "unauthorized message" that was sent via a "third-party system." Here's the notification that some people got, per a screensh... View Source

Apple Inc. shares are on pace to tie their longest losing streak in more than three decades... View Source

Meta agreed to a series of electricity deals for AI data centers that will make it the biggest buyer of nuclear power among its hyperscaler peers. Paul Meeks, managing director and head of technology research at Freedom Capital Markets, discusses how energy needs and the AI build-out are changing what tech analysts examine. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is seen inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building as teams await the arrival of Artemis II crewmembers to board their Orion spacecraft on top of the rocket as part of the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA/Joel Kowsky As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test f... View Source

Buddyo is a smart base designed to add AI to figurines like Funko Pops using NFC tags. AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year, but among the horde of waddling plushies and light-up emoji eyes, two stood out to me. HeyMates and Buddyo are each betting that the collectible figurine boom is going to come back with an AI-powered vengeance, letting us chat to sports stars... View Source

Snowflake plans to buy AI-powered app monitoring startup Observe, part of its push to expand in the IT operations management software market. Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The splitR Auracast transceiver can attach to an iPhone’s MagSafe spot. One of the issues holding Auracast back from wider mainstream use is some companies' lack of support for the Bluetooth technology - Apple being a prime example. With iOS having 58 percent of the market share in North America and nearly 28 percent worldwide, a decision by Apple to enable native Auracast support would potentiall... View Source

OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. have jointly invested $1 billion in SB Energy, an infrastructure company that’s working with the tech firms on a massive US buildout of data centers to power artificial intelligence... View Source

The FCC authorized SpaceX to deploy & operate up to 15,000 next-gen satellites — enabling even better, faster, and more advanced Internet services in the country. President Trump is restoring America’s technology leadership. NEW today, the FCC authorized SpaceX to deploy & operate up to 15,000 next-gen satellites — enabling even better, faster, and more ... Read more... View Source

Amazon could be taking another, even bigger swing at physical stores, this time with a Walmart-like supercenter. On Tuesday, the Orland Park Plan Commission in the Chicago suburb Orland Park, Illinois voted 6-1 to approve Amazon's proposal to develop 35 acres of land for a 229,000-square foot retail center, as reported by The Information. The development would include a brick-and-mortar supercente... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Meta’s latest energy deals for AI data centers that will make it the biggest buyer of nuclear power among its hyperscaler peers. Plus, MiniMax, one of China’s largest generative AI startups, goes public in Hong Kong. And, Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy talks about the company’s plan to buy AI-powered observability platform Observe. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA will bring four astronauts back to Earth early due to a health issue, leaving the International Space Station with just three crewmembers. But that's the way it used to be... View Source

X is suing music publishers and their trade group, the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), accusing them of attempted coercion in their ongoing battle over licensing, as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. The Elon Musk-owned platform accuses music publishers of colluding with the NMPA to "coerce X into taking licenses to musical works from the industry as a whole, denying X the... View Source

Forgent Power Solutions Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electrical equipment used in data centers, filed for a US initial public offering... View Source

In October, Apple caved to pressure from the Trump administration and removed ICEBlock — and similar apps which crowdsourced the location of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity — from its App Store. Apple's stated rationale? The apps could "be used to harm law enforcement officers." But armed-to-the-teeth ICE officers don’t need protection from civilians. Apple had that ex... View Source

On Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District, hundreds of protesters braved the cold to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after an agent fatally shot a woman at close range on Wednesday. Earlier that day, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's visit to One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan sparked protests outside the building. The day before, Noem... View Source

The US Supreme Court will consider invalidating the Federal Communications Commission’s system for imposing financial penalties in a clash that could put fresh limits on the power of federal regulators... View Source

Amazon is making a return, of sorts, to physical retail via plans to build a big-box retail store in the Chicago suburbs, The Information reports. The 225,000-square foot retail space will open in Orland Park, Illinois, and give the company the opportunity to sell more than just groceries after it closed most of its physical bookstores and gift shops in 2022.The new store will offer in-store shopp... View Source

NASA’s StarBurst instrument outside a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.NASA/Daniel Kocevski Heated, cooled, shaken, and settled – NASA’s StarBurst instrument is several steps closer to being ready for launch. The small satellite is now awaiting instrument calibration following a successful integration in Canada and rigorous testing by engin... View Source

Google rolled out emoji reactions to personal Gmail accounts a little over two years ago, and I completely forgot about it until now - probably because the option is hidden within a small, smiley face icon beside the Forward button. But now, Google is bringing emoji reactions to all Workspace users by default on February 9th, reminding me of their existence (and all the times I could've replied wi... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. is planning a 229,000-square-foot store selling groceries and general merchandise in the Chicago area, a fresh attempt at physical retail that borrows from the big-box store model of such competitors as Walmart Inc. and Target Corp... View Source

The 2026 Timeline: AGI Arrival, Safety Concerns, Robotaxi Fleets This podcast episode, hosted by Peter H. Diamandis on the Moonshots Podcast has Salim Ismail (founder of OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP of Link Ventures), and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder of Reified). The discussion explores the rapid acceleration toward Artificial General Intelligence ... Re... View Source

"These nine objects are special."... View Source

The tech moguls in happier times (at Trump’s inauguration.) Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting booted from Apple's and Google's app stores. The fact that it hasn't happened yet tells me something serious about Silicon Valley's leadership: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are spinele... View Source

Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain... View Source

Shares of Netflix have tumbled since October, when the streaming giant became one of the presumed suitors for Warner Bros. Discovery. But despite a 28% plunge in less than three months, the stock still appears to be too expensive to entice investors, says Bloomberg's Felice Maranz explains. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A new year is the perfect time to get your spending in order, and if you're not trying to build your own spreadsheet, budgeting apps are one of the best ways to do it. To save yourself some money in the process, you can pick up a year-long subscription to Monarch Money, one of Engadget's favorite budgeting apps, for just $50 if you use code NEWYEAR2026 at checkout and you're a new s... View Source

The "Lego Ruler". | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge We just gave the Lego Smart Brick our Best In Show award at CES 2026, and I wanted to stop by The Lego Group's suite to get a last glimpse before I left Las Vegas. To my surprise, the company showed off one more feature I didn't see during my first demo, perhaps the most impressive one should these bricks make their way to adult builders: pre... View Source

OnePay, the Walmart Inc.-backed fintech firm behind the “super app” that the world’s largest retailer is incorporating for customers, recently bought back shares from employees at a price that values the closely-held company at more than $4 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the matter... View Source

Probably my favorite thing about the Lego Smart Play system unveiled this week at CES is that it was designed for kids, first and foremost. In the past 10 years or so, Lego has increasingly courted an older audience with more expensive and elaborate sets. But when it was time to bring more advanced technology to Lego, the idea right from the beginning was more social and interactive play. If... View Source

Several months after Amazon.com Inc. bought artificial intelligence hardware startup Bee, the company said it’s working to make its $50 always-listening wearable more proactive, and indicated a larger revamp is in store... View Source

We’re wrapping up coverage of the biggest tech show in the world. CES 2026 is almost over, and while we have more stories and wrap-ups to come, here are the most interesting products we’ve spotted, written about and critiqued/praised. That includes our picks for the best of CES. We gave out 15 awards as well as our best of show, and you might be surprised by some of our picks — I know I was. Read... View Source

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, it's nowhere to be found at CES 2026. CES isn't a big smartphone show, but there have been more new handsets here than I expected. Samsung gave us our first hands-on look at the Galaxy Z Tri... View Source

Meta aims to future-proof its energy needs by turning to nuclear power in multi-gigawatt deals for AI data centers. Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin discusses Meta’s plan with Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Meta's messaging app WhatsApp could soon be subject to deeper scrutiny (and punishment) under the European Commission's Digital Services Act, Reuters reports. Because the app's broadcasting feature WhatsApp Channels grew to around 51.7 million average monthly active users in the European Union in the first six months of 2025, the feature has crossed the 45-million-person barrier tha... View Source

The launch of an AI image editing feature on xAI’s Grok has caused chaos on X after it was used to generate a flood of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes. As Hayden Field wrote, “screenshots show Grok complying with requests to put real women in lingerie and make them spread their legs, and to put small children in bikinis.” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the deepfakes “disgusting,”... View Source

Matthew Dolgin, Senior Equity Analyst at Morningstar, was interviewed on January 9, 2026, to discuss the competing bids for Warner Brothers Discovery and the broader implications for the streaming industry. Dolgin analyzed the valuation of Warner’s legacy cable networks, noting that while some bidders assign them little to no value, they likely retain some worth, albeit less than the headline bid... View Source

Every third booth at CES showed off some new AI product or other. If you wanted to find a robotic lawn mower, throw a rock. Humanoid robots, smart locks and super thin TVs were everywhere. But if you went looking for sustainability products, you’re going to have to hunt a bit. Last year, the Sustainability section at the Las Vegas Convention Center had 20 booths. This year, there were 38, but that... View Source

The DJI Mavic 4 Pro is a powerful drone featuring three cameras that can capture images in 100MP resolution and video in 6K and it's still at its lowest price... View Source

Meta has forged agreements with three nuclear power providers in an effort to secure the vast amount of electricity it needs to power AI data centers. The agreements with TerraPower (which is backed by Bill Gates), Oklo (backed by Sam Altman), and Vistra are expected to deliver 6.6 gigawatts of energy for Meta's projects by 2035 - which is enough energy to power Ireland. These AI projects include... View Source

“Grand Theft Auto VI’ was first announced for fall 2025 before slipping to May 2026 and then again to Nov. 19, 2026, its current planned date... View Source

ExpressVPN is back on sale again, and its two-year plans are up to 78 percent off right now. You can get the Advanced tier for $101 for 28 months. This is marked down from the $382 that this time frame normally costs. On a per-month basis, it works out to roughly $3.59 for the promo period. We’ve consistently liked ExpressVPN because it’s fast, easy to use and widely available across a large globa... View Source

In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery. And the work to ensure that this first-of-its-kind project can fulfill its ambitious exploration vision is underway in some of the nation’s most advanced space simulation and testing laboratories. From left, Johns Hopkins APL engineers Tyler Rad... View Source

True AGI expected in 2026 (possibly 2027), with superintelligence by ~2030 surpassing all human intelligence combined. 100X Intelligence density increase will reduce the HBM memory bottleneck. 10X AI gains every year going forward. Reusable rockets will be 30 times faster than planes, move more cargo and there will ten times more giant rockets than large ... Read more... View Source

"It's about the themes of love and sacrifice and family. And maybe asking ourselves, 'What am I going to do that adds quality to this world?'"... View Source

In an interview with Netflix's Tudum, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker announced today that the sci-fi anthology series will be returning for an eighth season. "Well, luckily it does have a future, so I can confirm that Black Mirror will return, just in time for reality to catch up with it," Brooker said. "That chunk of my brain has already been activated and is whirring away." Brooker didn't... View Source