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SoftBank Group Corp. sold its entire stake in Nvidia Corp., pocketing $5.8 billion ahead of a rash of planned investments by founder Masayoshi Son to build his own sphere of influence supporting artificial intelligence... View Source

AI agent builder Genspark Inc. has secured more than $200 million from investors including LG Group’s investment arm in its latest funding round, becoming the newest billion-dollar startup in the artificial intelligence arena... View Source

Saudi fintech startup Lean Technologies is exploring new investments as it seeks to expand its product offerings ahead of a possible public listing... View Source

Broadcom and a company called CAMB.AI are teaming up to bring on-device audio translation to a chipset. This would allow devices that use the SoC to complete translation, dubbing and audio description tasks without having to dip into the cloud. In other words, it could massively improve accessibility for consumers. The companies promise ultra-low latency and enhanced privacy, being that all proces... View Source

Hungry for cash to keep pace with Russia, and with western allies seeking to build up their drone arsenals, Ukraine’s defense companies say exports are finally on the agenda... View Source

Sony Group Corp. raised its profit outlook after reporting stronger-than-expected earnings, buoyed by its entertainment portfolio and resurgent demand for its premium smartphone camera sensors... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp., Provident Capital Partners and Peak XV are among a group of prominent GoTo Group backers seeking to replace Chief Executive Officer Patrick Walujo, a dramatic twist that could accelerate talks about an acquisition by Grab Holdings Ltd... View Source

After last week’s selloff, this is a tough time to be raising the issue of spending on artificial intelligence. But that’s precisely what CoreWeave Inc.’s quarterly results after the closing bell Monday are about to do... View Source

Xpeng Inc. shares surged to their highest level in eight months, amid growing optimism over the Chinese electric carmaker’s progress in technologies including humanoid robots... View Source

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics has raised a $130 million Series A round to fund its efforts to build a next-generation small modular reactor that can be mass-manufactured. Founder and CEO Isaiah Taylor discusses its plans with Tim Stenovec on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan discusses the city’s plan for a new data center just a few miles from the tech campuses and million-dollar homes of Silicon Valley. Mayor Mahan explains how the power, water and location needs for this giant data center came together at a time when others in the region remain dark. He joins Tim Stenovec on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

During an earnings call on Monday, Rocket Lab chief executive Pete Beck announced that the company’s medium-lift launch vehicle, Neutron, would not launch this year. For anyone with the slightest understanding of the challenges involved in bringing a new rocket to the launch pad, as well as a calendar, the delay does not come as a surprise. Although Rocket Lab had been holding on to the possibilit... View Source

Artificial intelligence is becoming a key tool for building resilience in the travel industry as the impact of the government shutdown weighs on the FAA and air traffic controllers. Nancy Xu, head of Agentforce at Salesforce discusses with Tim Stenovec on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Intel Corp. Chief Technology and AI Officer Sachin Katti has left the company to take a role at OpenAI, where he’ll work on the startup’s infrastructure efforts... View Source

Rode is today launching the Rodecaster Video S, a smaller and cheaper version of its existing all-in-one production console. The Rodecaster Video is targeted at professionals and environments regularly producing multi-camera content. The S, meanwhile, is aimed at bedroom streamers, video podcasters and other indie creators with more modest production needs. Consequently, the focus here is on trimm... View Source

Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission... View Source

Hilary Frisch, senior research analyst for Software and IT Services at ClearBridge Investments discusses what investors are looking for in the AI trade. She joins Tim Stenovec on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Rodecaster series of podcast mixers have become a mainstay among audio creatives. Last year, the company expanded the line with its first multimedia model — the Rodecaster Video. It was a more niche proposition, aimed at streamers, video podcasters and live producers, and, at $1,200, people with deeper pockets. Today, Rode returns with the Rodecaster Video S (RCV-S), a streamlined version that... View Source

CoreWeave Inc. lowered its annual revenue forecast after suffering a delay fulfilling a customer contract, marking a setback for a company that is racing to keep up with the artificial intelligence boom... View Source

Paramount+ is making some changes that will make its streaming service get more to watch. During Paramount's earnings report today, the company announced that it will increase the subscription prices for Paramount+ in the US during the first quarter of 2026. Price hikes were also announced today for viewers in Canada and Australia. The new pricing was not shared, but a dollar or two more per... View Source

In a reversal, the Food and Drug Administration has removed black box warnings on hormone replacement therapies for menopause... View Source

An Italian producer has announced plans for the first western film to launch a filmmaker into low-Earth orbit to shoot key scenes... View Source

Super Mario Odyssey will be available for $29.99. Nintendo rarely offers big discounts on its own games and gear throughout the year, but opportunities to save are coming soon. The company announced that multiple retailers will offer discounts of up to $30 off of beloved Switch games, as well as temporary price cuts on its amiibo figures, and a $20 off discount on microSD Express cards that are on... View Source

C3.ai Inc., a maker of data-analysis software, gained after Reuters reported the company is exploring a sale... View Source

Samsung’s latest SmartThings update adds support for Siri Shortcuts. In a press release, Samsung announced that you can now use Siri to run SmartThings routines, allowing you to use Apple’s voice assistant to control your smart home. Siri Shortcuts is a feature in iOS that lets you run automations by asking Siri. These can either be created by the user in the Shortcuts app or by the manufacturers... View Source

As Japan gears up for its busiest beer-drinking season, the country’s largest brewer is struggling to stay on tap — with its systems still crippled more than a month after a cyberattack disrupted its supply chain... View Source

Google is continuing to push its Gemini AI assistant into as many of its products as possible. The latest to get the treatment is Google TV Streamer, where Gemini for TV will begin rolling out today and over the coming weeks. The Google TV Streamer had a few minor AI features when we reviewed the hardware, but this new voice-controlled application of Google's Gemini is more robust. It can off... View Source

A mind-boggling lack of encryption allowed researchers to eavesdrop on satellite links and intercept vast quantities of private communications, including those by government and military officials... View Source

Paramount Plus is going up in price again. As part of its earnings report released on Monday, Paramount announced that it will “implement price increases in the US” in the first quarter of 2026 — without saying how much it will soon cost. Paramount says the price increase will “fuel continued reinvestment in the user experience and deliver an even stronger slate of programming” going forward. Like... View Source

Gemini Space Station Inc., the crypto exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, reported a steeper loss than analysts anticipated in its first earnings release since going public... View Source

A growing number of people say they’ve experienced delusions during lengthy conversations with AI chatbots — particularly with OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT. Bloomberg’s Rachel Metz discusses the impact and reaction to these cases with Tim Stenovec on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Walmart is offering its Walmart+ subscription at half off for new sign-ups, and it includes a choice of either Peacock Premium or Paramount+ Essential. The deal for new subscribers is just $49 for the first year, marked down from $98. The real value is in selecting Peacock Premium, which would normally run you $110 per year on its own. With the current discount on a Walmart+ subscription you are e... View Source

Author Adam Christopher takes us to Mustafar and beyond in the chilling new sci-fi story "Star Wars: Master of Evil."... View Source

If you have a mountain of holiday shopping to tackle over the next few weeks, Walmart is offering a great deal on Walmart Plus. New subscribers can snag an annual Walmart Plus membership for half off through December 2nd. The deal knocks the yearly price down to $49 ($49 off), which will automatically renew at the regular price next year if you decide to continue your subscription. Walmart Plus Wh... View Source

And is it going to burst? Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Next year will see the end arrive for two of Facebook's external social plugins. The platform's Like button and Share button for third-party websites will be discontinued on February 10, 2026. The blog post from Meta explains that site admins shouldn't have to take any additional steps as a result of the change, although they can choose to remove the plugins before the discontinue d... View Source

Apple is no longer planning to launch a second-generation iPhone Air next fall and has “already sharply scaled back production of the first version,” The Information reports. The company launched the super-thin version of the iPhone in September, but it seemingly hasn’t proven to be a big hit, and Apple is now making some changes about its future. The Information says that the company was aiming t... View Source

The European Union is preparing to streamline its privacy rulebooks in a bid to bolster the competitiveness of local technology and artificial intelligence companies, according to a package the bloc will unveil on Nov. 19... View Source

Snap is offering Snapchat+ subscribers the chance to have 2D Bitmoji avatars once again. In the coming days, they’ll be able to activate a setting called Comic Bitmoji. Snap said this will revive “the charm of classic avatars, while keeping all the benefits of today’s 3D infrastructure.” If you turn on Comic Bitmoji, all Bitmoji avatars that you see in Snapchat will be rendered in 2D. You’ll also... View Source

Four Chinese rockets launched over the weekend, taking the nation's total for 2025 to a record-breaking 72 orbital missions... View Source

Gemini is the new smart home voice assistant slowly rolling out to Google’s smart displays and smart speakers. Google started rolling out its new Gemini voice assistant for its smart speakers two weeks ago and, in a blog post marking the anniversary, the company seems to think everything is going great. It’s even quoting a user who said, “My Google Home just got upgraded with Gemini. It’s actually... View Source

Oracle Corp. co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison added to the number of employees who report to him after the company changed chief executive officers in September... View Source

It looks like Samsung is sticking with its Plus line of Galaxy phones, according to a report by Android Headlines. This comes after rumors swirled that the company would be dropping the Plus line in favor of the slim Edge handset. This report indicates that not only is Samsung keeping the Plus, but it's ditching the well-reviewed Edge entirely. A leaker has given us a peek at the forthcoming... View Source

Gemini for TV is rolling out to Google TV Streamer devices starting today, allowing almost anyone to try it out. Since it launched back in September, Gemini for TV has only been available on a limited number of smart TVs. If you didn’t have one of those devices, you were out of luck. Gemini for TV will soon be much more widely available — all you need is a TV with an HDMI port to connect a Google... View Source

Bloomberg’s Tim Stenovec discusses the rally in tech stocks as risk-on sentiment rises off of hope the US government shutdown could be coming to an end. Plus, tech and media earnings continue, with CoreWeave and Paramount reporting after the closing bell. And San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan talks about the city's growing artificial intelligence infrastructure and its latest data center initiative. (Sour... View Source

LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance have taken another hit in China, with Apple removing two of the countries biggest LGBTQ+ dating apps. Wired reports that Blued and Finka are no longer available on the iOS App Store or certain Android App Stores following orders from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country's internet regulator and censor.  Apple told Wired that it must "follo... View Source

Scientists just 3D printed human muscle tissue in microgravity conditions. The ultimate goal is to make organs in space... View Source

Patreon is introducing a suite of new features, and some of them are reminiscent of traditional social media platforms. The most obvious callback is something Patreon is calling Quips, which — you guessed it — are essentially tweets. Quips are smaller text, photo, or video posts that are public by default and open for anyone to comment on, unlike premium content behind a paywall that Patreon made... View Source

The furious push by AI hyperscalers to build out data centers will need about $1.5 trillion of investment-grade bonds over the next five years and extensive funding from every other corner of the market, according to an analysis by JPMorgan Chase & Co... View Source

Samsung has partnered with iFit to bring its guided workouts to the Samsung Health app. The integration gives Samsung Health users limited free access to iFit content, offering one video from each of the seven workout categories — high-intensity interval training (HIIT), Pilates, yoga, strength, recovery, barre and mindfulness — per month. For access to a bigger catalog, Samsung Health users can a... View Source

I’ve seen dozens of solid deals trickle in ahead of Black Friday, but Apple’s AirPods 4 hitting a new all-time low is the first one that’s really stood out to me. Right now, you can buy Apple’s entry-level wireless earbuds for just $84.99 ($44 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, which beats the previous Prime Big Deal Days record low by $5. Apple AirPods 4 Apple’s AirPods 4 improve on pre... View Source

If you ask Rumble Inc.’s chief executive officer, the video service’s $767 million acquisition of Northern Data AG will put it alongside Big Tech rivals like Amazon Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in the race to power artificial intelligence... View Source

US residents across 15 states could be in for a show tonight and throughout the week. Incoming coronal mass ejections may spark geomagnetic storms that blaze up the northern lights for all to see, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Forecasters anticipate geomagnetic activity and aurora displays from November 10 until November 12 in states such as N... View Source

A new "exosuit" was put through its paces with analog astronauts in Australia. The research team would love to try the suit out on the International Space Station, too... View Source

Brandt Ranj is a commerce reporter for The Verge, which means, he says, “I spend my time trying to find good deals and the best gear to recommend to our readers.” He also keeps The Verge’s wearables buyer’s guides up to date, but, he adds, “my role requires me to cover a little bit of everything,” including deals on subscriptions. “Products are constantly coming out, so every day it is a little di... View Source

The European Commission is exploring ways to force European Union member states to phase out Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from their telecommunications networks, according to people with the matter... View Source

Patreon has spent the last few years pitching itself as a healthier alternative to algorithmic social platforms for creators. Now, the membership service is adding a bunch of new social features for its creators in an attempt to make its platform more of a viable alternative to mainstream social media.The updates include a new post format, called Quips, that allows creators to share non-paywalled... View Source

Netflix’s video podcast ambitions may extend beyond its recent deal with Spotify. A new report from Bloomberg suggests Netflix is preparing to create original video podcasts exclusive to its streaming service as well. The streaming giant has reportedly contacted talent to create the new shows and plans to update the layout of its mobile app to help users find the video podcasts. Last month, Netfli... View Source

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built... View Source

One mayor is trying to bring some of the AI data center frenzy back to Silicon Valley’s backyard. But first…... View Source

PayPal has introduced a Venmo cash back rewards program that the company is calling Venmo Stash. The program is designed to scale rewards with user engagement, offering more cash back to those who use more of the platform's suite of products. The rewards are earned when users spend on their Venmo Debit Mastercard, but only at “curated bundles” of certain brands. Unless users are judicious abo... View Source

Galactic Energy's Ceres-1 rocket suffered a failure of its upper stage during a launch on Sunday (Nov. 9), leading to the loss of all three payloads on board... View Source

Things continue to look bleak for the original robot vacuum maker. iRobot’s third-quarter results, released last week, show that revenue is down and “well below our internal expectations due to continuing market headwinds, ongoing production delays, and unforeseen shipping disruptions,” said Gary Cohen, iRobot CEO, in a press release. This meant they had to spend more cash and are now down to unde... View Source

SCG, a British provider of telecom and cloud services to companies, is exploring a sale and is seeking a valuation of as much as £800 million ($1.05 billion), according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

Amazon is in the middle of rolling out Alexa+, the long-awaited, AI-infused update for its voice assistant. At the same time, the company has also been giving a fair bit of attention to Amazon Music, adding things like Alexa+ integration and AI-powered playlists. And as of today, Amazon is rolling out a new community-focused feature called Fan Groups. As the name suggests, Fan Groups are a way for... View Source

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as an incoming flurry of coronal mass ejections could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight... View Source

Bose’s earbuds are currently on sale for around 249. If your upcoming holiday plans include a lot of travel, having a pair of noise-cancelling earbuds can help make the flight or train ride a little less chaotic. Bose’s second-generation QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are among the best noise-canceling earbuds we’ve tested recently, and they’re on sale for a new all-time low of around $249 ($50 off) a... View Source

Microsoft Corp., eager to boost downloads of its Copilot chatbot, has recruited some of the most popular influencers in America to push a message to young consumers that might be summed up as: Our AI assistant is as cool as ChatGPT... View Source

Capcom has announced that its Resident Evil mobile spinoff will be available on November 18. Resident Evil Survival Unit will be downloadable in more than 150 countries throughout the world via iOS and Android. This title is free to play, but you know the drill. There will be plenty of stuff available to buy in the game. We've been tracking this one for a while and it certainly looks intrigui... View Source

In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind... View Source

New lab experiments suggest that water may not be a rare visitor delivered by chance but rather a fundamental ingredient woven into the process of planetary birth... View Source

An Israeli startup developing lab-grown milk raised $20 million from a fund in the United Arab Emirates, marking a rare investment from the Persian Gulf into Israel since the start of its war with Hamas... View Source

Nintendo gear is always sought after during the holiday shopping season, but this year likely more so than others. The Nintendo Switch 2 is the console launch of 2025 and it will undoubtedly be at the top of many wish lists for both kids and adults alike. If you were hoping to save a bit on the console during the Black Friday shopping season, you may be disappointed. The Nintendo Black Friday sale... View Source

Blue Origin has a critical next flight in November for New Glenn. The second New Glenn launch is scheduled for November 12, 2025 after the Nov 9 scrub. The new launch window for Blue Origin’s New Glenn NG-2 mission (carrying NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars probes) opens at 2:50 p.m. ET (19:50 UTC) on Wednesday, November 12, ... Read more... View Source

I took my Canon EOS Rebel T3i and headed to the fields to see whether the 14-year-old camera could grab great photos of the night sky... View Source

Today, I’m talking with a very special guest: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Tim is a legend in the history of the internet. He created HTML, the standard language for creating and structuring web pages, and the HTTP protocol that allows those pages to communicate using browsers and servers. It doesn’t really get more foundational than that — Tim was there at the very, ve... View Source

US consumer durables and personal goods inflation decelerated in October for the first time in three months, reflecting a slight pickup in the degree of merchant discounting, according to OpenBrand price data... View Source

It's arriving too late to be part of a Sam Porter Bridges Halloween costume this year, but Kojima Productions has a new collaboration lined up that could be just the ticket for cosplayers or anyone who may wish to enhance their lower-body strength and stability. The studio has teamed up with exoskeleton maker Dnsys for a limited run of a model based on Death Stranding 2: On The Beach.Dnsys cl... View Source

"Solar Orbiter can now provide this missing piece of the puzzle."... View Source

The lead-up to Pluribus has been very secretive. The basic premise - miserable woman is stuck in a world where everyone is happy - was known early on, but that was followed by cryptic trailers that didn't really reveal much else. But now we have a much better idea of what Pluribus is after the first two episodes premiered on Apple TV. That mysterious nature is the main reason why I avoided almost... View Source

An observatory detected the first radio signal from the interstellar object 3I/Atlas. Here's what it means... View Source

Manufacturing equipment for the semiconductor industry is becoming a bigger and bigger priority for industrial firm Trumpf says the company's Chief Technology Officer, Berthold Schmidt. Meanwhile, when discussing Trumpf's involvement in manufacturing defense equipment, Schmidt emphasized that the company was acting out of a desire to protect Europe rather than an attempt to capitalize on the defen... View Source

TCL just announced a new line up of budget-friendly QLED TVs with plenty of bells and whistles. The T7 Series offers quantum dot technology and a native refresh rate of 144Hz. The sets are available in multiple sizes, from 55-inches all the way up to 85-inches. That last one will certainly fill up the living room. They also ship with the company's proprietary AI processor that automatically o... View Source

There is still time to look out for Taurid meteors lighting up November nights... View Source

Blue Origin says it is aiming for another attempt as soon as Wednesday as competition with Musk’s SpaceX intensifies Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced on Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions in Cape Canaveral, Florida.Rain and a ground system issue caused delays that were followed by cumulus... View Source

CNN is revamping its app’s homepage with a feed dedicated to short-form videos. The new “Shorts” tab houses a stream of clips with stories from CNN, allowing you to swipe through them like you would with TikTok or Instagram Reels. The CNN app already had a section for short-form videos in its “Watch” tab, but now the network’s putting the clips front and center on the homepage. In addition to show... View Source

Anduril Industries Inc. founder Palmer Luckey, Lockheed Martin Corp., Palantir Technology Inc.’s Shyam Sankar and other investors are putting $130 million into Valar Atomics, a nuclear startup that’s aiming to build thousands of advanced nuclear fission reactors within a decade... View Source

Sony is bringing things home with State of Play Japan. The "special episode" will feature the same type of PlayStation gaming announcements as a typical State of Play broadcast, but with a focus solely on Japan and Asia.  While we don't know exactly what Sony will unveil, it promises 40 minutes of everything "from beloved series to distinctive indie creations, the show, ho... View Source

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The perfect playset for kids wanting to jet off into space, the Lego City Modular Galactic Spaceship is a fun, detailed build... View Source

It was late June, and something strange was happening on Arizona's online portal for political candidates. Images of the candidates were disappearing. Photos of the Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini were popping up in their place. The state would later come to believe it was an attack from an Iranian government-affiliated group. When they first discovered the threat, though, they were in the dar... View Source

Veon Ltd. plans to expand into ride-hailing and deliveries in Kazakhstan as it seeks to build an ecosystem in the nation of 20 million people that will help boost revenue from digital services... View Source

I started my review of the Apple Watch Series 11 talking about how everyone uses smartwatches differently. And based on your needs, the right Apple Watch might not be the one with the most features.  The Apple Watch SE series has long been the option for parents to buy for their kids or other dependents, or people who are dipping their toe into the world of smartwatches. But with the introduc... View Source

The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission captured a plume of ash over the Planchón-Peteroa volcanic complex... View Source

Tesla hopes that people who won’t buy its EVs will at least rent one for a while. | Image: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Tesla is now in the business of short-term car rentals, as the company tries to mitigate falling sales in the US following the expiry of federal tax credits for electric vehicles. Rentals are currently being offered in two California Tesla stores in San Diego and... View Source

OneSkin, all over TikTok, merges the beauty industry’s fixation with antiaging and tech’s fantasy of halting death... View Source

This time of year has a lot of merry and bright things to be excited about, but it can be stressful if you’re stumped on what to get your mom, dad, best friend, coworker or kids’ teacher as a holiday gift. Whether you enjoy or dread buying gifts for people, it’s safe to say we all want to give our loved ones things they will enjoy and appreciate. But there’s a lot of noise, junk and bad deals disg... View Source

New research aims to tease out what exactly is happening in the brains of people with schizophrenia who have auditory hallucinations... View Source

Geomagnetic storm conditions are possible Nov. 10 through Nov. 12... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Ellen Huet and Rachel Metz report on their findings after an investigation into reports of people suffering from delusions during their extensive use of chatbots... View Source

Kendra Pierre-Louis steps in as interim host and dives into the science behind why some foods—especially mayonnaise—can gross us out... View Source

After a long summer and fall of uncertainty, private astronaut Jared Isaacman has been renominated to lead NASA, and there appears to be momentum behind getting him confirmed quickly as the space agency’s 15th administrator. It is possible, although far from a lock, the Senate could finalize his nomination before the end of this year. It cannot happen soon enough. The National Aeronautics and Spac... View Source

Instacart posted better-than-expected order growth and provided an upbeat earnings outlook for the current period, indicating that demand for its core grocery delivery service has been holding strong... View Source

Everyone knows by now that vinyl is back. The classic format has seen a resurgence for years at this point, and new albums these days almost always include a vinyl preorder. If you’ve finally decided to embark on the hobby, or if you’re looking to upgrade your current setup, we’ve compiled a list of the best turntables you can buy for under $600. Obviously, there are some very good, very popular o... View Source

Researchers spot the “tipping point” before mathematicians’ moments of discovery... View Source

New Glenn will have to sit pretty for a few more days. | Image: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images The second launch of Blue Origin’s partially reusable New Glenn rocket was scrubbed on Sunday due to adverse weather conditions, delaying NASA’s latest Mars mission. The Jeff Bezos-owned commercial space company announced that its next launch window from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in F... View Source

Grab Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing provider, is investing $60 million in remote-driving service Vay to add to its bets in technologies for driverless vehicles... View Source

For years, plastic surgeons thought the proportions of a beautiful buttocks should follow the Fibonacci sequence. Now, people are looking for a more Kardashian shape... View Source

OneTaste’s former leaders were once the seeming vanguard of women’s empowerment, but an excerpt from Ellen Huet’s book Empire of Orgasm shows how they became convicted felons who wouldn’t mind a Trump pardon... View Source

With almost 30% off this B&H Photo deal on the eQuinox 2 is even cheaper than Unistellar's own Black Friday sale... View Source

The fate of two facilities in Santa Clara, California, highlights a major challenge for the US tech sector and indeed the wider economy... View Source

GoTo Gojek Tokopedia shares surged to the highest level in three months, after an Indonesian government official said the Southeast Asian nation’s sovereign wealth fund, Danantara, is set to be involved in a plan to combine its parent with rival Grab Holdings Ltd... View Source

Indonesia is weighing restrictions on video games like PUBG following a school blast in Jakarta that injured nearly a hundred... View Source

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported slowing growth in its revenue in October, potentially another indication that AI demand is moderating as the market turns frothy... View Source

Vodacom Group Ltd. profit jumped by a third in the first half, with improved earnings at the South African mobile operator’s businesses elsewhere on the continent driving the biggest jump in profit in more than a decade... View Source

Hong Kong is marketing a new set of “digitally native” bonds denominated in multiple currencies, intensifying the city’s drive to become a global hub for digital assets... View Source

Intensifying competition in India’s online grocery delivery space is weighing on the shares of market leader Eternal Ltd. and its listed rival Swiggy Ltd... View Source

The streaming service is looking to develop exclusive shows and license existing hits... View Source

YouTube TV has notified subscribers that a $20 credit is heading their way in light of its ongoing standoff with Disney, which has resulted in numerous channels going dark on the platform, including ESPN, ABC News and Disney Channel. In an email to subscribers, the YouTube TV Team said subscribers should expect to see an email in the coming days about the credit, which will be applied to their nex... View Source

Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted in Brooklyn on charges that they conspired to illegally rig bets on pitches thrown during games. The two were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy, among other things. According to the indictment: The defendants agreed in advance with their c... View Source

NASA's first Mars launch in more than five years will wait a little longer to get off the ground... View Source

Blue Origin has postponed the second flight of its New Glenn rocket, which was slated to send a pair of NASA spacecraft on the first step of their journey to Mars on Sunday afternoon. The heavy-lift launch vehicle was scheduled to take off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 2:45PM ET., but multiple holds were issued during the under-two-hour launch window due to inclement weathe... View Source

Much of La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990) sounds shockingly contemporary for a collection of tracks recorded in the mid to late '80s. Ambient as a genre was already relatively well established by the time many of the artists on this compilation recorded their songs. But as we neared the end of the century, much of the scene in the US and Japan was beginning to push i... View Source

Apple's latest iterative update for iPhones brings a welcome change for those who aren't a fan of its Liquid Glass design overhaul. After user complaints that the Liquid Glass' translucent design was hard to read, Apple introduced a compromise in iOS 26's fourth beta that allowed for a more frosted look as well as a Reduce Transparency option buried in the Accessibility setting... View Source

Almost all of the World’s AI Data Centers will be built in space from 2035 onwards. We already have a medium nuclear reactors (200 MW) worth of energy in Space. This will scale to 3-5 large nuclear reactors worth of power by 2029. Almost all of this power has already and will in future be ... Read more... View Source

Todays Blue Origin launch in 41 minutes. They are delayed over 30 minutes from the start of the launch window. They have about 86 minutes of other delays and still hit the end of the launch window 11:44 PM PST). They are not for the start of the launch window at 11:45. They now are ... Read more... View Source

On October 31st, ESPN, ABC, Nat Geo, and over 20 other Disney-owned channels went dark on YouTube TV. As the two sides disagree about terms for a new content distribution contract, Google has accused Disney of trying to raise prices for its customers in an effort to boost its own Hulu + Live TV and Fubo offerings. Meanwhile, Disney claims that Google is being unreasonable and seeking preferential... View Source

OpenAI has committed to spending $1.15 trillion (updated to $1.4 trillion) on hardware & cloud infrastructure between 2025 & 2035. OpenAI announced they would hit $100B in 2027 which is earlier than expected. OpenAI expects to have a $20 billion per year revenue run rate at the end of this year (2025). If OpenAI hits ... Read more... View Source

For about the price of a mid-range custom PC build, you could instead opt for a top-of-the-line gaming handheld called the OneXFly Apex. OneXPlayer launched its latest Indiegogo campaign for its upcoming handheld that starts at $1,399 and goes up to $2,299 for a fully kitted-out version. While most portable gamers are better off with the Steam Deck, the OneXFly Apex separates itself from the crowd... View Source

Don’t mind my desk toys. Arturia's KeyStep is one of the most popular MIDI controllers ever made, especially with modular synth users and the DAWless crowd. It's small, cheap, has an easy-to-use sequencer, and offers decent connectivity. But it was also released way back in January of 2016. The world of music gear moves more slowly than, say, smartphones, but Arturia has several controllers releas... View Source

Your iPhone may soon be able to do more than call for emergency help and send messages via satellite, according to the latest Power On newsletter. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple is planning to expand on satellite features available on iPhones. Apple introduced the ability to send and receive texts with the Messages via Satellite feature last year, but is reportedly looking to enh... View Source

Budgeting can be a stressful, challenging and uncomfortable experience. While it's completely possible to do it on your own, we've become fans of a few great budgeting apps. Take our favorite budgeting app Quicken, which is having a 50 percent off sale for Black Friday.  The Quicken Simplifi app is down to $3 monthly from $6 monthly, adding up to $36 for the year. Quicken Classic, t... View Source

Rumble Inc. is pushing ahead with an all-share offer to buy German data center company Northern Data AG, with the deal set to value the target at less than its $894 million current market capitalization, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Apple's AirPods 4 have dropped back down to a record low price in an early Black Friday deal on Amazon. If you aren't looking for active noise cancellation, the model without ANC is a steal at 30 percent off, bringing it down to just $90 from its usual price of $130. The ANC version is on sale too, for anyone not on as tight a budget. AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation are going for $150 rig... View Source

Check out these Apollo 16 moon samples, seen by the powerful eyes of an electron microscope... View Source

Do the ornaments you adorn your Christmas tree with reflect you or your family’s interests? If not, maybe you should rectify that. We recently went hands on with Hallmark’s realistic Xbox 360 replica ornament, which plays a snippet of audio from Halo 3. As it turns out, there are many other ornaments available that are specifically designed to evoke nostalgia and make us open our wallets (surprise... View Source

The Holy Stone HS600D is a mid-size beginner drone with an automatic camera for capturing photos and videos alongside useful creative features for beginner drone pilots... View Source

When Jeff Bezos decided Amazon needed to get in the smartphone game, he went all in. And the resulting device, the Fire Phone, wound up more densely packed with big ideas than just about any gadget you'll find anywhere. There was just one tiny problem: they were mostly bad ideas. The Fire Phone shipped in 2014 with a feature list a mile long. The screen had a 3D effect! There were, like, 400 camer... View Source

An expert talks about the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and its role in the wider regulatory landscape affecting commercial use of outer space... View Source

The European Space Agency's HOBI-WAN project will test a food-production method on the International Space Station that could be used for long-duration missions to the moon and Mars... View Source

It's not often that a band returns to soundtrack the same game nine years after its release - then again, most games aren't No Man's Sky. Once demoed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and at splashy E3 press conferences, in 2016, No Man's Sky was heralded as gaming's future. And it was all made possible by the procedural generation that spawned its vast, sci-fi universe. Nearly a decade later,... View Source

Jeff Bezos-backed space company Blue Origin LLC is slated to launch its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday, a crucial test in the startup’s quest to challenge SpaceX... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how to break free of the algorithm and discover things you love, follow Terrence O'Brien. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started I used to have this ritual. Every Tuesday, I would get off the train at 8th Street on my way hom... View Source

Apple is planning a series of upgrades to its satellite features for the iPhone and its smartwatches. Also: The company is nearing a $1 billion-a-year deal to power a revamped Siri with a custom Google Gemini model, and Apple is readying the first low-cost MacBook in a bid to compete with Windows laptops... View Source

Apple has continued its trend of giving users more creative freedom over how their iPhones look and feel, and one of the most striking new customization options in iOS 26 is the ability to stretch the clock on your lock screen. The feature, part of Apple’s refreshed design language for iPhone software, allows the time to expand across more of the screen, giving it a bold, modern appearance. Whethe... View Source

The popularization of the term “slop” for AI output follows a centuries-long pattern where new tools flood the zone, audiences adapt and some of tomorrow’s art emerges from today’s excess... View Source

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is located 2,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you've recovered from the clocks falling back, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about David Ellison and Common Crawl and Stephen Colbert, catching up on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Gr... View Source

China on Sunday confirmed that it has taken steps to exempt compliant exports of Nexperia chips intended for civilian use, while urging the European side to make progress in resolving the clash that threatens to disrupt global auto production... View Source

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Nov. 9), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast... View Source

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it... View Source

The sudden slump in Asia’s technology shares last week has jolted investors, serving as a stark reminder that the world-beating rally in artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks may be nearing a short-term crest... View Source

SpaceX’s VP Launch Kiko Dontchev said at the Economist Space Summit that the first V3 Starship launch could take place as soon as January, 2026. A booster will be rolling out to the pad for tests in days to weeks. SpaceX VP of Launch, Kiko Dontchev (@TurkeyBeaver), stated Flight 12 of the first V3 Starship ... Read more... View Source

Blue Origin stands ready to help NASA achieve its goals with regard to landing humans on the Moon as soon as possible, the company’s chief executive said Saturday in an interview with Ars. “We just want to help the US get to the Moon,” said Dave Limp, CEO of the space company founded by Jeff Bezos. “If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth, pun intended, to try to get to the Moo... View Source

Store pages on Steam are looking a lot less cramped thanks to a new update. Pages have been made wider, with support for higher resolution images and new viewing modes for trailers and screenshots. You'll notice changes in the top carousel and in the "About the Game" section, where some new formatting options should make things look a bit more organized. The update just rolled out t... View Source

Google Project Suncatcher is a new research moonshot to one day scale machine learning in space. Working backward from this potential future, they are exploring how an interconnected network of solar-powered satellites, equipped with our Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips, could harness the full power of the Sun. The next step is a learning ... Read more... View Source

In 2022, AMD completed Class B qualification for the company’s first space-grade Versal™ adaptive SoCs. The XQR Versal™ AI Core XQRVC1902 devices deliver full radiation tolerance, accelerated AI inferencing and high-bandwidth signal processing performance for satellite and space applications. The completion of Class B qualification, derived from the US military specification MIL-PRF-38535. The dev... View Source

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com’s biggest headlines... View Source

On Episode 185 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Josh Dinner to discuss NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center future, given it is in the administration's crosshairs... View Source

The conflict between the brain's expectation of Earth's gravity and the reality of no gravity causes space motion sickness... View Source

How small will Apple’s affordable MacBook be? Rumor has it, Apple is working on a low-cost MacBook. And not "low-cost for a Mac," but a proper cheap laptop, possibly as low as $599. For a company that traditionally targets the more premium end of the market, this would be something of an about-face. Of course, Apple takes great pride in its design and aesthetics. So the company isn't going to simp... View Source

The Holy Stone HS360E is a sub-250 g beginner drone with a basic automatic camera for capturing 4K photos and videos alongside some fun features... View Source

The Sims 4 community is in turmoil. Its biggest stars are distancing themselves from the game with the support of their millions of subscribers. Then there are creators in the middle: those big enough to be known, but not big enough to be insulated. And they are struggling with a difficult choice of whether or not to keep playing the game they love and, in some cases, depend on. Last month, The Si... View Source

An experimental gene-editing therapy developed by Crispr Therapeutics is showing promise for treating heart disease... View Source

The Apple Watch SE 3 has dropped to its best price to date in several configurations. Hey, all! The first week of November ushered in dozens of early Black Friday deals, and many of the best ones are still available as we delve further into the weekend. Some of our favorite fitness trackers have already plunged to new lows, for instance, and we’re even seeing early discounts on holiday decor. We’v... View Source

Rigetti Computing Inc. and D-Wave Quantum Inc. make products that so far have few real world applications. They’re burning through cash and aren’t expected to generate significant amounts of revenue for years. Despite all that, investors can’t get enough of them... View Source

Nothing brings people together in uncertain times quite like food. Get to talking and laughing and reminiscing over a meal, and suddenly things don't seem so bleak anymore, even if only temporarily. A Pizza Delivery is all about rediscovering the spark through these little moments of human connection — just strangers bonding over a slice of pizza, and regaining a bit of hope in the process. I... View Source

The first image from the Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of the galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious properties... View Source

Move over Xenomorph — these are the most mind-bendingly terrifying aliens in fiction... View Source

Meet my new best friend. Robot vacuums are amazing machines, but they can also be a pain in the arse. In my home, testing a new robot vacuum often means digging it out from under my living room couch or unhooking it from the legs of my lounger. Then there's being woken at 3AM by a cheery "resuming cleaning," getting down on my hands and knees to retrieve a pencil from their brushes or scrub the gu... View Source

The next major update for Halo Infinite will also be its last. Halo Studios, which is part of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios, has announced that it’s rolling out Operation: Infinite on November 18. It’s going to be the last major update for the first-person shooter, because the whole team will now be focusing on the “multiple Halo titles” under development. Xbox previously announced that it’s relea... View Source

Peter Hujar's Day began, as many great works of art do, with a DM. Director Ira Sachs (Passages, The Delta) had just finished reading a recently unearthed interview between the late portrait photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz that took place in 1974. That dialogue - a conversation about creative anxieties, complete with the mundanities of daily life - had been published as a boo... View Source

There's a fundamental question you can ask of both the internet and real life: "How do I enjoy my time here without taking unnecessary risks?" In grass-touching meatspace, you can cut out processed foods, carry pepper spray and avoid skydiving without a partner. But the best methods for staying safe online aren't as intuitive. The internet is a massive town square where people... View Source

Jupiter again teams up with the moon late Sunday night to put on an eye-catching show directly between Jupiter and the bright star Pollux, Gemini's brightest star... View Source

Democratic candidate for Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger takes the stage during a election night event at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on November 4th in Richmond, Virginia. | Photo: Getty Images While there's plenty for voters to be worried about right now, rising utility bills have become a hot-button issue. The success of Democrats in New Jersey, Virginia, and Georgia in this wee... View Source

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. This week saw the arrival of some fairly high-profile ports, a relaxing garden creation game and much more. I've even managed to tear myself away from Football Manager 26 for long enough to tell you about some of them.Barely a week goes by without a fun theme event taking place on Steam and one that runs until Nove... View Source

Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car, period... View Source

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer... View Source

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said he had asked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. for more chip supplies as artificial intelligence demand remains strong... View Source

A judge in New York on Friday declared a mistrial in the fraud case against two brothers, both recently graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who were accused of stealing roughly $25 million in cryptocurrency from traders on the Ethereum blockchain... View Source

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are looking at ways to take equity stakes in technology companies... View Source

ASP Isotopes Inc.’s uranium-enriching arm is offering convertible notes in a deal that has drawn the backing of investors including Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr... View Source

On November 18th, Operation: Infinite will be released for Halo Infinite players with a battle pass and lots of new customizations, but according to the team, that’s it for this game’s content updates: With multiple Halo titles in development, we’ll need our whole team’s combined focus to deliver new experiences with the same passion and care that our community has given us. While we remain... View Source

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said the growth of stablecoins could over time put substantial downward pressure on the neutral interest rate that would neither stimulate nor restrict the economy... View Source

James Watson’s work on the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA led to a revolution in biology and genetics... View Source

OpenAI has asked the Trump administration to revamp a Chips Act tax credit to help lower the cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure, as the startup explores additional ways the US government can support an industrywide data center build-out for AI... View Source

Startup founders and government officials have been confronted with a unique flavor of first-world problem at this year's Web Summit, Financial Times reports. The Lisbon Airport has been forced to turn some private jets away, sending flights to seek runway space at airports as far away as Badajoz, a Spanish city two hours away from Lisbon.The issue might come with the territory. Web Summit is... View Source

"We expected to see this effect, but we were still surprised by just how efficient these stars seem to be at engulfing their close planets."... View Source

Policy uncertainty is deterring investment in US energy projects, though surging power demand tied to artificial intelligence will continue to support wind and solar farms, Engie SA Chairman Jean-Pierre Clamadieu said Friday... View Source

Space memorial company Celestis has opened reservations for its "Mars300" spaceflight that aims to send human remains to orbit around the Red Planet... View Source

A good product and loyal audience is a winning formula for everyone except, it seems, Peloton. For years - through its pandemic-fueled highs and its post-quarantine malaise - Peloton has held its earnings calls at a bright and bushy 8:30AM ET. Not yesterday. Instead, the company broke different news first thing in the morning: it issued yet another recall for 833,000 of its original Bike Plus unit... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the impacts of comments made by OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar that suggested the government might backstop AI chip investments. Plus, they dig into Elon Musk’s bold promises for Tesla, after shareholders approved a $1 trillion compensation package. And the CEOs of Affirm and DraftKings discuss their companies' earnings. Correction: This video has been edite... View Source

There’s a fine line between luxurious and ludicrous. When you’re talking about a pair of $799 headphones, that line begins to blur. Bowers & Wilkins has been on an excellent run of form over the past few years, consistently offering some of the best sound quality you’ll find on any headphones. It doesn’t load its models down with features — sometimes it could use a few more — but there’s alway... View Source

While media outlets have reported that curious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has changed color, the scientists behind a recent study say that isn't actually the case... View Source

Trump administration officials are dismissing the idea of a financial backstop for artificial intelligence companies, US officials said, after comments from a top OpenAI executive raised questions about the prospects for a federal bailout... View Source

Disney is rolling out its redesigned interface for Disney+ to more users in the US today. The redesign brings the streaming service in line with the loud, key art-forward approach of Netflix, and follows a price increase for both tiers of Disney+ that the company introduced in October.The biggest change in the new Disney+ is the addition of a horizontal navigation bar with separate tabs for recomm... View Source

X's new link experiment on iOS may be artificially inflating traffic. Websites like Substack and Bluesky noticed a sharp increase in "fake" views following the update, something that Nick Eubanks, the VP of owned media at the digital marketing platform Semrush, attributes to a new behavior that preloads content before users click on it. "What's happening here is a classic case of metrics distortio... View Source

Several executives from OpenAI and other tech firms tried to dispel growing anxiety this week about AI spending. But first…... View Source

Development on the next Mass Effect is still underway, Mass Effect executive producer Mike Gamble confirmed in a blog post celebrating the series' "N7 Day" fan holiday. Bioware shared that it had started work on the new game in 2020, but Electronic Arts' decision to go private have naturally called the future of the series into question.Gamble's blog post doesn't shar... View Source

NASA's Juno spacecraft has revealed that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter than scientists thought... View Source