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Metal parts maker VulcanForms Inc. has raised $220 million in a funding round led by Eclipse and 1789 Capital, the VC firm where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner... View Source

2 Min Read Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PIA26645 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Mapping Perseverance’s Route… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI PNG (1,003.24 KB) Description This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Exp... View Source

BYD (BYDDY ADR on OTC, or 1211.HK on HKEX) has seen poor share price performance over an extended period. There are EV market headwinds like softening global demand, intense domestic price wars in China. Average EV prices fell ~20% in 2022-2023), and macroeconomic factors such as interest rate hikes and policy shifts. In October 2025, ... Read more... View Source

Blue Origin has "paused" its New Shepard program for the next two years, a move that likely signals a permanent end to the suborbital space tourism initiative. The small rocket and capsule have been flying since April 2015 and have combined to make 38 launches, all but one of which were successful, and 36 landings. In its existence, the New Shepard program flew 98 people to space, however briefly,... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss how President Trump’s selection of Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve is affecting tech markets. Plus, Apple reports record sales but the rising cost of memory worries investors. And, SpaceX is said to be considering a merger with Tesla or xAI.  (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA Cold Atom Lab team members were presented with the following NASA Honor Awards. From left to right, Kamal Oudrhiri, Sarah Rees, Jason Williams, and Ethan Elliott. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA’s mission. Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements d... View Source

Elon Musk had talked about getting XAI Grok 4.20 out by the end of 2025. It has now been pushed back to mid-February. It will be two months late (or more). It has more training so it will likely be a better model than what would have been released two months ago. There is also ... Read more... View Source

Blue Origin will ground its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for at least two years, in order to devote more resources to the company's crewed moon plans... View Source

Peloton Interactive Inc. cut 11% of its employees, a giant cutback aimed at slashing costs, according to a person with knowledge of the matter... View Source

2 Min Read Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars PIA26646 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Visualizing Perseverance’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars PNG (326.26 KB) PIA26646 Animation MP4 (157.38 MB) Description This animation of NA... View Source

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit... View Source

For my money, you simply cannot get a better electrocapacitive keyboard than the Bauer Lite with a DynaCap kit. [Editor's note: Huh?] You can get a nicer EC keyboard, without having to build it yourself, by simply spending $3,600 on a Norbauer Seneca. Or you can get a Happy Hacking Keyboard or a Realforce for south of $300, also without having to build it yourself, with genuine Topre switches, Blu... View Source

Over 80% of iTunes users are not subscribed to Apple Music, representing an untapped market... View Source

Since 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has achieved a number of historic milestones, including sending back the first audio recordings from Mars. Now, nearly five years after landing on the Red Planet, it just achieved another feat. This past December, Perseverance successfully completed a route through a section of the Jezero crater plotted by Anthropic's Claude chatbot, marking the firs... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The NASA award to SpaceWorks Enterprises will focus on research using the company’s X-60 platform. SpaceWorks While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an even faster era of flight – one of vehicles that can fly hypersonic, or five times... View Source

Sonos isn’t exactly synonymous with the Super Bowl, although the brand discounts its gear every year around this time like clockwork. It’s knocking 20 percent off many of its marquee products, including soundbars and standalone speakers — all of which can be paired together to improve sound quality and to put audio in more places at home. Through February 16th, the company is keeping its prices in... View Source

Metal parts maker VulcanForms has closed a $220 million funding round, led by existing investor Eclipse and 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner. The company, which uses additive manufacturing, is part of a growing wave of startups using advances in technology to bring manufacturing back to the US. VulcanForms CEO Kevin Kassekert joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech.”... View Source

1 Min Read Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive PIA26647 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Video: Perseverance Rover’s… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive JPEG (659.02 KB) PIA26647 Animation MP4 (125.55 MB) Description This animation s... View Source

Using the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, scientists have found that the quark-gluon plasma that filled the universe just after the Big Bang really was a primordial "soup."... View Source

Fitbit users who are holding out on moving their data over to a Google account now have until May 19th, 2026 to make the switch. The previous deadline was just days away on February 2nd, but that date has been updated on Google's help page for Fitbit account migration. The post also now specifies that, "You can still download or delete your data any time before we begin processing data deletions o... View Source

The ideal path to a weaker dollar from the perspective of US officials may involve a “bumpy road” with a series of lurches, rather than a steady decline, according to Stephen Jen at Eurizon SLJ Capital... View Source

America’s once-promising EV transition may have taken a U-turn, but at least some in Hollywood are trying to do their part. Rivian partnered with Grey’s Anatomy to make a custom electric ambulance for the long-running series.The ambulance is a modified version of Rivian’s Commercial Van. The custom “vanbulance” serves a dual purpose: preventing on-set exhaust fumes (which could harm the cast and c... View Source

The Moon readies for Artemis II, Orion shines bright, and a planetary parade marches across the night sky NASA’s Artemis II mission has its first opportunity to launch to the moon, Orion the Hunter takes center stage, and a planetary parade marches across the night sky. Skywatching Highlights Feb: Artemis II launch window opens. Feb: Orion the Hunter ideal viewing Mid-Late Feb: Planetary Parade Tr... View Source

To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies... View Source

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, I finally got a reply from a company exec. After months - months - of emailing various official Trump Mobile accounts and press addresses, last week someone answered back. Don Hendrickson, a... View Source

Apple delivered record quarterly sales over the holiday season and forecast continued strong demand, but the company also warned about the impact of the rising costs of components. Richard Kramer, senior analyst at Arete Research, discusses Apple’s results with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

CSDA Menu CSDA Commercial Data Commercial Datasets Commercial Satellite Data Explorer Satellite Data Evaluation CSDA Vendors Airbus U.S. BlackSky Capella Space GeoOptics GHGSat ICEYE Maxar Planet Polar Geospatial Center Spire Teledyne Brown Engineering Umbra Tomorrow.io PlanetiQ Program Activities Pilot Research Projects FAQs News 3 min read NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Rel... View Source

Yes, you read that right. "Moltbook" is a social network of sorts for AI agents, particularly ones offered by OpenClaw (a viral AI assistant project that was formerly known as Moltbot, and before that, known as Clawdbot - until a legal dispute with Anthropic). Moltbook, which is set up similarly to Reddit and was built by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht, allows bots to post, comment, create sub-catego... View Source

Apple Inc. has lost at least four more of its artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks in addition to a top Siri executive, with the staff headed to employers such as Meta Platforms Inc. and Google DeepMind... View Source

The team for the six-wheeled scientist used a vision-capable AI to create a safe route over the Red Planet’s surface without the input of human route planners.  NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence. Executed on Dec... View Source

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehic... View Source

In case you missed it, we recently overhauled our guides to the best budget robot vacuums and the best mopping vacs, both of which feature a slate of new picks from Roborock, Narwal, Dreame, and others. Dyson’s 360 Vis Nav Robot Vacuum didn’t technically make the cut, though it was once one of our top picks for carpets. And now through the rest of today, January 30th, it’s on sale at Woot with a t... View Source

The former Respawn developers have dealt with a lot of drama since announcing their new game last month... View Source

The Sundance documentary Ghost in the Machine boldly declares that the pursuit of artificial intelligence, and Silicon Valley itself, is rooted in eugenics. Director Valerie Veatch makes the case that the rise of techno-fascism from the likes of Elon Musk and Peter Thiel is a feature, not a bug. That may sound hyperbolic, but Ghost in the Machine, which is built around interviews with philoso... View Source

3 Min Read U.S.-India NISAR Satellite Images Mississippi River Delta Region PIA26620 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal U.S.-India NISAR Satellite… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads U.S.-India NISAR Satellite Images Mississippi River Delta Region PNG (80.09 MB) PIA26620 Figure A JPEG (440.47 MB) Descrip... View Source

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger... View Source

What responsibility do you have to speak up about bad things happening in the world? Does that responsibility change when speaking up might affect your business? What about if you're a sports creator, or the moderator of a deeply NSFW subreddit? What about if you're just a little ol' phone website? Ultimately, everyone has to make those decisions for themselves. But decisions have consequences. Ve... View Source

Apple’s quarterly sales record and upbeat outlook are being overshadowed by rising component costs. Tim Long, a Barclays senior equity research analyst who has an underweight rating on Apple, joins "Bloomberg Open Interest" to discuss the company’s results. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Like many other companies during Super Bowl season, Sonos is discounting its home theater gear. Today, you can save $130 on the Beam (Gen 2) soundbar, bringing its price down to $369. You'll also find deals on the flagship Arc Ultra Soundbar, Sonos subwoofers, and more. The Sonos Beam is the company's sub-$500 soundbar. Engadget's pick for the best midrange model, the compact speake... View Source

NASA/JPL-Caltech Deep Space Station 15, one of the 112-foot antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the stars of the Milky Way overhead, in September 2025. Goldstone is part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which operates three complexes around the globe that support communications with dozens of deep space missions. The DSN is N... View Source

Friday, Jan. 30, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon... View Source

Protesters at the intersection of 26th and Nicollett after federal and local law enforcement left the scene of a fatal shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Reports say that 37-year-old Alex Pretti was the victim of the fatal shooting by federal officers, who was at the scene as an observer. The incident was captured on video by bystanders. (Photo by Steven Garcia/The Verge) | Ph... View Source

Amazon.com Inc.’s 16,000 job cuts announced this week include about 1,400 in Seattle and approximately 700 in the neighboring suburb of Bellevue, according to documents filed with state and local authorities... View Source

When talking about the best VPNs, I frequently warn about the dangers of trusting free VPNs without verifying them. Although there are a few free VPNs worth recommending, many other free providers are ineffective, malicious or looking to profit off their users (or sometimes all three). Even the best free VPNs work a lot better once you subscribe and access their full service.This can be frustratin... View Source

Off the coast of California, NASA’s Artemis Landing and Recovery team and the Department of War that will work together to retrieve the Artemis II crew and Orion spacecraft following their return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean are performing a final simulation of their activities, called a just-in-time training, at sea on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. During the training, teams use the Cre... View Source

Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.'... View Source

You’ll still need to be a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber to buy the wireless N64 controller. | Image: Nintendo The Analogue 3D finally launched late last year with four controller ports on the front supporting the N64's original wired gamepads. If you wanted to go wireless, your best option was the 8BitDo 64 which offered a similar button and joystick layout as the N64's original controllers, b... View Source

China's hottest app is a simple solution to a very real problem, says Bloomberg Opinion columnist Catherine Thorbecke. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Fallout’s second season is coming to a close, and it’s been well worth the wait. But if a reluctance to add yet another subscription to your streaming rotation means you haven’t watched Amazon’s surprisingly excellent adaptation yet, you might be interested to know that the company is currently releasing season one for free on the Prime Video YouTube channel. Whether driven by Amazon wanting even... View Source

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehic... View Source

If the February 2nd wet dress rehearsal is successful, the Artemis II mission could launch as early as February 8th. | Photo by Jim Ross / NASA As a result of cold weather and windy conditions moving through Florida, NASA is now targeting Monday, February 2nd for a wet dress rehearsal of the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Depending on how Monday's rehearsal goes, NASA will potentiall... View Source

Alan is in talks to raise funds at a €5 billion ($5.9 billion) valuation as the French health-insurance startup works to expand its customer base, people familiar with the matter said... View Source

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1... View Source

As of Saturday, nearly all of Belkin's Wemo smart home devices will lose access to cloud services, including features like remote access and integrations with Google Home and Alexa. Belkin will also end app updates for the Wemo app beginning on January 31st. The shut down was first announced in July and impacts most Wemo devices, ranging from smart plugs to a coffee maker, with the exception of a... View Source

A consequential debate that has been simmering behind closed doors at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, must soon come to a head. It concerns the selection of the next spacecraft the agency will fly to Mars, and it could set the tone for the next decade of exploration of the red planet. What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to E... View Source

A French fund that has beaten 99% of its peers over the past three years bought into Microsoft Corp.’s $357 billion rout on Thursday, predicting its heavy investments in artificial intelligence will eventually pay off... View Source

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

NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to unusually cold weather forecasted to hit the Space Coast this weekend... View Source

Don Lemon speaks onstage during Telling the Truth in an Age of Misinformation at the 2025 Blackweek Conference on October 07, 2025 in New York City. | Getty Images Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor turned independent journalist, was arrested on Thursday night by federal agents in Los Angeles, who alleged that he had violated federal law while covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota. Notably, Lemon... View Source

"Numbers are just going to go higher next quarter," Matt Bryson, Wedbush Securities managing director of equity research, says while reacting to Sandisk's strong revenue and earnings outlook on the Jan. 29 episode of "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Grammy winner Bad Bunny, seen here accepting his award for Best Música Urbana Album for “Un Verano Sin Ti” in 2023, is nominated again this year. (Timothy Norris/FilmMagic) Timothy Norris via Getty Images The 2026 Grammy Awards honor music's biggest achievements of the year, and some of the biggest stars on the planet are nominated this year. Kendrick Lamar leads the way with nine nominations... View Source

Predicted 3D structures of the ancestral nitrogenase DDKK complex from oldest to modern. Holly Rucker/UW Madison NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the process, have validated a chemical biosignature in rocks that is used to understand ancient life on Earth. The research provides a new understanding of what Earth’s bi... View Source

Both Windows and MacBooks have advantages for astrophotography, but the choice will depend on your power level and budget... View Source

Apple TV continues to flesh out its streaming lineup for 2026, this time by announcing that Sugar will be back in the summer. The show's second season will premiere on June 19th and run for eight episodes. Sugar first premiered in 2024. And while it's a noir detective story at its core, thanks to a big twist mid-way through season 1 - I won't spoil it, but you can read about it right here - it als... View Source

Exxon Mobil and Chevron surpassed profit expectations as higher oil production helped offset the blow from lower crude prices. David Wethe has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Somehow, we live in a world where people can bet on practically anything using sites like Polymarket and Kalshi. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget Senior Reporter Karissa Bell dive into the world of prediction markets. How did we get here? And is endless betting having an effect on the real world? Also, we chat about the new American version of TikTok, which stumbled during its first weekend... View Source

Hello, friends. It's time for another exclusive AMA for Verge subscribers, and this time, I'll be your host. I cover everything from wearables to dystopian cursed tech like at-home urine labs and belligerent AI companions. At times, my job calls for flirting with Grok's AI girlfriend for 24 hours or coercing weird AI video apps to generate odd French-kissing videos. Other times, I'm making persona... View Source

Apple has yet to announce a foldable iPhone, but after years of speculation, the outlines of what’s often referred to as the iPhone Fold are starting to come into focus. Multiple analysts and leakers now agree that Apple is targeting a late-2026 launch window for its first foldable phone, positioning it as a premium flagship rather than a niche experiment.As with all pre-launch Apple products, not... View Source

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Last Saturday, I received an email from the Children's Theatre Company of Minnesota. They explained that they were canceling the weekend's performances of Go, Dog. Go! "for the safety of our patrons, staff, and artists." Earlier that morning, federal agents had killed Alex Pretti in the streets, about nine blocks away from the theater's doors. The tickets were a Christmas gift to my four-year-old... View Source

Costco Wholesale Corp. will use Instacart's technology to power online grocery ordering in Spain and France, extending their partnership beyond North America for the first time as the delivery company looks overseas for growth... View Source

Sony A7 series camera launches are eagerly anticipated by camera lovers, as those models are typically a showcase for the company’s latest imaging tech. The new A7 V is a great example of that: it’s equipped with Sony's new 33-megapixel partially-stacked sensor — the most advanced in any midrange full-frame mirrorless model. The A7 V’s resolution is higher than rivals like Panasonic’s S1 II a... View Source

Oura Health Oy, the popular smart ring maker, has no plans to abandon its subscription-based business model even as rivals experiment with cheaper hardware and no recurring fees... View Source

The Chinese government has given DeepSeek its approval to purchase NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips, according to Reuters. ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have also reportedly received permission from Beijing to buy a total of 400,000 H200 GPUs. Reuters says Chinese authorities are still finalizing the conditions they’re imposing on the companies to be able to proceed with their orders, so it may take a whil... View Source

The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025... View Source

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: (L-R) President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend Amazon MGM's "Melania" World Premiere at The Trump Kennedy Center on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) | Getty Images The makers of Amazon's Melania documentary have defended its exorbitant cost following accusations of bribery to appease the Trump empire. Ama... View Source

The long-standing debate among investors whether Tesla Inc. should be valued as a carmaker or a technology superpower came close to a resolution this week as the company laid out plans for a dramatic reshuffling of its factory lines... View Source

Welcome to Edition 8.27 of the Rocket Report! If all goes well this weekend, NASA will complete a wet dress rehearsal test of the Space Launch System rocket in Florida. This is the final key test, in which the rocket is fueled and brought to within seconds of engine ignition, before the liftoff of the Artemis II mission. This is set to occur no earlier than February 6. Ars will have full coverage... View Source

CEO Jassy bets AI will accelerate internet shopping... View Source

You might not have heard of the Nex Playground, but it’s a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and computer vision processing, the $249 Nex Playground can track up to four players as effectively as Microsoft’s old Xbox motion tracker, according to Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar. NEXNEXThe hardware is cute and well-designed, there are plenty of games, and it wo... View Source

Anna and Magnus built a life together. They had a home with three kids and a dog. Then they separated. This is where The Love That Remains begins, but as time passes and the reality of their divorce sets in, they're left to move through a future strained by their unraveling. Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason's latest film echoes the radiant visual language of his previous, the 19th-century... View Source

Verizon Communications Inc. reported its biggest gain in mobile phone subscribers since 2019, signaling turnaround efforts under new Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman are starting to bear fruit... View Source

International Business Machines Corp. raised nearly $7.5 billion in the corporate bond market, kicking off what is expected to be a flood of borrowing from the tech sector in 2026... View Source

"We are on Day 1. A lot more needs to be done."... View Source

Microsoft's PowerToys team is contemplating building a top menu bar for Windows 11, much like Linux, macOS, or older versions of Windows. The menu bar, or Command Palette Dock as Microsoft calls it, would be a new optional UI that provides quick access to tools, monitoring of system resources, and much more. Microsoft has provided concept images of what it's looking to build, and is soliciting fee... View Source

For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect... View Source

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, a former tech entrepreneur supported by influential Silicon Valley leaders, entered the race for California governor, seeking to channel voter frustration over homelessness and the country’s highest housing costs into a centrist challenge to the state’s liberal establishment... View Source

Japan's anti-piracy coalition says that one of the world's largest manga piracy networks has been shut down following a coordinated investigation between Japanese publishers and Chinese authorities. The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) announced the arrest of an individual on suspicion of copyright infringement on November 19th, who "has admitted to operating" Bato.to and approxima... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. is in talks to invest as much as $50 billion in OpenAI and expand an agreement that involves selling computer power to the AI startup, according to a person with knowledge of the matter... View Source

Several of the world’s largest oil companies knew for years that they were at risk of being fined for breaching sulfur-stockpiling regulations in Kazakhstan, but didn’t resolve the problem in part due to concerns about cost... View Source

The US Department of Defense made an $18 million investment in Canada’s 5N Plus Inc. to help the company expand refining capacity for germanium metal, which is used in night-vision systems and other applications. The shares soared 19%... View Source

Bitcoin is heading for its worst streak of monthly losses in about seven years, as a deepening risk-off mood and fierce competition from traditional haven assets sap demand for the token... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifted off from California on Jan. 29, 2026. The company repeated the feat the next day with 29 satellites from Florida... View Source

Taiwan’s economy expanded at the fastest quarterly pace since 1987, propelled by unquenchable demand for the tech goods needed to develop AI... View Source

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said he blocked Eutelsat from selling a strategic asset, deploying the state’s powers to screen and intervene in investment from foreign entities... View Source

Flash memory maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. sees an opportunity to seize growth in high-density storage for AI data centers while its competitors are preoccupied elsewhere... View Source

The Hill and Valley Forum, a closely watched gathering of tech industry leaders and US policymakers, will focus its next summit in Washington on preserving the American lead in artificial intelligence and expanding advanced manufacturing, according to the organizers... View Source

Gigi Luk, CIO at GGL Capital Investment Group, says she's looking at strategies that focus on the global tech supply chain as she expects investors to continue to shift from mega caps to value AI names. She speaks with David Ingles and Annabelle Droulers on Bloomberg's The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua sits down with Peter Wallenberg Jr., one of the three men leading Sweden's Wallenberg family empire, and in charge of succession planning. After more than a century of tightly-held control, the family is quietly carrying out a handover. They discuss what global uncertainty means for succession, how Europe can be more competitive, and the impact of technology and AI on t... View Source

Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua sits down with Peter Wallenberg Jr., one of the three men leading Sweden's Wallenberg family empire. They discuss succession, and how they're confronting geopolitical uncertainty and technological change. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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Stacy Smith, Executive Chairman at Kioxia, discusses the memory maker's business strategy and the outlook for AI memory demand. He speaks with Shery Ahn on The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Blackstone Inc. is considering selling Interplex’s information and communications technology unit amid interest from other private equity firms and industry players, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Bloomberg's Managing Editor for Global Consumer Tech Mark Gurman says today's earnings may be Apple's best quarter ever. Apple reported holiday period revenue that topped Wall Street estimates, driven by strong demand for the iPhone 17, growth in services and a rebound in China.  Revenue jumped 16% to $143.8 billion in the quarter that ended Dec. 27, setting a record, the company said in a stateme... View Source

AI startup Perplexity signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft Corp. to use its Azure cloud service, spreading its business beyond longtime cloud partner Amazon.com Inc... View Source

NASA’s Johnson Space Center brought the International Space Station’s 25-year legacy to the public on Jan. 24, 2026, during a community day event in Houston.   Johnson’s visitor center, Space Center Houston, hosted the celebration commemorating 25 years of continuous human presence in space.   For a quarter century, astronauts have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, advancing science... View Source

Dag Kittlaus, Siri co-founder and former CEO, says Apple made some missteps in the development of Siri but is optimistic about where they are today. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Chinese chip designer Montage Technology Co. is seeking to raise as much as HK$7 billion ($902 million) from its Hong Kong listing, adding to what has been the busiest start to the year ever for maiden share sales in the Asian financial hub... View Source

The fastest-selling game console of all time may not be enough to shelter Nintendo Co.’s stock from growing investor fears about skyrocketing memory prices... View Source

Delta Electronics Inc. has more than quadrupled in market value since April, making the AI server parts maker Taiwan’s second-biggest stock. It’s now worth more than $100 billion... View Source

Apple Inc. enjoyed a sharp rebound in China during the holiday period, when demand for the new iPhone 17 fueled its first $25 billion quarter in the region since the end of 2021... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are CBOE Global Markets’s Mandy Xu, Blackrock’s Jon Diorio, Wells Fargo’s Timna Tanner, Ro’s Zach Reitano, PIMCO’s Jerome Schneider, Barclays’ Venu Krishna, Wedbush Securities’ Matt Bryson, M12’s Cheryl Cheng, Lightshed Partners’... View Source

Artificial intelligence helped spot breast cancers earlier and was linked to fewer dangerous cases emerging between routine screenings in a Swedish trial of more than 100,000 women... View Source

Apple shared its latest quarterly financial results today and the news is once again very, very good for the Cupertino company. The quarter ending December 27, 2025 marked "the best-ever quarter" for iPhones, which generated a record high revenue of nearly $85.27 billion for the business. Apple doesn't disclose the number of devices sold any more, but even with the prices for many o... View Source

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This image captured by NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument on Nov. 29, 2025, shows the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, and a range of wetlands, farmlands, and populated areas. The colors indicate different types of land cover.NASA/JPL-Caltech This same Nov. 29, 2025, image fro... View Source

Cheryl Cheng, managing partner at M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, says health care has shifted from being slow to adopt technology to becoming one of the fastest adopters of AI. She speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

1 Min Read Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Discovered at Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa PIA26546 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Ammonia-Bearing Compounds… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Discovered at Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa PNG (4.09 MB) Description Advanced analysi... View Source

Apple Inc.'s revenue in the holiday quarter was driven by strong demand for the new iPhone 17, growth in services and a rebound in China. Earnings rose to $2.84 a share in the fiscal first quarter, beating an average estimate of $2.68. Walter Piecyk of Lightshed Partners reacts to the earnings in real time. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it received more than 1 million reports of AI-related child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2025. The "vast majority" of that content was reported by Amazon, which found the material in its training data, according to an investigation by Bloomberg. In addition, Amazon said only that it obtained the inappropriate content from ext... View Source

1 Min Read Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) PIA25630 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Koji Kuramura/ Gerald Eichstädt (CC BY) Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Europa’s Ice Shell… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) JPEG (2.17 MB) Description This artist’s concept depicts a cutaway view sh... View Source

SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla Inc., as well as an alternative combination with artificial intelligence firm xAI, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign billionaire Elon Musk is weighing how to consolidate his empire... View Source

2 Min Read NASA Analysis Shows La Niña Limited Sea Level Rise in 2025 PIA26619 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA Analysis Shows La Niña… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA Analysis Shows La Niña Limited Sea Level Rise in 2025 PNG (2.39 MB) Description This graph shows the rise in global mean s... View Source

"It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region."... View Source

Gas turbines at the on-site natural gas plant under construction during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The US is now leading a global surge in new gas power plants being built in large part to satisfy growing energy demand for data centers. And more gas means more planet-heating pollution. Gas-fired power gener... View Source

Apple Inc.’s revenue in the holiday quarter trounced Wall Street estimates, driven by strong demand for the new iPhone 17, growth in services and a rebound in China... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Varda Space Industries W-5 capsule returned to Earth in Koonibba in South Australia on Jan. 29, 2026, with the protection of a heat shield made of C-PICA, a cutting-edge material licensed from NASA and manufactured by Varda. The capsule’s successful return marks the first time a capsule protected entirely by Varda-m... View Source

Rocket Lab will try again tonight (Jan. 29) to launch a South Korean disaster-monitoring satellite, and you can watch the action live... View Source

iPhone 17 Pro Apple says the iPhone had its "best-ever" quarter, with revenue hitting more than $85.3 billion over the past few months. The company announced the news as part of its Q1 2026 earnings report, which also revealed record-breaking revenue of $143.8 billion, up 16 percent when compared to the same time last year. "iPhone had its best-ever quarter driven by unprecedented demand, with all... View Source

US law enforcement has been investigating allegations by former Meta Platforms Inc. contractors that Meta personnel can access WhatsApp messages, despite the company’s statements that the chat service is private and encrypted, according to interviews and an agent’s report seen by Bloomberg News... View Source

Two Elon Musk companies are reportedly planning to merge. On Thursday, Reuters reported that SpaceX and xAI are holding merger talks ahead of a planned IPO. Part of their plan is to launch AI data centers into space (but unfortunately, only as far as Earth's orbit).Last week, it was reported that Musk planned to take SpaceX public despite having once said it wouldn’t happen until the company... View Source

NASA NASA has awarded more than $5 million to 29 institutions nationwide to expand and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning beyond the classroom. The awards are designed to help build skills that lead directly to STEM careers. These organizations collaborate with libraries, after-school programs, and youth-serving groups to provide sustainable learning opportunitie... View Source

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon... View Source

There's never a shortage of weird tech debuting at CES every year. A new company called Tomorrow Doesn't Matter, or TDM, announced a peculiar pair of headphones at the show earlier this month with a feature no one has tried before. The Neo headphones can be rolled up like a hedgehog which turns them into a compact Bluetooth speaker for those times when you want to share a real banger with those ar... View Source

Amazon discovered child sexual abuse material in its AI data. The content was removed before training the models, but child safety officials say the tech giant won't disclose where it came from, potentially hindering law enforcement investigations. Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin joins Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Internet Archive has often been a valuable resource for journalists, from it's finding records of deleted tweets or providing academic texts for background research. However, the advent of AI has created a new tension between the parties. A few major publications have begun blocking the nonprofit digital library's access to their content based on concerns that AI companies' bots... View Source

While generative AI is being adopted at various levels of game development, a new survey suggests that developers increasingly think the technology is bad for the industry. According to the most recent survey from the Game Developers Conference, 52 percent of respondents said that gen AI is having a "negative" impact on the games industry, versus just 7 percent who viewed the technology as "positi... View Source

The Hill and Valley Forum set a date for its latest conference in Washington as ties between tech and politicians grow more crucial thanks to the AI boom. Hill and Valley Forum co-founders Christian Garrett, a partner at 137 Ventures, and Delian Asparouhov, a partner at Founders Fund, speak to “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

This past summer, Google DeepMind debuted Genie 3. It’s what’s known as a world world, an AI system capable of generating images and reacting as the user moves through the environment the software is simulating. At the time, DeepMind positioned Genie 3 as a tool for training AI agents. Now, it’s making the model available to people outside of Google to try with Project Genie. To start, you’ll need... View Source

On January 23 around 7:40 a.m. near Grant Elementary School, Santa Monica Waymo’s driverless Jaguar I-Pace hit a child who ran from behind a double-parked SUV amid crossing guards and stopped cars. The vehicle braked from 17 mph to under 6 mph before minor-impact contact, then called 911 and stayed until police cleared it; the ... Read more... View Source

Think Klingons are just loudmouthed louts with terrible table manners? Think again…... View Source

Webcam company Obsbot recently launched two new gimbal-equipped webcams, the $349 Tiny 3 and the $199 Tiny 3 Lite. It claims that the priciest model is the smallest pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) 4K webcam ever made, weighing 63 grams. Ironically, the Tiny 3 Lite is heavier and bigger. I've been testing the Tiny 3 for a couple of weeks, and here's what you should know about it. Compared to Insta360's newis... View Source

Tesla plans to spend over $20 billion reshuffling its factory lines to boost production of cars, batteries and robots. Tasha Keeney, director of investment analysis and institutional strategies at ARK Invest, discusses Tesla’s earnings and robotaxi plans. She joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

As fans and media prepare to descend on the Bay Area for Super Bowl LX, what does a high-tech city like San Francisco do? Why, call in the robotaxis, of course. On Thursday, Alphabet's Waymo began offering fully autonomous rides at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).There are some limits. For now, SFO access is restricted to "a select number of riders." However, access will g... View Source

The National Reconnaissance Office just revealed the existence of its "JUMPSEAT" line of spy satellites, eight of which launched to Earth orbit between 1971 and 1987... View Source

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation... View Source

SpaceX and xAI, which are both led by Elon Musk, are "in discussions to merge" ahead of SpaceX's IPO that's planned for later this year, Reuters reports. The merger would help with SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space, according to the publication. The specific timing and value of the potential merger are unclear. SpaceX is considering an IPO date in mid-June, the Financial Times repor... View Source

Nvidia Corp. provided technical support that helped DeepSeek improve its breakthrough artificial intelligence model despite US export controls designed to restrict the Chinese startup’s access to high-end American chips, according to the Republican head of the House China committee... View Source

Apple has acquired Israel-based startup Q.ai, a move that could provide a much-needed boost to the tech giant's capabilities in artificial intelligence. Although Apple has not disclosed terms of the deal, sources told Financial Times that the arrangement is reportedly valued at nearly $2 billion. If that figure is accurate, the Q.ai acquisition marks Apple's second largest acquisition to... View Source

3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Doug Parkinson NASA’s Doug Parkinson is the Launch Integration and Mission Operations lead for the SLS (Space Launch System) Program. Credits: NASA Doug Parkinson’s face lights up as he starts telling his story, how someone from  Wisconsin now plays a part in the team that will help land the first Artemis astronauts on to the Moon. Parkinson serves as NASA’s SLS (Spac... View Source

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."... View Source

Apple's biggest acquisition ever is still its $3 billion Beats buy in 2014, but now the second biggest deal is bringing in Q.ai, a four-year-old AI audio startup. Apple did not disclose the terms, but Financial Times reports that Apple is spending $2 billion on the company. It also mentioned Q.ai patents for optical sensor technology that could be built into headphones or glasses to recognize "fac... View Source

Microsoft Corp. is on track for the record books Thursday, as its more than $400 billion wipeout in stock market valuation would be the second-largest in history if it holds through the close... View Source

A group of music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group are suing Anthropic, according to a report by Reuters. The suit accuses the AI company of illegally downloading more than 20,000 copyrighted songs, including sheet music, lyrics and compositions. These songs were then allegedly fed into the chatbot Claude for training purposes. There are some iconic tunes named by Uni... View Source

Prediction markets will let you bet on just about anything, from how many tweets Elon Musk will post this week to the next president of the United States, with predictions sometimes showing shockingly (or suspiciously) spot-on accuracy. Polymarket’s CEO Shayne Copland has even claimed that prediction markets are “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now.” However, these platforms blur... View Source

Apple Inc. has acquired Israel-based artificial intelligence startup Q.ai, which develops technology for reading facial movements and understanding silent communication... View Source

Spotify is adding group chats to the messaging service it premiered last year. In an addendum to the original blog post introducing Messages, the company announced that users can initiate chats with up to 10 of their friends to share the podcasts, playlists and songs they are listening to. The in-app messaging feature, which was released last August, works to keep users on the app instead of navig... View Source

On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, a total lunar eclipse will take place across several time zones. In this data visualization, the Moon moves from right to left, passing through Earth’s shadow and leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times (in UTC) at various stages of the eclipse. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio A total lunar eclipse will redden the Moon on March 3, 2026. Here’... View Source

The United States is no longer competing against a single rival in a largely symbolic race... View Source

This week, a new generative AI tool from Google let me create bad knockoffs of 3D Nintendo worlds. Check out my version of something like Super Mario 64: I didn't like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, but it's better than my version of a Metroid Prime experience: Or how about my take on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, complete with a paraglider (and, briefly, a second Link): It was all possible t... View Source

ServiceNow beat expectations, but the stock still under pressure as Wall Street debates AI's impact on software. ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about on why his company says it’s not being disrupted by AI — it’s leading it. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Maingear is back with another nostalgia-fueled gaming PC. The Retro98 may look like it's made for playing Quake while you wait for The Phantom Menace trailer to drop. But on the inside, the beige box is powerful enough to slay today's most demanding AAA games. "You're not going to find this PC at your local Radio Shack," Maingear promises.If you're at least middle-age... View Source

7 min read NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash. The team identified potential signals emitted during the stars’ final moments that may... View Source

Spotify is expanding its in-app messaging feature with group chats. Now you can add up to 10 friends and family members to your discussion about your new favorite song, podcast, or audiobook, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The music streaming platform launched direct messaging last August, allowing you to share what you're listening to without leaving the app. As is the case with one-on-one me... View Source

Liftoff Mobile Inc., a Blackstone Inc.-backed company that helps place ads within mobile applications, is seeking to raise as much as $762 million in an initial public offering... View Source

This image of the Atlantic Ocean around Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba was taken from the International Space Station in 2024. Coastal areas are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise. A NASA analysis shows that the global mean sea level rose 0.03 inches (0.08 centimeters) in 2025.NASA A mild La Niña caused greater rainfall over the Amazon basin, which offset rising sea levels due to record war... View Source

"It's like when you watch 'The Lord of the Rings.' It feels like it's drawing from such a deep well of history."... View Source

Windows is in a weird spot. In its 40-year history, the operating system has weathered its fair share of missteps, but Windows 11 is testing the patience of its users in new ways. Persistent bugs, performance issues, intrusive prompts, ads, and bloatware have eroded the core Windows experience. Early system requirement decisions have also damaged trust among Microsoft's most loyal users, an erosio... View Source

Carvana Co. shares bounced back from a steep selloff after Wall Street analysts rushed to defend the online used-car dealer’s business following a report from short seller Gotham City Research that accused the company of overstating earnings... View Source

7 Min Read Building Roman NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now assembled following the integration of its two major segments, shown in this time-lapse. Credits: NASA/Sophia Roberts Technicians have completed the construction of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Roman observatory is slated to launch no later than May 2027, with the team aiming for as early as fall 2026. The m... View Source

A Waymo autonomous taxi on Bush Street in San Francisco, California in December of 2025. Waymo has finally broken through its SFO logjam. The company announced today that it will start offering robotaxi rides to a select group of passengers traveling to and from the San Francisco International Airport, a major step in Waymo's effort to increase its footprint in the Bay Area. The company plans on g... View Source

Oracle Corp. shares have fallen more than 50% from last year’s all-time high as investors concerned about the artificial intelligence trade and the company’s links to OpenAI flee the stock... View Source

A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a portion of the Helix Nebula highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a dying star interacting with its surrounding environment. Webb’s image also shows the stark transition between the hottest gas to the coolest gas as the shell expands out from the central white dwarf.NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Proce... View Source

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — which could make it hard for nutrients to get down to its buried ocean... View Source

If you’ve been considering picking up the latest Pokémon game for the Switch 2, there’s good reason to do it today, as Best Buy is knocking $14 off the physical version. Pokémon Legends: Z-A normally costs $69.99, but you can snag it for $55.99 for the rest of the day — a price that other retailers aren’t currently matching. The title, which launched in October 2025, feels like a return to form, a... View Source

Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray says he expects a strong deal environment amid an economy that looks pretty good this year. Speaking with Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest," Gray also comments on the fears of an AI bubble and what he sees as risks to the markets. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Honda and DriveOhio have teamed up on a new road safety initiative in which Honda vehicles are being used to collect real-time data that can advise about potential issues and road deficiencies before they become a problem. Honda’s Proactive Roadway Maintenance System, which has been in prototyping since 2021, uses "advanced vision and LiDAR sensors" to identify issues such as worn or obs... View Source

From "The X-Files" to "Farscape," drift back three decades with us as we reminisce over the last great run of science fiction on the small screen... View Source

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pushing OpenAI for assurances it won't seek a government bailout if it doesn't turn a profit. In a letter to CEO Sam Altman, Warren says she is concerned that the company is preparing to fall back "on the classic strategy of privatizing profits and socializing losses" amid soaring spending and growing fears of an AI bubble popping. Warren writes that she is worri... View Source

Over the first quarter of the 21st century, two major trends have transformed the global space industry. The first is the rapid rise of China's space program, which only flew its first human to orbit in 2003 but now boasts spaceflight capabilities second only to the United States. The second trend is the rise of the commercial space sector, first in the United States and led by SpaceX, but now spr... View Source

Wall Street is gearing up for a borrowing bonanza to bankroll artificial intelligence projects that could push February corporate bond sales to a record, even as warnings against complacency continue to percolate across credit markets... View Source

Waymo said one of its robotaxis struck a child, who sustained minor injuries. The incident took place in Santa Monica, California, on January 23. The company reported it to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has opened an investigation. The agency said the incident occurred close to a school within regular drop-off hours, with other children and a crossing guard... View Source

We've rounded up the best Lego NASA sets to suit a range of budgets and ages... View Source

Classic 2D animation may not be as prevalent as it once was, but some of the stuff we're getting over the last few years has been incredible. That includes future classics like Mars Express and Scavengers Reign, and now you can add the Moebius-inspired Arco to the list. After making a splash on the festival circuit last year, the film is finally hitting theaters more widely on January 30th, so you... View Source

The investors at South Park Commons realize there are a lot of places that promising founders can go for help when they’re starting companies... View Source

Brandon Sanderson, a popular author of high-fantasy and science fiction books, has signed a deal with Apple TV to adapt his works set in the Cosmere fictional universe into films and TV shows. Sanderson said last year at Celsius 232, Spain’s annual sci-fi and fantasy convention, that his ultimate dream project is a “really good Mistborn film.” Apple TV is making that come true: Some of the first p... View Source

At $50, the Rogbid Fusion is cheaper than other less functional ring watches. | Image: Rogbig It's not a household name, but Rogbid has been churning out budget-friendly smart wearables for around a decade. Its latest creation capitalizes on the recent trend of functional ring watches, but unlike Timex and Casio's wearables that don't do much more than tell time, the Rogbid Fusion includes smart f... View Source

Tiina Lee, Citi UK CEO, has touted the strength of this year’s deal pipeline, the latest banker to predict a deluge of transactions in 2026. It's “the strongest that we’ve seen now for quite a number of years,” Tiina Lee told Bloomberg Television's Francine Lacqua. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It's the year 2026 and the hottest game in my living room is Fruit Ninja. No, I'm not in the midst of an ill-advised retro mobile gaming kick. Instead, my family and I have been jumping around and slicing flying fruit in our living room using the Nex Playground. It's a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and onboard computer vision processing,... View Source

Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension... View Source

Android users could get a recovery payout of up to $100 each in a proposed settlement Google filed in San Jose, California on Tuesday night. As Reuters reports, the $135 million settlement is for a class action lawsuit claiming that Google collected users' cellular data without their permission, even while Google apps were closed, location sharing was turned off, and users' screens were locked. In... View Source

SAP CEO Christian Klein speaks with "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade" about the company's results and how AI has become a key driver for growth at SAP. He discusses his optimism in 2026 outlook for the cloud software firm. He also says that despite more market exuberance for chip and hardware firms recently, as opposed to software firms like SAP, he sees the true value creation for AI in the apps lay... View Source

Google has agreed to a preliminary $135 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by Android users who accused it of harvesting their data without consent. The suit alleged that since November 12, 2017, Google has been illegally collecting cellular data from phones purchased through carriers, even when apps were closed or location features were disabled. As reported by Reuters, the affe... View Source

Patreon will force creators to move away from legacy billing methods this fall to appease Apple's newly revived subscriptions mandate. The migration will impact four percent of Patreon creators who still use first-of-the-month and per creation billing models, with Apple imposing a deadline to switch to subscription billing by November 1st, 2026. On its support page, Patreon says it will "automatic... View Source

Comcast Corp. reported revenue and profit in the fourth quarter that met or surpassed Wall Street expectations, even as it continued to lose cable TV and internet customers... View Source

Virtual private networks (VPNs) have been household technology for a while now, but there's still a lot of uncertainty around them. This is partly due to the fact that they can conceal online activity that local or national governments deem illegal — up to and including, say, circumventing ID checks for age verification. Consumers aren't helped by the sheer amount of duds sold in app sto... View Source

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life... View Source

RobCo, a German startup that makes robots for use in manufacturing, has raised $100 million in financing from investors including the family behind Fiat parent Stellantis NV and Exor NV, and a billionaire Toyota dealer... View Source

Meta’s CEO continues to boost spending for AI... View Source

DJI just revealed the RS 5 camera gimbal, a new entry in its long-standing Ronan Series. The RS 5 is lightweight, at around three pounds, with a maximum payload of nearly seven pounds. This gimbal offers what DJI calls "enhanced intelligent subject tracking." The tracking was already impressive with some of the company's older offerings, so any improvement will be icing on the cake... View Source

2025’s Nothing Phone 3 will remain the brand’s flagship phone this year. Nothing CEO Carl Pei confirmed the Phone 4 won't launch in 2026 in a new video on the brand's YouTube channel. "There's no new flagship this year," Pei said when asked about phone plans for 2026, instead emphasizing that last year's Phone 3 remains the Nothing flagship. "We're not just going to churn out a new flagship every... View Source