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The best part of going to a film festival is finding something new. Sure, it's great to find out that movies you're excited about are in fact good - I've had luck so far with Exit 8, No Other Choice, and Wake Up Dead Man - but it's so much more exciting to be surprised by something when you had no expectations going in. That's what happened to me when I walked into a theater to watch Arco, an abso... View Source

Uber Technologies Inc. is tapping the US investment-grade bond market Monday for its first blue-chip debt sale this year... View Source

Databricks Inc., one of the world’s most valuable startups, said it closed a $1 billion funding round, valuing the software provider at more than $100 billion... View Source

Ford has unveiled a new F-150 Lightning variant called the STX that brings extra range and a rugged attitude to the lineup. The model is likely a response to slipping F-150 Lightning sales and was designed based on customer feedback, the company said. It will replace the current XLT model at the same starting price.  Slotting in near the bottom of the lineup after the Lightning Pro, the STX t... View Source

2025 Evening with the Stars 9.10.25 MSBR Rooftop Reception 9.8.25 AIAA Dinner 8.18.25 STScI Event 7.29.25 MSBR Lunch 7.16.25 Rocket Lab Event 7.16.25 MSBR Lunch Reception 6.18.25 2025 Paris Airshow 6.13-19.25 Greater Houston Partnership Reception 6.12.25 Axiom Space X-4 Event Space Foundation and German Embassy Reception 6.5.25 Mission 2 Moon Landing 6.5.25 H2M Conference and Events 5.28-29.25 Pla... View Source

"'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them."... View Source

Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to acquire 50MHz of wireless spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service spectrum licenses from EchoStar for about $17 billion in cash and stock for its Starlink satellite network... View Source

Out with the old iPhone, in with the new. There's probably a lot of market research out there by fancy people who analyze consumer data trying to answer one question: Why do people choose an iPhone? Is it a reputation for better privacy? Long-term reliability? Targeted ad campaigns? I think it's a lot simpler than anyone wants to acknowledge: Their previous iPhone no longer works. They're fed up w... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Ed Ludlow looks at the interlocking relationship between Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, and his carmaker, Tesla... View Source

Uber and its new partner Momenta will start testing an autonomous ride-sharing service in Europe in 2026, Momenta announced. The service will kick off in Munich, Germany using Momenta's self-driving tech and Uber's ride-sharing platform, with the goal of future European expansion. The companies chose Munich to kick off the operation due to the city's "deep-rooted engineering he... View Source

A new review study examines the “gut virome”: the microbiome’s mysterious viral population... View Source

Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league, has reached a $340 million valuation after its debut season... View Source

In 2020, I bought an iPhone 12 to replace my aging Pixel 3, and nearly five years later, I'm still using that same device because it works fine and Apple has yet to bring the feature I want most on a regular iPhone: a ProMotion display. If you're not familiar with the company's marketing lingo, ProMotion is its way of describing a high-refresh rate display. Apple introduced ProMotio... View Source

A panorama captures a breathtaking view of the night sky above a frozen landscape... View Source

Private equity firm TPG GP Solutions LP has invested in a single-asset continuation vehicle for the insurance technology company Earnix Inc. in a deal with Israel’s Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) valued at $290 million... View Source

Planet Labs PBC boosted its full-year sales forecast amid higher demand for the earth-imaging company’s data... View Source

It hasn’t been the greatest year for the Ford F-150 Lightning, with sales so far this year down nearly 10 percent as compared to last year. In the hopes of boosting interest in the battery-powered truck, Ford today announced a new appearance package called STX, which the company says is in direct response to customer feedback. The STX, which replaces the XLT in the Lightning lineup, comes equipped... View Source

Research into whether drugs like ayahuasca can mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury is in its infancy. Pro athletes like Jordan Poyer are forging ahead anyway... View Source

At least fourteen people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal’s Kathmandu during protests against the government’s decision to ban several social media platforms, local media reported... View Source

A common nasal spray shows promise in reducing COVID risk, but vaccine access remains tangled in policy in the U.S... View Source

Two AI-generated  figures from the production of Critterz. OpenAI is on a mission to show Hollywood that generative artificial intelligence can deliver results and is throwing its weight behind an animated feature film it hopes will stand toe-to-toe with much costlier productions, according to the Wall Street Journal. The film, called “Critterz,” is expected to hit theaters worldwide in 2026 afte... View Source

See spectacular photos from the Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse... View Source

Anyone familiar with the AI slop on Pinterest should recognize how unnatural that hair is. I opened TikTok while visiting Germany last week and stumbled across a Vodafone ad being presented by a woman who probably doesn’t exist. The ad includes several “tells” that suggest the presenter was artificially created using generative AI — the unnatural style and movement of her hair, the way her moles d... View Source

Whether you’re chasing cinematic landscapes or just want to snap the ultimate selfie from above, finding the best drone comes down to knowing what kind of flying experience you're after. From compact foldable options you can slip into a backpack to advanced models that shoot silky-smooth 4K footage, today’s drones come packed with features that cater to everyone — from first-time flyers to seasone... View Source

One of the Middle East’s oldest sovereign investors has hired Saudi Arabian firm Jadwa Investment to shift about $1 billion in assets as part of a major strategic overhaul... View Source

The Beauty Tech Group said it’s planning an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange, marking a potential boost for the UK’s capital markets after the slowest first-half for IPO volumes in more than 20 years... View Source

A good cordless stick vacuum cleaner gives you the freedom to move from room to room without dragging a cable or hunting for the nearest outlet. They’re lighter than a typical corded vacuum and often easier to store, making them ideal for quick jobs as well as deep cleans. Many of the best vacuum cleaners now come in bagless designs, with powerful suction and smart features that make it simple to... View Source

The US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.’s factories in China, a compromise aimed at preventing disruptions to the global electronics industry after Trump officials revoked Biden-era waivers that let the companies more easily get such shipments... View Source

Uber and one of its many robotaxi partners, Momenta, will test fully driverless cars in Germany next year. The news comes as Europe continues to lag behind the US and China in the number of commercially operational robotaxi services. The companies say they will test Level 4 autonomous vehicles in Munich starting in 2026. (Level 4 describes fully driverless vehicles, without safety drivers, that ca... View Source

The pair will be visible on the eastern horizon soon after sunset before tracing the Pisces constellationAn almost full moon glides close to Saturn this week, forming a pleasant conjunction in an otherwise unremarkable patch of the sky.The chart shows the view looking east-southeast from London at 22:00 on 8 September 2025. The moon’s visible hemisphere is just over 98% illuminated, and at 16 days... View Source

Russia turned into a lucrative market for Chinese automakers after the invasion of Ukraine, as they rushed in to fill the void left by foreign brands. That easy access may be over... View Source

Visible from Australia, across Asia and western Europe, a blood moon has been captivating stargazers. This marvel is caused when the Earth shades the moon from direct solar light, causing the moon to appear red.Blood moon and lunar eclipse cast an ethereal light – in pictures Continue reading... View Source

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-led the latest funding round in robotics startup X Square Robot, as the Chinese e-commerce company is trying to cement its leadership in emerging technologies... View Source

Early-September downpours have drenched many Londoners, foreshadowing what forecasters say could be a soggier-than-usual autumn, but that probably won’t be enough to lift the UK’s drought... View Source

A child of the Space Shuttle Program, Jeni Morrison grew up walking the grounds of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston with her parents and listening to family stories about human spaceflight.  Now, with more than 15 years at NASA, Morrison serves as one of Johnson’s Environmental Programs managers. She ensures the center complies with laws that protect its resources by overseeing regulato... View Source

Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is releasing a Poké Ball virtual pet toy so you can fulfill your dreams of carrying your favorite Pokémon around with you everywhere. I don't know how this one slid under my radar when it was announced at the end of August (perhaps because all my attention has been on Tamagotchi Paradise) but now that I've seen it, I must have it. While it appears to be a Ja... View Source

Visible from Australia, across Asia, to western Europe, a blood moon has been captivating stargazers. This marvel is caused when the Earth shades the moon from direct solar light, causing the moon to appear red Continue reading... View Source

CEOs, investors, analysts and even some bankers gathering for one of the tech industry’s biggest summits this week in San Francisco will likely spend time whispering about how 2025 could go down as the best year ever for deals in their sector... View Source

See the first photos of September's majestic total lunar eclipse... View Source

Until very recently it wasn’t clear what usage limits were placed on Gemini at the various tiers. Thankfully Google has finally updated its Help Center article detailing “Gemini Apps limits & upgrades for Google AI subscribers.” Gone are the useless descriptors like “limited access” or vague statements like “we may at times have to cap the number of prompts and conversations you can have, or h... View Source

Microsoft said its Azure cloud platform has returned to normal service after an incident of cut underwater cables that played out over Saturday. The tech giant reported "undersea fiber cuts" in the Red Sea on Saturday morning, which disrupted Azure service throughout the Middle East and led to potential "increased latency" for users. Microsoft said that the latency issue was re... View Source

Nintendo has just won another major battle in its longstanding war against piracy. Earlier this summer, a US federal court ruled in favor of Nintendo in a lawsuit against Ryan Daly and the Modded Hardware website. The site was known for selling devices that allowed users to get around Nintendo's piracy protections, including the popular MIG Switch flashcart that lets buyers play official Nintendo... View Source

General Motors is going to be scaling back production of the Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq, as well as the Chevy Bolt EV as it expects sales of electric vehicles to slow dramatically. The $7,500 consumer tax credit for purchasing a new EV is set to expire at the end of the month. That credit has been crucial to driving demand for EVs, which are still more expensive than their gas-powered counterparts... View Source

For most Hollow Knight: Silksong players, the combat is challenging and the boss fights are punishing. However, there's another layer of complexity for anyone playing the sequel in Simplified Chinese: the bizarre translations. On its Steam store page, Silksong currently sits at a "Mostly Positive" rating across reviews in all languages. Once you filter for the Simplified Chinese rev... View Source

Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very different stories... View Source

One of Elon Musks Super powers is hyperfocusing on what really matters. What really matters for Tesla is get Cybercabs mass produced using the new unboxed manufacturing process. Tesla can go next level in car production, low cost vehicles with mass produced cybercabs with the new process starting in only 100 days. December 2025. Cybercab ... Read more... View Source

The Toronto International Film Festival is almost like a preview of the movie slate for the next few months — and this year I’m watching as much as possible to give you all the scoop on what’s ahead. To do that, I’ll be writing a dispatch covering every movie I’ve seen that day, which will run daily throughout most of the festival. That includes bigger movies you probably a... View Source

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected... View Source

While scientists are still working to understand the effects an extended trip to space can have on the human body, research in recent years has suggested that astronauts may experience some pretty dramatic changes on both the physiological and psychological levels. In the latest study led by a team at University of California San Diego, researchers found signs of accelerated aging in human stem ce... View Source

Everyone basically agrees: if you want people to transition from polluting gas guzzlers to electric cars, you have to make them more affordable. The luxury EVs, with their big battery packs and fine leather interiors, are all well and good, but if you really want to move the needle on EV adoption, we need more entry-level options. And so far, we’re lacking. Volkswagen hears this, and is responding... View Source

It took just a few eventful weeks for President Donald Trump’s family to rack up about $1.3 billion from two crypto ventures, each less than a year old... View Source

A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that should have destroyed them... View Source

When director Rian Johnson introduced the new Knives Out film on the third day of TIFF 2025, he exclaimed: "we're going back to church." By that he meant that Wake Up Dead Man, the latest Benoit Blanc mystery, would harken back to the origins of the whodunit, and in particular the gothic vibes of Edgar Allan Poe. And now that I've seen it, I have to say that Johnson pulled it off: the new movie ha... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things at the intersection of environment and technology, follow Justine Calma. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Some stories that I've worked on as an environmental journalist still haunt me. One of the first to ge... View Source

The highlight of Apple’s big event on Tuesday will be its thin and light “iPhone 17 Air” — but the device won’t be the right purchase for most customers. Also: The company is planning a Perplexity rival and continues its attempt to launch AI features in China. Lastly, an Instagram app for the iPad finally arrives... View Source

Ant queens of one species are sexual parasites that clone ants of another species to create hybrid workers that do their bidding... View Source

The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 delivers a long, blood-red moon... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 96, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, has your inbox been as busy as mine the past few days?, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) Over the past two weeks, I've been testing this wildly customizable keyboard with an attachable trackball, reading the first Dungeon Crawler Ca... View Source

We surveyed people in the U.S. about artificial-intelligence-generated art. Their answers told us a lot about how we value human creativity... View Source

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how... View Source

EToro Group Ltd. is ready to undertake more ambitious M&A deals, and has the cash to do so, one of its founders said... View Source

The ringed gas giant Saturn will be less than 5 degrees from the lunar disk at sunset on Sept. 8... View Source

Bitcoin has increased in price from less than penny ($0.003 in 2010) to $110,000 today in 2025. Bitcoin is up 18% in 2025 and was up as much as 31% last month. Buying into Bitcoin early in 2017 would have been at prices below $1000 and there would have been over 100X returns. Late 2013 ... Read more... View Source

Microsoft Corp. said on Saturday that clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut... View Source

The Square Enix team behind Final Fantasy Tactics — The Ivalice Chronicles didn't just remaster the iconic strategy RPG, they had to go through the trouble of remaking the source code from scratch, according to Bloomberg. In an interview with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, the game's director Kazutoyo Maehiro explained the arduous process of designing The Ivalice Chronicles, which is s... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink internet broadband satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025... View Source

Starting September 9, Porsche and Audi will be the latest non-Tesla brands to utilize the Supercharger network. The two automakers announced that some of their owners will get adapters that allow them to charge via the NACS port, which Tesla developed and opened up to other automakers. The rollout comes after the Volkswagen Group, which owns both Porsche and Audi, announced that it would implement... View Source

Tesla is now reincorporated in Texas so Texas laws are what matter for the new 2025 pay package. The shareholders will vote November 6 on the new pay package. Texas laws limit shareholder litigation over approved pay packages. Texas require shareholders to hold at least 3% of outstanding shares to file a lawsuit, and Tesla ... Read more... View Source

8BitDo makes some of our favorite gaming accessories, and right now you can get one of its Switch 2 controllers for the lowest price we've seen yet. A deal on Amazon shaves 14 percent off the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 controller's usual $70 price tag, bringing it down to $60 — and with a coupon you can apply before checkout, it drops a bit more to $54. The discount only applies to the white color option... View Source

Everyone is misunderstanding the 2025 TESLA CEO Pay Plan. It is a $20 Trillion Plan NOT $8.5 Trillion market capitialization target. Adjusted EBITDA is a better measure of true company earnings without one time charges. Tesla having fast growth to 25 times more adjusted EBITDA will be five times more “true profitability” than Nvidia. Fast ... Read more... View Source

Two authors have filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of infringing on their copyright by using their books to train its artificial intelligence model without their consent. The plaintiffs, Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, claimed that Apple used a dataset of pirated copyrighted books that include their works for AI training. They said in their complaint that Applebot, the compa... View Source

A few years ago, artist Modern Biology became a viral sensation when he posted videos of himself controlling a modular synth with mushrooms on TikTok. Pocket Scion gives anyone similar capabilities, but without having to spend thousands of dollars on a Eurorack rig – and in a much more portable package.  A core part of Modern Biology’s setup is a module called Scion from Glasgow-based Instruo... View Source

Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star?... View Source

No Other Choice. At my second day at TIFF 2025, the longest line I saw wasn't for a movie: it was for the Criterion Closet. The space is housed in a van so that it could make it up to Toronto, and honestly, it felt a little wrong to see the outside of it after watching everyone from Michael Cera to Hideo Kojima spend time in its cramped interior digging through Blu-Rays. The line was long enough t... View Source

The RVSolar System living its best vanlife. | Image: Bluetti It only took three years, but Bluetti is following EcoFlow’s lead with a fully integrated power system of its own to make vanlifers, off-grid cabins, and boats energy independent. The RVSolar System’s main advantage over bespoke systems is a relatively quick and easy installation, requiring just “30 minutes,” according to Bluetti’s annou... View Source

The Pokémon series has had staying power ever since its debut in the 1990s, but it has felt especially popular in recent years, thanks to Pokémon GO and the resurgence of the trading card game. Given that more Pokémon fans are experiencing new ways to play, it’s the right time for developer Game Freak to refresh the video game series. The upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A looks to do just that with a... View Source

This quiz is a deep dive into the physics, history, and mysteries of our nearest star... View Source

When I was 16 years old, I wrote my first fanfiction. It was a crossover fic where the cast from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy gave the anime dog demon Inuyasha a makeover. It was stupid and poorly written, and yet, to this very day, I remember it fondly. This is exactly what it's like playing Super Robot Wars Y - an exceedingly silly, nonsensical plot featuring characters that have no business s... View Source

On Episode 176 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Alan Stern to talk about what is next in deep space exploration... View Source

We talked to Starfield's Lead Creative Producer, Tim Lamb, about designing Starfield's blend of complex ship control and thrilling arcade dogfights... View Source

A screenshot from Panic’s Herdling game. | Image: Panic / Okomotive Herdling is a slow game about herding fuzzy animals through a vibrant natural world. That may not sound particularly exciting, but I found it to be a perfect game to unwind with after a stressful day. In Herdling, you play as a kid who makes friends with and shepherds large fluffy creatures called Calicorns, which kind of look lik... View Source

Pencils down. Asking the Pixel 10 to be more than what it is feels greedy. Google's non-Pro Pixel is priced fairly at $799, which is significantly less than the $999 Pixel 10 Pro. It comes with some handy upgrades, like Qi2 charging with built-in magnets. Its AI features finally show promise. It includes a dedicated telephoto lens for the first time. It's a proper flagship and an all-around easygo... View Source

The Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse will be visible to over 7 billion people in Asia, Australia, Africa and eastern Europe... View Source

If you wanted a sense of the current relationship between the tech right and the populists, you had to be sitting in Breakout Room C on the first day of NatCon 5, the annual gathering of the MAGA right's powerhouses. At the end of the afternoon panel on the culture wars ("The Need for Heroism"), Geoffrey Miller was handed the mic and started berating one of the panelists: Shyam Sankar, the chief t... View Source

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. Folks, it's here. You know it's here. So, we'll touch on it, but briefly. Some developers and publishers opted not to delay their games out of this week (others have done that to get some breathing space from you-know-what), so there are several other newcomers to highlight. Before we get there, there'... View Source

Genetic-sequencing techniques have identified microorganisms that lived in the mouths of ancient mammoths... View Source

“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they’re taking advantage of tragedy... View Source

The nebula body of the cosmic shark is located 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus... View Source

The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai is the first robot vacuum mop from the company and the first to use a multifunctional dock. The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai Robot is the company's first combination robot vacuum and mop. It debuted at Dyson's Berlin store during the IFA tech show this week and is a follow-up to the company's 360 VisNav robot vacuum, which launched in 2023. Featuring a new round design, a self-clean... View Source

OpenAI Inc. told investors it projects its spending through 2029 may rise to $115 billion, about $80 billion more than previously expected, The Information reported, without providing details on how and when shareholders were informed... View Source

Eddy Cue deserves a raise. As the executive overseeing Apple's services division, he's highly incentivized to protect the tens of billions of dollars a year that Google pays to be the default search engine in Safari. "I've lost a lot of sleep thinking about it," he said from the witness stand during Google's antitrust trial earlier this year. Luckily for Cue, his court testimony appears to have ha... View Source

When Meta Platforms Inc. turned to lenders to secure $26 billion in debt funding for construction of a sprawling new data center, one key detail made all the difference in fueling a heated bidding war for the deal: the technology giant agreed to a special guarantee on the Louisiana complex... View Source

Beijing's recent military parade unveiled new hypersonic and intercontinental missiles alongside stealth drones, highlighting China's expanding strike and defense capabilities... View Source

Robinhood Markets Inc. has been added to the S&P 500, marking a new phase for the retail trading platform that helped define the pandemic-era boom in individual investing. The company will join the benchmark in the latest quarterly rebalance, S&P Dow Jones Indices said Friday... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the unprecedented $1 trillion pay package that Elon Musk could receive from Tesla. Plus, Tesla shareholders are also set to vote on whether the electric vehicle makers should buy more shares in Musk’s AI startup, xAI. And Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon discusses the company’s new automated driver assistance platform rolling out in new BMW iX3 cars. (Sou... View Source

Mark Zuckerberg has certainly come a long way in his relationship with President Donald Trump. Almost exactly a year after the president threatened the Meta CEO with imprisonment, the two sat side-by-side at a White House dinner, alongside numerous other tech CEOs.The nearly three dozen CEOs and execs in attendance took turns praising and thanking Trump. But Zuckerberg's comments were especia... View Source

JetBlue will start using Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites for in-flight Wi-Fi in 2027. It's a big win for Jeff Bezos' company and its nascent internet constellation... View Source

The satellite will turn deep red as the Earth passes between the sun and the moon at about 7.30pm on SundayA rare total lunar eclipse “blood moon” will be visible from the UK on Sunday night for the first time since 2022.The moon is expected to turn a surreal deep, dark red as the Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow across the lunar surface. Continue reading... View Source

YouTube is getting “hundreds” of full classic Sesame Street episodes beginning in January 2026. Once the episodes are available, “YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content,” Sesame Workshop says. YouTube is already has a wealth of popular content focused toward kids, including big channels like Cocomelon (which is getting a theatrical film in 2027) and Ms. Rachel (who... View Source

Meta is finally fixing how threads work on its social network Threads. Prior to this, there was no real way to know how long a thread was or even if a post was part of a longer discussion. The company has made "several changes that display threaded posts more clearly." These include a new "view more" label that indicates a post is part of a longer thread. This is an easy way to... View Source

A view inside the sandbox portion of the Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA Four research volunteers will soon participate in NASA’s year-long simulation of a Mars mission inside a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This mission will provide NASA with foundational data to inform hum... View Source

The seven members of the Expedition 73 crew worked on science and kept systems running on International Space Station this week in Earth orbit... View Source

A judge’s decision not to break up Google’s business may complicate a push by AI startups to compete in search. But first…... View Source

Unity is updating its game engine to support native screen readers in both macOS and Windows. The feature is available now in the Unity 6000.3.0a5 alpha, and should make the process of making games accessible for blind players cheaper for developers, Can I Play That? writes. Screen readers narrate on-screen menus so blind and low-vision players can navigate a game or a piece of software without ad... View Source

3 Min Read NASA Seeks Industry Input on Next Phase of Commercial Space Stations The aurora australis appears over the Earth in this photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia. Credits: NASA NASA is requesting feedback from American companies on the next phase of its commercial space stations strategy to ensure a seaml... View Source

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane is carrying a sample of material that could someday help NASA land cargo and people on Mars... View Source

In what’s potentially the first major payout to creatives whose work was used to train AI systems, Anthropic has reached an agreement to pay “at least” a staggering $1.5 billion, plus interest, to authors to settle its class-action lawsuit. The amount breaks down to smaller payouts expected to be approximately $3,000 per book or work. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said it’s “believed to be the larges... View Source

Un enfoque tradicional centrado en la diversión y la resistencia a las tendencias tecnológicas han dado lugar a un creador de videojuegos diferente a cualquier otro... View Source

Anthropic will pay a record-breaking $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit lawsuit brought by authors and publishers. The settlement is the largest-ever payout for a copyright case in the United States. The AI company behind the Claude chatbot reached a settlement in the case last week, but terms of the agreement weren't disclosed at the time. Now, The New York Times reports that the... View Source

Anthropic PBC will pay $1.5 billion to resolve an authors’ copyright lawsuit over the AI company’s downloading of millions of pirated books, one of the largest settlements over artificial intelligence and intellectual property to date... View Source

With Hollywood video game adaptations surging, it was only a matter of time before Life is Strange got the treatment. After all, even platformer and sandbox game adaptations have (shockingly) found success in this new era. A well-written adventure game seems like a much shorter leap. Amazon announced on Friday that Prime Video has ordered a series based on the 2015 game. Like Don't Nod's... View Source

About 150 million years ago storm winds snapped bones in the wings of baby pterosaurs, sending them tumbling to their deaths in a muddy lagoon in what is now Germany... View Source

Make way for the shock and awe of this 'technological terror' coming to your galaxy next month... View Source

Showrunner — the startup that wants to “revolutionize” the entertainment industry by charging people to prompt up AI-generated videos featuring copyrighted IP — is working on a new project to restore an Orson Welles classic. On Friday, Showrunner announced that it has designed a new generative AI model that is meant to help recreate lost footage from The Magnificent Ambersons, Welles... View Source

The European Commission has announced that it will fine Google €2.95 billion, or around $3.5 billion, for violating European Union antitrust laws and "distorting competition in the advertising technology industry." The decision follows a similar ruling from earlier in 2025, where a US federal judge concluded that Google maintains a monopoly in online advertising technology. Google displa... View Source

Several of the most powerful business leaders in the country gathered around a table last night to fawn over President Donald Trump for his AI policies. “You and your policies are really helping a lot,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told the president. AMD CEO Lisa Su praised “the amount of acceleration that we’ve seen just in the few short months that the administration has been in place.” Oracle C... View Source

The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat events... View Source

"The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown dwarfs, potentially offering clues to the diversity of worlds beyond our solar system."... View Source

In writer / director Julian Glander's new animated sci-fi feature Boys Go to Jupiter, a young gig worker named Billy 5000 (Planet Money's Jack Corbett) hoverboards his way through life in Florida with only one thing on his mind: he needs $5,000 and is willing to deliver as much food as it takes to make the cash. At first, the delivery guy's semi-magical, "let's get this bread" style of thinking se... View Source

European stocks dropped as concerns spurred by a soft US jobs report countered increased bets that the weak figures would prompt Federal Reserve to cut interest rates... View Source

Games Done Quick’s all-women and femmes speedrunning event Flame Fatales kicks off on September 7 and goes until September 14. You can watch the marathon on the GDQ Twitch channel starting at 11:30AM ET. This is a week-long event, so the official schedule is packed with cool games. All told, there will be more than 50 speedruns. These will include recent hits like Blue Prince and Hades 2, in addit... View Source

Fresh treatments for rare skin diseases shift the focus from symptom management to repair and help children with such conditions live active lives... View Source

Superman and Lex Luthor continue their historic rivalry in 'Man of Tomorrow', scheduled for July 9, 2027... View Source

The doors to IFA 2025 in Berlin, Germany, have officially opened and new gadgets, tech, features, and upgrades continue to pour out of Europe's largest consumer tech show. There's a lot of news to stay on top of, and if you're struggling to ingest it all, here are some of the best announcements from the show so far including innovative new robovacs, more affordable smart home devices, and even a p... View Source

NASA's interim administrator, Sean Duffy, said Thursday he has heard the recent talk about how some people are starting to believe that China will land humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program. "We had testimony that said NASA will not beat China to the Moon," Duffy remarked during an all-hands meeting with NASA employees. "That was shade thrown on all of NASA. I he... View Source

Engineers at Square Enix had to laboriously recreate the original game’s code over years of development... View Source

It's September 2025, and things are looking peachy keen. Sure, the US job market has taken a nosedive. And yeah, only one in four Americans believes they have a good chance of improving their standard of living. But hey, Tesla's board has proposed a pay package that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. What really matters is that someone is having a good time, right?... View Source

Researchers have finally traced the origin of the spotted ratfish’s bizarre forehead teeth, which are used for mating... View Source

A new particle detector has passed a crucial test, demonstrating it's ready to start investigating quark-gluon plasma, the hot particle soup that existed during the first milliseconds of the universe... View Source

The European Commission has waged a €2.95 billion (~$3.5 billion) fine against Google for “abusing its dominant position” in advertising technology. In its announcement, the Commission claims that Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices have increased costs for advertisers and publishers, potentially raising prices for consumers as a result. The Commission has ordered Google to come up with a p... View Source

Qualcomm Inc. Chief Executive Officer Cristiano Amon said Intel Corp.’s production technology isn’t currently good enough for the maker of mobile phone processors to use as a supplier... View Source

Bose announced a refresh of its QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds over the summer and now it's back with an overhaul of its flagship noise-canceling headphones. The company has employed the second-generation moniker once again on the new QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, but this time the list of updates is a bit more substantial. Bose says it made tweaks to audio performance, active noise cancellation (ANC... View Source

Researchers are hoping to trick the immune system into fighting back against the bane of adolescents everywhere... View Source

Three powerful space telescopes, Euclid, Roman, and the James Webb Space Telescope, could team up to detect black holes as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang... View Source

The just-fully-announced Legion Go 2 will be the first handheld outside of Asus that’s confirmed to get the new Xbox full-screen experience. Lenovo spokesperson Jeff Witt tells me buyers will be able to manually switch the handheld to Xbox FSE after it’s ready in the spring 2026 time frame. Asus will get it far sooner on October 16th when it co-launches the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X with Microsoft... View Source

Stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings SA is expanding its gold strategy by adding to its stake in a Canadian gold royalty company... View Source

NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pa If "chaos is a ladder," then brilliant stars forming from discordant gas and dust are the ultimate example of that. The James Webb telescope has imaged one of the more dramatic stellar nurseries in the galaxy called Pismis 24, showing swirling dust and infant stars in unprecedented detail.  The image was captured in infrared light by Webb's NIRC... View Source

NASA/Rad Sinyak Orion Mission Evaluation Room (MER) team member works during an Artemis II mission simulation on Aug. 19, 2025, from the new Orion MER inside the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. As NASA’s Orion spacecraft is carrying crew around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, a team of expert engineers in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Cent... View Source

Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which may help scientists understand conditions such as schizophrenia... View Source

Astronomers have captured a stunning new image of the interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS, seeing its growing tail and glowing coma... View Source

If you want to stay alert while running or biking, the Nothing Ear Open are a worthwhile alternative to classic in-ear cans. That’s because the company’s first pair of open-style earbuds — which are now on sale at Nothing’s online storefront or Amazon for an all-time low $99 ($50 off) with a Prime membership — let you listen to music and podcasts while keeping tabs on traffic, pedestrians, and oth... View Source

SparkCharge is planning to expand its mobile electric-vehicle charging services to Europe and the Middle East, according to Chief Executive Officer Joshua Aviv... View Source

OnePlus and Hasselblad are ending their five-year partnership, according to an official blog post. The smartphone maker has started developing its own camera system, which it has dubbed the DetailMax Engine. There was no reason given for the split, though OnePlus heaped praise on Hasselblad in that blog post. It lauded the camera maker's "obsession with precision and detail" and opi... View Source

You can stream all Star Trek content, including the latest series of Strange New Worlds, for less as Paramount Plus is 50% off for a limited time only... View Source

The rumor mill just churned up a purported render of Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Edge, and it only adds to speculation that the super-slim phone will look like the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro. The renders, shared with Android Headlines by reliable leaker OnLeaks, show a device with slim bezels and a prominent rear camera bar housing a pair of lenses. Based on the renders, the Galaxy S26 Edge may look much dif... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was fined almost €3 billion ($3.5 billion) by the European Union and ordered to stop favoring its own advertising technology services, in a move that risks further inflaming tensions with US President Donald Trump... View Source

We're just days away from Apple's September 9th iPhone 17 event, and the hype seems practically nonexistent. Did the many (many) leaks splash cold water on an enthusiasm, or are we just tired of annual iPhone events? In this episode, Deputy Editor Nathan Ingraham joins Devindra to discuss why even the rumored iPhone Air isn't really tingling our gadget geek senses. Also, we dive int... View Source

How to watch the Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse live from the comfort of your home... View Source

Boox isn’t quite ready to reveal everything about its next Palma e-reader, but we got a sneak peek. | Photo: Jess Weatherbed / The Verge It wasn’t on public display at its IFA 2025 booth, but Boox gave The Verge’s Jess Weatherbed a brief but early look at its next Palma smartphone-sized e-reader. The company wasn’t yet willing to divulge any technical specs. Still, the new Palma appears to feature... View Source

Tesla Inc. shareholders will vote in November to decide if the electric carmaker should invest in Elon Musk’s closely held artificial intelligence startup, xAI... View Source

Qualcomm's driver-assistance system Snapdragon Ride Pilot will debut on the BMW iX3 electric SUV, offering hands-free highway driving, automatic lane changes and parking assistance. The jointly developed software stack announced today will be powered by Snapdragon Ride system-on-chips and will make its first formal appearance at IAA Mobility 2025. Snapdragon Ride Pilot is a Level 2+ driver-as... View Source

The Roscosmos Progress 92 cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 5, 2025, for an automated docking to the orbital complex’s Poisk module.Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Roscosmos... View Source

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge Senior Reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they're going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. I've been thinking ahead to Apple's big event next Tuesday. I'll be sitting in Apple's... View Source

A cryptocurrency project endorsed by Donald Trump’s family saw its trading debut soured after billionaire backer Justin Sun was blocked from using his unlocked coins and took to social media to object... View Source

On a random Saturday in August, I became the omnipotent caretaker of a newly formed planet, one born, according to the lore, from humankind's collective love of Tamagotchis past and present. An egg hatched and a planet sprang forth. Then another egg hatched down on the surface of that planet and a critter sprang forth. In the few weeks since, I've raised half a dozen more creatures across three di... View Source

Card dealers create a unique deck with each shuffle, something computers cannot replicate... View Source

One member of the cluster was previously believed to be the most massive star known, but is actually a triple star system of huge stars, all of which will go supernova... View Source

Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire if Tesla shareholders approve a new pay package that was just put forward by the company’s board. Musk would need to meet certain milestones in order to receive that eye-popping compensation, such as producing 1 million robotaxis and 1 million humanoid robots, as well as increase Tesla’s valuation by trillions of dollars. Musk, already the worl... View Source

Company is readying a slew of updated devices for the holidays... View Source

With Microsoft officially ending support for Windows 10 on October 14, anyone with an older PC is faced with a dilemma.  Sure, you can kick the can down the road by signing up for the free 12-month Extended Security Updates. But even if your computer meets the minimum system requirements for a free Windows 11 upgrade, anything older than a year won't be able to take advantage of Microsof... View Source

Tesla is just over $1 trillion now but if Elon Musk can achieve all 12 levels of his pay package the company will be $8.5 trillion. He does not start getting paid until he nearly doubles the stock to $619. If you get 400-500 shares now for about $130000, he will make you a millionaire ... Read more... View Source

Can AI help "smooth over" discussion on abortion, racism, immigration, or Israel-Palestine? Columbia University sure hopes so. The Verge has learned that the university recently began testing Sway, an AI debate program currently in beta. Developed by two researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Sway matches up students with opposing views to chat one-on-one about hot-button issues and "facilitat... View Source

Bose Corp. on Friday introduced its second-generation QuietComfort Ultra headphones, stepping up its competitiveness in the space. The new model is being sold for the same $449 price as the previous model and goes on sale Oct. 2... View Source

The government of Nepal is blocking commonly used social platforms including Facebook, X, Instagram, WeChat, Reddit and YouTube due to noncompliance with a new law requiring them to register with the government, The Associated Press reported. Five platforms including TikTok and Viber that did register in the country were exempted from the ban.  Social media companies were asked to provide a l... View Source

A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions... View Source

A recent close-up shows a turtle-shaped rock on the surface of Mars, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover... View Source

I wrote that no one should buy MSI and Intel's original handheld gaming PC. I literally called it an embarrassment, and the company blacklisted me after that. MSI stopped pitching me news, and stopped answering my emails, even after the company began to write off its dud of a handheld. So you can imagine my surprise to find: MSI and Intel have gone from worst to nearly first. In many games, it's t... View Source

Singapore must resist external manipulation from “near and far,” President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said, warning of foreign actors who will seek to advance their agendas in the city-state... View Source

Kirby is a uniquely wholesome Nintendo character, yet his games often have a quirky mean streak to them. They're all about letting players absorb enemies and take on some wild powers to tear through vibrant stages with reckless abandon. That's especially true with Kirby Air Riders, the long-awaited sequel to the GameCube classic racing game, Kirby Air Ride. Much like the original, it... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink internet broadband satellites was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025... View Source

Bose will now let you turn the ANC off on its new QuietComfort Ultra headphones, boosting battery life to up to 45 hours. | Image: Bose Bose has announced a second-generation version of its QuietComfort Ultra wireless headphones it first introduced nearly two years ago. The name is the same, but the new Ultra finally adds support for listening to lossless audio over a USB-C cable, while still carr... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Takashi Mochizuki and Vlad Savov address Nintendo’s idiosyncratic approach to crafting compelling video games... View Source

After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Valerion is formally announcing its new premium projector, the VisionMaster Max, at IFA 2025. The boxy little projector offers improved contrast and brightness, but the feature that should be most interesting to home theater aficionados is how it tries to address the "rainbow effect" common in some cheaper projectors. Cheaper DLP projectors someti... View Source

A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red for millions across Asia and Europe overnight on Sept. 7-8. Here are the best times to watch the show unfold... View Source

There are several dummy units of the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro Max (left) and iPhone 17 Air (right) on display at IFA 2025. Apple’s launch event for the iPhone 17 lineup is just around the corner, and case makers are already showing off the products they can be paired with on the IFA 2025 showfloor. I walked around two rooms dedicated to the latest mobile phone accessories and they were dominated by... View Source

Germany plans to purchase three Heron drones for nearly €1 billion ($1.2 billion) from Israel despite growing calls from European allies to increase the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop his military offensive in Gaza... View Source

OpenAI is gearing up to start the mass production of its own AI chips next year to be able to provide the massive computing power its users need and to lessen its reliance on NVIDIA, according to the Financial Times. The company reportedly designed the custom AI chip with US semiconductor maker Broadcom, whose CEO recently announced that it has a new client that put in a whopping $10 billion in or... View Source

With the CDC in disarray and its future uncertain, this episode explores what’s driving the exodus of agency staff and what this means for national health security... View Source

Google’s new Nest Cams look a lot like its old ones. Google is its own worst enemy: the company appears to have leaked three upcoming Nest smart home products in its own app. Wired versions of the Nest Cam Indoor (3rd gen), Nest Cam Outdoor (2nd gen), and Nest Doorbell (3rd gen) have all appeared as setup options in Google Home ahead of their expected launch next month. Android Authority spotted t... View Source

Welcome to Edition 8.09 of the Rocket Report! The biggest news of the week happened inside the Beltway rather than on a launch pad somewhere. In Washington, DC, Congress has pushed back on the Trump administration's plan to stop flying the Space Launch System rocket after Artemis III. Congress made it clear that it wants to keep the booster in business for a long time. The big question now is whet... View Source

Electra, a French operator of ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Europe, is looking for opportunities to acquire assets on the continent as difficulty raising funds forces consolidation across the sector... View Source

reMarkable is making a move away from its giant e-ink slate. The new Paper Pro Move is a smaller iteration with a 7.3-inch display the same size as a reporter’s notepad. The idea is an eink device you can write and edit on while on the move. Hence the name. Engadget There are some drawbacks, however. With the Move, the only way to write and edit typed text is with the on-screen keyboard. Bigger re... View Source

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

Some black holes get extremely massive. Is there an upper limit to their growth?... View Source

Microsoft is giving away Microsoft 365 Personal subscriptions to all US college students. This subscription gives students free access to Microsoft’s Office apps and the Copilot AI assistant integration for a year, after which the students are eligible for a 50 percent discount to continue the subscription. While most students have access to education versions of Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace,... View Source

Broadcom Inc. and OpenAI are working to design and produce an artificial intelligence accelerator with plans to ship the first chips in that lineup starting next year from 2026. Matthew Bloxham of Bloomberg Intelligence has more on Bloomberg Television... View Source

The OnePlus 13 will likely be the last OnePlus phone to feature a Hasselblad logo. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau announced on the company’s user forums today that its five-year partnership with camera company Hasselblad has come to an end. From now on, OnePlus will develop its own imaging engine instead. OnePlus first teamed up with Hasselblad for the 9 and 9 Pro flagships, and a Hasselblad logo has featur... View Source

Alphabet Inc. shares are suddenly unshackled after a long-awaited antitrust ruling removed a key risk that’s weighed on the stock for months... View Source

Worries include broken windows and impacts to the local environment, tourism and fishing industries... View Source

Windows Mixed Reality headsets in 2018. | Image: Getty Images Windows Mixed Reality headsets were left in a non-functional state last year, after Microsoft suddenly discontinued the platform with its 24H2 update to Windows 11. Now, an Xbox engineer at Microsoft is bringing these headsets back to life, thanks to a new driver that enables SteamVR support. Matthieu Bucchianeri, a software engineer th... View Source

Networks of pipes and heat exchangers can transfer excess heat from buildings into nearby bodies of water—but as the world warms, the cooling potential of some water courses is now diminishing... View Source

Qualcomm is joining forces with BMW on a new driver-assist system that will allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel on approved roads. Qualcomm, which supplies infotainment, driver-assist, and telematics systems to a variety of automakers, is looking to raise its portfolio in the auto industry, as more car companies turn to advanced processors and chips to power high-tech features. The San... View Source

For years, BMW has been teasing its forthcoming next-generation “Neue Klasse” electric vehicle platform, complete with better batteries, better range, and an all-new “superbrain” with enhanced computing power. Today, the German automaker finally revealed the first Neue Klasse vehicle: the iX3. And at first glance, it has a lot to take in. The iX3, which made its debut today at the Munich auto show... View Source

Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 3. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Lenovo Lenovo has decided that IFA is the ideal time to show off its most powerful (and most chunky) hardware. And easily at the top of that heap is the Thinkpad P16 Gen 3. With a starting price of $3,339, it’s the most expensive and the most powerful of the lot. It packs the latest Core Ultra 200HX processors and has options for Nvidi... View Source

Nvidia Corp.’s major server production partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported solid monthly sales growth, signaling demand for AI infrastructure remains intact in the US... View Source

This is what going 90 looks like on a laptop. Lenovo has made laptop screens that roll, flip, and go transparent, and now for IFA 2025 it’s announcing a new concept with a screen that can rotate into portrait mode. The Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept is a pretty standard-looking 14-inch productivity laptop, but if you nudge the screen’s edge from its top-right corner, the whole display rotates... View Source

Lenovo is no stranger to laptops with funky displays. The company has made a notebook with a tri-fold screen, one with a rollable panel and multiple systems with flexible displays. But this year at IFA, Lenovo is testing out yet another new design with its latest concept laptop, and this time it may have created the ultimate doomscrolling machine. Its official name is the ThinkBook Vertiflex Conce... View Source

It’s like a weird robotic dinosaur that can mow your lawn. Plenty of autonomous lawnmowers have been showcased or introduced at this year’s IFA event in Berlin, but only one of them comes equipped with a robotic arm. NexLawn, a sub-brand of MOVA that sits under its Dreame parent company, has announced the Master X Series Concept, which it describes as “the first robotic mower with a fully function... View Source

Apple’s AirTag is a small, clever tracker that makes it easy to keep tabs on your everyday items — from your keys and wallet to luggage and backpacks. But to get the most out of it, you’ll need the right accessories to match. That’s where AirTag accessories come in, helping you attach, protect and style your tracker in a way that suits your daily routine.Whether you're looking for a low-profile Ai... View Source

The Timekettle W4 AI look like a supersized pair of wireless earbuds. | Image: Timekettle Timekettle has announced a new pair of real-time translation headphones called the W4 AI Interpreter Earbuds. They use bone conduction technology that helps improve accuracy in loud environments. Available now for $349 in navy blue and sandy gold color options, the earbuds are a more affordable alternative to... View Source