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Anthropic PBC has agreed to pay Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly $45 billion over the next three years for computing resources as part of an expanded deal to support its Claude artificial intelligence software, according to a securities filing... View Source

SpaceX filed publicly for its initial public offering, moving Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence company a step closer to delivering the world’s biggest-ever debut. Ed Ludlow has more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk's companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often difficult to keep track of. This is evident in ways that are both obvious and less so. A CTRL-F search for "Tesla" yields 87... View Source

Varde Partners is looking to launch a $1 billion private debt fund focused on Asia, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be one of the largest such fundraisings in the region this year... View Source

President Lee Jae Myung came to power promising stronger labor protection and social cohesion, while vowing to transform South Korea into an AI powerhouse competing with the US and China. Now, those ambitions are starting to collide... View Source

The ChatGPT maker is pushing ahead with a public offering after a judge dismissed Musk’s case against it... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are BNP Paribas’ Greg Boutle, UBS’ Michael Lasser, Airbnb CEO & Co-Founder Brian Chesky, Cava CEO & Co-Founder Bret Schulman, Research Affiliates CIO of Equities Que Nguyen, Redpoint Ventures Managing Director Erica Bresci... View Source

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., the country’s largest telecom operator, reported a full-year net profit of S$5.61 billion ($4.4 billion), lifted by gains from stake sales in Bharti Airtel Ltd... View Source

President Donald Trump is poised to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday aimed at bolstering artificial intelligence cybersecurity and has asked tech industry leaders to join for the event, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk can boost his overall compensation if the company succeeds in building colonies on Mars and data centers in space, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday... View Source

AMD is taking a direct shot at NVIDIA's DGX Spark with its $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo PC... View Source

Kalshi Inc. raised an additional $200 million from two new investors, broadening a funding round that had already brought in $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the situation... View Source

Matthew Ball is the new chief strategy officer for Xbox ahead of Project Helix... View Source

After nearly a quarter of a century operating as a private company, with its financial accounts a closely guarded secret, SpaceX on Wednesday afternoon released a detailed accounting of its business in a nearly 400-page S-1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. SpaceX, founded in 2002 and still led by Elon Musk, submitted the filing in anticipation of an initial public offering of... View Source

Nvidia delivered a sales forecast of about $91 billion for the three months ending in July, but drew a lukewarm reaction from investors. Ed Ludlow breaks down the company's earnings. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The newly "all-Apple district" will replace 30,000 Windows and Chromebook devices across its public schools... View Source

Antonio Gracias, the founder of Valor Equity Partners and a longtime Elon Musk ally, controls a 7.3% stake in SpaceX, making him the second-largest holder after Musk himself that will earn the investor a giant windfall... View Source

Elon Musk’s legal battle against OpenAI has hung over the ChatGPT maker for more than two years, threatening to unravel its restructuring as a for-profit business and undermine its plans to go public.Now that a judge has dismissed the billionaire’s case, OpenAI appears intent on moving ahead with its Wall Street debut. The company aims to file for an initial public offering in the coming days or w... View Source

Even though Disney really wants you in its own app, it isn't killing off Hulu... View Source

Satellites forced to avoid space debris appear to have lost some of their data due to the movement. They've also lost precious fuel... View Source

SpaceX's IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk's AI financials and more details about his ambitions... View Source

Anthropic PBC is on pace for its first profitable quarter after experiencing a surge in revenue driven by demand for its artificial intelligence software... View Source

The paperwork sheds new light on the company that will soon trade as SPCX... View Source

Elon Muks's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing... View Source

Let’s unpack what Demis Hassabis said at the end of yesterday’s Google I/O keynote. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. This week's issue is a special early edition tied to The Verge's Google I/O coverage. You can expect our next issue at its usua... View Source

SpaceX filed publicly for its initial public offering, moving Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence company a step closer to delivering the world’s biggest-ever debut. Anthony Hughes, Bloomberg News Equity Capital Markets Reporter joins to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Elon Musk's xAI surprised the AI world when it made a deal to sell compute to Anthropic. Now we know how much it's worth... View Source

Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite operations company, with extensive contracts with US, to go public next monthSpaceX unveiled its plans to list publicly on the US stock market Wednesday, disclosing its investor prospectus and revealing details about its financials for the first time. Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite operations company will go public next month at a valuation of around $1.75tn.The... View Source

Elon Musk's final frontier is officially open for business now that SpaceX has formally filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC. That kicks off what could be the largest initial public offering ever when it lists on the Nasdaq stock exchange with the ticker SPCX. According to the filing, SpaceX generated $18.67 billion in revenue in 2025, driven largely by its Starlink satellite internet service. Sp... View Source

Nvidia reports earnings of $1.87 per share for the fiscal 1Q topping estimates of $1.77. Revenue for the quarter ending in July is projected to be $91 billion, compared with Wall Street estimates of about $87.4 billion. Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick and Matt Bryson of Wedbush Securities discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Team WINGMAN from South Dakota State University, comprised of (from left to right) Todd Letcher (advisor), Matthew Wieberdink, Owen Diede, Christian Lee, and Anders Olsen, took home first place at the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Forum held at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Steven Holz, NASA sponsor and GBS Chair and judge, presented the award. Credit: NASA/Mark Knopp The Sout... View Source

SpaceX has finally made the contents of its IPO filing public, weeks ahead of what is expected to be the largest IPO ever... View Source

Nvidia Corp., the world’s most valuable company, disappointed investors with its latest sales forecast, adding to concerns about growing competition in the AI chip industry... View Source

Finally, the Google I/O announcement you've been waiting for... View Source

An international team of researchers say they've found a more efficient route from Earth to the moon using advanced computer modeling... View Source

Wally Cheng, head of global technology M&A at Morgan Stanley, and Tammy Kiely, senior managing director in technology investment banking at Evercore, join Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Kobo's Storygraph integration launches in June and will automatically sync progress with the reading platform... View Source

The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge — the fifth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a competition to advance persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. NASA Flight Opportunities invites applicants to propose a payload that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit. Up to three winners will each receive up to $500,000 to develo... View Source

The U.S. military test-launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 20, 2026... View Source

Jean Salata, chair of EQT Group, joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." EQT manages around $310 billion in assets. EQT this week won the mandate to manage a new EU fund for investing in quantum computing, artificial intelligence and other deep tech companies. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

OpenAI's potential IPO would come after a jury sided with CEO Sam Altman in a legal battle with Elon Musk... View Source

Concepto artístico de astronautas trabajando en la superficie lunar.Crédito: NASA Read this news release in English here. La NASA ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa el martes 26 de mayo a las 2 p.m. EDT (hora del este) para compartir los planes para la Base Lunar y destacar los avances hacia una presencia sostenida en la superficie lunar. La sesión informativa para los medios tendrá lugar en la se... View Source

SpaceX has stacked its Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster at the company's new Starbase launch pad, ahead of the rocket's 12th test flight... View Source

Volvo once had ambitions to fully exit the gas car business. Now it's trying to keep its tenuous foothold in the EV market. It's not an understatement to say that Volvo's EV journey has been a bumpy one. The compact EX40 has been a consistent winner, but the Swedish brand's other EVs have been plagued with problems. The EX90 was supposed to be a bold statement for the future, but persistent softwa... View Source

Dani Burger and Scarlet Fu discuss how OpenAI is preparing to file for an initial public offering in the coming weeks and is targeting a public debut sometime in the fall, according to a person familiar with the plan on "Bloomberg Deals." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

At Google I/O 2026, we took a closer look at Xreal's Project Aura, one of the first Android XR smart glasses... View Source

3 Min Read NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is in nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Austra... View Source

Coming to your homescreen soon: your own app. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge "There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? It's just a few taps away. The tagline wasn't strictly true - I'm still waiting for that one perfect grocery list app. Still, apps shaped the modern smartphone into wha... View Source

A group of aviation and telecommunication experts, including former staffers from Surf Air Mobility, xAI, and SpaceX, are forming a blank check company that will seek to take a space company public, as Wall Street chases the industry... View Source

Green swirls of microscopic algae (phytoplankton) are visible off the U.S. Gulf Coast in this image captured Oct. 21, 2024, by the Ocean Color Instrument on NASA’s PACE satellite. The sensor also observed autumn leaf colors, visible as a reddish streak, to the northeast.NASA NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a stu... View Source

Neptune's moon Nereid might be the only satellite surviving from the planet's original system, researchers report in a new study... View Source

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the car crashes piling up on a daily basis at the Washington-based intersection of technology and politics. If you're not a subscriber, sign up for our fine editorial enterprise today, especially as we process the end of Musk v. Altman. And if you have any tips about impending or hidden Washington car crashes, send 'em over t... View Source

Climate change is helping create conditions that are driving the rodent boom—dubbed a ratada—in Argentina... View Source

A jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman’s leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public by morphing into a for-profit business, finding that he waited too long to sue the company. In a post on X this week, Musk said that he will be filing an appeal with the Ninth Circuit court, noting “the judge and jury never actually ruled on the merits” of the case. For a closer... View Source

The e-paper slate has a built-in voice recorder to save you having to take meeting minutes... View Source

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. During the flyby, it took this image and others. This representative color image, captured by Psyche’s multispectral imager instrument, features the double-ring crater Huygens and the surrounding heavily cratered southern highland... View Source

Having personally recently tested a bunch of MagSafe power banks for an upcoming piece, let me tell you that it’s tough to find a low-cost model that offers a bunch of features. Anker’s 10,000mAh Zolo power bank is an exception to the rule, with its built-in, braided USB-C cable, MagSafe magnets to stay attached to your iPhone, plus a kickstand to hold your phone upright as it charges. The black a... View Source

Airbnb Inc. will let guests arrange luggage storage, airport pickups and car and equipment rentals, its latest effort to expand beyond short-term rentals... View Source

Airbnb is adding thousands of boutique hotels, new services and experiences to its app... View Source

An artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface.Credit: NASA NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface. The media briefing will take place at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. Leadership will discuss program progress, including new industry partners and miss... View Source

The moon and Venus met in the western sky on May 18-19, setting the stage for a dramatic photoshoot... View Source

Some ads will have chatbots built in. | Image: Google Google's AI-powered Search era apparently also extends to its ads. Now, when you search for a product, Google's Gemini AI chatbot will surface relevant items and generate a "custom explainer" about why you should purchase a specific one. The update comes just one day after Google revealed a new Search box for larger, more conversational queries... View Source

Nvidia faces a high bar as it looks to keep the AI rally going. Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Research Analyst Jim Schneider discusses expectations ahead of the chipmaker's highly anticipated results on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Spellcasters Chronicles struggled to compete with games like League of Legends and Dota... View Source

Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Omni. Now, at the bottom of a YouTube Short, when you click the remix icon, you'll see an option to "reimagine" it. Here, you can prompt Gemini to turn a video into pixel art, an anime, or a found-footage horror film. But, beyond that, you can also alt... View Source

Big tech is spending hundreds of billions on AI. Is it money well spent? Merryn Somerset Webb explains why it could be a colossal false start. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Android Auto's big 2026 makeover is full of small but helpful upgrades... View Source

Using nearly a decade of satellite observations, NASA's Black Marble project reveals a constantly shifting portrait of human nighttime activity visible from space... View Source

Microsoft has recruited game industry analyst Matthew Ball as Xbox chief strategy officer. Ball publishes an annual state of video gaming report, which is a popular read across the game industry, and he's "widely respected across gaming, media, and technology," according to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. Sharma announced Ball is joining Microsoft in a memo to Xbox employees this morning, seen by The Verge... View Source

To judge by a key bond-market signal, the AI boom is only worsening Kevin Warsh’s inflation problem... View Source

We don't know much yet, but the Kingdom Come studio is making a Lord of the Rings RPG... View Source

Whether you’re heading out for a quick Memorial Day getaway or preparing for summer travel, a reliable power bank can come in handy when there’s no outlet in sight. Fortunately, Anker’s Laptop Power Bank can keep all your essential gadgets charged, and it’s currently on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart for $95.99 ($24 off), which is the best price we’ve seen this year and the l... View Source

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks addresses investor concerns regarding the company's exposure to petroleum-intensive products, clarifying that such exposure is relatively light. He emphasizes that the majority of Hasbro's business and growth comes from games as well as licensing and digital products. He speaks on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The two models were created in partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster... View Source

4 Min Read I Am Artemis: Tim Goddard Tim Goddard, NASA open water lead, stands in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerpt from Tim Goddard, NASA open water lead: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. At the end of their mission around the Moon, NASA’s Artemis II astronauts were rec... View Source

The moon glows with the Beehive Cluster on May 21, as a trio of planets form up in the evening sky... View Source

High school graduation is a time of change that might be felt more deeply by family members than by the grads themselves. While some grads may immediately embark on a career path, many continue their education and delve deeper into their studies at college. Either way, they'll be taking on more responsibility, meaning it's up to friends and relatives to figure out how to support them. Support come... View Source

It's difficult to know the true state of the Russian economy, both because the country's financial reporting is sparse and because official figures are unreliable. But things probably aren't great. This week, Sweden's minister of foreign affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, shared her country's assessment that the Russian economy has likely contracted over the last five years amid the war in Ukraine... View Source

SpaceX is expected to file paperwork for its massive initial public offering today. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the leading banks. The target valuation is now above $2 trillion. Bloomberg's Bailey Lipschultz has more on what to expect. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The T1 Phone was meant to start shipping last week. | Screenshot: Trump Mobile Just as the T1 Phone is seemingly on the verge of release, Trump Mobile has been accused of insecurely storing customer data, leaving addresses and phone numbers vulnerable. The alleged leak has also revealed how many T1 Phone orders were apparently placed, and it's far fewer than viral figures have claimed. YouTuber vo... View Source

Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, reports first-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Wall Street is waiting to get a read on the state of the artificial intelligence economy. Investors will also look for guidance on its long-term sales forecast and trying to sell AI processors in China. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

State Of Play will feature a fresh peek at Marvel's Wolverine... View Source

Earth is so beautiful from afar... View Source

If robust AI labeling was in place when these swagged out images of Pope Francis went viral, it may have been easier for people to tell they were fake. | Image: via Reddit / u/trippy_art_special We're about to find out if the systems designed to make deepfakes and AI-generated content easy to spot are actually up to snuff. SynthID and C2PA Content Credentials, two distinct technologies for invisib... View Source

Commerzbank AG Chief Executive Officer Bettina Orlopp said artificial intelligence will lead to cost savings worth about €350 million ($406 million) in a few years... View Source

Utah may host one of the world's most colossal data centers, despite stark warnings from experts and fierce public backlash. Earlier this month, commissioners in Box Elder County signed off on the Stratos Project: a 40,000-acre data center stretching across the county's Hansel Valley. It's supposed to establish American AI dominance, but potentially at the expense of environmental damage and a str... View Source

On this episode of Bloomberg Primer, we explore how global capitals from Tokyo to Jakarta and Nairobi are grappling with increasingly dangerous weather. ... View Source

It offers bright and incredibly accurate video in an elegant body, but has no smart TV features... View Source

5 min read NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion. Gamma rays detected by NASA’s F... View Source

NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some close-up pictures on the way... View Source

For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly well-poised to make agents succeed at a large scale: Goo... View Source

One health provider who works on the ground says that basic medical equipment like masks and hand sanitizers are in short supply due to funding cuts... View Source

Elliott Investment Management hired former Blackstone Inc. executive Teresa Sweeney to run the roughly $80 billion hedge fund firm’s global research and data science group... View Source

Legendary furniture maker Herman Miller has made a gorgeous gaming desk that has a price tag you'd expect from the brand... View Source

A consortium of European companies will bid on a €10 billion ($11.6 billion) project to build a major data center campus in France as part of a European Union effort to boost artificial intelligence infrastructure on the continent... View Source

Google I/O was AI all the way down, but it's not clear how much will be useful... View Source

What's the truth behind this unusually tranquil city of galaxies?... View Source

Margo’s Got Money Troubles. | Image: Apple Apple TV is best known for its lineup of science fiction shows and feel-good sitcoms, but of late the streaming service has veered in a different direction. A pair of its current buzziest shows explore the world of OnlyFans creators and cam models, and they're timed up near perfectly; just as one ends (Margo's Got Money Troubles) another is set to begin (... View Source

Four major artificial intelligence chatbots — OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Alphabet Inc.’s Google Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude and xAI’s Grok — are struggling to fairly and accurately answer questions about elections and geopolitics, according to a new study from Forum AI... View Source

Startup’s survey shows chatbots generally provide inaccurate answers when asked about news... View Source

At launch, Continue On will only allow you to move tasks from a phone to a tablet. | Image: Google Google is adding a new Android feature that resembles Apple's Handoff, allowing you to start a task on your Android phone and continue it right where you left off from a compatible tablet. "Continue On" is designed to eventually be bidirectional, but Google says that at launch it will only support ta... View Source

Markets are being built around it, powered by it, and priced because of it. But AI comes with a hefty human toll... View Source

A consortium of European banks seeking to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin has added 25 lenders to its ranks, speeding up efforts to build a viable alternative to dollar-denominated digital money... View Source

SpaceX's new "V3" Starship megarocket will fly for the first time ever on Thursday (May 21), and you can watch the highly anticipated action live... View Source

Meta is alerting thousands of employees that they’re being laid off, part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at reducing costs while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence. The company began notifying workers around the world Wednesday morning, starting with employees across Asia, who got the note at 4 a.m. Singapore time. US-based staff are also expected to receive word... View Source

The dating app’s turnaround bets on live events, group dating and an AI-heavy redesign... View Source

Mercedes-AMG has come up with its most powerful vehicle ever and there's no ICE engine in sight... View Source

Analog Devices Inc. agreed to acquire closely held Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion in cash as the need skyrockets for efficient chips to power data centers required for artificial intelligence... View Source

Samsung workers in Korea are set to walk off their jobs on May 21 after failing to reach an agreement with the company... View Source

Samsung Electronics workers attended a rally outside the company's semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek on April 23rd, ahead of the planned strike. | Photo by SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers are gearing up for an 18-day strike after bonus payment negotiations between the company and its union collapsed. The strike is set to start on Thursday, and... View Source

“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and Avril Hong give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

With more than $60 billion committed, some SoftBank insiders are growing uneasy over Son’s devotion to Altman... View Source

Global Healthcare Opportunities and CBC Group have agreed to combine to create a healthcare investment firm with more than $21 billion of assets under management, according to a statement Wednesday... View Source

Volvo's latest EV is its best yet, and best value too, but still comes up a bit short to the competition... View Source

China’s healthcare and biotechnology sector is expanding rapidly, driven by scale, speed and a more efficient drug‑approval regime. This segment examines how artificial intelligence is helping cut early drug‑design costs, while leaving much of the expensive clinical and manufacturing process unchanged. The discussion also looks at why China has become a global leader in clinical trials and biotech... View Source

The energy crisis sparked by the war in Iran provides a stark backdrop for BloombergNEF's 2026 edition of the New Energy Outlook. David Hostert, Chief Economist at BloombergNEF spoke with Bloomberg TV's Lizzy Burden about flagship report on long-term energy and climate scenarios. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Alger Investments’ Ankur Crawford, JP Morgan’s Chief US Economist Michael Feroli, Guggenheim Securities’ Simeon Siegel, Saks Global CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Union Square Advisors President & Co-Founder Ted Smith, Gerber... View Source

OpenAI Inc. is setting up an AI lab in Singapore through a multiyear partnership with the local government, part of a broader effort to support the city-state’s artificial intelligence ambitions... View Source

Cathie Wood of Ark Investment Management says "the largest revenue generating opportunity from AI, in terms of embodied AI, is going to be in transportation." She tells Bloomberg's David Ingles that Tesla and robotaxis "are about to take off." (Source: Other)... View Source

Kickstarter is going back to its previous rules around mature content after creators criticized the new policy it introduced last week... View Source

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. added a new processor to its expanding AI technology stack, enhancing a push to cover every aspect of artificial intelligence development... View Source

The AI agent is rolling out to testers this week... View Source

The era of ultra-high performance Mercedes EVs is here. The German automaker finally revealed its new super sedan, the AMG GT 4-door coupe, with technology borrowed from the automaker's XX concept that last year made history by driving 24,901 miles in under 8 days at Nardò Ring in southern Italy. With the production model, Mercedes rethought its approach to motors and batteries in the hopes... View Source

Liz Almeida, Chief Human Resources Officer, Panasonic Corporation of North America, Kathleen Navarro, Senior Vice President, Head of HR Business Enablement & Chief Diversity Officer, New York Life, Jamie Rutledge, President, Kyndryl U.S.and Michael Ruttledge, Chief Information Officer & Head of Technology Services, Citizens Financial Group discuss strategies for upskilling the workforce to... View Source

Ground your snow-globe worlds in real-life locations from Google Maps... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, May 19, 2026... View Source

Golfer makes appearance on Katie Miller’s podcastTwo-time major champion questions Nasa narrativeAs someone who has made much of his devotion to science, Bryson DeChambeau isn’t foolish enough to fall for any old conspiracy theory. But he does believe the moon landings may not have been all they seemed. And that interdimensional beings may be visiting Earth.The two-time major champion appeared thi... View Source

Talks between Samsung Electronics Co. and its largest labor union broke down, with the union telling local media it will go ahead with a work stoppage as planned, which looks set to disrupt operations at the world’s largest memory chipmaker... View Source

Google's redesigned chatbot hits Android and iOS today... View Source

AustralianSuper, the nation’s largest pension fund, has hired its first head of artificial intelligence as the industry grapples with how rapidly evolving technology could reshape retirement finance... View Source

Google didn't forget AI creators in its latest round of Gemini announcements... View Source

Niraj Patel, Senior Software Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence discusses the rise of AI agents in the enterprise and how they are disrupting the software stack on Bloomberg's Building an AI Future-Ready Business event. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google says its Gemini 3.5 Flash model can complete tasks in a "fraction of the time" of other frontier models... View Source

Block's Business Lead Owen Jennings speaks with Bloomberg Television’s Lisa Abramowicz at the JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference in Boston. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Play Games Sidekick is also getting a wider rollout... View Source

IDG Capital, an investment firm that has backed Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Coinbase Global Inc., is seeking to raise about $2 billion for a growth fund, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Google Pics isn't Photoshop, but it could be better than what's in Google Photos... View Source

Ratnakar Lavu, EVP, Chief Digital Information Officer, Elevance Health, Nick Nadgauda, EVP, Global Chief Information Officer, MetLife, and Sharmila Ravi, SVP, Card Technology, Capital One discuss optimizing business outcomes with intelligent workflows with Bloomberg's Niraj Patel at the Building an AI Future-Ready Business event. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google's most expensive AI plan is now a little cheaper... View Source

Mario Kart World is one of three games you can choose from in the bundle. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Nintendo recently teased the “Choose Your Game” Switch 2 console and digital game bundle, coming in early June. However, multiple retailers (including Nintendo itself) are already offering the $499.99 bundle. The list currently includes GameStop, Amazon, Best Buy, and the Nintend... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. is alerting thousands of employees that they’re being laid off, part of a restructuring aimed at improving efficiency and reducing costs as the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence... View Source

Universal Cart will make it easier to buy from inside YouTube and Gmail... View Source

I am dying to know how much money Plex is about to make the next six weeks charging people to stream their own video from their own homes. Today, it's giving every prospective customer until July 1st to lock in a lifetime subscription at today's rates - before it triples the price to $750. Plex already more than doubled the price of a lifetime Plex Pass subscription from $119.99 to $249.99 last Ma... View Source

Neema Raphael, Chief Data Officer & Head of Data Engineering, Goldman Sachs discusses the importance of data in the age of AI with Bloomberg's Lisa Mateo at the Building an AI Future-Ready Business event. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It's a win for privacy on the social app... View Source

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PIA26771 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PNG (251.49 KB) Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15,... View Source

A Pixel Watch 4 running Wear OS 6, not Wear OS 7. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Among the flurry of today's Google I/O announcements, Google shared details about Wear OS 7, the next major update to its smartwatch platform. To help you keep track of things like deliveries and sports scores, Wear OS 7 will get the iPhone-style Live Updates that were introduced on Android last year -... View Source

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has the leading role on the cover of SpaceX’s initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, giving the firm a prominent position in potentially the biggest listing of all time... View Source

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1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby PIA26772 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby PNG (423.28 KB) Description This is Psyche’s first view of a nearly “fu... View Source

Google has big promises for its AI-powered future - and a lot of it depends on your trust. At I/O 2026, Google described a bunch of new tools that it claims will make your life easier. Gemini Spark, Google's always-on AI agent, can help organize an upcoming event, while Daily Brief can offer a rundown of what to expect during your day. Google is even expanding access to Gmail's AI inbox, which can... View Source

SpaceX expects to proceed with its acquisition of artificial intelligence coding startup Cursor 30 days after Elon Musk’s company begins trading publicly, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

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1 Min Read Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole PIA26773 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Psyche’s High-Resolution… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole PNG (1.09 MB) Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich s... View Source

Welcome to a "profound moment for humanity," according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who closed out Google I/O's keynote presentation on Tuesday, saying: Google's cutting-edge research and products will help unlock AGI's incredible potential for the benefit of the entire world. When we look back at this time, I think we will realize that we were standing in the foothills of the singularit... View Source

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On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, why Masayoshi Son’s $60 billion investment in OpenAI is raising concerns inside SoftBank... View Source

The feature lets you turn all AI enhancements off with one tap... View Source

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach PIA26774 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach PNG (1.78 MB) Description This v... View Source

What better way to unwind from a two-hour-long keynote presentation than to pour over the weirdest and wildest details, from a Gmail bot you can converse with to DeepMind's leader saying the singularity is near. The Vergecast went live right after the show, with Senior AI Reporter Hayden Field joining me to discuss the highlights. First up, we talk about the buzzword of the show: agents, which see... View Source

Byron Allen, founder, chair and CEO of Allen Media Group, discusses his plans to turn Buzzfeed into a free-TV super app. Speaking with Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg The Close," Allen also comments on taking over Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" time slot. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The OS update integrates Gemini Intelligence and adds a new widget system... View Source

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PIA26775 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PNG (3.47 MB) Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA... View Source

Scientists are exploring how lasers stabilized in the moon's coldest, darkest craters could enable a GPS-like network to help future Artemis astronauts and spacecraft navigate the lunar surface with far greater precision... View Source

Last year, after watching Google's I/O keynote, I wrote that it felt like Google's future was Google googling. After watching this year's I/O keynote on Tuesday, I don't think Google just wants to google for you - I think it wants to do everything for you, all from a search box. Take the trusty Google search bar itself, something Google is generally hesitant to update, which is getting some update... View Source

Students are pushing back against the adoption of AI on campuses, with some organizing protests, petitions, and performance art to express their concerns about the technology's effects on their education and job prospects. Bloomberg’s Victor Swezey has more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple is targeting World Cup fans ahead of this summer's tournament... View Source

A handful of Democrats called an unofficial hearing on Capitol Hill Monday to slam the Department of Justice's "trivial" and "pathetic" settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, previewing how they might go after Trump administration antitrust deals if they win back congressional power in November. While the DOJ settlement with Live Nation, which came one week into trial and with a promise of up t... View Source

Independent studio Giant Skull had announced a deal with Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast last year... View Source

Three new features will be available under the Gemini for Science collection... View Source

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. The image has been processed into a natural-color view using red, green, and blue data from the multispectral imager instrument.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Psyche s... View Source

A worker died at SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas early Friday morning (May 15), as the company geared up for the debut launch of its Starship V3 megarocket... View Source

Portable bluetooth speakers like the Charge 6 and Flip 7 are just a few on sale for Memorial Day. Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and the holiday’s sales include plenty of deals on gadgets that can help you make the most of the season. If your plans involve beach days, pool parties, or backyard barbecues, now’s a great time to pick up a portable Bluetooth speaker, as many of our... View Source

Jonathan Levin, founder and CEO of Chainalysis, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Polymarket is partnering with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to help police its platform as prediction markets grapple with increased scrutiny over insider trading.  (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Fortnite is returning to the App Store everywhere (except Australia)... View Source

The FineTrack 2 isn’t as discreet as an AirTag. | Image: Ugreen Ugreen has announced a new Apple Find My-compatible tracker with a novel design that limits where you can hide it, but greatly benefits battery life. Inspired by "major football tournaments" the company doesn't call out by name, the Ugreen FineTrack 2 is shaped like a soccer ball and is designed to be used hanging off your keys or bag... View Source

JP Morgan Global CIO Lori Beer discusses the acceleration of change in the tech space, even in the last year. She discusses the anxiety that can come from the ever-changing landscape, but recognizes that there is a huge demand for it as well. She speaks with Bloomberg Surveillance Host Lisa Abramowicz at the JP Morgan Tech, Media & Communications Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

You can kiss the classic Google Search goodbye... View Source

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Google is making a big push into cybersecurity. At I/O, the company announced that it was inviting select groups of experts to test the API for CodeMender, an "AI agent for code security" it debuted last October. The difference is that Google is now making the tool more widely available externally - and marketing it as a way to, as Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu put it, "help secure the wor... View Source

Brooke Ybarra, SVP of innovation and strategy at American Bankers Association (ABA), joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Last week the Senate Banking Committee advanced landmark crypto legislation despite a late push from banking groups. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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Last week, we noted Kickstarter's new content guidelines which had some pretty weird new additions, including a prohibition on "sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification." Those rules have now been eliminated and the company has restored an earlier version of its guidelines. In an apology letter issued today... View Source

Set against one of the world’s most electrifying sporting stages, Bloomberg House Miami brought together global leaders for dynamic conversations on finance, entertainment, technology and sports ahead of the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The biggest news from Google's annual developer conference, from Gemini Spark, Omni and Search to Shopping, XR and more... View Source

The California startup Vast, which is best known for its space station plans, announced today (May 19) that it's launching a new line of high-power satellites... View Source

Gemini is gaining the power of sight and mobility. Today at the I/O conference, Google and Volvo announced that the AI-powered assistant will be able to access external cameras in the upcoming EX60 SUV to help explain and interpret its surroundings to vehicle owners. The upgrade is possible thanks to Volvo's use of Google's embedded Android Automotive as its vehicle operating system. Google posits... View Source

JPMorgan Global Chief Information Officer Lori Beer sits down with Bloomberg Surveillance co-host Lisa Abramowicz to discuss the "rapidly accelerating" change of pace in AI over the past six months and how the company is navigating the use of AI agents in the bank's workforce considering factors like task automation and security. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google is bringing its AI-detecting feature to more of its products to make it easier for people to verify if something was generated or edited with AI... View Source

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on stage at I/O 2026. | Screenshot: YouTube Google's I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and updates about its Project Aura smart glasses. If you weren't able to tune into the event's livestream today or follow along with our live blog, you can catch up on... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google said users will be able to ask questions of YouTube, its video product, and create Google Docs using their voices — part of a plan to improve its products with artificial intelligence... View Source

Xbox's new "goal post" thumbstick topper joins six other designs for people with disabilities... View Source

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.NASA/Bill Ingalls The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The Moon and Venus... View Source

The moon dances with the king of the planets, with the horizon as their stage... View Source

Ten years ago Sony introduced the MDR-1000X headphones. They combined noise canceling, good sound, design, and comfort in a way that we hadn't quite seen before in a set of wireless headphones. (At the time, the Bose QC35 were the closest competitor, but I wasn't a huge fan of their sound tuning.) The 1000X set off a line of consistently excellent wireless noise-canceling headphones that became th... View Source

Sony Group Corp. introduced a $650 pair of high-end wireless headphones, setting a new ceiling for the company in a segment that has already grown more pricey in recent years... View Source

Plex's premium plan will triple on June 30, 8:01PM ET... View Source