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Microsoft has been steadily improving its Paint app for Windows 11 in recent years with a dark mode, transparency and layers, and even AI-powered image creation. Now, Microsoft is adding two new Photoshop-like features to Paint. You’ll soon be able to save your Paint creations as a project file, much like a Photoshop Document (.PSD). The Paint project files are currently being tested with Windows... View Source

Nscale, a little known British data center company that spun out of a crypto miner last year, has found itself at the forefront of a massive artificial intelligence-fueled data center boom... View Source

It's somewhat ironic that Apple, the company that popularized the use of capacitive touchscreens with the iPhone and iPad, has been staunchly opposed to bringing our fingers anywhere near MacBook screens. Meanwhile, Microsoft and PC makers jumped at the opportunity to build touchscreen laptops years ago. The tablet-focused Windows 8 was a failure, sure, but touchscreens led to excellent conve... View Source

Logitech has announced the Astro A20 X wireless gaming headset, which has a feature that console players might appreciate having: it lets you swap between audio from two platforms, be it an Xbox, Switch, PC, or PS5. It launches October 8th for $179.99. The A20 X ships with a transmitter called the Playsync Base that can receive audio inputs via USB from two platforms. When you press the button on... View Source

Logitech hosted its annual G Play showcase today and unveiled a collection of new gaming peripherals. The lineup includes headsets, mice and a keyboard. The G Pro X Superlight 2c is an even more compact redesign of the company's Superlight 2 wireless mouse. This version weighs 51 grams and has up to 95 hours of battery life. It will be available on October 21 and will cost $160. Logitech... View Source

Former CDC chief Susan Monarez testified that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had demanded she rubber-stamp recommendations from his remade vaccine panel... View Source

A new study suggests that a group of cells, key for the health of blood and the immune system, are vulnerable to aging-like processes after spending time on the ISS... View Source

Ask Gemini in Meet can make it seem like you’ve been paying close attention during a call, even if you haven’t. | Image: Google Google is starting the rollout of its Ask Gemini AI assistant in Google Meet, but it will initially only be available to “select Google Workspace customers.” The assistant can answer participant’s questions by referring to captions generated during the call, resources lik... View Source

Susan Monarez told a Senate committee that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded she dismiss career officials without cause—and accept vaccine recommendations regardless of whether science backed them up... View Source

Reddit Inc. is in early talks to strike its next content-sharing agreement with Alphabet Inc.’s Google, aiming to extract more value from future deals now that its data plays a prominent role in search results and generative AI training... View Source

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has asked the CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Valve and Reddit to testify at a hearing on online radicalization. The hearing will be held on October 8, 2025, and is in direct response to the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk, an event some have tried to connect to the online communities the alleged shooter, Tyler R... View Source

A new study from Pew suggests that Americans aren’t particularly optimistic about AI. A full 50 percent of respondents said they were more concerned than excited about the use of AI in their daily lives. That’s down ever so slightly from 52 percent in 2023, but it’s up significantly from 37 percent in 2021.  Americans expressed a number of concerns about AI, chief among them that it will nega... View Source

1789 Capital, an investment fund where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner, has invested alongside Nvidia Corp. in a $1 billion funding round for artificial intelligence company Reflection AI... View Source

Google is partnering with a UK nonprofit to fight non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII). (You may know it better as revenge porn.) Over the coming months, the company will begin using StopNCII's hashes. These user-uploaded digital fingerprints can block individuals' unwanted intimate content from appearing in search results. StopNCII has a pretty neat system to combat revenge porn. Say... View Source

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) It’s been 30 years since the discovery of the first planet around another star like our Sun. With every new discovery, scientists move closer to answering whether there are other planets like Earth that could host life as we know it. NASA/JPL-Caltech The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just ov... View Source

"It's been fantastic to watch 'Foundation' become such a global phenomenon, with fans tuning in from every corner of the world."... View Source

I may show up for the Superstrike, not for the rapid trigger, but for this panda color scheme. | Image: Logitech Logitech’s next flagship wireless gaming mouse is ditching mechanical switches for an analog system equipped with haptics actuators to simulate the feeling of a click. The mouse is called the Pro X2 Superstrike, and it’s coming early next year for $179.99. The inductive analog system (w... View Source

Israel’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday said it completed the development of a powerful laser weapon that will become operational by the end of the year to bolster the country’s multi-level air defenses... View Source

Google's Discover content feed is getting some new features. It'll soon include more than just articles from throughout the web. The company says the platform will be incorporating stuff like social media posts from platforms like Instagram and X along with YouTube Shorts. “In our research, people told us they enjoyed seeing a mix of content in Discover, including videos and social posts... View Source

Technicians completed integrating NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) satellite to an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter ring at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 4. Integrating the rideshares to the ri... View Source

Zoom’s vision of filling meetings with AI clones has nearly arrived. On Wednesday, the video conferencing app announced that you’ll soon be able to create a “photorealistic” avatar of yourself in case you aren’t “camera-ready.” That means your AI avatar can appear polished if you’ve just crawled out of bed. Zoom plans on launching this feature to Workplace users in December, allowing you to genera... View Source

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If you’re in the market for an air fryer, first of all, welcome to the club. A world of perfectly- cooked fries awaits you. But which model to get? Well, you can save some cash right now if you pick Ninja’s Foodi DZ090C 5-in-1 air fryer, which is down to $120 from its regular price of $180 when purchased directly from the brand. That’s a sizable saving of $60. A smaller version of the air fryer we... View Source

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Daily images of ice cover in the Arctic Ocean (left) and around Antarctica reveal sea ice formation and melting at the poles over the course of two years (Sept 14, 2023 to Sept. 13, 2025).Trent Schindler/NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio With the end of summer approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the extent of s... View Source

The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum week to check out the beautiful summer Milky Way... View Source

Garmin’s Venu 4 has up to 12 days of battery life in smartwatch mode. | Image: Garmin Garmin is launching its Venu 4 smartwatch today, expanding on the accessibility and sleep tracking features introduced with the Venu 3 two years ago. It’s available now in 41mm and 45mm models and starts at $549.99 which is $100 more expensive than the Venu 3. Following the Venu 3’s introduction of nap tracking t... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to start working with StopNCII, a nonprofit that helps prevent the spread of nonconsensual images online. For advocates, the move marks a significant, albeit overdue, step in the search giant's efforts against image-based abuse... View Source

The iPhone Air is a device with shorter battery life, fewer cameras and a price tag that’s $200 more than a base iPhone 17. Sure, it’s got a bigger screen and it's unbelievably sleek, but no matter how you slice it, that value proposition doesn’t make sense. At least on paper. That’s because as soon as you hold an iPhone Air, you instantly get a sense that this handset represents much more than a... View Source

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See breathtaking images of September's blood moon total lunar eclipse from Egypt... View Source

AI-generated ads could appear across Amazon’s website and within its other services. Amazon is opening the door to even more AI ads by offering sellers access to a new chatbot that can generate promos with a simple text prompt. With the new tool, Amazon sellers can describe the type of ad they’d like to see, and the AI chatbot will draw from a seller’s brand guidelines, product pages, and other st... View Source

Gemini Space Station Inc. shares extended declines Wednesday to fall below its initial offering price within days of debuting as a public company in the US, tracking some cryptocurrency-related stocks lower... View Source

DJI's flagship Mini 5 Pro consumer drone has arrived and it's the first in the series with a 1-inch sensor camera for improved low-light video. Nearly every other feature has been updated as well, including the obstacle detection, range, subject tracking and more — all for around the same price as its predecessor, the Mini 4 Pro. I've had the drone for just enough time to give some... View Source

6 min read NASA’s IMAP Mission to Study Boundaries of Our Home in Space Summary NASA’s new Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23 to study the heliosphere, a giant shield created by the Sun. The mission will chart the heliosphere’s boundaries to help us better understand the protection it offers life on Earth and how it changes with the... View Source

A newly discovered dinosaur species has been identified from a fossil unearthed in Mongolia that represents the most complete pachycephalosaur specimen yet found... View Source

Watch live as a potentially hazardous asteroid makes a close flyby of Earth on Sept. 18... View Source

The makers of the Starling Home Hub say they have discontinued the popular device. | Image: Starling I have bad news for ecosystem straddlers who use Google Nest products in their smart homes but rely on iPhones and Apple Home for control: the much-loved Starling Home Hub has been discontinued.  In a message on its website, Starling said it can no longer manufacture the hub due to “rapidly r... View Source

Garmin Ltd. on Wednesday introduced several mid-tier watches aimed at mainstream consumers, weeks after refreshing one of its more expensive specialty sports models... View Source

Garmin just announced a refresh of its Bounce smartwatch for kids and the big headline is the exorbitant price. It costs $300, which is twice the cost of the previous generation and $50 more than an Apple Watch SE. The Bounce 2 still offers tracking and communication features, both powered by an LTE connection. The exterior has been completely redesigned, with a rounded 1.2-inch AMOLED display. Th... View Source

NASA/Jonny Kim NASA astronaut Zena Cardman processes bone cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Aug. 28, 2025, as part of an experiment that tests how microgravity affects bone-forming and bone-degrading cells and explore potential ways to prevent bone loss. This research could help protect astronauts on future long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars,... View Source

You can secure doors inside your home with TCL’s smart door knob. | Image: TCL TCL has launched a new budget-friendly smart lock that incorporates all of the electronics into a door knob, making it easy to install on interior home doors that don’t have a dedicated dead bolt. The K1 is available now for $79, and TCL says it will operate for up to 12 months on a set of four AAA batteries that also s... View Source

Microsoft Corp. will pay $6.2 billion to rent AI computing power in Norway... View Source

When you enter the building that houses Apple’s audio lab, venture just beyond reception and you’ll encounter a massive vintage stereo setup. The deck and accompanying speakers were a gift from Steve Jobs to the team of engineers who work in this office. The group sees the old-school tech as a source of inspiration, but also as a reminder of Jobs’ obsession with both music and sound. More than ins... View Source

Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror... View Source

Look, delays happen. The Analogue 3D, a console made to display N64 games in 4K, has had its release window pushed multiple times. That frustrated me for a while because I wanted to get my hands on 8BitDo’s slick 64 Bluetooth controller that was made to go along with the console. Its release was likely planned to coincide with the console, but the controller finally launched just a couple months a... View Source

Lyft Inc. is partnering with Waymo for the first time to offer robotaxi service in Nashville starting next year, a deal that helps it better compete with rival Uber Technologies Inc... View Source

Waymo is plotting a route for Tennessee, as it plans to bring its robotaxis to Nashville. The company expects to start autonomous driving operations in the city in the coming months before opening up to the public in 2026. At the outset, folks in the area will be able to hail a ride via the Waymo app. Down the line, Lyft will be able to match users with Waymo rides in Nashville. Waymo is currently... View Source

The Mokoqi star projector is aimed at babies and young children and is designed to aid sleep with ambient projections but is not scientifically accurate... View Source

Tesla has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a fatal crash in 2019. It’s the latest case to involve Autopilot, Tesla’s advanced driver assist system that the company claims will serve as the foundation for its future in self-driving cars and robotics. The case centers around the death of 15-year-old Jovani Maldonado, who was riding in a truck with his father in California when... View Source

The Pentagon’s sprawling cyber operations involve about 500 organizations and more than 70,000 personnel, numbers that signal significant potential for costly overlap and inefficiency, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office released on Wednesday... View Source

Wacom has announced its latest beginner-friendly graphics tablet, the Wacom One 14. The obvious upgrade from its 2023 predecessor is a larger 14-inch IPS display, which gives digital artists a bit of extra space for their sketching. The bezels have been trimmed down to accommodate the bigger canvas, while keeping the design thin and compact enough to easily throw the Wacom One in a backpack. The 1... View Source

NASA plans to send the ISS into Earth's atmosphere in 2030, and it has no plans for a replacement — at least, not directly... View Source

What we carry says a lot about what’s important to us, who we are, and who we aspire to be. This fall, it’s worth examining what you bring with you every day and thinking about how you could refine it. Perhaps you carry too much, and a utility pouch that’s just a bit bigger than a wallet could reduce (or at least help organize) the clutter in your pockets or purse. Or perhaps you want to be more p... View Source

Colossal Biosciences Inc., a biotechnology startup working to resurrect extinct animals, has raised $120 million from investors including filmmaker Peter Jackson — and its chief executive officer says the company expects to resurrect the dodo in less than seven years... View Source

Proton released Lumo — its privacy-focused chatbot built on open-source models — in mid-July, and, following an update in August that addressed some early issues, I find myself using it more often than ChatGPT or Claude. In a world where internet companies have done so much damage to our society, I'm trying to find more ethical tools. But when the competition offers flashier features in excha... View Source

The turning point seems to have been after 2008, which had the lowest amount of solar activity on record... View Source

Moflin uses touch sensors hidden beneath its fur to detect physical interactions like it being pet. | Image: Casio First announced nearly a year ago, Casio’s robotic pet Moflin has been selling so well in Japan, according to the Wall Street Journal, the company is now expanding its availability to other markets including the UK and the US. Preorders for the gold or silver version of Moflin are now... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. has revamped its artificial intelligence agent for online merchants, an upgrade that could help sellers navigate a holiday shopping season clouded by the trade war between the US and China... View Source

Apple released its thinnest phone yet last week, the iPhone Air, and revealed the new iPhone Air MagSafe Battery alongside it. The existence of a specially-made battery pack wasn’t a big surprise to me, because there had been rumors of the iPhone Air for months leading up to the event. Everyone was prepared for the thinnest iPhone ever to make some battery life sacrifices to achieve its svelte des... View Source

PS5 users can now run select games in “Power Saving” mode and pair DualSense controllers with multiple devices. Sony started beta testing these features in July, but they’re now rolling out to everyone today in the version 25.06-12.00.00 console software update. The new Power Saver mode will reduce the power consumption of PS5 consoles in exchange for scaling back game performance, according to So... View Source

Bankers have lined up around €600 million ($710 million) of debt financing to back Bain Capital’s acquisition of Dutch technology services company HSO... View Source

We were pretty underwhelmed by the iPhone 16e when it debuted earlier this year, mostly due to its $599 price tag, which makes it a poor replacement for the budget-oriented iPhone SE. And now that the iPhone 17 has debuted, the 16e makes even less sense. For $200 more, you get a larger and better screen with ProMotion, support for MagSafe wireless charging, a zippier processor, two cameras instead... View Source

It's very thin. And very light. And quite nice to look at. It also only has one camera, the battery life isn't amazing, and it's not like Apple saved some special new software feature for its fanciest phone. The new iPhone Air is just… the nice one. So where does that leave the Air? And where does that leave anyone trying to decide which iPhone to buy? On this episode of The Vergecast, we try and... View Source

Nokia Oyj has created a new artificial intelligence department and hired a former Intel Corp. executive to lead a push into the technology, as part of a strategic shift under new Chief Executive Officer Justin Hotard... View Source

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has reportedly banned the country's local tech companies from purchasing NVIDIA's newest AI chip made for the region. According to the Financial Times, the internet regulator told Chinese tech companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to cancel their orders for and to stop testing NVIDIA's RTX Pro 6000D. After receiving the directive fr... View Source

Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our vision out into the cosmos... View Source

Little wonder. The iPhone Air is as much a statement as it is a phone. It says something about the person using it: that they don't mind giving up a few things for a phone that's meaningfully thinner and lighter. That they can give up all those extra cameras on the back and just live with one. That they, well, went out and bought The New iPhone - one that makes everyone go "Whooooaaa" when they ho... View Source

Funding round is led by Disruptive, includes Blackrock and Neuberger Berman... View Source

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On Guido Reichstadter's 17th day without eating, he said he was feeling alright - moving a little slower, but alright. Each day since September 2nd, Reichstadtler has appeared outside the San Francisco headquarters of AI startup Anthropic, standing from around 11AM to 5PM. His chalkboard sign states "Hunger Strike: Day 15," though he actually stopped eating on August 31st. The sign calls for Anthr... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Yoolim Lee reports on the reverberations after a large group of Korean engineers were detained by ICE... View Source

Scientists are uncovering how your gut might be shaping your thoughts, feelings and cravings... View Source

The next generation of Apple’s MacBook Pro laptops could be the first to feature a touchscreen display, according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The change could apply to OLED MacBook Pro models that are expected to enter production by late 2026, Kuo reported on X, and will incorporate a “touch panel using on-cell touch technology.” This builds on previous reports from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurm... View Source

BlackRock Inc. is revamping its massive fixed-income division around new investment strategies and artificial intelligence, as the unit’s leveraged finance business moves under an executive team from the firm’s newly acquired HPS Investment Partners... View Source

Located in China, Juno is a 17-country collaboration that will try to detect neutrinos and antineutrinos to learn more about their mass... View Source

China’s internet watchdog has instructed companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd. to terminate orders for Nvidia Corp.’s RTX Pro 6000D, the Financial Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

"Without satellite-enabled communication and precise location identification, this rescue could have stretched from hours into days."... View Source

The Wacom One 14 features a bigger display with smaller bezels. Wacom has introduced a new 14-inch creative display tablet to its entry-level product line for students and hobbyists. The Wacom One 14 is a smidge larger than the One 12 and One 13 touch pen display tablets that Wacom launched in 2023, providing a bigger digital canvas for users to sketch, edit photos, and sculpt 3D models while stil... View Source

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and South African Trade Minister Parks Tau are expected to meet on Thursday in a bid to resolve an impasse over tariffs, people with knowledge of the matter said... View Source

Business Insider reportedly says journalists can use AI to write drafts. Business Insider has told journalists they can use AI to create first drafts of stories and suggested it won’t notify readers that AI was used, according to Status, a newsletter covering the media industry. The policy makes the outlet one of the first to formally allow such extensive use of the technology. The AI guidelines w... View Source

After more than a year of negotiations, the US and China have struck a framework agreement to hive off the US operations of social media platform TikTok to a consortium that includes software giant Oracle Corp. If the deal is finalized, it would resolve a persistent issue in Beijing-Washington relations that has become entangled in broader negotiations over trade... View Source

Apple Inc.’s smartphone sales in China in the weeks leading up to the iPhone 17 launch fell 6% from the year-earlier period, a deeper slump than is typical ahead of a new flagship product release... View Source

Private equity giants Blackstone Inc. and BlackRock Inc. are vying to invest billions of dollars with Saudi Arabia’s new artificial intelligence company, Humain, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Uber Technologies Inc has launched Uber Safari for expeditions into the Nairobi National Park, the world’s only wildlife park within a capital city... View Source

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has secured high-profile customer in China Unicom for its AI chips, suggesting the Chinese tech leader’s nascent semiconductor efforts are gaining traction in its home market... View Source

Climate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers, which were the three hottest on record... View Source

ServiceNow Inc. is expanding to West Palm Beach, Florida, opening a location for several hundred employees in a planned office tower being developed by billionaire Stephen Ross, the famed New York real estate magnate who broke from Related Cos. last year to focus on his Florida projects under the name Related Ross... View Source

Chinese technology stocks listed in Hong Kong jumped to their highest level in almost four years as optimism over artificial intelligence fueled demand... View Source

Baidu Inc. shares jumped by the most in over two years after an analyst upgraded the Chinese internet firm, citing the growth potential for its in-house chip business... View Source

Companies in China’s technology sector have been raising billions in capital to advance their artificial intelligence capabilities and other digital infrastructure... View Source

Shares of chipmakers rose on Tuesday as the group posted its longest winning streak in almost eight years... View Source

It’s leaning heavily on Google DeepMind’s latest video-generation model and other AI tools to lure creators and keep pace with rivals... View Source

Chinese internet firms are raising a record amount of funds in Hong Kong’s dim sum bond market, as they look to secure cheap financing to power their artificial intelligence ambitions... View Source

SpaceX is working with microchip manufacturers to embed devices in phones to support its nascent Starlink satellite-to-cell service, a key step following the Elon Musk-led company’s $17 billion deal to acquire wireless spectrum from EchoStar Corp... View Source

Microsoft Corp. will invest $30 billion in the UK as part of a push to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure and build the country’s largest supercomputer... View Source

The latest generation of smartwatches is looking to the skies to expand their connectivity capabilities. The Apple Watch Ultra 3 will be the second mainstream smartwatch (not counting the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro) to support satellite communications, and the new connectivity feature is one of a few changes coming to the device. Other upgrades include the S10 chip, a slightly larger display, bigger batte... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss a probe by US auto safety regulators into issues with some Tesla vehicles’ door handles that can result in people being trapped inside, following a Bloomberg report. Plus, Google plans to invest nearly $7 billion over two years in the UK to build out the country’s AI economy. And the ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott explains why the company is expanding... View Source

The tenth generation of the Apple Watch came and went without much fanfare last year, and the arrival of the Series 11 is similarly subdued. Not much appears to have changed with Apple’s smartwatch, with no redesign to be seen. Still, that isn’t to say the Apple Watch Series 11 is unimpressive or unexciting. It has new health-related features, improved durability, 5G connectivity, support for a wr... View Source

Northrop Grumman's new "Cygnus XL" cargo ship won't arrive at the ISS on Wednesday morning (Sept. 17) as planned after suffering a thruster issue in orbit... View Source

As Chinese consumers snag 14-cent coffees and 50-cent meals thanks to a fierce price war among food delivery platforms, restaurants and tea chains are counting the cost of vanishing footfalls... View Source

A potential TikTok deal emerged Monday between the US and China, two days before the Trump administration's latest sell or be banned deadline. Now, attention is shifting to the app's Chinese algorithm, with the Financial Times reporting it will be used in the US version.  Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the China's national internet regulator, told reporters that the deal incl... View Source

Figure AI makes humanoid robots and they have raised $1 billion where the company is valued at $39 billion. Figure’s CEO, Brad Adcock, dropped the news at a TED Talk. This $1 billion funding (Series C round) comes from heavy hitters like Nvidia, Salesforce, T-Mobile and Intel. Even Brookfield, a giant in global infrastructure, invested. ... Read more... View Source

Collapsed fintech startup Linqto Inc. agreed to a deal to repay customers who were wrongly promised that they could get stakes in hard-to-acquire, private companies... View Source

Folks in the US can now snap up the first smart projector that's powered by Roku tech. The Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube is available on Amazon for a regular price of $250. Until October 1, though, there's a coupon that drops the price to $180 (a discount of $70). There was a Roku-branded 3M projector that arrived all the way back in 2012, but that required a Roku Streaming Stick. The ne... View Source

US lawmakers are asking Futurewei, a subsidiary of the blacklisted Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co., to explain why it shared buildings in Silicon Valley with Nvidia Corp., thrusting the US chipmaker into the crossfire of an investigation into possible Chinese espionage... View Source

Gig economy platform Fiverr is laying off 250 employees as it pivots to being an "AI-first company," CEO Micha Kaufman shared in an essay on X. The move affects around 30 percent of the company's staff, The Register writes, and it's not uncommon among tech companies in 2025. Duolingo announced similar plans to become "AI-first" in April. Kaufman describes this process... View Source

Science may need to increasingly rely on wealthy patrons, but privately funded projects don’t always pan out... View Source

NASA is working on finding landing sites for future moon astronauts. Part of the work includes thinking about how to prepare for eventual Mars missions with astronauts... View Source

The first people in line on Tuesday, I was told, started camping out on the sidewalk two days ago. Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, was due in court at 9AM ET for a hearing in one of three concurrent criminal cases against him. And this time everyone was prepared for the mayhem: the signs, the fans, the livestreamers, the protest... View Source

Microsoft Corp., OpenAI and other American companies announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on technology infrastructure in the UK, part of a series of business deals that coincide with President Donald Trump’s visit to the nation this week... View Source

LimeWire has announced that it's acquired the rights to Fyre Festival, the disastrous, influencer-fueled 2017 music festival. The newly revived company — which now acts as a NFT music marketplace rather than a file-sharing service — bought the rights for $245,000 in an eBay auction, The New York Times reports. A separate plan to use the Fyre Festival name to launch a new music streaming servi... View Source

Play this crossword inspired by the October 2025 issue of Scientific American... View Source

The father of a teenager who died by suicide this spring delivered emotional congressional testimony Tuesday, alleging OpenAI’s ChatGPT “groomed” his 16-year-old son to take his own life and the company prioritized speed and market share over youth safety... View Source

Amazon will host a press event at the end of the month with some new hardware developments. It's scheduled for September 30 at 10AM ET in New York City. Here's what we think will be discussed at the fall event. In February, Amazon introduced some improvements to its voice assistant, promising that Alexa+ would be more conversational and more helpful thanks to generative AI. It seems like... View Source

Science in meter and verse... View Source

Astronomers have solved the mystery of a star that has baffled scientists for over a century, finding it is a cannibal white dwarf about to blow in an explosion that will be visible with the naked eye... View Source

Microsoft’s former store in London. | Photo: Getty Images Microsoft is announcing that it’s investing £22 billion (around $30 billion) in the UK to help support AI infrastructure and ongoing operations from 2025 through 2028. The investment includes $15 billion in capital expenditures to build a supercomputer to support AI demand and adoption. “This will account for more than two-thirds of the tec... View Source

Fears that artificial intelligence will force companies to spend more on security software are helping to drive demand for Netskope Inc.’s initial public offering... View Source

Who says journalism is dead? Less than a week after Bloomberg published a damning report about Tesla's "dangerous doors," the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now looking into it. On Tuesday, the regulator said it opened an investigation into the automaker's electrically powered doors. The problem: They stop working if the vehicle's low-voltage... View Source

Pets can improve your health—but only if you have a strong relationship with the animals... View Source

A hidden magnetic island inside a coronal hole unleashed a surprise G3 storm, sparking dazzling displays across the US... View Source

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company was attempting to balance privacy, freedom, and teen safety - principles that, he admitted, were in conflict. His blog post came hours before a Senate hearing focused on examining the harm of AI chatbots, held by the subcommittee on crime and counterterrorism and featuring some parents of children who died by suicide after talking to chatbots... View Source

TikTok’s American operations would be acquired by an investor consortium that includes Oracle Corp., Andreessen Horowitz and private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC under a framework deal that US President Donald Trump is set to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week... View Source

The plan to "save" TikTok is starting to come into focus. On Tuesday The Wall Street Journal reported more details about a deal between the US and China as the two sides are apparently "finalizing" specifics of the arrangement. According to the report, TikTok's US business will be owned primarily by a group of US investors, which will have a "roughly" 80 percent... View Source

More than 13.8 million Americans could have Alzheimer’s by 2060, and at the rate care facilities are closing, many of them will have nowhere to go. Regina Shih of the State Alzheimer’s Research Support Center (StARS) wants to help solve that problem... View Source

A new emulator is tackling the near-impossible task of mapping the universe's large-scale structure without sacrificing intricate details... View Source

Editor's note: This issue of Regulator was sent to subscribers prior to the release of the indictment against Tyler Robinson. Though we have more hints about Robinson's motives, what follows is still accurate about the videogame-referencing memes being a red herring. Hello and welcome to Regulator. For a moment, the fatal shooting of conservative activist and influencer Charlie Kirk last week push... View Source

President Donald Trump again extended the deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to divest the platform’s US operations — this time until Dec. 16 — staving off a nationwide shutdown of the app... View Source

In what's most definitely (not) the biggest Hades news of the week, the acclaimed game is coming to Game Pass. Not the long-awaited sequel, mind you, but the 2020 original. At least subscribers can catch up on the first game while waiting out the sequel's Switch exclusivity window. Hades will be available for Game Pass Ultimate, PC, and Standard tiers. This isn't the roguelike'... View Source

While our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease is far from complete, the latest therapies, and others in more than 100 clinical trials, offer new hope... View Source

Chants of "Save NASA!" echoed through downtown Washington, D.C., Monday(Sept. 15) as agency workers and supporters rallied outside NASA headquarters... View Source

Consumer Reports is calling on Microsoft to extend the October 14th deadline that will cut off free security updates for Windows 10 computers. In a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Consumer Reports says the move will “strand millions of consumers” who have machines incompatible with Windows 11. As noted by Consumer Reports, data suggests that around 46.2 percent of people around the world st... View Source

Tether Holdings SA is returning to the US and bidding to become the dominant stablecoin issuer in the country, the company’s executives said Tuesday... View Source

The free Apple Sports app just added widgets, which has been a long-requested feature. This allows users to build their own custom widgets to follow the teams and organizations of their choosing. Once placed, it'll just take a quick swipe on the device to check out scores, statistics, upcoming matches and more. Widgets are available on iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. This feature will opera... View Source

NASA researchers Matt Gregory, right, Arwa Awiess, center, and Andrew Guion, left, discuss live flight data being ingested at the Mission Visualization and Research Control Center (MVRCC) at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on Aug. 21, 2025.NASA/ Brandon Torres-Navarrete NASA and its partners recently tested a tool for remotely piloted operations that could enable o... View Source

Inertial confinement reactors, stellarators and tokamaks each have pros and cons... View Source

The post was up on Natalie's private Facebook page for 20 minutes - a crude joke about Charlie Kirk's death. When her husband suggested the comment was a bit much, she deleted it. The next day, Natalie received the first email telling her to kill herself. It didn't even take 24 hours to go viral. In the 20 minutes the post was live, someone had taken a screenshot of it. She doesn't know how the sc... View Source

Mexican tycoon Ricardo Salinas is wading more into politics, announcing an organizing campaign to oppose the government of leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum, asking citizens to join him to fight crime and corruption... View Source

Another family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against popular AI chatbot tool Character AI. This is the third suit of its kind after a 2024 lawsuit, also against Character AI, involving the suicide of a 14-year-old in Florida, and a lawsuit last month alleging OpenAI's ChatGPT helped a teenage boy commit suicide. The family of 13-year-old Juliana Peralta alleges that their daughter turned... View Source

Please fill out the form below to request registration for the 2026 Moon to Mars Architecture workshops. A request to register does not guarantee participation in the event. Form coming soon…... View Source

Breakthrough therapies, new diagnostics and preventive measures for fighting a devastating disease... View Source

The Palm Lock’s infrared sensor identifies users through the veins in their hands. | Image: Wyze Wyze has announced its first smart door lock that can be opened by simply hovering your open hand over it. The Wyze Palm Lock is launching today for $129.98 making it more affordable than similar palm-scanning smart locks including the $359.99 Philips Smart Deadbolt that launched last year. But your pa... View Source

Former Wirecard AG executive Jan Marsalek is living in Moscow and seems to be working with Russian intelligence services, according to a joint investigation by a consortium of media organizations... View Source

Annapurna Interactive is hosting a games showcase on September 23, 2025 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT to show off three of its upcoming games. The publisher says the "Annapurna Interactive Direct from Tokyo" will stream on YouTube and feature new games from Kyoto-based developer Marumittu Games, Iridium Studios and Yarn Owl. Annapurna Interactive held its previous games showcase this past February... View Source

Educators, join our free two-part webinar, and learn about bringing coding and citizen science to your learners! The Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a science and education program that focuses on advancing Earth systems science through data collection and analysis by citizen scientists. These webinars introduce GLOBE Mission Mosquito—a global program... View Source

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As warming temperatures bring more extreme rain to the mountains, debris flows are on the rise... View Source

Newly released images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 show that the plasma that swirls around it has unexpectedly reversed directions... View Source

Waymo is now permitted to test its robotaxi service at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), a big win for the company as it seeks to expand its service area and tackle more popular, revenue-generating destinations. After years of back-and-forth negotiations, Waymo signed “Testing and Operations Pilot Permit” with SFO, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said in a release. Under the agreement, W... View Source

The cyberattack that’s brought Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc factories to a standstill is affecting suppliers, with some European parts makers forced to pause or scale back their own production... View Source

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up on the latest blockbuster AI lawsuit, this time against Chinese company MiniMax, owner of Hailuo AI. The three mega-studios, which collectively represent over half of the US box office take, filed suit in California against the AI-powered image and video generation platform alleging that it "pirates and plunders Plaintiffs’ copyright... View Source

A new generation of Alzheimer’s blood tests could speed up diagnosis and access to care—but they also raise thorny questions about prediction, treatment and uncertainty... View Source

The updated and non-VR version of the latest first-person Alien video game is spreading to all current-gen platforms... View Source

Features like AI-powered stream highlights aim to give creators more ways to quickly monetize their content. YouTube is introducing some live streaming features that give content creators new ways to grow their audiences and interact with viewers. The updates were announced at the Made on YouTube event today, and include simultaneous horizontal and vertical streams, AI-powered livestream highlight... View Source

Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest crypto exchange, is moving toward a potential deal with the US Justice Department that would allow it to drop a key oversight requirement in its $4.3 billion settlement of allegations that it didn’t do enough to prevent money laundering, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

The hit survival sim Valheim will be released for the PS5 in 2026, ending years of speculation. The year is all we got, as developer Iron Gate AB didn't announce an actual release date. Still, it's better than nothing. We do know that the PS5 version will feature full crossplay with all other platforms, so that's good. Piktiv, a company that regularly assists Iron Gate with Valheim... View Source

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July 23, 2025. This view combines x-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (in pink, blue, purple, and orange), infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (in yellow, gold,... View Source

After nearly 40 years of global efforts, the ozone hole over Antarctica is continuing to heal... View Source

Humanity can establish a self-sustaining settlement on Mars in the next 30 years, provided our heavy-lift launch technology advances as planned, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said... View Source

Tesla is under investigation for faulty electronic door handles that can trap people inside their vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched the probe, saying it was responding to numerous complaints filed by Tesla owners, with a particular focus on children who have been locked inside the vehicle without any way to get out. The news comes a few days after Bloomb... View Source

Oracle Corp. shares rose on news that negotiations over the future of TikTok are progressing, relieving some uncertainty around one of the software company’s key customers... View Source

Starting on Wednesday, it'll be much easier to switch between devices with your PlayStation controller. That's when the PS5 update Sony promised in July begins rolling out. Jumping between your console and, say, Windows will be as simple as pressing a button combo. Up to this point, you've had to unpair and repair your DualSense controller each time. After installing tomorrow's... View Source

Black Americans face a significantly higher risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias than white Americans. Researchers are working to find out why that is and how to intervene... View Source

We rate the Orzorz as the best viral star projector on the market and it's now under $50 before Amazon's Prime Day in October offers are live... View Source

Google is testing a new search app for Windows. A blog post on Tuesday said the app, currently available on personal accounts via Google’s Search Labs, will allow you to use an Alt + Space shortcut to search for information from the files on your computer, in your Drive, and on the web. The app, which has a Chrome-like install process and requires you to sign in, also comes with Google’s visu... View Source

As Jonathan Roll neared completion of a master's degree in science and technology policy at Arizona State University three years ago, he did some research into recent developments by China's ascendant space program. He came away impressed by the country's growing ambitions. Now a full-time research analyst at the university, Roll was recently asked to take a deeper dive into Chinese space plans. "... View Source

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening an investigation to see if Tesla door handles are defective. The door handles do not open if the car loses power, posing a safety risk to those inside. The move comes days after a Bloomberg News investigation uncovered a series of incidents in which people were injured or died after they were unable to open doors when Tesla's lost power... View Source

It wasn't until your average electric car started managing 200 miles on a charge that the buying populace started getting over their range anxiety. That means electric motorcycles, with ranges often measured in double digits, remain a bit of a tough sell for mass-market buyers. The focus, then, seems to be "for a good time, not a long time," and that's very much the case o... View Source

A more circular economy in textiles is a good look for the planet... View Source

A spectacular partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of the southern hemisphere this week... View Source

YouTube’s big Made On event for the “next 20” years of its streaming platform includes new features that will change the way creators make money off of the videos you watch. They include new links directing viewers on where to find products online and the ability to switch up the sponsored ads you see featured by creators. Support for dynamically inserting brand segments that can be swapped in and... View Source

MGX, an Abu Dhabi-backed investment company focused on artificial intelligence, joined private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC in a 51% acquisition of Intel Corp.’s Altera, which makes programmable chips... View Source

YouTube held an event today aimed at creators and announced all kinds of new tools, many of which include AI in one way or another. Let's get into some of the more interesting drops. There's an AI tool that can automatically edit raw footage into a "compelling first draft." It'll create a video complete with "music, transitions and voiceover." It's being tes... View Source

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy’s less sparkly components — gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium. One of Roman’s major observing programs, called the Galactic Plane Survey, will peer through our galaxy to its most distant edge, mapping roughly 20 billion stars—about four times more than have current... View Source

New Alzheimer’s drugs known as anti-amyloid therapies may slow disease progression—but they also carry serious risks, including brain bleeds and strokelike symptoms... View Source

The Apple Watch Braided Solo Loop is $29.99 ($69 off) at Woot. The new Apple Watch lineup launches on Friday, and Woot has a well-timed sale on an assortment of Apple’s Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop watchbands. Solo Loop bands are marked down to $14.99 ($34 off), while Braided Solo Loop bands are on sale for $29.99 ($69 off). These bands are also compatible with previous-generation Apple Watch m... View Source

Elon Musk says to Tesla shareholders, "Daddy is very much home." In a post on X, Musk said he's going to be in Austin working on their AI5 chip design and holding meetings about AI, data centers and vehicle output. Shares rose on the news. Bloomberg's Craig Trudell reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

OpenAI is developing a system designed to automatically identify teen users and restrict their usage of ChatGPT. In a blog post published Tuesday, the company said the new experience would come with age-appropriate policies, including a block of graphic sexual content. "In cases of acute distress," the system will also have the capability to contact law enforcement to ensure user safety... View Source

The IAU (International Astronomical Union), an international non-governmental research organization and global naming authority for celestial objects, has approved official names for features on Donaldjohanson, an asteroid NASA’s Lucy spacecraft visited on April 20. In a nod to the fossilized inspiration for the names of the asteroid and spacecraft, the IAU’s selections recognize significant sites... View Source

Time crystals, a state of matter once thought physically impossible, could soon be on a banknote... View Source

The 1,115-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis will pass closer to Earth than many satellites fly in April 2029, giving scientists and stargazers a rare front-row seat... View Source

In late August, two pro-AI super PACs were announced on the same day, intent on shaping the upcoming midterm elections. One was a fairly traditional super PAC, announced via a splashy press release, with multiple major industry players planning to donate over $100 million to boost AI-friendly candidates across the country. The other was far more unusual. Meta had quietly filed to create the Mobili... View Source

Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Video has become the first major tech streamer to strike a deal with Augusta National Golf Club, airing the early rounds of the Masters Tournament in 2026... View Source

KPop Demon Hunters has been the talk of the town since debuting on Netflix in June. Now, the Huntr/X singers might be taking over a new area: gaming. Kpop Demon Hunters is reportedly coming to Fortnite. Two Fortnite leakers, SpushFNBR and Loolo, posted the news on X (formerly Twitter), citing a "reliable source." Little to nothing is known about what a crossover would entail but the duo... View Source

A Webby Award is photographed Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA/Keegan Barber NASA has earned a spot on The Webby 30, a curated list celebrating 30 companies and organizations that have shaped the digital landscape. “This honor reflects the talent of NASA’s communications professionals who bring our story to life,” said Will Boyington,... View Source

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TikTok might not finalize its deal to sell its US operations for at least another month. Sources tell CNBC’s David Faber that the US and China might close on an agreement within the next 30 to 45 days, while Oracle will remain the app’s cloud partner, allowing it to continue routing US user data on American servers. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that the US and China h... View Source

Rewards startup Fetch increased the size of its credit facility with Morgan Stanley’s private credit arm by roughly 30% to $110 million as it prepares to launch a new platform and push deeper into artificial intelligence... View Source

In 2023, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and a handful of other music labels filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, which sought to preserve and digitize 78 rpm shellac records. Now, both parties have announced in a filing that they have reached a settlement and that they're filing to dismiss the lawsuit within 45 days. The plaintiffs said in t... View Source

Early studies suggest that lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise and social engagement may help slow or prevent Alzheimer’s symptoms—but the evidence is inconsistent, and many doctors remain cautious... View Source

Astronomers say that mysterious interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS are the most common large bodies in the Milky Way — and our best chance to study other planetary systems... View Source

The Epson Lifestudio Flex Plus projector includes ambient lighting so it can double as a bedside lamp. | Image: Epson Epson announced five new projectors today as part of a new Lifestudio brand. The lineup includes portable projectors and an ultra-short throw model designed to be part of a permanent home theater setup, with a mix of 4K and 1080P options. All five models feature built-in speakers d... View Source

Figure AI Inc., a company developing humanoid robots, has received more than $1 billion in committed capital in a financing round that values it at $39 billion, a deal that would make it one of the most valuable startups... View Source

If there's one thing devices don't have, it's enough memory. No matter how much your phone or console comes with, it's never too long before you need to start deleting stuff. With that in mind, we're always happy to see one of our favorite memory cards go on sale. Right now, you can buy the Samsung Evo Select MicroSD card for $20, down from $27. The 26 percent discount brings it to only $2 more th... View Source

Which of these knots are secretly “unknots”? Try our math puzzle to find out... View Source

Aurzen’s D1R Cube projector trades Google TV for Roku TV. | Image: Roku Aurzen has announced a new portable projector that will be the first to run the Roku TV OS already found on TVs from brands like TCL and Hisense. The new Aurzen D1R Cube will have access to popular streaming apps like Netflix, Disney Plus, and Amazon Prime, plus Roku Originals and over 500 FAST live channels. The D1R Cube is a... View Source

Vanara, a spinoff of TPG, led the latest funding round. ... View Source

Hydrow is adding a third model to its lineup of snazzy modern-day rowing machines, and this time it’s bringing along a dollop of AI. The Hydrow Arc sits on the same footprint as its former Pro machine, but gets a bigger, 24-inch touchscreen display. It’s also equipped with what the company is calling “premium sound” and better workout recommendations. But what the company really wants to talk abou... View Source

Tiny fossils hint at when birds began making their mind-blowing journey to the Arctic to breed... View Source

Even though they're far from home, astronauts on the International Space Station still have normal routines, including getting regular haircuts... View Source