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US corporate bonds linked to data-center firms fell Tuesday after the Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI recently failed to meet its own goals for new user acquisition and sales, fueling internal concerns that the company may struggle to support its spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure... View Source

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T-Mobile US Inc. is creating two joint ventures in fiber in an effort to bring high-speed internet to more US users... View Source

ASUS is often best when it's weird, and this year at CES 2026 the company decided to resurrect one of its weirdest laptops ever: the ROG Zephyrus Duo. Unlike the last model from 2023 that had a smallish, tilting second screen, the 2026 model rocks massive dual 16-inch OLED displays that should make it an ideal content creation and gaming machine. ASUS has now opened up pre-orders for the Zeph... View Source

US technology companies are emerging as the biggest gainers this earnings season as chipmakers reap the benefits of Big Tech’s unprecedented spending on artificial intelligence... View Source

Amazon has today announced a software update for both the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft which will bring dark mode to both e-readers. Even better, users will be able to toggle the settings for specific menus on both devices, so if they want their library dark and their notebook light, they can. Given the option is available on plenty of other Kindle devices, its omission here always... View Source

An unusually powerful pulsating aurora display lit up skies over Arctic Norway for nearly three hours during a colossal geomagnetic storm... View Source

Ridiculous? Yes. Awesome? Also yes. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo was my pick for the best laptop of CES: It had two high-end screens, great specs, and the promise of being a one-of-a-kind multitasking and gaming monster. Now that this over-the-top laptop is here, I can tell you it's as fantastic as I had hoped for. It's also as expensive as I feared. Our r... View Source

Victory Giant Technology Huizhou Co. reported a 28% increase in quarterly sales on stronger demand for printed circuit boards critical for development of AI servers... View Source

Artificial intelligence “agents” that can carry out complex tasks with minimal human intervention are attracting heavy investment as giant technology companies look beyond chatbots to develop more autonomous systems... View Source

Not long ago, high-quality wireless mic systems cost over $500 and required a bulky transmitter and lav mic wire tucked under the subject’s shirt. DJI’s Mic Mini showed how unnecessary all of that was, combining mic and transmitter into a 0.35-ounce device that delivered high quality sound for under $100. Now, DJI has released the Mic Mini 2 (around $100) as a mild update to the original at a much... View Source

By peering deep inside Orion's star-forming gas clouds, radio astronomers have been able to directly measure the masses of young binary stars, confirming that our theoretical models are on the right lines... View Source

Poland, which is battling a rising number of cyberattacks from Russia, expects online threats to intensify as more advanced artificial intelligence tools spread, according to a senior government official... View Source

Last August, some of the best cybersecurity teams in the business gathered in Las Vegas to demonstrate the strength of their AI bug-finding systems at DARPA's Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). The tools had scanned 54 million lines of actual software code that DARPA had injected with artificial flaws. The teams were capable enough to identify most of the artificial bugs, but their a... View Source

Eclipse wants to help its portfolio companies get smarter with AI... View Source

Google has signed a classified deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose," The Information reports. The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using its AI amid concerns that it would be used in "inhumane or extremely harmful ways." If the agreement is confirmed, it... View Source

The fallout from Meta Platforms Inc.’s controversial acquisition of Manus is prompting one tech founder to erect strict walls between his Chinese and US businesses, calling it a regrettable but necessary template for navigating geopolitical tensions... View Source

Magic: The Gathering Arena developers at Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast are set to join the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the union announced. The CWA says it has secured a "supermajority" among workers in favor of unionization for the chapter, called United Wizards of the Coast (UWOTC-CWA). The CWA has filed for a formal election with the National Labor Relations Boar... View Source

Demand drove one fund to a 3,000% premium to net asset value... View Source

The ongoing military conflict regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz may well mirror a future situation off-Earth — the use of cislunar space, the region between the moon and our planet... View Source

Atlas Copco AB’s chipmaking-related business grew twice as strong as analysts expected, a bright spot for the company as other units disappointed... View Source

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union has accused Apple of unlawfully discriminating against the unionized employees of the company’s Towson, Maryland retail store. IAM has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after the company announced on April 9 that it was shutting down three of its US stores... View Source

Shares in OpenAI partners such as SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp. are falling after the Wall Street Journal reported that the AI startup recently failed to meet targets for sales and new users, reviving worries about spending ahead of tech earnings... View Source

The last few weeks have bordered on overwhelming for science fiction fans. While Project Hail Mary is dominating the box office, For All Mankind is currently in the midst of its penultimate season, with a spinoff streaming next month. When it comes to games, Capcom kicked off a new sci-fi franchise with Pragmata, and Housemarque is about to launch the haunting shooter Saros. With all of that going... View Source

Nicolai Tangen, chief executive officer of Norges Bank Investment Management, discusses artificial intelligence, the speed of innovation in China and why he thinks real estate is attractive now. Speaking to Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at NBIM's annual investment conference in Oslo, Tangen also says he sees signs of worry in private markets and that there is a "surprising" lack of market dislocatio... View Source

OpenAI recently failed to meet its own goals for new user acquisition and sales, fueling internal concerns that the company may struggle to support its spending on AI infrastructure, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Bloomberg's Neil Campling has the details. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google is determined to impose AI search onto as many of its products as possible, and the latest, er, victim is YouTube. A new feature called "Ask YouTube" will let you pose complex questions and receive "comprehensive results that include video and text, then ask follow ups to dive deeper," Google explained on its YouTube Labs page. The experimental feature is available start... View Source

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. withheld its full-year forecast, citing supply constraints and price fluctuations stemming from the war in the Middle East... View Source

Thanks to the adoption of features like rapid triggers, analog switches and TMR sensors, the tech in fancy gaming keyboards has changed surprisingly quickly in the past few years. So to keep up with the pace of development, Logitech is putting a bunch of advanced components in its latest flagship offering — the G512 X — to create what may be its most configurable keyboard to date. Available i... View Source

Logitech’s Creative Console and other MX accessories are now compatible with several productivity apps. | Image: Logitech Logitech has announced a new suite of Productivity Plugins for its entire MX line of accessories, including its Stream Deck alternative, the MX Creative Console. Since the console launched in September 2024, Logitech has been expanding its capabilities with plug-ins that suppor... View Source

Peter Guenthardt, Head of APAC Global Corporate and Investment Banking at Bank of America, discusses the outlook for deals in Asia in light of the Iran war. He also shares the company’s hiring plans in the region. He speaks exclusively with Haslinda Amin from the sidelines of the “BofA Breakthrough Technology Dialogue” conference on Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The outlook for supply of thinners and cutting oils — materials used in the production of a wide range of products from chips to cars to planes — is becoming increasingly uncertain, according to a Japanese machine tool industry group... View Source

Verizon Communications Inc. surprised analysts Monday when it reported a gain of mobile subscribers, an early signal that new Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman’s strategy for recapturing market share is already paying off... View Source

US stocks eked out small gains on Monday to renew their record levels with Nvidia Corp. hitting a fresh high, as investors prepare for a swath of corporate earnings this week while monitoring developments in the Strait of Hormuz. A gauge of chip stocks finished lower after a historic run... View Source

Former Google DeepMind researcher David Silver has raised $1.1 billion for his new company, Ineffable Intelligence, in the latest example of an artificial intelligence startup securing enormous funds out of the gate... View Source

The National Basketball Association has received signs of interest from multiple investor groups for new teams in Las Vegas and Seattle that the league plans to sell for as much as $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

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Some of the world’s largest technology companies swiftly quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants like Apple Inc. and Google against smaller rivals, a display of their immense political influence in their home state... View Source

On Monday, the courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over alleged broken promises at OpenAI started, as usual, with jury selection. The only tricky part? A lot of the prospective jurors already have an opinion about Elon Musk, and it's not a good one. The Verge reporter Elizabeth Lopatto, who was there at the courthouse, quoted statements from some of the juror questionnaires: "Elon Mu... View Source

A Polish TikTok personality set a world record for a livestream charity campaign by raising at least 251 million zloty ($69 million) for a foundation helping children with cancer... View Source

South Korean lawmakers protested what they described as US political pressure over a legal case involving Coupang Inc., with about 90 legislators planning to deliver a formal complaint to the US ambassador... View Source

OpenAI recently failed to meet its own goals for new user acquisition and sales, fueling internal concerns that the company may struggle to support its astronomical spending on AI infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reported... View Source

Bernard Mensah, President of International at Bank of America, discusses the bank's international business strategy and the role of AI and technology. He speaks with Haslinda Amin from the sidelines of the Bank of America’s Breakthrough Technology Dialogue in Singapore. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

TESLA Unsupervised FSD Will Change Everything in 2026. TESLA Robotaxis do not crash — they only hesitate and unsupervised FSD will roll out to owners in ~7 months. The driving experience will be transformed. The full global million-scale robo-taxi is tied to v15, but unsupervised for personal cars + early robotaxi fleet will have meaningful ... Read more... View Source

Nine jurors were seated Monday in the AI industry’s closely watched trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI chief Sam Altman from a pool of San Francisco Bay Area residents who are expected to hear three weeks of testimony in federal court... View Source

Advantest Corp.’s stock dropped as much as 6.9% after the maker of AI chip testers gave a lackluster outlook and pointed to continued capacity constraints... View Source

Dynatrace Inc. shares rose more than 6% in late trading on a report that Starboard Value LP took a stake and is pushing the company to better capitalize on the shift to artificial intelligence... View Source

Google is trying out an AI Mode-like search experience for YouTube. The company is now testing "a new way to search on YouTube that feels more like a conversation," with results pulling in things like longform videos, YouTube Shorts, and text about what you're searching for. The "experiment" is now available if you're a YouTube Premium subscriber in the US who is 18 or older. I turned it on for my... View Source

Chinese EV stocks face a key test in upcoming results, which will offer clues for investors betting on the recently diverging performance of major players... View Source

Lightelligence, a Chinese optical-computing provider, is set to begin trading in Hong Kong on Tuesday after raising HK$2.5 billion ($323 million) in an initial public offering, further fueling investor interest in the fast-surging industry that’s a key provider of parts used in the artificial-intelligence buildout... View Source

Union representatives said Apple denied workers the ability to easily transfer to other locations, in a departure from its typical practice... View Source

Hundreds of AI researchers at Alphabet Inc.’s Google have signed onto a letter urging Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai to refuse to make the company’s artificial intelligence systems available for classified workloads for US defense missions, according to organizers of the effort... View Source

Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg says the US is doubling down on partnerships with Gulf countries, and the conflict in the Middle East only highlights the need for international partnerships that shore up the tech supply chain. Helberg joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Microsoft’s and OpenAI’s decision to drop exclusivity rights on AI models in a move that opens the doors for the rivals to make new deals. Plus, China blocks Meta's $2 billion purchase of AI startup Manus. And, the feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman heads to court with the Tesla CEO alleging OpenAI abandoned its founding mission. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

"With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory and observation."... View Source

"There's a lot less anxiety" in the private credit landscape says Monroe Capital Chairman & CEO Ted Koenig. He joined Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on "The Close" to discuss his outlook on private credit and the real but misdiagnosed AI risk. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

One of the most popular Linux distributions is about to get an influx of AI features. As reported by Phoronix, Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Ubuntu developer Canonical, shared a blog post on Monday detailing plans to add AI features to the Linux distro over the next year. As the post states, the AI features "will come in two forms: first as a means of enhancing existing OS functionality with AI... View Source

Match Group Inc., whose dating-app portfolio includes brands like Hinge, Tinder and Match.com, is investing $100 million in Sniffies, a platform for queer men, paving the way for a possible acquisition... View Source

"We're on an express elevator to hell, goin' down!"... View Source

It’s not reductive to call it a Steam Deck without the screen. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Most PC gamers already have a controller they love using with Steam - a Sony DualSense, a 8BitDo Ultimate, a Nintendo Switch Pro, or something else. Part of that love comes from Steam treating them like "native" controllers. They can do the things that made the first Steam Controller worth... View Source

Microsoft and Meta have announced plans that could reduce their workforces by thousands ahead of releasing their quarterly earnings later this week. Sarah Franklin, CEO of the human resources platform Lattice, says "Tokenmaxxing", AI use and large job cuts aren’t the right things to focus on to free up capital. She joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

OpenAI is opening up its partnership with Microsoft in the latest amendment to the major multi-year collaboration between the tech giants. The latest changes allow OpenAI to offer its latest AI models to other companies and through other cloud providers, stripping Microsoft of its exclusivity rights. In a joint announcement posted on OpenAI and Microsoft's websites, Microsoft will still be OpenAI'... View Source

The X-59’s tail and jet engine feature a new marking — a Freedom 250 logo celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026.NASA/Carla Thomas NASA’s X-59 is helping the nation celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence with an update to its livery – its official paint job and insignia. The one-of-a-kind research aircraft is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission to demonstrate technology... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 25 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (April 26). It was the company's 50th liftoff of the year already... View Source

After my brief hands-on last year with Valve's new Steam Controller, I said it might be my dream controller. I've been looking for a controller with the customization and sheer function available on Valve's Steam Deck while I'm playing games on the TV. You, me, and a lot of other people have been waiting for this. I've had the new controller in my hands for more than two weeks, and it's already ch... View Source

Joby Aviation is flying electric air taxis between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Manhattan this week to show off its quieter, zero-emission aircraft in a city weary of noise pollution. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Don’t mistake the Steam Controller for a PC controller. Even though its main function is to play PC games, Valve’s new gamepad communicates with Steam, and only Steam. This is not a general controller for your PC, Android or iOS devices, and it’s certainly not compatible with any console on the market today, unless you count the handheld Steam Deck. In order to play a game with the Steam Controlle... View Source

HBO Max just added the Alien movie special editions to celebrate Alien Day; here are all the major differences between the theatrical & director's cuts... View Source

Last November, Valve introduced the world to its new vision of living room gaming: the Steam Machine and Steam Controller. Then, RAMageddon. Memory shortages forced Valve to delay all its hardware and reset expectations. Now, Valve is releasing the Steam Controller without the Steam Machine. The Steam Controller is officially going on sale May 4th at 1PM ET for $99 USD, $149 CAD, $149 AUD, £... View Source

Joby Aviation is flying electric air taxis between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Manhattan this week to show off its quieter, zero-emission aircraft in a city weary of noise pollution. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Images and details about Samsung's upcoming smart glasses have leaked, according to a report by Android Headlines. We knew these were coming at some point, but we now have what could be actual photos and they look pretty nifty. The glasses are reportedly being developed under the codename "Jinju" and could cost anywhere from $380 to $500. These are the first smart glasses from Samsung and look to... View Source

The ion tail appeared as Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS was about 45 million miles from Earth (72 million kilometers) during its closest approach... View Source

Google CEO Sundar Pichai arrives for the inauguration of President Donald Trump. | Getty Images Over 600 Google employees signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai demanding that Google block the Pentagon from using its AI models for classified purposes, reports the The Washington Post. Its organizers claim many of the signers work in Google's DeepMind AI lab, and include more than 20 principals, direc... View Source

Jury selection begins in the legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over the corporate structure of OpenAI, in a case that could determine the company’s future. Dorothy Lund, professor of law at Columbia Law School specializing in corporate governance, joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Joby Aviation is kicking off 10 days of electric air taxi demo flights in New York City. Before you try to book one to bypass the city's awful traffic, Joby's aircrafts aren't taking customers yet. Instead, the company is trialing the air taxis in "real flight routes and real environments," as indicated in its press release. With the first point-to-point flight of its electric vertical takeoff and... View Source

We've already played a chunk of Owlcat Games' take on The Expanse, and it looks like the hard sci-fi Mass Effect successor we were hoping for... View Source

President Donald Trump is calling for Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel. On Thursday, Kimmel joked that Melania Trump had looked like an "expectant widow" in a skit about the upcoming White House Correspondents' Dinner. The skit aired days before an armed gunman made an assassination attempt at the event, which President Trump and Melania Trump attended, on Saturday. They and other administration offici... View Source

China has sought for years to exert influence over business deals beyond its home turf. Still, its decision to press Meta Platforms Inc. to unwind a $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus marks a step unlike anything it’s tried before... View Source

Valve's Steam Controller will hit the market on Monday, May 4, for a going price of $99 in the United States. The Steam Controller does precisely what it says: It communicates with anything running Steam or the Steam Link app, so this includes PCs, Macs, mobile devices and the Steam Deck.  Eventually, the Steam Controller will connect to the new Steam Machine console and Steam Frame VR h... View Source

Hey hey, it's Jay Peters, senior reporter at The Verge. Today, Valve finally announced that the second version of the Steam Controller - and the first piece of Valve's slate of new gaming hardware set to launch this year - is finally going on sale for $99 on May 4th. My colleague Cameron Faulkner and I have had the new Controller in our hands for more than two weeks, and we've each written reviews... View Source

Markets are hitting all-time highs—but Rebecca Patterson, a former chief investment strategist at Bridgewater who's now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. is warning that  investors may be ignoring serious geopolitical risks. From the ticking clock on oil supply disruptions to the fragile AI boom, she explains why today’s rally could face sudden reality checks if global ten... View Source

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its fourth season via Paramount Plus on July 23. The ten episodes air weekly until September 24. This is actually the second-to-last batch of episodes, as the show was recently renewed for a fifth and final season. The streamer has dropped a trailer for season four and it looks promising. The tone looks slightly darker when compared to season three, which... View Source

Learn how NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers are exploring different chapters of the Red Planet’s ancient history. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/ESA/University of Arizona/JHUAPL/USGS Astrogeology Science Center NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight how the missions are revealing details of the Red Planet’s formation, watery p... View Source

Being aware of the night sky even as you walk, even through a city, can give you a grounding in learning bright stars, constellations and how the night sky changes... View Source

Melania and Donald Trump attend the White House Correspondents' dinner on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images On Saturday evening, a room full of journalists, media personalities, and senior members of Donald Trump's administration descended into chaos as gunshots rang out at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Nobody was hurt, and the suspect w... View Source

While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is targeting mental health disorders... View Source

Google was targeted by European Union watchdogs who unveiled a slate of proposals aimed at prising open its Android ecosystem to rivals’ AI services... View Source

There's something deeply relaxing about chucking on a solid pair of headphones, listening to some good music and cleaning muck off structures and vehicles. Not in real life, though. Heavens, no. PowerWash Simulator 2 lets you do that without having to deal with any actual muck — as long as you're regularly cleaning your keyboard or controller, anyway.You'll soon be able to carry out... View Source

OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years dictated the future of their deal, has officially been dropped. On Monday morning, Microsoft announced a handful of big changes to its long-standing OpenAI deal. Microsoft will remain OpenAI's "primary cloud partner, and OpenAI pr... View Source

More than 100 employees at Hasbro Inc. who are involved in designing the video game rendition of the popular card game Magic: The Gathering are forming plans to unionize with the Communications Workers of America... View Source

The second Artemis mission took four astronauts around the moon and back – the first crewed deep-space flight since 1972. Not everyone gets a chance to put on a space suit, but you can still be an important part of NASA’s human space exploration story by doing NASA science! Volunteers with NASA’s citizen science projects have tested chili pepper plant varieties to grow in space, monitored active r... View Source

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Glasses look nearly identical to Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in leaked images from Android Headlines. The glasses, which could be announced at Google I/O next month, are code-named "Jinju" and will reportedly cost between $379 and $499, on par with the display-free Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2. They'll reportedly include a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 processor, a 12-megapixel Sony I... View Source

Qualcomm shares were on the rise Monday morning after an analyst suggested the chipmaker is working with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI on a smartphone. Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are set to face off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of tech’s leading AI startup, OpenAI. The trial begins with jury selection on April 27th, as Musk pushes forward his 2024 lawsuit that accuses OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and... View Source

Microsoft and OpenAI have changed the terms of their deal when it comes to selling products. OpenAI can now pursue deals with cloud-computing rivals like Amazon. The revenue sharing agreement with Microsoft also changes. Ed Ludlow explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts zipped around the Moon in early April, they observed flashes of light caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. At the same time, volunteers for the NASA-funded Impact Flash project scanned the Moon with their own telescopes and sent their videos to scientists to share what they saw from Earth. “We were incredibly grateful for the videos people submitted,” sai... View Source

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch 29 of Amazon's internet satellites tonight (April 27), and you can watch it live... View Source

Whether it's managing a busy home or looking out for everyone around them, moms spend a lot of time every day caring for others. Mother's Day, May 10th, is an opportunity to return the favor, so we've rounded up practical gadgets and little luxuries that can lighten her load. This year's picks are designed to support moms in a variety of ways, regardless of their interests. Some of our recs, like... View Source

Private credit isn’t cracking, it’s separating winners from losers according to Sound Point CEO Steve Ketchum. He joined Bloomberg Open Interest to argue that today’s stress comes from bad deals, not broken markets. He explains why his firm dodged software risk before AI disruption, and reveals why this shakeout could be a massive buying opportunity for disciplined investors. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

In its quest to become an all-in-one app, Spotify is now breaking into the fitness app world by offering "guided workout experiences" and on-demand Peloton classes. Premium subscribers will get access to Peloton's library of more than 1,400 classes in the app, while both Free and Premium can browse curated playlists (they're listed under the genre "fitness.") Spotify Spotify said the classes are p... View Source

Today, I’m talking with Jennifer Scanlon, who is the CEO of UL Solutions. That’s Underwriters Laboratories – you know, the UL logo listed on all your electronics? That symbol means it’s been tested and found safe in a variety of ways. UL’s been around for 100 years. It started as a way for insurance companies to do fire and safety testing on electrical products just as electricity was coming into... View Source

One of the more intriguing space stories in a while broke last week when NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said during a congressional hearing that the two habitation modules built for the Lunar Gateway had been corroded. The immediate response to these comments on Wednesday before a House committee from some space industry observers was doubt—Isaacman, they said, must be lying. However, the prima... View Source

On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we are joined by METR's president Chris Painter and technical staff member Joel Becker. They tell Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway about the organization's focus on gauging an AI model's capability to do autonomous, complex tasks. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Amazon has brought another high-profile podcasting name into its fold after agreeing to a multiyear licensing deal with Oprah Winfrey. Her podcast will expand to two episodes a week starting in July and it will be available across the likes of Prime Video, Amazon Music, Fire TV channels and Audible. New episodes will still hit YouTube and other podcast platforms, according to Variety.Winfrey will... View Source

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy, stuns in this ambassador's picture... View Source

I suddenly feel so much better about every embarrassing typo I’ve ever made. | Original Illustration (left) by Agathe Singer One of Canva's new AI features has been caught replacing the word "Palestine" in designs. The Magic Layers feature - which is designed to break flat images out into separate editable components - isn't supposed to make visible alterations to user designs, but it was found by... View Source

Chinese AI models are cheaper and more adaptable than the preeminent US platforms, and studies suggest they’re now almost as proficient. How did that happen?... View Source

Somehow, ZSNES has returned after laying dormant for 20 years. The developers of the iconic Super Nintendo emulator, which originally debuted in 1997 for DOS (something I distinctly remember trying to install on my ancient Intel 486 Packard Bell), are back with a sequel release dubbed Super ZSNES. And really, what else would they call it? Developers zsKnight and Demo say that Super ZSNES has been... View Source

Oprah Winfrey's video podcast, Book Club, and Favorite Things are headed to Amazon, according to reports from The New York Times and Variety. Starting in July, The Oprah Podcast will get new episodes twice per week, instead of once, debuting across Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Audible, and Fire TV channels. The show will still appear on YouTube and other streaming platforms, but it will join... View Source

Microsoft Corp. will no longer pay revenue to OpenAI and said its partnership with the leading artificial intelligence firm will not be exclusive going forward... View Source

Astrobotic completed a successful series of hot-fire tests of its rotating detonation rocket engine prototype, marking a key milestone for the experimental propulsion technology... View Source

Online retailer Vinted sold shares in a secondary transaction that values the company at €8 billion ($9.4 billion), the company said on Monday... View Source

The smart lighting company is having a busy month. After releasing its first solar-powered lights, a cordless table lamp, and an updated LED light wall over the past few weeks, Govee has announced a new multicolor ceiling light. Available starting today through the company's online store and Amazon for $249.99, the Govee Ceiling Light Ultra is larger than previous versions and for the first time u... View Source

Qualcomm Inc. shares jumped in premarket trading on Monday after a closely watched tech industry analyst suggested the chipmaker is working with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI on a smartphone... View Source

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only to space-borne machines like Webb and Hubble... View Source

Spotify has dabbled in customized running playlists, but now it's diving more firmly into the fitness space with curated playlists and content from creators like Yoga with Kassandra, Sweaty Studio, Chloe Ting, and Pilates Body by Raven. Not only that, but Premium subscribers will have access to over 1,400 classes from Peloton. Spotify has already expanded well beyond its music roots, with audioboo... View Source

Spotify Technology SA is now offering workout classes from Peloton Interactive Inc. to premium subscribers, marking the music streaming pioneer’s first major foray into fitness content... View Source

The supposed “Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide” dummy unit can be seen in the middle. | Image by Sonny Dickson The wide foldable phone that Samsung is reportedly developing is expected to arrive later this year, and now we may have some idea of what it will look like. Leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson has shared images online of what he says are dummy units of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy foldables, including... View Source

Montage Technology Co.’s first-quarter profit reached a record, beating estimates, fueled by shipments of chips critical to AI infrastructure... View Source

Ford Racing's Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 just ran a quarter mile in 6.87 seconds at 221 mph at an NHRA event in Charlotte, setting a new world record for an EV. The run smashed Ford's own previous EV record of 7.62 seconds, set by the Cobra Jet 1800 last September, by an impressive 0.75 seconds.   As the name suggests, Ford's Cobra Jet 2200 puts a massive 2,200 horsepower to the wheels thank... View Source

The auto design world is full of advanced 3D visualization tools and VR sculpting platforms, but your average new car still enters the world as a sketch. Those sketches traditionally see endless iteration and refinement from all angles before being turned into 3D models by hand, some dying in the digital world, others sculpted into clay to better visualize lines and profiles. That's just the begin... View Source

China has decided to block Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of agentic artificial intelligence startup Manus, sending a chill through China’s burgeoning AI sector and happening weeks before a high-profile summit between US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping. Bloomberg Intelligence's Matt Bloxham explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

German officials suspect Russia is behind a cyberattack that targeted top German decision makers via the Signal messaging app, according to a government official in Berlin... View Source

NASA is exploring ways to use a fleet of drones to explore the lunar south pole with an ambitious new MoonFall project... View Source

Who’s asking for this? | Image: Turtle Beach Turtle Beach's latest collection of PC peripherals are so focused around touchscreen displays that the company even slapped one on a gaming mouse. The $160 wireless Command Series MC7 features a 2.25-inch touch display bar on the left side of the mouse, which seems to be located in just the right position for users to worry about accidentally hitting it... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. is looking to power artificial intelligence data centers with solar energy collected in space, taking a novel approach to meeting its insatiable demand for electricity... View Source

The private credit market has grown enormously fast in recent years—so much so that by some estimates it's now bigger than the market for junk-rated corporate bonds. So what's driven all that growth? What impact has private credit had on other types of corporate debt? And why are there so many concerns around the space right now? In this episode we speak with John Sheehan and Craig Manchuck,... View Source

Experts say quantum computing can reshape areas ranging from new drug discovery to machine learning and risk modeling in finance. But it’s also thought to be still years away from offering many practical solutions. As a breakthrough proves elusive in the quest to deploy the nascent technology and boost earnings, global finance is divided on how to proceed. Bloomberg’s William Shaw reports... View Source

From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil, and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting stops... View Source

China has decided to block Meta Platforms Inc.’s $2 billion acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus, making a surprise move to unwind a controversial deal that’s drawn fire for the leakage of technology to the US... View Source

Acko Technology & Services Pvt., an Indian digital insurer backed by General Atlantic, has hired investment banks for a potential initial public offering that could raise as much as $350 million, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Hitachi Ltd. said it will buy back up to 3.56% of its outstanding stock for as much as ¥500 billion ($3.1 billion), the latest Japanese company to announce measures to beef up shareholder returns... View Source

Emma Grede, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Good American jeans, said her businesses are being changed by artificial intelligence, though there are some areas that are off limits... View Source

Francine Lacqua sits down with Emma Grede — the power behind Good American and a founding partner of Skims — to unpack what it really takes to build a billion-dollar brand. Grede goes beyond the headlines, revealing the chaos behind her $1 million launch day and the mindset that helped her push through challenges. From "radical honesty" in leadership to bold views on work, ambition and... View Source

Recognised since antiquity, the constellation has a rich mythological traditionThe northern hemisphere’s spring evenings are dominated by the unmistakable outline of Leo, one of the few constellations that resembles the creature it represents, the lion.Leo is most easily identified by its distinctive “backwards” question mark, referred to by astronomers as the “sickle” asterism and representing th... View Source

DeepSeek is aggressively pitching low-priced-plans for its just-released flagship model, intensifying competition across a Chinese artificial intelligence industry trying to take on Silicon Valley’s best... View Source

Prendwick, Northumberland: On a crisp, cold walk, I’m reminded that winter still clings on, and that familiar constellations are far from aloneThe red sun rising over the radar station on Alnwick Moor picks out the tall shape of a hare at our end of the meadow. It lopes forward a little way – forever appearing, as hares always do, to be on the brink of a forward roll – and then pauses, sits up and... View Source

Sereact, a German robotics software company, has raised $110 million in fresh funding to develop its artificial intelligence model that makes robots smarter and more adaptable to different tasks... View Source

A Taiwanese court sentenced a former Tokyo Electron Ltd. employee to 10 years in prison for stealing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s proprietary data, highlighting the growing threat of industrial espionage in the island’s most strategic sector... View Source

Keyence Corp. shares surged 16%, the biggest gain since August 2024, after the Japanese maker of factory automation sensors delivered quarterly operating income that exceeded analyst estimates... View Source

Asia’s markets are behaving as though two different worlds exist at once... View Source

Denso Corp. is considering withdrawing a proposal to take over Rohm Co., potentially ending a deal for a Japanese power semiconductor maker valued at north of $9 billion... View Source

The company’s streaming service has lost more than $11 billion and can’t keep customers form canceling... View Source

Legacy foreign automakers once held the keys to China’s car market, but the 2026 Beijing Auto Show reveals a dramatic power shift. From onboard cinemas to built-in toilets, domestic EV makers are winning over consumers with rapid-fire tech innovation and aggressive pricing. From the show floor in Beijing, Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle finds that as Western brands scramble to partner with local rivals... View Source

No more getting caught by a forced Windows 11 update while you're in the middle of a meeting or a match. Microsoft announced some major changes coming to Windows Update on its blog, including the ability to indefinitely pause Windows updates, 35 days at a time. To give users more control, Windows Update introduced the option to extend update pauses as much as users want. Once you opted to pause up... View Source

In late 2025, Google started rolling out new icons with a gradient design. Now it seems the new look is coming to the rest of Google's apps. 9to5Google got its hands on images of the new icons that ditch the uniform circle design that tries to cram in every color of the Google logo. In general, the looks are softer. Corners are rounder, the gradients gently transition from almost pastel to the mor... View Source

Manitoba could be the first province in Canada to establish a social media ban for kids, but the proposal's details aren't very clear yet. The province's premier, Wab Kinew, announced during a fundraiser event on Saturday and on X that Manitoba would put in place a ban for social media and AI chatbots for its youth. "They're doing these very awful things to kids all in the name of a few likes, all... View Source

As reported by several outlets, the Trump administration dismissed members of the National Science Board (NSB), which is tasked with establishing policies for the National Science Foundation. It's not clear how many members have been dismissed. According to screenshots shared with The Washington Post, board members received a message that their position was "terminated, effective immediately. The... View Source

If the next three Version 3 Starship flights go as planned. Flight 12 in May is the V3 rocket debut with in-space Raptor relight. Flight 13 will have orbital insertion and possibly initial commercial V3 Starlink deployments. Flight 13 should have booster recovery and if things go good a Starship catch attempt. Flight 14 could ... Read more... View Source

The Canadian province of Manitoba plans to prohibit young people from accessing social media and artificial intelligence chatbots, its leader said... View Source

Before Coachella, Tomora wasn't on my radar at all. It's actually only by chance that I stumbled upon them - I opened the wrong stream because my TV was lagging like a MFer. I paused for a few moments, entranced by the two ethereal Nordic women banging on giant drums to a techno beat. I made a mental note to check them out the following weekend, because Drain was the priority (especially since the... View Source

The Italian government decided to extradite a Chinese man wanted by the US on hacking charges, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday... View Source

SpaceX will launch its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in 18 months on Monday morning (April 27), and you can watch the dramatic action live... View Source

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference while flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel and Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin at the White House on April 25, 2026. | Nathan Howard/Getty Images. Within hours of an armed gunman's attempt to enter the White House Correspondents Dinner, attended by top administration officials and hundreds of journalists, President Donald Trump... View Source

Also: John Ternus talks AI and services with employees... View Source

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics... View Source

Skylight’s color-coded smart calendar supports two-way syncing with Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Apple’s iCloud calendar, among others. | Image: Skylight When you’re juggling more than just your own calendar, staying organized can be overwhelming. Fortunately, the Skylight Calendar 2 can help simplify things by syncing multiple calendars in a single spot, and now through May 7th, it’s a... View Source

Some relevant reading. In January I finally made good on my threat/promise to install Linux on my desktop. I wanted to see how far I could get using a Linux PC as my main computer without doing a bunch of research beforehand or troubleshooting afterwards. Since then I have booted into Windows exactly twice: once to scan a multipage document that wasn't scanning right in Linux, and once to print a... View Source

More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he’s nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an “everything app” with a new financial services tool that he pledged to launch for the public this month... View Source

"That moment of completion was incredibly rewarding, as I felt like I had finally represented the first quarter moon as it might appear in person."... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on Hollywood trends and streaming culture, follow Charles Pulliam-Moore. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sundays at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Under David Zaslav's leadership, WBD got very into the practice of shelving its own nearly completed proj... View Source

China formalized its first comprehensive policy framework for “new employment groups,” including delivery riders and livestreamers, signaling a shift from ad-hoc regulation to normalization of the platform economy... View Source

From Arctic fjords and volcanic craters to medieval castles and coastal cliffs, here's where to get a clear line of sight to the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026... View Source

The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walkThe world watched earlier this month as Nasa sent four astronauts around the moon – but to actually land on the surface the US is once again in a space race, this time with China. And China may well win.Both countries plan to build inhabited lunar bases – the first settlement on... View Source

DeepSeek’s delayed release of its V4 model points to a strategic shift toward deeper integration with China’s domestic chip ecosystem, according to Yuyuantantian, a social media account affiliated with the government-controlled China Central Television... View Source

China said it will take necessary measures after the European Union added Chinese entities to its latest Russia sanctions package, warning that all consequences would be borne by the EU... View Source

BYD may be known for its affordable all-electric cars, but that doesn't mean it won't dabble in the occasional hypercar under one of its subsidiary brands. Through its Denza subbrand, BYD unveiled the Denza Z, a hypercar that can push out more than 1,000 horsepower with an all-electric motor, at the Beijing Auto Show. According to CarNewsChina, the Denza A can hit 0 to 60 mph in less than two seco... View Source

Two months following the deadly shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, OpenAI's Sam Altman has formally apologized for not informing police of the alarming ChatGPT conversations seen with the suspect's account. Before the incident, OpenAI banned the account belonging to the alleged shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, for violating its usage policy due to potential for real-world violence. "I am d... View Source

New weapon for US soldiers can wipe out drones and enemy in trenches with rapid fire air burst grenades. These are $50K per gun for the version being reviewed. This is a follow up to previously failed grenade weapons. One shot clears a room or can take a section of trench. Semi auto grenade launcher ... Read more... View Source

Multiple sources are reporting that the Trump administration has dismissed the entire National Science Board (NSB). The NSB advises the president and Congress on the National Science Foundation (NSF), which has already been funding research at historically low levels and has seen significant delays in doling out that funding. The NSF has been fundamental in helping develop technology used in MRIs,... View Source

Part of what has held back electric cars has been the cost. But an influx of used vehicles over the next three years could bring prices down dramatically. In 2025, just 123,000 leases on EVs expired. That is expected to more than double to 300,000 in 2026, and double again to 600,000 in 2027 and 660,000 in 2028, according to Cox Automotive. Most leased vehicles end up entering the used market. Thi... View Source

The Dylan Patel, head of Semianalysis, interview is a must watch for anyone tracking AI economics, infrastructure, and future societal shifts. SemiAnalysis’s own AI spend exploded from tens of thousands last year to $7 million annualized run-rate right now. Even non-technical staff are now heavy Claude/Code users. Semianalysis metrics and work are cited by Nvidia ... Read more... View Source

SpaceX dish production is ramping toward 50,000 dishes/day. It is already at ~25k/day recently. The high speed internet subscriber base could more than double to ~20–25 million by end of 2026 and then ~50 million in 2027. This will be about $25-30 billion of revenue by the end of 2026 when including launch revenue. The ... Read more... View Source

Now that Artemis II is all wrapped up, NASA has begun its post-game performance analyses of all the systems that worked together to get four astronauts safely to the moon and back earlier this month. In addition to taking humans farther than ever before, Artemis II served as a crucial test flight for upcoming crewed missions that are planned for as soon as 2027 and 2028, the latter being NASA... View Source

The Icemag 3’s kickstand allows you to prop up your phone as it recharges. | Image: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge I’ve been testing compact, magnetic Qi2 power banks that can snap onto your phone for an upcoming buying guide. They make recharging much easier than bringing along a huge battery that weighs down your bag. One of my favorites so far is the Sharge Icemag 3, a 10,000mAh model that can wi... View Source

Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we read Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King and the first issue of the Image Comics miniseries, Corpse Knight.  This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/what-to-read-this-weekend-monsters-in-the-archives-dives-deep-into... View Source

Lock up our hearts and throw away the key, because we have found love in space. Space prison movies, that is... View Source

Nobody is talking. | Image: Metrograph Pictures Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Arizona say that between 2005 and 2019, the number of words we speak out loud to another human being fell by nearly 28 percent. And that has likely only gotten worse following the pandemic. The researchers actually counted the number of words we were speaking on average (16,6... View Source

Tesla completely ended its free lifetime Supercharging offer way back in 2018, but it has given customers the perk for certain promotions since then. It brought back free Supercharging for Model S and X a couple of times in 2019, for instance. The automaker’s latest offer is for new purchases for a Model 3 Premium or Performance vehicle in North America. On its website, Tesla has announced that it... View Source

Trump’s economic crackdown on China’s US interests is creating opportunities for a Utah-based intelligence firm... View Source

The private WorldView Legion 4 Earth-observing satellite snapped an amazing photo of the Hubble Space Telescope on April 23, 2026, a day before the obsevatory's 36th birthday... View Source

I knew things were not quite right when I had to throw a towel over a broken Ikea lamp to block out its light. How did I get here? I cover fancy and capable tech for a living, and yet, it took me two years to get rid of a pair of old, broken Ikea lamps in my bedroom. Then I got some floor lamps from Govee that changed everything. Those Ikea lamps were around for two years after I moved from Orange... View Source

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest firsts... View Source

For a while there, it seemed like Double Fine might be struggling under the Microsoft corporate umbrella. The game studio led by Tim Schafer is beloved for offbeat titles like Brütal Legend and Broken Age, but after being acquired by Microsoft in 2019, its only new release for years was a long-awaited sequel to Psychonauts. Of late, though, Double Fine is on something of a roll. Last year the... View Source

Acclaimed Japanese director Sho Miyake has arrived in the States. He's brought with him two feature films: Small, Slow But Steady and Two Seasons, Two Strangers, a pair of naturalistic portraits that deal with the uneasy human desire to relate to other people. Seclusion and unease are bedrocks to Miyake's growing filmography. "I like these characters that have a sense of discomfort that slowly sta... View Source

Engadget’s hottest review roundup truly has it all this week: a new pocket cam, a 2-in-1 smart grill, a pair of drones and a pricey skinny vac. And that’s before we even get to the highly capable gaming display that will only set you back $350. Read on to catch up on the reviews you might’ve missed over the last two weeks as we prepare for another slate of big events next month. DJI Osmo Pocket 4... View Source

A new study suggests that most "post-starburst galaxies" cease star formation because they run out of fuel. But that's not the full story... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 125, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, send me cereal recommendations, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about NASA seamstresses and friction and Muskism and scooters, highlighting the heck out of Jeff VanderMeer's terrific new short story, l... View Source

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. If you're looking for something new to play this weekend, we've got a bunch of options for you. We've also got some interesting upcoming games to tell you about as well.In a press release announcing that Playdate Season 3 is coming later this year, Panic included a line that I've been thinking about... View Source

Apple and Samsung dominate the US phone market, and they've done so for years. Together with Google, they've shaped our sense of what a smartphone is and what it can do, pushing the boundaries of mobile photography, software, and processing power. But over the last few years, they've sat back, content to iterate rather than innovate - and in the interim, China's tech giants have plowed ahead. Now... View Source

Russia will launch its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live... View Source

METR, which stands for Model Evaluation and Threat Researc, is focused on understanding the degree to which AI models can engage in autonomous, complex tasks. METR see this is as a particularly important benchmark, given the risk that AI could one day be engaged in recursive self improvement, taking humans out of the loop. But how do you really gauge a model's ability to do complex problems. And w... View Source

Progress has always been made by people who think differently. Neurodiversity helps us think outside the box – and when we do, the sky’s the limitOne of my favourite pieces of scientific equipment is something called a retrospectroscope. I admit that it only exists in my imagination, but it has turned out to be a very useful bit of kit. It allows me to look back through the years of my life and an... View Source

Investor Adam Levinson said he remains bullish despite recent market volatility, and is buying the dip ahead of an expected rally on a resolution in the Iran conflict... View Source

China’s central bank and foreign‑exchange regulator reiterated the need to curb excessive — or “involution‑style” — competition within the country’s finance industry, framing it as a governance and discipline concern... View Source

Controversial social-media figure Clavicular, known for his extreme approach to achieving male beauty standards, had his videos removed again from YouTube on Wednesday night... View Source

China's DeepSeek is back with a brand new flagship AI model, a year after its open source model upended Silicon Valley. Tom Mackenzie explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

China said it is closely monitoring US legislative plans after the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced export-control bills targeting semiconductors, which Beijing warned could disrupt global supply chains if passed... View Source

Thrive, the brand behind Joshua Kushner’s venture megafirm Thrive Capital, has launched a new company to invest in iconic names — with its first bet targeting a Major League Baseball team... View Source

X-Energy Inc. shares closed 27% above their IPO price, after the nuclear energy firm raised $1.02 billion in an upsized US initial public offering... View Source