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The First Tesla V4 cabinet Supercharger are now live. They have 0.5 MW, 3X power density and 2X stalls per cabinet. It takes AC power in and uses 16 trays of power electronics and gives DC power out. This is the tech that will make 1.2MW charging for Semi, and 0.5 MW charging for cars, ... Read more... View Source

At a major space congress in Sydney, leaders from NASA, ESA, ISRO, CNSA, and more shared visions for humanity's return to the moon, journeys to Mars and the tech shaping the future of space... View Source

Electronic Arts just announced that it is going to be acquired and taken private in a massive $55 billion deal led by an investor group composed of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The deal, expected to close in Q1 of EA's 2027 fiscal year (which takes place from April 1st to June 30th, 2026), isn't just a huge amount of money involving one of gaming... View Source

Robinhood Markets Inc. shares rose over 12% after Chief Executive Officer Vladimir Tenev said the online-stock brokerage has made strong inroads into prediction markets, where people wager on elections, sporting matches and other widely followed events... View Source

A phenomenon called microlightning may explain ghostly blue marsh lights... View Source

As Optus reels from another emergency call outage, the crisis has bled beyond Australia’s borders. The escalating reputational damage to the nation’s second-largest phone company is now bearing down on its parent Singapore Telecommunications Ltd... View Source

Reporter Marisa Kabas, founder of The Handbasket, posted on Bluesky today that more than 1.7 million subscribers canceled their paid Disney streaming plans between September 17 and September 23. The total allegedly includes subscriptions to Disney+, Hulu and ESPN. That falloff reportedly marked a 436 percent increase over the usual churn rate for the service. We’ve reached out to Disney+ for comme... View Source

International Space Station astronauts can breathe easy — other NASA missions not so much... View Source

Editor’s note: Amazon’s fall Prime Day event kicks off on October 7th; however, if you want to shop ahead of the two-day sale, we’ve rounded up the best early Prime Day deals you can already get. Whether you’re buying your first pair of AirPods or replacing a well-used older pair, it’s easy to understand why so many iPhone owners prefer Apple’s earbuds and headphones over other options. Apple has... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Electronic Arts’ agreement to be sold in a record-breaking leveraged buyout. Plus, Huawei plans to ramp up production of its most advanced AI chips in a bid to take market share from Nvidia. And, Peloton is preparing to launch new AI software in its latest bid to revive the struggling fitness firm. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

3 min read Joe A. Adam Presents Ring Sheared Drop (RSD) Research at 2025 ISSRDC The Ring-Sheared Drop (RSD) experiment, conducted in the Microgravity Glovebox on ISS, helps scientists learn more about Alzheimer’s & Dementia in hopes of a future cure to similar neurological diseases. NASA At the virtual 2025 ISS Research and Development Conference (ISSDRC), Joe A. Adam of Rensselaer Polytechni... View Source

The payment-processing company Stripe Inc. said it is working with OpenAI to allow US consumers to buy products directly through ChatGPT, the popular artificial-intelligence chatbot... View Source

Researchers have discovered major security flaws with Tile tracking tags, according to a report by Wired. These flaws could allow both the company itself and tech-savvy stalkers to track a user's location. The security issue could also let a malicious actor falsely frame a Tile owner for stalking, as the flaw can make it appear as if a particular tag is constantly in the vicinity of somebody... View Source

2 min read New File Download Process for PSI Large Requests A recent update to the PSI database improves how large dataset downloads are handled, resulting in more efficient processing for users. Download requests larger than 1GB are now delivered via email, rather than downloading directly from the website. This allows the system to prepare your files in the background so you can continue working... View Source

Tesla starts releasing FSD v14 Breakthroughs this week. Versions 14.0, 14.1, and 14.2 already exist and are undergoing internal testing by Tesla employees. Elon Musk describes v14 as a game-changer that is 2-3x safer than human drivers with a FSD 14.2 with a sentient feel—smooth, controlled, and consistent, unlike inconsistent prior versions. Rollout of FSD ... Read more... View Source

Saudi Arabia is accelerating plans to transform itself into a hub for gamers with its blockbuster deal to take Electronic Arts Inc. private... View Source

Meta is expanding its use of facial recognition in Europe, the UK and South Korea to crack down on accounts that impersonate public figures. The new facial recognition-powered safety features are now live on Facebook in the regions and will expand to Instagram in the coming months. The technology was initially put to use last year starting in the US, helping to identify ads that fraudulently use a... View Source

In a version of the Fujiwhara effect, Hurricane Humberto is pulling Tropical Storm Imelda eastward and away from the U.S... View Source

'Foundation' actress Cherry Jones discusses her character's tempestuous relationship with Brother Dusk... View Source

The Echo Pop is $15 off. The Echo Pop and Echo Dot are Amazon’s entry-level smart speakers, and both are currently on sale ahead of Amazon’s October Prime Day (aka Prime Big Deal Days), which officially kicks off on October 7th. Both speakers are currently discounted to their lowest prices since the middle of June, which means they’re beating their summer Prime Day prices. Both speakers are screen... View Source

US regulators ought to welcome the ways new technologies could benefit financial firms as well as consumers, while imposing guardrails that promote safety, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said... View Source

Microsoft is taking inspiration from the AI-driven workflows of "vibe coding" and has now set out to make "vibe working" a thing (yes, those are the words the company chose.) Does AI in the workplace even lead to worthwhile outputs? Does it mortgage our brains' ability to learn? There are many seemingly critical question unanswered. But in the meantime, sure: vibe working... View Source

From twinkling constellations to stellar life cycles, this starry skywatching quiz will test your cosmic knowledge... View Source

Weave through traffic by just moving your head from side to side. | Image: Apple Developer Ali Tanis has released the first game for iPhones and iPads that’s played using Apple’s AirPods as a wearable motion controller. The RidePods – Race with Head gameplay is relatively basic – you’re just steering a motorcycle through oncoming traffic at high speeds – but instead of swiping the screen or... View Source

Anthropic is releasing a new artificial intelligence model that is designed to code longer and more effectively than prior versions, its latest attempt to stay ahead of rivals like OpenAI in offering tools for software developers. The new model, called Claude Sonnet 4.5, is better at following instructions and can code on its own for up to 30 hours straight, the company said on Monday. By comparis... View Source

Sony has been marking the 30th anniversary of PlayStation by selling you stuff, like PS5 consoles and accessories styled after the PS1. The company has something else lined up to mark the occasion: a photography book showcasing "never-before-seen prototypes, concept sketches and design models that shaped hardware development" from the early days through to the current PS5 era.PlayStation... View Source

Apple CarPlay Ultra, as featured in the Aston Martin DBX | Image: Apple The list of car companies looking askance at Apple's newly release, all-encompassing version of CarPlay is growing longer. In an interview on Decoder, Ford CEO Jim Farley said he is taking a wait-and-see approach about whether to authorize Apple CarPlay Ultra in Ford's vehicles. After years of teasing, Apple launched the CarPl... View Source

The Trump administration is dramatically expanding US sanctions to capture subsidiaries of blacklisted companies — a crackdown that drew a swift rebuke from China, where key tech giants are already subject to stringent American trade curbs... View Source

In May, Anthropic announced two new AI systems, Opus 4 and Sonnet 4. Now, less than six months later, the company is introducing Sonnet 4.5, and calling it the best coding model in the world to date. Anthropic's basis for that claim is a selection of benchmarks where the new AI outperforms not only its predecessor but also the more expensive Opus 4.1 and competing systems, including Google... View Source

1 min readInside the Visualization: Aerosols Earth (ESD)EarthExploreExplore Earth HomeAgricultureAir QualityClimate ChangeFreshwaterLife on EarthSevere StormsSnow and IceThe Global OceanScience at WorkEarth Science at WorkTechnology and InnovationPowering BusinessMultimediaImage CollectionsVideosDataFor ResearchersAbout Us NASA uses satellites, ground measurements, and powerful computer models to... View Source

Death to the Chig! We take a look back at this pioneering TV show on its 30th birthday... View Source

Anthropic's latest AI model spent 30 hours running by itself to code a chat app akin to Slack or Teams. It spat out about 11,000 lines of code, according to Anthropic, and it only stopped running when it had completed the task. The model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, was announced today, and its ability to operate autonomously for 30 hours straight is a huge jump forward. Before, the company's Opus 4 model... View Source

DeepSeek updated an experimental AI model Monday in what it called a step toward next-generation artificial intelligence... View Source

The iRobot Roomba 104 robot vacuum is on sale for $150 just ahead of October's Prime Day. That's a nice little discount of 40 percent, which represents a savings of $100. This is a newer version of the unit that topped our list of the best budget robot vacuums. It's an entry-level robovac that gets the job done. The cleaning motor is fairly powerful and it ships with a multi-surface brush and an e... View Source

Amazon’s Kindle Kids is currently on sale for $94.99 ($35 off). Amazon’s October Prime Day (officially called Prime Big Deal Days) starts on October 7th, but waiting a week won’t be necessary to score a great deal. Amazon has already discounted the Kindle Kids, Kindle Paperwhite Kids, and Kindle Colorsoft Kids e-readers to their lowest prices ever. All of the kid-friendly Kindles have 16GB of stor... View Source

Nearly nine years ago, when Emma Walmsley was preparing to take over as CEO of GSK Plc, she wrote in her diary that Luke Miels — then an executive at rival AstraZeneca Plc — would be “a dream appointment for this adventure.”... View Source

ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray, J. Maíz Apellániz This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Sept. 12, 2025, features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa. With a mass equal to 10–20% of the mass of the Milky Way, the Larg... View Source

The new UI on the Echo Show 21 is a big improvement, but Alexa Plus needs a deeper integration with its screen-based hardware. This week, Amazon will launch new Echo hardware designed to supercharge Alexa Plus, the AI-powered upgrade to its voice assistant. I've been using Alexa Plus for the last few months as part of its Early Access program, and while the new assistant is off to a promising star... View Source

German artificial intelligence startup Black Forest Labs is in discussions to raise funding that could boost its valuation to around $4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently published a 163-page PDF showing the electrical schematics for the iPhone 16e, despite Apple specifically requesting them to be confidential. This was most likely a mistake on the part of the FCC, according to a report by AppleInsider. The agency also distributed a cover letter from Apple alongside the schematics, which is dated September 16, 20... View Source

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the evening sky Sept. 28, when the expanding 'jellyfish' plume from the rocket's ascent could be seen for hundreds of miles... View Source

Anker’s new power bank features two USB-C ports and a USB-A port. | Image: Anker Anker announced its new capacious Prime Power Bank (26k, 300W) at IFA 2025 as part of a larger collection of updated Prime series charging devices. At the time, pricing wasn’t known, but the power bank is now available through Anker’s online store and Amazon for $229.99 with a temporary discount to $184 for the next s... View Source

South Africa’s top development finance institution is working with financial advisers on a possible bid of about 8.5 billion rand ($491 million) for control of ArcelorMittal SA’s business in the country, people familiar with the situation said... View Source

Anker has a bunch of new Prime charging devices available and some of them are already getting solid discounts. The lineup includes a laptop-compatible Prime Power Bank (26,250mAh, 300W). The device's Amazon page currently features a clippable coupon that will take $46 off the price, reducing it by 20 percent. That means you'll be able to snap this powerbank up for $184. This portable charger deli... View Source

NASA announced its newest class of astronaut candidates on Sept. 22, 2025, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. After the welcome ceremony, the 10 highly qualified individuals rolled up their sleeves and prepared for the next step in their journey to the stars: nearly two years of training to become flight-eligible for missions to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and ultimately, Mars. NASA a... View Source

Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, Biosphere 2 looks almost like a colony on another planet... View Source

Keychron is one of the biggest names in mechanical keyboards (but certainly far from the only maker worthy of your attention). If you’re interested in an upgrade for your desk, or just an additional keyboard to use during gaming or intensive typing, Woot has great deals running on a fleet of wired and wireless models, some of which have hot-swappable switches. Currently, Woot’s selection runs the... View Source

Manny Roman, CEO at Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco), discusses investing in AI infrastructure, global opportunities in fixed income, and why tariff uncertainties pose a risk to US stocks. He spoke Monday on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Beleaguered video game giant Electronic Arts has agreed to a $55 billion acquisition that will take the company private. Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Affinity Partners have reached a deal to buy EA, the company said in a statement. Some details about the proposed arrangement surfaced over the weekend. The deal, the largest-ever leveraged buyout, according to Bloo... View Source

Targeted at content creators, the Canon EOS R50 V may not be the obvious choice for budding astrophotographers. But do the features and brand name make it an affordable option for capturing the night sky?... View Source

GameSir’s new smartphone controller features buttons and colors styled after the Game Boy’s. | Image: @yoshivesmovie / X Over the past weekend at the Tokyo Game Show, GameSir demonstrated a new controller that turns your smartphone into a Game Boy. Unlike the company’s GameSir G8 Plus that offers similar functionality by clamping on to the top and bottom of a phone turned sideways recreating the e... View Source

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. suspended some beverage shipments on Monday after a cyberattack hobbled some of the drinks company’s operations in Japan... View Source

Your AirPods may soon become your most important pieces of fitness gear. One of the AirPods Pro 3’s new features is heart rate tracking for both workouts and periodic pulse checks. Apple’s latest earbuds are equipped with photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors that shine infrared light hundreds of times per second to measure how light is absorbed in blood flow. What’s more, the AirPods Pro 3 work in t... View Source

Explore Webb Science Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s Webb Telescope… Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Webb Timeline Science Overview and Goals Early Universe Galaxies Over Time Star Lifecycle Other Worl... View Source

A Nature paper describes an innovative analog in-memory computing (IMC) architecture tailored for the attention mechanism in large language models (LLMs). They want to drastically reduce latency and energy consumption during inference. The design leverages gain-cell crossbar arrays—capacitor-based memory devices made from oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (IGZO or ITO)—to store key (K)... View Source

Ancient iron-metabolizing microbes may have turned toxic oxygen into an energy source... View Source

OpenAI has rolled out some long-awaited parental controls for ChatGPT to all web users, with mobile coming “soon,” according to the company.  The controls, announced last month, allow for reducing or removing certain content — like sexual roleplay and the ability to generate images — and reducing the level of personalization on ChatGPT conversations by turning off its memory of past transcrip... View Source

Comcast Corp. named Michael Cavanagh as co-chief executive officer alongside Brian Roberts on Monday and added him to the company’s board of directors... View Source

We're only one week away from Amazon Prime Day and the sales have already started. The deals include Amazon's devices, from Kindle tablets to Echo speakers.  Take the Amazon Kindle Scribe, which has dropped to $300 from $400. The 25 percent discount brings the second-generation device back down to its all-time low price. This deal is available on the 16GB model in Tungsten (dark grey) and doe... View Source

Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station during a six-hour spacewalk on Friday (Sept. 26). It was the fourth EVA of the Shenzhou 20 mission... View Source

Google’s old logo (left) vs. its new one (right) | Image: Google Google is making the gradient “G” its new company-wide logo, according to an announcement on Monday. The new logo first began to surface across the Google app on Android and iOS in May, but soon, the design will begin to appear across all of the company’s platforms, marking Google’s first big logo change in 10 years. Google separate... View Source

Beta Technologies Inc., an electric aircraft producer, filed for a US initial public offering, disclosing growing revenue and widening losses... View Source

“Sand storm” is a hell of a name for beige. Just a few days after first teasing the upcoming launch of the OnePlus 15, the company is already showing off the phone in plenty of detail. Today OnePlus confirmed that the new flagship is getting a global launch, and over the weekend it dropped multiple photo sets on Chinese social media giving us a better look at the hardware. We now know that the pho... View Source

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US tech executives and investors in New York on Sunday to discuss the prospects for using artificial intelligence to boost his country’s economy and military capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Electronic Arts has announced it is being acquired and taken private in a $55 billion deal involving Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Affinity Partners, which is founded and led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027 and is still subject to approval by regulators and EA stockholders. The transaction was approve... View Source

Electronic Arts Inc. agreed to sell to a group of private investors in a deal that values the company at $55 billion, the largest leveraged buyout on record... View Source

X is challenging an Indian court order it says would require it to comply with millions of takedown requests without due process. In a statement, the company said it was "deeply concerned" about the ruling, which allows police officers "to issue arbitrary takedown orders through a secretive online portal" called the Sahyog.X's challenge comes after the Karnataka High Court... View Source

The Hubble Space Telescope saw a galaxy that has features of both elliptical and spiral galaxies, puzzling experts... View Source

Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. is in advanced talks to go private at about $210 a share, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

The Food and Drug Administration plans to update the safety label for acetaminophen products, and the strongest storm on Earth this year struck several countries in East and Southeast Asia... View Source

The CMF Headphone Pro can be customized by swapping their ear cushions with alternate colors. | Image: Nothing CMF, the budget-focused sub-brand that Nothing plans to spin off into a standalone subsidiary, has launched its first pair of over-ear wireless headphones. The CMF Headphone Pro borrows features like a multi-function roller control from Nothing’s Headphone 1 that debuted in July, but whil... View Source

The $524 billion Qatar Investment Authority is stepping up its investments in the US with high-profile commitments to artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure, underscoring how Doha is keeping its economic priorities separate from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East... View Source

With each member added to a team, humans do less work—but weaver ants do better and better... View Source

OpenAI is launching parental controls for ChatGPT, which it announced following a lawsuit alleging a teenager who died by suicide this spring relied on the popular chatbot as a coach... View Source

Xiaomi Corp. said it’s confident its new iPhone rival will exceed the sales of its previous model, saying the phone saw record demand immediately after its debut on Saturday... View Source

Scientists have proposed a new explanation for Venus' giant, crown-shaped geological features, known as coronae... View Source

Huawei Technologies Co. is preparing to sharply ramp up production of its most advanced artificial intelligence chips over the next year, aiming to win customers in the world’s biggest semiconductor market while Nvidia Corp. struggles with geopolitical headwinds... View Source

If you want to upgrade your iPad experience, finding the best iPad accessories can do the trick. It's certainly much cheaper than buying a new tablet, and often times, all you need is a few well-chosen accessories to make a familiar device feel fresh again. From a slim folio for iPad that protects your screen to a Magic Keyboard case that turns it into a full-blown laptop alternative, there are do... View Source

Washington is demanding Taiwan move investment and chip production to the US so half of American demand is manufactured locally, outlining a radical shift for the global semiconductor industry... View Source

Europe’s auto suppliers are calling for new rules to ensure cars built in the region use a significant share of locally made components, a bid to protect an industry under mounting pressure... View Source

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Neptune Robotics, which makes robots that clean the underside of giant ships, raised $52 million to accelerate its artificial intelligence-fueled global expansion... View Source

Matt Miller left Sequoia Capital last December and, like many longtime venture capitalists, chose to start his own fund. He didn’t, however, take the standard VC model with him... View Source

Choose the darkest site you can find an hour before dawn twilight to observe one of the more subtle celestial effectsThis week, skywatchers can search for one of the more subtle celestial effects. The zodiacal light is the soft glow of sunlight scattered off the interplanetary dust that lies in the plane of our solar system.The dust itself comes from comets and asteroid collisions. Continue readin... View Source

KKR & Co. is investing in Infobric, a software company focused on the construction industry that’s backed by Stirling Square... View Source

The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025... View Source

South Korea study published in Nature of 8.4 million adults finds higher risks of overall, lung, prostate, thyroid, gastric, colorectal, and breast cancers — across both mRNA and viral-vector platforms Increased risk for major cancers—such as lung, liver, colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, and breast—typically worsens national life expectancy by elevating age-specific and overall mortality rates. If... View Source

A trio of Chinese hardware makers has emerged as the darlings of the A-share market this year, thanks to soaring demand for artificial intelligence computing power... View Source

More than two years after BYD Co.’s high-profile foray into the Japanese market, the Chinese electric vehicle maker is still struggling to win over drivers... View Source

Siri’s new logo. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman Apple is testing Siri’s upcoming revamp using an internal chatbot called Veritas. The company’s struggles as it tries to keep pace in the AI race are no secret. The next-gen Siri has been delayed multiple times and the debut of Apple Intelligence was met with a tepid response. Veritas gives Apple the ability to quickly develop, test, and collec... View Source

Snap is imposing a new storage limit on Snapchat's Memories feature, which has racked up impressive numbers since its introduction in 2016. According to Snap, users have saved more than one trillion Memories across its platform, and it's now introducing "Memories Storage Plans" for users who exceed 5GB of Memories. In a press release, Snap detailed that the introductory storage... View Source

Business Insider has obtained the guidelines that Meta contractors are reportedly now using to train its AI chatbots, showing how it's attempting to more effectively address potential child sexual exploitation and prevent kids from engaging in age-inappropriate conversations. The company said in August that it was updating the guardrails for its AIs after Reuters reported that its policies al... View Source

For most of his career Larry Ellison has been content to quietly let Oracle be the company, behind the company, behind the technology that makes headlines. Its biggest products being cloud computing and database products that it sells to enterprise customers like DHL, Northwell Health, and Fanatics. But, now in his 80s, Ellison has begun a second act shifting from Silicon Valley pioneer, to media... View Source

Untreated fevers during pregnancy can cause more harm than taking acetaminophen will... View Source

Martin Shkreli, better known as Pharma Bro for his price-gouging antics with AIDS medication Daraprim, is going to have to defend against claims of misappropriating trade secrets with the unique Wu-Tang Clan album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Earlier this week, US District Court Judge Pamela Chen wrote in a decision that Shkreli has to face a lawsuit that accuses him of improperly saving copies a... View Source

Sutton believes Reinforcement Learning is the Path to to Intelligence via Experience. Sutton defines intelligence as the computational part of the ability to achieve goals. It is rooted in a stream of experience: actions taken, sensations observed, and rewards received. This era of experience forms the foundation of RL (Reinforcement Learning). AI Agents learn by ... Read more... View Source

This quiz will take you on a journey through the life cycle of stars, their classification, and the incredible processes that power them... View Source

The latest Apple silicon is about to hit the assembly lines, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In the latest Power On newsletter, Gurman said that Apple "is nearing mass production of its next MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and two new Mac monitors." Gurman added that these upgraded products are scheduled for release sometime between the end of this year and the first quarter of nex... View Source

Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office. Donald Trump is no stranger to outlandish conspiracies or strange social media posts. But, by any measure, his post on Saturday night was particularly bizarre. The president posted (and later removed) a clip on Truth Social of a Fox News segment with Lara Trump detailing the White House’s announcement of the world’s first MedBed hospital and a national MedB... View Source

One of the key ways war leads to environmental harm is by leaving behind unexploded weaponry... View Source

The gaming market has matured and analysts see slower growth moving forward... View Source

This might just be one of our favorite science-themed Lego sets ever made... View Source

Expedition 73 crewmembers sequenced DNA and worked with virtual reality glasses this week, while also continuing to unpack cargo vehicles and congratulating NASA's 24th group of astronaut candidates... View Source

A still from the Critterz short film. This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the intersection of entertainment and technology, follow Charles Pulliam-Moore. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started In just a few short years, text-to-image models went from only being... View Source

The last few months, I've felt like I'm living in a cyberpunk movie. Each night, when I get ready to wind down, I reach for the remote to turn on a TV I got for free. When I hit the power button, a 55-inch screen lights up, but so does a smaller display beneath it. Widgets fill the secondary screen alongside a rotating ad that you can't dismiss. Before I can even navigate to the Netflix app, I hea... View Source

Less elegant but much more scratch resistant. As the nation's foremost FineWoven hater, I have some great news about Apple's follow-up: it doesn't suck. I've been using a TechWoven case on an iPhone 17 Pro for the past week and I have no complaints. I took it up a mountain; I stored it in the sweaty back pocket of my yoga pants on a bike ride. I carried it next to my keys, gave it to my toddler, a... View Source

Silksong resembles the original Hollow Knight in many ways, though right from the start, you can hear one key difference: Hornet. Hollow Knight's protagonist was silent, but just as Hornet was voiced in that game, as the protagonist of Silksong, she has a voice, too, and actor Makoto Koji brings a lot of personality to the role. "She's confident, she's sure of herself, she's very stoic," Koji says... View Source

Apple should release its internal ChatGPT-like app publicly to give its revamped AI system more credibility. Also: New MacBooks and external Mac monitors get closer; more on the iPhone 17 Pro’s “scratchgate” controversy; and Tim Cook’s latest memo to employees... View Source

With iOS 26, Apple has expanded its native call recording feature with transcripts, Live Translation, summaries and tighter integration with Notes. It’s a more polished and useful tool than before, especially if you rely on your iPhone for interviews, meetings or important conversations. Call recording itself first arrived with iOS 18.1 in October 2024. The feature has always been region- and lang... View Source

Participants in a new study were more likely to cheat when delegating to AI—especially if they could encourage machines to break rules without explicitly asking for it... View Source

The Milky Way's closest neighbor shines in a spectacular new astrophotography portrait... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 99, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy pumpkin spice season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Lizzo and Uniqlo and book thieves and Max Verstappen, obsessing over both Black Rabbit and The Lowdown, eating aggressively too many Pop... View Source

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst... View Source

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a dynamic icy world... View Source

Germany’s Black Forest Labs Inc. is in talks to raise between $200 million and $300 million, the Financial Times reports... View Source

The first B21 Stealth bombers shoudl be combat ready for initial operations in 2026. Air Force Chief of Staff David Allvin said there are efforts to accelerate the fielding of the B21. The rumors suggest combat readiness by 2026 (initial ops) or 2027. This would be much earlier than the initial 2029 target. The B21 ... Read more... View Source

Wu-Tang’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin Disgraced pharma bro, convicted felon, and perennial challenger for America’s Most Hateable Man, Martin Shkreli will have to face a lawsuit for making copies of the Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. US District Judge Pamela Chen issued a decision on Thursday that dismissed some claims by the album’s current owners, PleasrDAO, but will allow the suit... View Source

These are some recently released titles we think are worth adding to your reading list. Get lost in Bitter Karella's splatterpunk, cosmic fever dream, Moonflow, and the new zombie apocalypse comic, Everything Dead & Dying. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/what-to-read-this-weekend-moonflow-and-everything-dead--dying-191722871.html?src=rss... View Source

Escape from Tarkov players may finally get the chance to escape from the fictional war-torn city in northwest Russia, but it won't be easy. During a live Q&A at Tokyo Game Show, Nikita Buyanov, the game's director, told the audience that there will be four endings that players can achieve, which will be determined by the playthrough's completion and progression. Buyanov added th... View Source

Nintendo’s first-party Switch 2 Pro Controller can’t be beaten when it comes to its breadth of features and comfort. But at $89.99, let’s be real, it’s way too expensive for most people. Thankfully, a controller I’ve been testing recently, which is nearly as good despite lacking a 3.5mm audio jack, is currently on sale for $40 less. The EasySMX S10, as it’s called, is available for $50.39 fr... View Source

Google first teased some enticing upgrades for its Pixel Buds Pro 2 during the Made by Google event in August. More than a month later, Google is finally rolling out the update that makes its wireless earbuds earn the Pro label. The Pixel Buds Pro 2 now get an Adaptive Audio feature in the Active Noise Control section of the Pixel Buds app. This ANC mode automatically adjusts the volume depending... View Source

A Kindbody employee discovers the company is helping an imprisoned billionaire father multiple children through surrogates and egg donors. In this episode, reporter Jackie Davalos investigates Greg Lindberg’s “baby project” and what it illustrates about America’s unregulated fertility industry... View Source

This skywatching quiz will test your meteor shower mastery — from fiery streaks to cosmic origins... View Source

Customers of Harrods Ltd., the luxury London department store, had their personal data stolen, the latest in a string of cyberattacks and IT breaches affecting major UK businesses this year... View Source

The National Labor Relations Board has withdrawn "many of the claims" it made against Apple in relation to the cases brought in 2021 by former employees Ashley Gjøvik and Cher Scarlett, according to Bloomberg. In particular, it dismissed an allegation that Apple CEO Tim Cook violated workers' rights when he sent an all-staff email that year, which said "people who leak confiden... View Source

For tots with an interest in outer space, the Lego Duplo 3-in-1 Space Shuttle Adventure set is a wonderful thing that promotes imaginative play... View Source

In this episode of IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, a billionaire’s “baby project” and what it illustrates about America's unregulated fertility industry... View Source

Like many fans we are simply having fun using science to analyze the creatures... View Source

On Episode 179 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Josh Dinner for coverage of NASA's new class of astronauts and upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon... View Source

It's not quite October yet, and there are still plenty of video games set to be released before the end of the year. Even still, I'm pretty convinced that Blippo Plus will go down as the strangest release of 2025. Calling it a game might be a bit of a misnomer; it's more of an alien television simulator. The idea is that, for reasons that aren't immediately clear, you're able to tune into a TV net... View Source

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to attract employees from the technology sector who might have previously worked in the US before President Donald Trump’s new visa charges... View Source

Artificial tissues that mimic the placenta, endometrium, ovary and vagina could point to treatments for common conditions such as preeclampsia and endometriosis... View Source

Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut performing them... View Source

On day three of the two-week remedies trial in the Justice Department's ad tech case against Google, Judge Leonie Brinkema boiled down the argument to one key issue: trust. Brinkema interrupted testimony from a DOJ expert with a hypothetical: should she issue a strict order modifying Google's behavior, could it resolve the issues at hand if "you had confidence that Google would actually act in com... View Source

Electronic Arts is close to reaching a $50 billion deal that will turn it into a privately held company, according to The Wall Street Journal. The video game company filed for an IPO way back in 1990 and has been public ever since, but now a group of investors are in talks with the company to take it private. Those investors reportedly include private equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's P... View Source

Cristian Fleming paid around $70,000 for his dream car, a Fisker Ocean. He was drawn to the new EV's 350-mile range, eco-friendly image, and quirky features like "California Modes," which rolls down nearly every window at once. "I've always bought my cars because I love the way they look," Fleming says. "That's probably my first mistake." But his joy soon turned sour. In June 2024, seven months af... View Source

Setting your PlayStation 5 as your primary console ensures other users on that system can access your digital games and PlayStation Plus benefits. This includes offline access to your library and shared access for other local profiles on the same device. This guide explains how to enable Console Sharing and Offline Play on your PS5, along with tips to manage your account and avoid common issues. A... View Source

Here are six stunning night sky objects to find as we celebrate astronomy day on Sept. 27... View Source

Amazon is hosting its 2025 fall hardware event on Tuesday, September 30th, and it could be a packed show. The company’s invite has a few not-so-subtle hints about new Echos and a new Kindle. It will also be Amazon’s next big product event for Panos Panay, who joined Amazon in 2023 to head up its devices and services teams after a long career at Microsoft helping launch products like the Surface li... View Source

Companies are going to great lengths to protect the infrastructure that provides the backbone of the world’s digital services—by burying their data deep underground... View Source

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. It's been a packed week, with tons of new releases worth highlighting and Tokyo Game Show taking place.Before we get started, make sure to check out our recap of Kojima Productions' 10th anniversary showcase if you need to catch up. I can’t quite get my head around how a literal walking sim from Hideo Kojima m... View Source

Nicholas Spada is one of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear x-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in wildfire smoke. What he’s uncovered in California is a nightmare... View Source

The European Space Agency aims to develop an orbiter-lander mission that will sample the icy plumes of Saturn's icy ocean moon Enceladus and search for signs of life... View Source

The Raleigh One electric bike. Two good things have come from the 2023 bankruptcy of VanMoof. The first is the all-new VanMoof S6 e-bike that recently launched under new ownership. The second is a new commuter e-bike developed for Raleigh by VanMoof's departed founders, Ties and Taco Carlier. Like a VanMoof, the Raleigh One e-bike comes with anti-theft features like GPS tracking and an alarm, cabl... View Source

The app for Amazon’s Blink security cameras is experiencing an issue that’s preventing users from accessing their cameras, but your recordings and notifications are not affected, Amazon spokesperson Emma Daniels tells The Verge. Users on Amazon’s general Blink support forum and on the Blink Cameras subreddit have been reporting issues accessing the app, with many running into a vague error with a... View Source

A crowded September for video-game releases illustrates a broader challenge in the market... View Source

Kindbody implements quotas requiring doctors to perform more lucrative procedures, internal company documents show. In Episode 4 of IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story, patients report being pushed toward expensive IVF cycles and questionable add-ons... View Source

A moon rock brought back over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 mission has been connected with the birth of the Sea of Serenity — if true, it means the lunar mare formed hundreds of millions of years earlier than thought... View Source

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco speaks during an Election Threats Task Force meeting at the Justice Department on September 4, 2024. After successfully manipulating Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and eventually failing to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, President Donald Trump has named his next target for retribution: Microsoft head of global affairs Lisa Monaco. He’s calling for her to be fired. On Truth Social,... View Source

Deal announced for US purchase of app relies on software company’s expertise... View Source

Assuming it can turn its Project Orion augmented reality glasses into a real product people can buy, Meta apparently wants to get into robots next. That's according to Sources' Alex Heath, who spoke to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth and reports that much like Apple, Google and Tesla, Meta is researching robotics. Unlike those other companies, though, Meta apparently isn't all that focused... View Source

Hurricane Humberto and a system that may become Tropical Storm Imelda in the coming days are swirling quite close to each other in the western Atlantic Ocean... View Source

President Donald Trump called for Microsoft Corp. to fire Lisa Monaco, the company’s president of global affairs, the latest in a series of moves targeting former government officials he perceives as political opponents... View Source

Microsoft is testing a way that will make it easier to sift through all the clutter in your photo library. An update coming to all Windows 11 Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs introduces a new AI-powered feature on the Photos app that will place images of receipts, screenshots, identity documents, and handwritten notes in their own folders. Microsoft says the Photos app will automatically categorize th... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down plans for investors to buy TikTok's US operations at a potential valuation of $14 billion. Plus, they discuss the possibility of an AI bubble, after hedge fund manager David Einhorn warned that spending on AI infrastructure may destroy vast amounts of capital. And Qualcomm's CEO shares his views on the changing chip landscape in the wake of Nvidia... View Source

Google is expanding access to YouTube Premium features like faster playback speeds and high-quality audio to more types of devices. Most people subscribe to YouTube Premium to remove ads from YouTube and access to YouTube Music, but Google also includes a variety of "power-user" features that give subscribers more granular control over their viewing or listening experience. Now those fea... View Source

Explore This Section Science Courses & Curriculums for… From City Lights to Moonlight:… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   4 min read From City Lights to Moonlight: NASA Training Shows How Urban Parks Can Connect Communities with Space Science When you think about national park and public land astronomy... View Source

Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group, whose stations account for about 25 percent of ABCs national audience, will air Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show on their ABC affiliate stations once again. Sinclair and Nexstar had suspended airing Kimmel’s show under pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr after Disney reinstated Kimmel from a suspension earlier this week, but both companies chos... View Source

Ford Motor Co. shares climbed to their highest level since July 2024 Friday on new truck levies... View Source

It's been nearly a year since DJI sued the Department of Defense over its designation as a "Chinese military company." On Friday, a judge ruled against the drone maker. US District Judge Paul Friedman said the DoD presented enough evidence that DJI contributes to the Chinese military. "Indeed, DJI acknowledges that its technology can and is used in military conflict but asserts... View Source

Following months of delays, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that's supposed to "save" TikTok. Trump claims the deal will make the app "American-operated," fulfilling the divest-or-ban law that threatened the China-owned app's presence in the US. But the Trump administration didn't reveal any information about who will own TikTok's US operations, or how much they'll own. And qu... View Source

The US labor board has abandoned its allegations that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook violated federal labor law, one of many cases where the agency is adopting a more business-friendly approach under President Donald Trump... View Source

NASA has selected Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc. of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to provide custodial, janitorial, landscaping, and recycling services for the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Facilities Custodial and Landscaping award is a firm-fixed-price hybrid completion and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract includes one 12-m... View Source

'Futurama' co-creator David X. Cohen dives into the details of the show's 13th season... View Source

The Ring Battery Doorbell Plus is $70 off. With Halloween and Amazon’s fall Prime Day just around the corner, now’s a great time to grab a video doorbell. They make it easy to watch over trick-or-treaters and keep tabs on Prime Day deliveries and right now, one of our favorites — the Ring Battery Doorbell Plus — is on sale for $79.99 ($70 off) at Amazon and Best Buy, which is its best price to dat... View Source

Electronic Arts Inc. is in talks to be taken private by a consortium led by Silver Lake Management and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, according to a person familiar with the matter... View Source

In the pursuit of actually releasing the updated version of Siri the company promised way back at WWDC 2024, Apple is taking a page out of OpenAI's book. According to Bloomberg, the company has created a ChatGPT-inspired app to test Siri's new capabilities ahead of the release of the improved voice assistant next year. This new app, called "Veritas" internally, will likely neve... View Source

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gives a comprehensive Year in AI Recap and forward-looking discussion on the explosive growth of AI infrastructure, scaling laws, partnerships, competitive dynamics, and geopolitical implications. Nvidia’s recently announced an OpenAI Stargate partnership and an investment in OpenAI. AI computing is an industrial revolution on par with electricity or jet engines. Huan... View Source

The Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB FE delivers image quality, functionality and build quality that belie the incredibly attractive price of this ultra-fast prime lens for Sony full-frame cameras... View Source

This is Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Building humanoid robots is Meta's next "AR size bet," a top executive told me recently. That suggests the company plans to spend billions of dollars on the effort. During a recent conversation at Meta's headquarters, CTO Andrew Bosworth said he stood up a robotics "re... View Source

For the past four days, the Justice Department has sought to persuade a federal judge in Virginia to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off part of the company and change the way it does business to improve competition for online display advertising... View Source

The long-awaited sequel to The Social Network will hit theaters next fall, according to a report by Deadline. The official release date is set for October 9, 2026, which is just about 16 years after the first film dropped. We also have plenty of other information, including the full cast and the actual name of the movie. The official name is The Social Reckoning, which makes sense as the movie fol... View Source

Tesla and Elon Musk’s announced Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 14 starts rolling out next week – sept 29-Ocit 2), followed by 14.1 in mid-October (a debugging/polishing update after internal employee testing revealed fixes needed for its “big changes”), and 14.2 in 4-10 weeks (late November to early December). FSD 14.2 is described as the sublime ... Read more... View Source

The National Institutes of Health is investing $50 million into research on genetic and environmental factors underlying autism—news that was eclipsed by President Donald Trump’s recent controversial claims about acetaminophen... View Source

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket is taking steps toward the launchpad to fly NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission, now lifting off no earlier than (NET) mid-October... View Source

The Lego Game Boy isn’t supposed to go on sale until October 1st — but I already bought one and built it for you. How? Costco and Sam’s Club have pallets full of them at warehouses across the country, they’re already on sale at a discount, and I’ll tell you how to check if they’re at a Costco near you. @verge Lego Game Boy vs. real Game Boy! The brick version is even better than I imagined: an inc... View Source

Electronic Arts Inc., the video-game company behind popular football and soccer titles, is close to a deal to go private, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter... View Source

Microsoft has a fix for long shader compilation wait times. The system is called Advanced Shader Delivery, and it's being first introduced for ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds and games listed on the Xbox app. Just about every PC gamer knows the feeling of booting up a highly anticipated new AAA title, excited to explore its sprawling environments or open world, only to be hit with "compilin... View Source

We knew that Aaron Sorkin was working on a follow-up to The Social Network, and now we know what the movie will be called and when Sony plans to debut it in theaters. Deadline reports that the movie, now titled The Social Reckoning, has been given an October 9th, 2026, premiere date. Along with Succession’s Jeremy Strong, who will portray Mark Zuckerberg, the film will also star Mikey Madison as f... View Source

Kindbody patients say they’re pushed toward expensive IVF cycles and questionable add-ons as doctors work to meet quotas... View Source

Explore This Section Science For Colleges & Universities NASA Helps Connect Astronomers… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   3 min read NASA Helps Connect Astronomers and Community Colleges Across the Nation The NASA Community College Network (NCCN) and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) have teamed... View Source

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts... View Source

YouTube is adding AI hosts to radio and mixes in the YouTube Music app as part of a new test available through its new Labs program. The hosts are designed to “deepen your listening experience by sharing relevant stories, fan trivia, and fun commentary about your favorite music,” YouTube says in a blog post. If you want to see if you’re eligible to join YouTube Labs, which is dedicated to AI-focus... View Source

Apple Inc. has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare for a long-anticipated overhaul of Siri coming next year, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

YouTube just announced YouTube Labs, which is being described as a "new way for users to take our cutting edge AI experiments for a test drive." This looks like a YouTube-centric version of the pre-existing Google Labs, which is another place for folks to test out experimental AI tools. There's already something new to play with here. YouTube Labs is testing AI hosts for its Music a... View Source

12 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) 2025-2026 DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge Challenge Theme AgAir: Integrating UAS into the Agriculture Industry The agricultural industry is an important part of life in the US and around the world by providing food, fuel, economic development, and more. It has been increasingly important to strategically improve... View Source

The 2025 Harvest Moon won't shine in September; instead, October claims the title. Here's why it happens and when to see it... View Source

Throughout his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump often claimed that his efforts against immigration were primarily against irregular or illegal immigration, and that he was happy to have people go through "proper channels." Those assurances got weaker as he moved into his first term, but he still made at least rhetorical overtures to legal immigration - he had to appease a business communit... View Source

SoftBank Group and Ark Investment Management are among potential investors in a major funding round that could cement Tether Holdings’ status as one of the world’s largest private companies. Katherine Doherty has more on “Bloomberg Markets.”... View Source

41 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) 2025-2026 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge Challenge Materials Challenge Materials The 2025 Challenge Materials are coming soon. Register now to get copies as soon as they are released. Detailed Background Document Overview: What is an Uncrewed Aircraft System?  An uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) can be defin... View Source

Last October, dronemaker DJI sued the US Department of Defense, arguing it should no longer face the stigma of being listed as a “Chinese Military Company” and continue to risk business as a result. It just lost. While US District Court judge Paul Friedman “cannot conclude” that DJI is “indirectly owned by the Chinese Communist Party,” he found that that DoD has broad discretion to decide which co... View Source

How much is Trump’s TikTok really worth? Are China and ByteDance on board? Bloomberg Opinion columnist Dave Lee explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

By Savannah Bullard One year after winning second place in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of their prize opportunity to test their upgraded lunar regolith excavation and transportation rover in the center’s 20-foot thermal vacuum chamber. The technology startup headquartered in... View Source

Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere... View Source

On Thursday, Meta AI launched a new feed of short-form, AI-generated videos called Vibes. The feed is designed to encourage users to remix AI-generated videos that come from “creators and communities,” the company said. Users can post their own AI-generated videos to Vibes or cross-post the videos across Meta’s platforms for friends and followers to see.   While AI-generated content appe... View Source

TikTok’s Chinese parent company will likely get about half of the profit from the platform’s US operation even after it sells majority ownership to American investors as part of a deal orchestrated by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

The long-awaited sidescroller Possessor(s) will be available on November 11 for PC and PS5. It's a horror-tinged action game with Metroidvania elements. It also happens to look extremely beautiful. The game was developed by Heart Machine, which is the same company behind Hyper Light Drifter and its prequel Hyper Light Breaker. Publishing duties fall to Devolver, which has had a hand in a boat... View Source

2 min read Join NASA on Oct. 4 in Looking Up, Celebrating Moon A view of the Moon through the clouds in a photo taken in Italy during the 2024 International Observe the Moon Night. Copyright Astrofili Ceriana, used with permission. Join observers from around the world on Saturday, Oct. 4, for NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night. This annual event offers an opportunity for earthlings to cel... View Source

The Tab 8 features an 8.7-inch Nxtpaper screen. | Image: TCL TCL has put its Nxtpaper display technology, designed to be easy on the eyes like E Ink’s e-paper screens, in a slew of devices ranging from hefty 14-inch tablets to smartphones for kids. The new Tab 8 is the latest addition to TCL’s Nxtpaper lineup and with an 8.7-inch screen it sits somewhere in-between the company’s existing size offe... View Source