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Sony Group Corp. said it will begin a phased restart of its image sensor factory in Kyushu on Tuesday, after a magnitude-7.1 quake and numerous aftershocks shook Japan’s southwestern island... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad Explanation: The Dark Doodad Nebula... View Source

A global rally in technology stocks gathered momentum as South Korean equities posted a record jump, with investors returning to the artificial intelligence trade after this week’s rout. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Jason Tsai, CFO at Silicon Motion, says the Taiwanese NAND controller supplier has been gaining market share as it diversifies its consumer-focused business. He speaks exclusively on "Bloomberg: The China Show" after company posted third quarter revenue forecast that beat consensus. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

South Korea plans to inject 20 trillion won ($13.9 billion) into its sovereign wealth fund for strategic investments in AI, data centers and infrastructure, expanding its mandate to include domestic assets for the first time following a rout in technology stocks... View Source

Here's what we know so far about Anthropic's AI models breaching three organizations during cybersecurity tests which went awry. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Thailand’s True Internet Data Center Co. is seeking an about $2 billion-equivalent loan to build a new facility, according to people familiar with the matter, as the country looks to become a regional hub for artificial intelligence and cloud services... View Source

Australia’s social media ban for under-16s led to only a marginal reduction in underage users in its first three months, underscoring the lack of enforcement of the world-first law by major platforms... View Source

China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted for the first time in five months, adding to signs of slowing economic momentum... View Source

Bryan Ma, Vice President of Devices Research at IDC, discusses Apple's latest earnings and the outlook for the broader consumer electronics market. He speaks with Shery Ahn on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Aggressive AI spending plans by Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. provided fresh evidence that demand for chips and related equipment will remain strong, offering relief to a sector that’s been battered in recent days... View Source

Stryker Corp narrowed the range of its adjusted-earnings outlook for the full year as the medical device manufacturer said it must increase production as well as ship a backlog of equipment to meet its second-half growth targets after a cyberattack in March disrupted operations... View Source

Apple tumbled in late trading after component shortages weighed on the company’s sales forecast. Ed Ludlow breaks down the company's Q2 earnings. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Anthropic PBC announced that its artificial intelligence models had breached three different organizations during cybersecurity tests that went awry, a little more than a week after its chief rival, OpenAI, disclosed a similar incident... View Source

Amid rumors of Google breakup, Huffman says "people don't want a summary of reddit, they want reddit."... View Source

They’re calling on the US government to help pace their tech’s development... View Source

Give me a mixtape, and hold the tape... View Source

3 min read Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released into the atmosphere above the Texas Gulf Coast by students from NASA’s SARP (Student Airborne Research Program), which concluded its summer session July 27. The balloon’s job was to... View Source

Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft After a massive Xbox "reset" that laid off thousands of employees and spun off four studios, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants to get Xbox back to growth. In a memo obtained by The Verge, Sharma told staff by the end of fiscal year 2027 (which runs through next June), "we will return XBOX to player and revenue growth." Xbox will also "improve profits back in lin... View Source

Nabila Popal, Senior Director of Data & Analytics at IDC, discusses the current state of the global smartphone market, highlighting a 7% decline in shipments in the second quarter due to extended upgrade cycles and a memory crisis impacting supply chains. Despite these headwinds, Apple has demonstrated remarkable resilience, achieving double-digit year-on-year shipment growth of 15% and strong... View Source

Apple may allow users to pay to increase their AI usage limits. During an earnings call on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that he believes people will want to use Apple Intelligence and the upcoming Siri AI "a lot," adding that "we will have some kind of upgrade possibilities on iCloud Plus where people can buy up the stack." This fall, Apple will broadly launch its long-delayed Siri AI with iO... View Source

Apple sales grew more slowly than analysts anticipated in China and its services business last quarter. Though total revenue topped estimates, the China sales amounted to $18.8 billion in the fiscal third quarter, well short of the $19.6 billion estimated by analysts. Revenue from services was $30.7 billion, compared with a $31.4 billion projection. Mark Gurman breaks down the numbers on "Bloomber... View Source

The new Friend pendant features a speaker, updated models and the same off-putting ideas about how humans should use AI... View Source

Google is working on a way to apply Chrome updates without requiring you to restart your browser. In a post on Thursday, Google outlines its approach to bug fixes in the age of AI, while noting that it's trying to make updates less disruptive by "investing in 'dynamic patching' that will eliminate the need for a full browser restart." According to Google, AI-powered security tools have already hel... View Source

Apple Inc. sales grew more slowly than analysts anticipated in China and its services business last quarter, sparking concerns about two key markets for the iPhone maker... View Source

At last, a smart ring with some flair... View Source

Super Micro Computer has a complete Data Center Building Block Solutions® (DCBBS). They have a comprehensive portfolio of racks engineered specifically for mission-critical, high-density AI data center deployments. The ORv3 standard allows Supermicro to offer customers a range of racks which simplify the integration of liquid cooling solutions for high compute-density systems, resulting in a ... R... View Source

A new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposal says the agency wants to speed up commercial space licensing for rocket launches and spacecraft re-entries by removing "unnecessary" environmental regulations.The proposed FAA rule, released yesterday (July 29), has a 30-day period for comment and if approved, would apply to rocket launches, re-entering spacecraft, and the sites at which launche... View Source

Neither artificial nor intelligent. I am not by any means an expert at finance but I think I do now have some advice for people who are: Do not name your hedge fund anything that will be hilarious if it blows up. Don't use a name like "Long-Term Capital Management," or "Amaranth Advisors" (named for the floral symbol for immortality). Certainly do not call yourself "Situational Awareness," which m... View Source

Rivian CFO Claire McDonough joins Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow as the EV maker begins delivering its highly anticipated R2 SUV. She discusses early customer demand, the production ramp, and why the more affordable vehicle is expected to drive Rivian toward automotive gross-profit positivity by the end of 2026. McDonough also outlines the company's capital position, software strategy, and how recurring so... View Source

Despite the slump, Apple and Samsung have both seen their market share go up... View Source

Apple's iPhone and Mac sales are on the rise even as a global memory shortage squeezes device makers. In its third-quarter earnings report released on Thursday, Apple revealed that iPhone sales jumped 22 percent to $54.25 billion, while Mac sales increased 29 percent to $10.35 billion. Apple raised prices across its Macs, iPads, and other devices in June as it contends with a RAM shortage expected... View Source

Roblox Corp. reported second-quarter daily active users that missed analysts’ expectations, reflecting the ongoing impact of new child-safety measures... View Source

The company is promising the first in-depth look at the $2,195 glasses... View Source

ABC filed its formal opposition to the Federal Communications Commission's effort to force it to submit to an early renewal of its broadcast station licenses, calling it an effort to chill the speech of broadcasters across the country. In a new filing with the FCC, ABC charges that the agency's willingness to pursue the early renewal of eight of its licenses far before they expire is "extraordinar... View Source

Robinhood Chairman and CEO Vlad Tenev says the prediction markets business is the fastest growing in the firm’s history. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Tenev also discusses the company's initiatives, Trump Accounts and the future of crypto. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google's next foldable doesn't look all that different, save for the camera bar... View Source

Apptronik’s Apollo 2 robot takes a baseball glove off of a shelf. | Image: Google Google DeepMind says the latest version of its Gemini Robotics AI model can "control entire humanoid robots." While the previous model focused on controlling a humanoid robot's upper body, Gemini Robotics 2 now supports "whole-body motions" ranging from its feet to fingertips, according to an announcement on Thursday... View Source

There’s been plenty of buzz lately around vandalism of Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers, which are AI-integrated surveillance cameras that index license plate data from passing vehicles indiscriminately and without a warrant. Countless vigilantes have taken to the roadways armed with trash bags, spray paint, laser pointers, and power drills to render the surveillance pole... View Source

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When it's less about the product and more about the FCC... View Source

FundaAI’s 8 GW framing combined with the latest Minihard/Macrohard details indicate 8GW of SpaceXAI is doable by end of 2027-mid 2028. They indicate the 8 Gigawatts of chips and the 8GW of power are available to SpaceXAI 8 GW Demand (compute/chip-order side is locked in) as FundaAI calculates demand-side power need at ~8 GW total ... Read more... View Source

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch 9. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge The Galaxy Watch 9 launches on August 7th, and not only does Costco have the best preorder incentives we’ve seen so far, the watch is also discounted. The deal includes the 40mm Watch 9 in cream or graphite, two wireless fast chargers for the watch, and a $50 Costco gift card, all for $339.99 — $40 less than the list price for... View Source

China’s DeepSeek is planning a massive artificial-intelligence data center in Inner Mongolia, according to people familiar with the matter, an ambitious move in computing infrastructure from the startup that’s shown it can compete with the leading AI models of Silicon Valley... View Source

Unsurprisingly, it's likely to focus on AI... View Source

A lot of content on LinkedIn might seem like AI slop, and now, you'll be able to report those posts. As part of a series of updates to reduce the volume of AI slop on the platform, LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that "Seems like AI slop." The new feature is part of a broader push to reduce the volume of apparent AI slop on the platform. AI detector... View Source

Just over a week ago, Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr declared that the ongoing outbreak of the explosive diarrhea-causing parasite was “under control.” But the reality is that cases are climbing into the thousands across 45 states, as USA Today reports, meaning his reassurances appear to have been a gross overstatement. According to the Centers for Disease Con... View Source

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon joins Bloomberg after the chipmaker warned that soaring memory prices and supply shortages are weighing on the smartphone market. He explains why he expects that pressure to ease over time, how Qualcomm is shifting its business toward automotive, data centers and industrial AI, and why the company sees its next phase of growth extending well beyond handsets. Amon joins... View Source

The mobile and tablet ports of the remastered puzzle game include a free trial... View Source

Buying multiple lamps for different rooms can get expensive. Govee’s rechargeable Table Lamp Classic gives you one lamp you can use throughout your home instead of getting one for every room, and right now it’s down to $59 ($21 off) at Amazon. That’s just $4 shy of the all-time low set during Prime Day, and the smart lamp’s second-best price to date. Govee Table Lamp Classic Where to Buy: $79.99 $... View Source

Gabriela Borges, Goldman Sachs managing director and senior software equity research analyst, joins Bloomberg after raising her price target on Microsoft, saying the software giant is showing stronger signs that its AI investments are translating into revenue. She discusses Azure growth, improving adoption of Copilot, Microsoft's AI strategy, and why she believes investors are only beginning to ap... View Source

The company made a video of the bots in action doing stuff like cleaning trash and picking up watering cans... View Source

Don’t worry about the death toll and economic devastation. There’s money to be made! As the United States launches a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran, a conflict that turned from a limited incursion into an extremely expensive and painfully drawn-out war, some clear winners are starting to emerge — and we’re definitely not talking about the American people. As the... View Source

Microsoft's blockbuster earnings sparked a major rally as TD Cowen's Derrick Wood joins Bloomberg TV to explain why this was the perfect "Goldilocks" quarter. From accelerating Azure growth and improving AI economics to surging Copilot adoption, here's why Wall Street believes Microsoft's AI story is getting even stronger. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The company is also removing some of its own AI-writing features... View Source

Scientists have found the first triple-lobed asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — and it has a small moon to boot.The asteroid in question is 44 Nysa, which was discovered all the way back in 1857. Of course, back then it was just a pinprick of light in the sky, and subsequent observations — including some from the Hubble Space Telescope — had failed to tell us much about Nysa... View Source

The latest discovery from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a field of honeycomb-shaped polygons covering a Martian valley called Valle Grande. As Gizmodo reports, Curiosity has snapped pictures of the unusual terrain texture before, called polygonal fractures, each about 1.5 to 3 inches wide, but NASA says it's previously only found them in small patches, "nothing on the scale discovered in Valle Gr... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. gave a disappointing quarterly revenue forecast, stepping up pressure on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to allay investor concerns that the company isn’t swiftly benefiting from its massive outlay on artificial intelligence. David Kirkpatrick, Founder of Techonomy joins Bloomberg Intelligence to recap Meta's earnings. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Phone cases vary dramatically when it comes to pricing, but it's not always as simple as "you get what you pay for."... View Source

SpaceX is building a new Minihard data center adjacent to Macrohard and Macrohardrr at the Memphis campus. It is the same 220,000 GB300s as Macrohardrr, packed into roughly 25% of the floor area. The claim is that Colossus 2’s campus ends up with the original 550k-GPU building plus two 220k-GPU buildings — close to a ... Read more... View Source

Perhaps more so than any other social media platform, LinkedIn has been inundated with lazy AI-generated brainrot content. It has become the AI slop “punching bag,” a repository of painful engagement bait being spewed out by an army of bots who seem at times to mainly be lobbing business platitudes at one another. Just last week, Substack CEO Chris Best took aim at the Microsoft-owned... View Source

In a remarkable week, the titans of the near-$1 trillion global memory industry smashed profit records. But they were unable to reverse a market rout that’s erased much of their stocks’ gains this year... View Source

Google said a July update resolves the problem on recent devices, with Pixel 9a and 8a getting a fix in September... View Source

NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the International Space Station, serving as an Expedition 76 flight engineer. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Konstantin Borisov. Launch is target... View Source

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Trailers and teasers for HBO’s upcoming "Lanterns" series have been suspiciously devoid of much outer space footage for the intergalactic cops known as the Green Lanterns, but that's all history now with this exhilarating new preview. Beware the power of this illuminating peek that not only delivers generous doses of Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) mentoring his young apprentice, John Stewart (Aaron Pi... View Source

Zoox just got permission to charge for robotaxi rides in its boxy, steering-wheel-less vehicles. On Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it has granted the Amazon-owned Zoox a temporary exemption, allowing it to deploy up to 2,500 vehicles annually over the next two years, as reported earlier by Reuters. The NHTSA's decision exempts Zoox from rules requiring vehic... View Source

A vast field of mesmerizing polygons has left Mars scientists enthralled. Don’t be mistaken: NASA didn’t send a robot across the solar system so its eggheads could get a rundown in basic geometry. Instead, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a stretch of the Martian valley called “Valle Grande” where the landscape is defined by honeycomb-shaped patterns ranging two to four in... View Source

Kendra Scott CEO Chris Blakeslee joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why today's consumer is more selective, but still spending on meaningful purchases. He shares how experiential retail is driving growth, why fine jewelry is booming, and why AI should empower employees to deliver more human customer experiences. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The free version may be enough for you, but let's dive into the upgraded features to be sure... View Source

SpaceX can achieve daily flight turnaround even with imperfect tiles. The shuttle’s problem was not just that the tiles were expensive. But one bad tile would cause loss of the vehicle. SpaceX Starship metal structure and ablative layers means a single lost tile in most places does not lose the ship. Starship tolerant to losing ... Read more... View Source

Best Buy has raised the price of the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC to $2,099 - the first time a major US retailer is directly selling an RTX 5080 for more than the $1,999 MSRP of the RTX 5090, VideoCardz reports. The ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC now costs 40 percent more than its launch price of $1,499, and over double the $999 MSRP of the RTX 5080 Founders Edition. As VideoCardz notes, this is currently... View Source

Meta's AI spending is under intense scrutiny after a softer outlook. MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson explains why investors no longer want promises—they want proof. Michael Nathanson joins Bloomberg Open Interest to break down Meta's unclear AI infrastructure strategy, the risk of massive capex, and why the company's metaverse history is making Wall Street far less patient this time. (S... View Source

If you're looking for a high-performance PC with that clean 'zero-cable' look, Maingear's new pre-built lineup that may suit you... View Source

Hopefully nobody is giving coffee to that dog. | Image: Xiaomi The SkyNomad N90 Max is the latest electric SUV from Xiaomi and its first extended-range EV, with a claimed range of over 1,705 km (about 1,059 miles). It will come in both five- and seven-seat configurations, as well as an N90 Max Camping Edition. One of the big features of the N90 is its highly customizable interior. The front seats... View Source

US stocks rose at the open on Thursday as Microsoft Corp. soared 16% after reporting the fastest cloud unit growth in four years. Top semiconductor companies, like Micron Technology Inc. and Nvidia Corp., gained as well... View Source

The company is making a big push into fitness, having already partnered with Peloton earlier this year... View Source

On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei became the first to observe rings around the planet Saturn. Shortly after the telescope was invented in 1608, Galileo peered out into the solar system and saw the amazing ring system. At first he didn't actually think they were rings. Instead, Galileo thought Saturn might have planetary "love handles" that gave it a weird shape. He also wonde... View Source

Here be magnets. And RGB. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Razer has insisted that optical keyboard switches are the best choice for competitive esports stars and the sweatiest of try-hards, but it's now relenting slightly by offering cheaper keyboards with magnetic switches and a similar array of gaming features. The $120 Razer Huntsman V3 HE Magnetic Mini and $140 Huntsman V3 HE Magn... View Source

It may already feel like a distant memory, but Cambridge Analytica was once implicated in one of the biggest social media scandals in history. Back in March 2018, journalists at The Observer and The New York Times revealed that the little-known data analytics firm had improperly harvested the Facebook data of tens of millions of users without their consent. Owned by billionaire Robert Mercer and o... View Source

Oracle Corp. gained more than 8% after saying it would expand a partnership with Google Cloud to bring Gemini artificial intelligence tools to its business customers... View Source

With its latest Smart Play sets, Lego managed put its own spin on one of the world's most popular franchises... View Source

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Macarena Garcia Marin (ESA Office at STScI) In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system. Centaurus A is 11 million light-years away... View Source

Pieces of sea ice drift near Antarctica's Danger Islands in this image, acquired on Jan. 22, 2023, by the Landsat 8 satellite. Several of the islands are stained pink by guano from Adélie penguins with a krill-rich diet. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison)The diets of penguins on Antarctica's Danger Islands can be seen from space. At least indirectly.Using satellite images capt... View Source

If you’re keen on getting a laptop that looks fantastic, feels great to use, and doesn’t cost too much, well, pickings are slim right due to RAMageddon. However, there’s a good deal happening at Best Buy through Thursday, July 30th, on Microsoft’s Arm-based, 13.8-inch Surface Laptop that has the 10-core Snapdragon X2 Plus chipset. Originally $1,599.99 (and selling for $1,300 on competing sites), y... View Source

Europe’s top banks want to earn more from the debt-fueled artificial intelligence boom, while seeking ways to limit and offset exposures to the red-hot sector... View Source

Your Roku can probably display what's on your phone screen, if you have Android... View Source

Meta knows its AI-powered camera equipped spectacles are widely seen as “pervert glasses.” And though it professes to be cracking down on creeps using them to record people without their consent, whatever measures it’s taking clearly aren’t working. After Meta announced this month that it would ban users using the glasses to film themselves harassing strangers, a recent inv... View Source

Startup K2 Space, which builds large satellites for high-power tasks like data-heavy communications and defense missions, has raised $500 million in a new round of funding, the company plans to announce Thursday... View Source

Netflix has ponied up a half billion dollars to extend its streaming rights to The Walking Dead and the show's six spinoffs... View Source

"Doctor Who" may have a reputation for making kids hide behind the sofa, and the "Alien" franchise famously sold itself on the futility of screaming in outer space, but "Star Trek"'s traditional "story of the week" format has also provided numerous opportunities to bring sci-fi scares to starship corridors. But few of the franchise's horror outings have been quite as overt as "The Griffin Incident... View Source

An easier way to find the right beats for your BPM. | Image: Spotify Spotify has introduced a new Running Mode feature that makes it easier to curate playlists around your workout goals, music tastes, and desired beats per minute (BPM). The aim is to help you "spend less time hunting for the right music and more time moving," according to Spotify's announcement, providing customizable running pres... View Source

How do we combat the scourge of school shootings? The distinctly cyberpunk gamble that some places of learning are taking: rapid response drones. Multiple schools across three states will soon have their own veritable platoons of pepper-spraying drones to hunt down active shooters, The Washington Post reports, waiting to spring into action the moment they’re called on. Traveling at speeds of... View Source

After a five-week pause on Bitcoin purchases, Strategy Inc. investors are left wondering what’s next for the largest buyer of the cryptocurrency following a tumultuous period... View Source

Google Earth users can "visualize the past" via AI-created pictures... View Source

Over the last few years, I've gradually shifted away from ebooks. It's been part of a general return to physical media, an attempt to create a deeper sense of ownership over the art I love and collect. A Kindle is obviously more convenient than a paperback: It's tiny, holds a huge library, and you can purchase new books instantly. But, much like with retro game cartridges, I find there's a deeper... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. said it has $279 billion in future lease agreements mostly related to artificial intelligence data centers that are not yet reflected on its balance sheet... View Source

The OG gimbal camera goes "pro" with two lenses, class-leading dynamic range and optical zoom... View Source

S&P 500 Index futures rise 0.7% as of 7:50 a.m. in New York as results from Microsoft boost sentiment for the tech sector... View Source

NASA sent a spacecraft called LINK to rescue a falling telescope, but it's now unclear if it can accomplish its mission... View Source

Like other recent DJI products, the Pocket 4P won’t launch in the US. DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P is a pretty simple proposition: an Osmo Pocket 4 with a second camera lens slapped inside. But is that extra lens worth the added size, weight, and cost relative to the regular Pocket 4? And how does it compare to the only rival on the market, Insta360's dual-lens Luna Ultra? It depends on what you're filmin... View Source

Investors and analysts are still waiting for the Meta CEO to give details of a new AI business... View Source

Airlines can now price seats with dynamic precision, closing pricing gaps that travelers loved... View Source

On Aug. 5, Earth's moon is due for a human-made, high-speed impact from an identified flying object: a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage. The event will lead to a literal "dust up" on the lunar landscape. That Falcon 9 upper stage is a leftover from the launch that sent Firefly's Blue Ghost-1 lander to the moon on Jan. 15, 2025. Onboard the same flight was the Hakuto-R Mission 2, called Resilience... View Source

SwitchBot Battery Circulator Fan 2 Pro is smart, powerful, and portable. | Image: SwitchBot I was already a big fan of SwitchBot's big circulator fan I recently reviewed, and now we're getting the SwitchBot Battery Circulator Fan 2 Pro. Priced at $119.99, it ditches the height-adjustable stand but increases battery life, throw distance, and wind speed while adding native Matter-over-Wi-Fi, allowin... View Source

Streaming has been a drag on Disney’s share price as subscriber growth stalled. A tech overhaul and more foreign-language shows are in the cards... View Source

lectrified vehicle sales hit new highs around the world as 50 countries saw quarterly records in Q2 of 2026... View Source

The full Buck Moon rose to delight and dazzle stargazers with a spectacular display of moonlight on July 29 and we've got the photos to prove it!July's moon is also known as the full "Buck Moon" — a traditional name used by Native American tribes to reflect the time of year when young deer grow out their antlers. Sadly, the name didn't herald any dramatic transformation in the appearance of the mo... View Source

Wall Street’s sudden aversion to AI spending has made Apple Inc. this year’s Big Tech stock market star. But the iPhone maker’s earnings after the close Thursday could remind investors of the hurdles it still faces... View Source

Bloomberg says ChatGPT and Roblox will soon be added to the EU's 'very large online platform' list, which subjects them to stricter rules... View Source

Samsung's mobile and chip divisions are going in opposite directions, profit-wise... View Source

7 Min Read NASA Johnson Interns Shaping the Future of Exploration  NASA’s Johnson Space Center interns pose for a group photo in the Teague Auditorium in Houston. From left are Macie Landon, John Graham Reynolds, and Morgan Gridley.  Credits: NASA/Sumer Loggins NASA interns at Johnson Space Center are applying their talents to real-world projects while working alongside the engineers, scienti... View Source

Microsoft shares surged in late trading after better-than-expected 4Q earnings, helped by continued strength in cloud computing and artificial intelligence. But Meta shares fell after a disappointing revenue forecast for the current quarter. It also reported the lowest free cash flow in years, a sign of ballooning AI spending. Josh Gilbert, APAC & Middle East Lead Analyst at etoro spoke to Blo... View Source

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. has confirmed it is in talks to sell a stake in Australia’s Optus, after the Australian Financial Review reported infrastructure investor Morrison is in discussions to buy a stake valued at more than A$2 billion ($1.4 billion)... View Source

Qualcomm Inc., the largest maker of smartphone processors, gave a weak profit forecast for the current quarter, signaling that component shortages and rising costs are taking a toll on its main market... View Source

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory New Zealand’s Southern… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Miss... View Source

Arm Holdings Plc shares slid in late trading after the company pointed to sluggishness in the smartphone industry, overshadowing a lucrative push into data center technology... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: July 30 – Red Sun… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke Explanation: This could be the view... View Source

Australia’s eSafety regulator has commenced civil penalty proceedings in Federal Court against the provider of Telegram for the messaging service’s alleged failure to detect and remove pro-terror material... View Source

Microsoft Corp.’s cloud unit grew at the fastest clip in four years and the pace is accelerating, suggesting the company’s AI and computing services are making inroads with customers... View Source

Pakistan’s fintech group Abhi is preparing to launch an initial public offering of its microlender this month, according to its founder, as it seeks to capitalize on the nation’s busiest year for listings... View Source

Hans Patuwo, CEO of GoTo Group, discusses the Indonesian ride-hailing and food delivery firm's 2Q results, marking a consecutive quarter of net income. He outlines the company’s outlook and addresses its stock price, which has hovered at the lowest level permitted for regular trading under Jakarta exchange rules. He speaks with Haidi Stroud Watts on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Microsoft Corp. reported more than $130 billion in new data center leases in the past quarter, signaling an accelerating pace of spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure... View Source

Ygal Arounian, Wedbush managing director, Internet equity research, reacts to Meta Platforms Inc.'s second-quarter earnings and disappointing earnings forecast on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Samsung Electronics Co.'s semiconductor arm reported a more than 250-fold jump in profit, with an operating income of 89.2 trillion won in the June quarter. Bloomberg's Anthony Stephens reports on the latest data. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Analog Devices Inc. is assessing a new claim by a group of hackers who say they’ve stolen hundreds files containing information on customers of the computer chips maker... View Source

Samsung Electronics Co.’s semiconductor arm reported a more than 250-fold jump in profit, reflecting the headway it’s making against rival SK Hynix Inc. in the AI memory boom... View Source

SpaceX is making minihard, an improved modular 220K GB300 data center. It will be small building to the right of Macrohard and Macrohardrr. It is the most important thing Elon and SpaceXAI has said about its infrastructure this year. Minihard is about 25% of the floor area of Macrohardrr but the same 220K GB300s. Minihard ... Read more... View Source

Blue Owl Capital’s data center firm Stack Infrastructure Inc. is seeking an A$8.5 billion ($5.9 billion) syndicated loan to fund its latest project in Melbourne, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be one of the largest such financings to the sector in Australia... View Source

Meta gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the current quarter, intensifying investor concerns that the social media giant isn’t swiftly benefiting from its massive outlay on artificial intelligence. Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Globetrotters hunting for airfare bargains are in for a rude awakening: the days of stumbling across a cheap seat on a popular flight could soon disappear... View Source

Jay Goldberg, Seaport Research Partners senior analyst, semiconductors and electronics, reacts to Qualcomm's weak profit forecast for the current quarter and Arm Holdings Plc's sales outlook that also failed to impress investors. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

CyberPunk 2077’s world is vibrant and dangerous. | Image: CD Projekt Red Over the last few years, CD Projekt Red put a ton of work into fixing Cyberpunk 2077, squashing bugs, polishing content, and even launching new DLC in 2023, Phantom Liberty. As a result, this game has gone from a source for funny, glitch-fueled videos to a world I’ve returned to a number of times to live out my futuristic fan... View Source

A bipartisan group of US senators urged Apple Inc. to abandon any efforts to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese semiconductor suppliers CXMT Corp. and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., warning that the iPhone maker risked becoming reliant on a US adversary for crucial components... View Source

The next great American observatory in space is just one month away from leaving this planet.NASA scientists got together Wednesday (July 29) to share a status update on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — the agency's next great observatory that will soon join the ranks of absolute legends like the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.And that press conference was overflo... View Source

RAMageddon won't be the only reason your next phone costs more - Qualcomm is about to raise prices on all its processors, as well. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said on Wednesday that "prices are going to go up" on the company's products starting on September 1st, CNBC reports. The price hikes were rumored last week to be "a percentage in the double digits." Qualcomm announced the planned price incr... View Source

OpenAI’s ChatGPT and video game company Roblox Corp. will be subject to stricter scrutiny and monitoring requirements under the European Union’s content moderation rules after surpassing a threshold of 45 million monthly users in the bloc... View Source

The company's tech chief said a fix for the error will be arriving soon... View Source

Microsoft is working on an AI "super app" that combines Copilot's chat, coding, and agentic capabilities. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the app will span "both consumer and commercial experiences" when it launches this year. "Copilot is evolving rapidly from chat to Cowork to Autopilots," Nadella said. "This quarter, we are bringing these Copilot experience... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the current quarter, intensifying investor concerns about the social media giant’s spending on artificial intelligence. Bloomberg News Big Tech Team Leader Kurt Wagner says as long as Meta is making money and the core business is going, they can get away with aggressive AI spending on data centers. He argues, however, that the minute wo... View Source

The program, ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, will start with 10,000 participants this summer... View Source

Meta is all-in on AI, and sometime soon, the company is going to make a big push into personal AI agents that can do things on your behalf. On Wednesday's Q2 2026 earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg previewed a high-level vision of how the company is thinking about personal agents and what it will do to make them viable for users - and how it will convince less technical people to give them a shot:... View Source

Microsoft cloud unit grew at the fastest pace in four years, suggesting that the company’s computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence services continue to make inroads with businesses. Azure cloud-computing revenue increased 43% during the fiscal fourth quarter, the company said Wednesday in a statement. That was the fastest quarterly growth since early 2022, and topped analysts’ average... View Source

The Age Signals API will be available globally before the end of the year... View Source

A collage of artist concepts highlighting the novel approaches proposed by the 2026 NIAC awardees.Credit: NASA The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has created 18 new awards to support visionary ideas to improve aerospace technologies in areas ranging from the exploration of the solar system to understanding the universe. The 18 NIAC Phase I awards total $3.2 million. Each award pr... View Source

xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets "nudification" apps, claiming that the statute's punitive provisions leave the company with "no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine's image-editing features in various ways." The law, the company argues, violates the First Amendment. Back in January, Grok flooded the internet with mil... View Source

Rishi Jaluria, RBC Capital Markets managing director, software equity research, calls Microsoft's fourth-quarter earnings report "fantastic" and expects very high growth in capital expenditures next year. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Moving your data to Claude is easier than you might think. This step-by-step guide will get you switched over right away... View Source

MEta beat on earnings with $60.8 billion for the second quarter but net income declined by 14% compared to the same quarter of the previous year to $15.8 billion. Its diluted earnings per share (EPS) fell 13% year-over-year to $6.18. The company said it expects its 2026 capital expenditures to range between $130 billion and ... Read more... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. gave a disappointing current-quarter revenue forecast, intensifying investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented spending on artificial intelligence... View Source

Waymo paused highway operations in May after several robotaxis drove into sections that were closed for construction... View Source

Microsoft Q2 2026 revenue was $90.0 billion and increased 18% (up 17% in constant currency) Operating income was $40.6 billion and increased 18%. Net income was $35.8 billion and increased 31% on a GAAP basis, and was $35.3 billion and increased 22% on a non-GAAP basis. Diluted earnings per share was $4.81 and increased 32% ... Read more... View Source

Nostalgia is a powerful elixir as demonstrated by Paramount's moving "Star Trek" tribute video created for the franchise's big 60th anniversary this year and revealed last weekend at San Diego Comic-Con during a Star Trek Universe presentation at Hall H.It's a sentimental journey into the final frontier that chronicles the popular space opera property from its infancy as "Star Trek: The Original S... View Source

Xbox is having yet another tough quarter, as revenue from content and services like its Game Pass subscription dipped 10 percent over the past few months. At the same time, Xbox hardware sales declined 14 percent, according to Microsoft's fourth-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday. The news comes just weeks after Xbox head Asha Sharma announced a "reset" plan for Xbox that included sweep... View Source

A group of university researchers that developed benchmarks to test the cybersecurity capabilities of AI systems have unexpectedly landed themselves at the center of OpenAI’s accidental hack into the startup Hugging Face Inc... View Source

Robots apparently don't need to be bipedal to be caught up in the FCC's new foreign-made robot ban... View Source

It only took them three and a half years, but the powers that be at OpenAI have apparently directed ChatGPT to start refusing requests to copy a specific author’s style, Ars Technica reports. And it’s causing an absolute meltdown among “writers” who had grown accustomed to using the chatbot to churn out stories. Word spread quickly on the r/WritingWithAI subreddit, where on... View Source

SoFi posted record quarterly revenue and raised its full-year sales outlook. SoFi CEO Anthony Noto discusses why the company is keeping its earnings guidance unchanged, how AI is boosting engineering productivity and customer service, and why SoFi is continuing to invest for long-term growth despite shifting expectations for interest rates. Noto joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomb... View Source

Users only have to long-press the 'fn' key on the bottom left corner of their keyboard to talk to Gemini on Mac... View Source

When the Trump administration announced yesterday that it was banning "advanced robotic devices" from entering the United States, the headlines were all about humanoids. But spying doesn't require legs - and neither does the FCC's robot ban. The robot ban will sweep up robot vacuum cleaners too, FCC media relations director Katie Gorscak confirms to The Verge. It's not coming for your existing Roo... View Source

Moonshot's Kimi K3 has reignited debate over China's role in the AI race, but Beringea Chief Investment Officer Karen McCormick says the bigger story is the growing availability of cheaper, open-weight AI models. She joins Bloomberg to explain why lower-cost AI is helping startups build faster, forcing frontier model providers to stay competitive, and accelerating AI adoption across industries. Sh... View Source

It's a widely held belief that restarting your phone improves performance. Here's the truth... View Source

A quantitative model of how Starship’s cost per kilogram falls as booster life goes from 5 to 30 flights, ship life from 1 to 10, and payload from 100 to 200 tonnes — and why the last flight of every ship is the cheapest kilogram in the system. Starship will likely enter 2027 as a ... Read more... View Source

Apple's new Upgrade program is here, allowing you to lease select models of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches with a relatively low monthly payment. The company promises you won't pay more than the full price of the device over the course of the one- to three-year lease, and in some cases, you'll pay hundreds of dollars less. The basics of the program make it sound like an amazing deal… so surely... View Source

The US and European stock markets might be numb to the enormity of the AI bubble at this point, but in East Asia it’s a different story. In South Korea, the AI bubble appears to be bursting — at least partially — with the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kopsi) plummeting by over 40 percent from its June highs after the Korean chipmaker SK Hynix failed to impress investors despite reportin... View Source

Goal-driven behavior, not malicious intent, is a key problem, according to security experts... View Source

If it's extra hot or humid where you are, the Runna app will adjust your workouts accordingly... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 28 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. OriginalAnnotated Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes Explanation: What... View Source

Things aren't going so well for NASA's latest satellite rescue mission.NASA launched the Swift Boost mission on July 3, sending a specialized spacecraft to low Earth orbit on the final flight of Northrop Grumman's air-launched Pegasus XL rocket. The spacecraft is called LINK and was built by Arizona-based Katalyst Space Technologies. LINK was sent to orbit to try and link up with NASA's Swift obse... View Source

In an interview with our friend Joanna Stern on her YouTube channel, OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the company is working on a "family of devices" for interacting with its AI models. However, Brockman didn't confirm reports that one of those devices is a smart speaker OpenAI's rumored to be launching in 2027, or earlier rumors that the device might be a wearable like the Humane AI pin. He di... View Source

Stonepeak Chairman, CEO and co-founder Michael Dorrell talks about opportunities in markets, the growth of artificial intelligence, demand for new data centers and how it all plays into their investment strategy on "Bloomberg Deals." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

We played spot the difference and noticed this intriguing difference in Google's teaser for the Pixel 11 Pro... View Source

2 Min Read NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons PIA26729 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons PNG (305.97 MB) PIA26729 Figure A PNG (3.37 MB) Description NASA’s Cur... View Source

By now, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who isn’t broadly familiar with the AI heavyweights and their flagship models. OpenAI has ChatGPT, Anthropic has Claude, Google has Gemini. But what does Amazon have? Not a whole lot, it turns out. Unlike its competitors in the tech megacorp scene, Amazon’s standout AI model — organized under the name “Nova” — is about the... View Source

When we last checked in on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in February, NASA was announcing that it had formally classified the 2024 crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft as a “Type A” mishap, an acknowledgement that the test flight was a serious failure. At the time, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the space agency was working with Boeing to "fully understand the risks associated" with t... View Source

IonQ Inc. will close its $1.8 billion acquisition of semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology Inc. later this week after the Federal Trade Commission was unable to decide whether to impose conditions on the deal, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Cable and satellite aren't your only options when it comes to local channels. There are free ways to get the same content... View Source

1 Min Read NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte PIA26730 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Curiosity Views a… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte PNG (27.41 MB) Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this sand-capped butte, nicknamed... View Source

SpaceX plans to launch a secret reconnaissance mission for the U.S. government early on Thursday morning (July 30), and you can watch the action live.A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, kicking off a mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) called NROL-95.The 44-minute launch window opens at 2:37 a.m. EDT (0637 GM... View Source

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said he discussed the company’s upcoming artificial intelligence model with US lawmakers and expressed his support for Congress to pass AI legislation, highlighting calls to safeguard the emerging technology... View Source

Tens of thousands of AI-generated songs are uploaded to music streaming platforms every day... View Source

A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. NASA/Keegan Barber On Wednesday, Aug. 12,... View Source

The best smart telescopes have transformed astrophotography over the past few years, combining small telescope optics and automated mounts with dashcam-style camera sensors and image-processing software. The result? Compact devices that can be controlled entirely from a smartphone. Impressively, the DwarfLab Dwarf Mini pushes that concept even further.Roughly the size of a thick paperback book, it... View Source

As schools across the country continue to implement cell phone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support. Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cell phones in middle and high school classes, and 48 percent support banning them for the entire school day. That's the first time more Americans have supported, rather than opposed, so-called bell-to-bell ban... View Source

Climate change is helping invasive species to not only establish themselves across the Continent but to stay alive for longer. Scientists suggest we get used to it... View Source

For only the second time in its history, the American Red Cross has declared a “national blood supply crisis,” after donations fell to a four-year summer low. The hotter summer months conventionally trigger blood shortages because people are more likely to injure themselves while spending time outdoors. And this summer has been particularly extreme. According to the Red Cross, extreme... View Source

The heat shield that protects SpaceX’s Starship vehicle as it plummets back to Earth may prove to be a substantial roadblock to Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s path to designing a rapidly reusable rocket, according to three former NASA researchers and experts in the field... View Source

X and the World Federation of Advertisers say they're resetting their relationship... View Source

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 29 – Psyche… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars Explanation: Solar Sy... View Source

Key specsCamera: 48MP 1/2.3-inch CMOSVideo resolution: Up to 4KFrame rates: 4K 30 FPS / FHD up to 60 FPSBattery: 2250 mAh up to 30 minutes flightCharger type: USB-C cableVideo transmission range: 6.2 milesDimensions: : Folded 5.63 x 3.26 x 2.44 in / 143 x 82.8 x 62 mm / Unfolded 6.59 x 8.57x2.44 in / 167.4 x 217.8 x 62 mmWeight: 8.78 oz / 249 gThe sub-250 g drone market shows no signs of reducing... View Source

Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber discusses the company’s first-quarter results and the impact of a late-June incident at a key semiconductor supplier. Speaking with Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest," Faber also discusses gaming demand, component costs and the company's pricing strategy. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

There's a new underwater location to explore and a dive mechanic... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered an expanse of terrain covered in surface features called polygons. Scientists have never seen so many of these features in one place and are unsure how they formed.NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it se... View Source

Ilya (who was the CTO of OpenAI when they made their breakthoughs) created the Safe Super Intelligence company. They are emerging to say that their research to create some next level AI is ready to scale. SSI announced a long-term strategic partnership with NVIDIA. NVIDIA is making a substantial investment in SSI that will let ... Read more... View Source

On July 29, 1982, the Salyut 6 space station fell out of space and safely burned up in Earth's atmosphere along the way.Salyut 6 was the eighth space station the Soviet Union had built for its Salyut program. It spent almost five years in orbit and supported five different crewed cosmonaut missions. While aboard Salyut 6, those cosmonauts made astronomical observations and studied the effects of s... View Source

Just two months after a bumpy launch earlier this year, Ferrari has reportedly already hit its 2026 sales goal for its polarizing, Jony Ive-designed Luce EV. Ahead of Ferrari announcing its quarterly earnings on Thursday, the Financial Times reports that Ferrari was aiming to sell "just under 500" Luce units this year, and reached that target this month. Luce sales so far were reportedly driven by... View Source

Despite certain improvements in accuracy, large language models still hallucinate a lot. So much so, in fact, that cybersecurity researchers warn that criminals can easily weaponize delusional AI outputs to spread malware throughout the internet. According to SecurityWeek, the attack works by exploiting a persistent flaw in AI coding assistants. Basically, when these tools recommend third-party so... View Source

Battery Ventures General Partner Dharmesh Thakker joins Bloomberg Open Interest to make the case for investing beyond AI hype. He explains why enterprise software companies that deliver measurable business value will outperform. He also argues that open-source AI models could slash enterprise costs, accelerate adoption, and reshape the competitive landscape for OpenAI, Anthropic, and the broader A... View Source

The company developed the DoorDash Air drones in-house... View Source