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Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market... View Source

Nothing Phone 4A Pro | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge If you're thinking about upgrading your phone, "the best time was yesterday," according to Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei, echoing a message we heard during MWC. As Android Authority reports, Pei said in a post on X that the RAM shortage has already impacted Nothing's less expensive mid-range phone: "For Phone 4A , memory costs doubled... View Source

Tesla investor Alexandra Merz says Tesla and SpaceX will merge. She speaks on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Some Robinhood users looking to cash in on the SpaceX IPO were met with technical issues... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down SpaceX's big debut in the public markets as shares start trading on the Nasdaq. They are joined by 137 Ventures Partner Christian Garrett, Pegasus Tech Ventures Founder Anis Uzzaman, Laffer Tengler Investments CEO & CIO Nancy Tengler, and Tesla retail investor Alexandra Merz to discuss what it means for investors, the space economy, and the AI... View Source

A SpaceX-Tesla merger seems inevitable... View Source

SpaceX decided to rent out the full capacity of its Colossus 1 data center in Memphis to Anthropic PBC after encountering technical challenges using the facility to develop and run its Grok artificial intelligence models, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Congress, afraid of empowering Bill Pulte, has allowed a decades-old spying law to lapse... View Source

Hm! | Photo: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk's actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse - gleefully. This is... View Source

Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." SpaceX explodes out of the gate, opening 11% above its IPO price after raising $75 billion and instantly making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Max Chafkin and Ed Ludlow break down Musk's growing grip on SpaceX, Tesla merger speculation, and what's next for investors. Plus, Interstellar... View Source

As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure... View Source

After months of waiting, SpaceX is now a public company. The stock climbed 31% above its offering price at at one point on the Nasdaq. Bloomberg's Yahaira Anand was there for opening bell and has more. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for inv... View Source

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We don't have the phones we preordered yet, but this week included an unexpected in-person encounter with the T1. You see a lot of interesting phones when you're among tech journalists. I'm thinking of two in particular that I held this past week: One w... View Source

Director Naoki Hamaguchi says the keys were retaining staff and sticking to his vision... View Source

SpaceX is at $2.2 trillion in valuation after IPO at $135 ($1.75 trillion). Elon Musk has over $1.1 trillion in net worth... View Source

The trading platform says some customers experienced intermittent disruptions, but that those issues have resolved... View Source

You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of Siri, and it actually seems to be pretty good. On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk abou... View Source

From AI to fraud to AI-powered fraud, the music business has some concerns... View Source

Alongside the launch of our H100 1-Click Rental Index, we wrote up what the GPU rental market actually looks like in early 2026, and the headline is that the spot market for compute has gone from "finally cooling off" in October to a hard squeeze again, in roughly five months.… pic.twitter.com/XayxYXWcZ6 — SemiAnalysis (@SemiAnalysis_) June ... Read more... View Source

The company made its heavily anticipated debut on Friday, trading higher than its initial $135 IPO price... View Source

Elon Musk's net worth has passed the trillion-dollar mark after SpaceX's IPO. His net worth, which was hovering around $800 billion before the IPO, includes the value of his 4.8 billion shares in SpaceX, along with his wealth from his other companies, like Tesla. Shares of SPCX opened at $150 and have remained well above the $138 benchmark that gives Musk a 13-figure net worth. SpaceX combined Mus... View Source

It's official: The world has its first trillionaire. At $150 a share, Elon Musk’s net worth is roughly $1.05 trillion. SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq Friday morning. Caroline Hyde, Ed Ludlow and Alexandra Merz, a Tesla investor, discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Three judges denied Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction appeal. Is anyone the least but surprised... View Source

Sensational performances and stunning cinematography just about cover for a predictable plot with nothing much to say... View Source

The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for inv... View Source

Elon Musk is now officially the world's first trillionaire. That is a colossal amount of wealth (and by proxy, power) for one individual to have. Its scale - a thousand times more than a billion - is difficult to fathom for those of us who aren't among the 3,363 billionaires that currently exist in our world. But let's try to comprehend it anyway. The most frequently cited comparison is time. If y... View Source

SpaceX’s long-awaited initial public offering triggered a selloff across rocket, satellite and space-linked companies Friday... View Source

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft supporting the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA approaches the International Space Station on May 17, 2026, carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew. Credit: NASA NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft... View Source

The SpaceX IPO has boosted Musk's paper wealth to more than $1,000,000,000,000 at a time when he is more hated -- and powerful -- than ever... View Source

Summer is approaching, which means it's time to enjoy some gloriously warm weather beside the grill. But let me pitch you on an alternative: Instead of the usual burgers, hot dogs, and kebabs, what if you made pizza? I've been doing this for a few years now, and while I still love to grill, it no longer compares to pulling pies from my Ooni Fyra 12. A pizza oven previously seemed to me like someth... View Source

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk kicked off a dual-listed Nasdaq bell ringing ceremony in both New York and Texas on Friday, with a livestream event where he addressed SpaceX employees. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

'I think it’s a really interesting environment to delve into. Ultimately, it's a culture of survival.'... View Source

Whether you’re planning a backyard barbeque or a World Cup watch party, Govee’s Table Lamp Classic can help set the mood with color-changing lighting effects. Right now it’s down to just $59.99 ($20 off) at Amazon, which is its best price yet. Govee Table Lamp Classic Where to Buy: $79.99 $59.99 at Amazon (with on-page coupon) $79.99 $63.99 at Govee The rechargeable lamp can last up to 30 ho... View Source

Shares of SpaceX appear ready to jump when they start trading on Friday after Elon Musk’s company made history with a $75 billion IPO that instantly turned it into one of the biggest public companies in the world. Early indications of buying interest on Nasdaq pointed to a roughly 30% jump from the shares’ offering price of $135. The stock is expected to officially start trading later Friday under... View Source

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram appear to down for many users this morning... View Source

SpaceX’s IPO on Friday allows the public to buy shares of the combined rocket, AI, and social media company for the first time, and is raising enough money to likely make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.  He’ll have more wealth, on paper at least, than the economies of nations like Ireland, Sweden, or his home country of South Africa (CNN cites the International Monetary Fund say... View Source

MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai Co. plans to list shares in Hong Kong to capture the boom in chip stocks after a blockbuster initial public offering in mainland China last year... View Source

The finance world is excited for SpaceX's IPO, but how can you square that with Elon Musk's ongoing racism?... View Source

Easily identified by the spectacular band of dark dust that partially obscures its bright core, Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is characterized by its bizarre internal motion.NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (European Southern Observatory – Germany), J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute), A. Leroy (The Ohio State University), and D. Thilker (The Johns Hopkins University); Processing: Gladys... View Source

A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite... View Source

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document... View Source

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup will work toward developing an "artificial general engineer," according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now Bezos is sharing more information about the startup a... View Source

Matt Kennedy, Senior IPO Market Strategist at Renaissance Capital, expects SpaceX to more than triple revenue in the next two years. He speaks before SpaceX begins trading for the first time on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It might involve connecting a keyboard to your TV, which is as fun as it sounds... View Source

SpaceX is now a publicly traded company. In one of the most highly anticipated and controversial public offerings of all time, the rocket venture helmed by Elon Musk started trading on Nasdaq on June 12th at the take-it-or-leave-it price of $135-per-share - though most retail investors will likely pay far more. The IPO is historic for many reasons: SpaceX is hoping to raise $75 billion under the t... View Source

Investors will soon have a sense of how SpaceX shares will perform after the largest initial public offering ever — but they may need to wait several hours to get in on the trading action... View Source

A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the station... View Source

Just in time for Le Mans, BMW is pulling the cover off its new M performance concept built on the Bavarian automaker's Neue Klasse next-generation architecture. The concept is the debut of a new design language for BMW's M division, signaling a shift toward a more electrified future. The company says it is built on the guiding principle "Born on the racetrack. Made for the streets," bridging BMW's... View Source

Report urges ‘most ambitious’ effort to keep pace in the AI race... View Source

Gemini can - at least on some TCL models - adjust your TV's picture settings... View Source

Gaming handhelds are amazing. They make it so much easier to fit all kinds of games into my day. Sadly, they’re less affordable than they’ve ever been — due to an unprecedented, AI-fueled shortage of memory chips, an unforced oil crisis, rampant inflation, fallout from tariffs, and more. But that’s not going to stop you. You’ve decided now’s the time to buy one, before the next shoe drops. I won’t... View Source

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

From ruined photos to vanishing darkness, satellites are transforming the night sky — and not always for the better... View Source

Pierre Ferragu managing director at New Street Research, discusses the record-breaking SpaceX IPO, his growth and capex expectations for the company moving forward, and the “Musk premium” factored into its valuation. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

In an interview, Apple's SVP of engineering explains how the new Siri wasn't designed to be sycophantic... View Source

It's intended for camping, but BougeRV's T1 light is so versatile that it also makes for a great summer travel companion that'll continue to light the dark corners of your life long after you return. I used it for a few months during a recent road trip in my camper van, and it's the light I keep reaching for again and again now that I'm home. The telescoping light features three articulating LED a... View Source

Welcome to Edition 8.45 of the Rocket Report! Even though we are now two weeks removed from the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and its LC-36A launch pad, it continues to dominate discussion in the space community. This week, NASA said it nominally plans to fly Blue Origin's test lander on New Glenn for the Artemis III mission, but officials quietly acknowledged that other launch vehicle... View Source

If Switzerland votes to cap the population at 10 million inhabitants, this could severely impact labor-intensive sectors like restaurants, construction, and healthcare, as well as innovative sectors like scientific research and product development, all of which depend 'heavily' on foreign workers, says Rudolf Minsch, Chief Economist at Swiss business sector umbrella organization Economiesuisse. He... View Source

Apple's WWDC saw the company look to tidy up its existing work and make AI useful rather than throw a thousand eye-catching features at users... View Source

Previous landmark scientific discoveries like the Higgs boson provide a better template for what it will take to confirm whether aliens have made contact with Earth... View Source

James Wise, general partner at Balderton Capital, says the UK could soon have its first £100 billion tech company. Wise, who also serves as chair of the UK Government's Sovereign AI fund, says policymakers must work with investors to help British firms scale globally. He speaks to Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie at London Tech Week. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google sued a Chinese cybercrime network for using its Gemini AI in a 'massive' scam operation... View Source

There’s a long-running disagreement among roboticists about whether wheeled robots make more sense than walking ones... View Source

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut... View Source

In this episode of Bloomberg Tech: Europe, Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie dives into London's AI boom. The UK capital is on a tear, with Britain leading the AI wave in Europe, so what's behind the explosive growth and how did London become a global center for artificial intelligence? Bloomberg speaks to key players, including the co-Founder of ElevenLabs - the UK's most valuable AI start-up. "Bloomberg... View Source

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The hay market is not a transparent market: It is very fractured by types of hay, whether it is alfalfa or clover hay. There are a few opaque, illiquid markets like this — scrap metal for instance — that require some hands-on investigating to figure out. Aiden Johnson is co-founder and CEO of the HayWire newsletter, which aims to make the hay market more transparent: He and co-founder... View Source

A conversation with HayWire's Aiden Johnson... View Source

The UK’s Labour government will strengthen efforts to drive institutional funds into British tech companies, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said, as she pledged more backing for the country’s artificial intelligence sector... View Source

Memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. replaced Toyota Motor Corp. to become Japan’s largest company by market value, underscoring how the global artificial intelligence boom is reshaping the country’s corporate landscape... View Source

Senators Cruz and Wyden have introduced the JAWBONE Act to fight government censorship while arguing over who's censoring who... View Source

‘Listen, that's not what I'm here for, right?' | Image: Apple Our early testing has already shown that Siri AI knows when to shut up, and that's very much by design. In an interview with Mostly Human, Craig Federighi said Apple's new Siri won't act all sycophantic like chatbots made by OpenAI, Google, and others. "As you may know, if you use many of the existing chatbots, they're really focused on... View Source

SpaceX raised $2.2 billion from Japanese investors, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, as part of the world’s largest-ever initial public offering... View Source

SpaceX raised $75 billion in its IPO, pricing 555.6 million shares at $135 each, sending it into the top ranks of the largest public companies and putting founder Elon Musk on the verge of becoming the world’s first trillionaire. Bloomberg Intelligence's Matthew Bloxham breaks down the situation and what to expect from SpaceX's first day of trading. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Junghee Ryu, Founder and CEO of South Korean robotics startup, RLWRLD, discusses the company's partnership with Nvidia to build a universal benchmark for evaluating how well robots use their hands to manipulate objects and complete tasks. The company is aiming to develop next-generation industry standards for humanoid robotics. He speaks with Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloo... View Source

Shadow markets are pricing a blockbuster SpaceX stock debut, indicating a pop of at least 35% for Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI company... View Source

SpaceX IPO is hours away. They will open up trading about about 11pm-noon EST. What else will be happening to SpaceX trading, unlock of share, index buying. What will matter more? The technology unlocks. SpaceX Starship working in as little as two months and delivering live V3 satellites. Sign up to talk to Brian Wang ... Read more... View Source

Tilly Zhang, China technology and industrial policy analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics, says Beijing's latest regulatory actions differ from its 2021 campaign, with greater emphasis on law enforcement. The market regulator had summoned Alibaba, JD.com and other e-commerce players for allegedly misleading promotions, its latest warning against unchecked competition in the online arena. (Source: Bloombe... View Source

Infineon Technologies AG is preparing to open its largest single investment, a €5 billion ($5.8 billion) semiconductor factory built with the help of European Union subsidies, as the bloc seeks to boost chip production... View Source

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory World Cup Fever in Guadalajara Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Ki... View Source

Even as SpaceX readies its record initial public offering, it’s already the “biggest rising star of all time” in credit, says Bruce Richards, chairman of Marathon Asset Management LP... View Source

Seven Seven Six founder and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian says the SpaceX IPO feels like a milestone moment and will fuel new investment in the space economy. He also weighs in on the AI IPOs in the pipeline, from OpenAI to Anthropic, and how they will impact venture capital. He joins Bloomberg's Dani Burger on the sidelines of the annual SuperReturn conference in Berlin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Chinese robotics startup EngineAI has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, joining a legion of companies in the sector seeking funding... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss SpaceX gearing up to finalize its IPO pricing today. This as its offering attracts more than $70 billion in orders from retail investors. Plus, Oracle is under pressure after the company reported higher quarterly capital expenses than expected, raising investor concerns about the profitability of the AI infrastructure business. And, a conversation wi... View Source

Lawmakers and tech firms are suggesting new ways to ensure the public gets a piece of the AI boom... View Source

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is offering $1.5 billion to acquire Chinese grocery delivery firm Pupu, initiating a bidding war as part of a broader campaign to wrest market share from Meituan in online commerce... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are PIMCO Managing Director & Global Economic Advisor Richard Clarida, Gabelli Funds Portfolio Manager John Belton, ServiceNow President of Global Customer Operations Paul Fipps, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Head of Alternative In... View Source

The man accused of setting the massive Palisades Fire in Los Angeles repeatedly asked ChatGPT to create images of a city engulfed in flames and floods, and cursed at OpenAI’s chatbot when it told him the scenery he envisioned was too violent, jurors at his trial were told Thursday... View Source

MediaTek Inc. shares are poised for their best quarter on record, as investors bet a shift into artificial intelligence chips can help it shed the overhang of its struggling older-tech business... View Source

Brand Industrial Services Inc., a scaffolding and industrial services company that does business as BrandSafway, reported sharply lower first-quarter earnings as higher costs and spending on its push into data center construction weighed on results, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

SpaceX has made history with the largest IPO ever, pricing shares at $135 each and raising $75 billion. Dan Ives, Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush Securities, discussed the overwhelming demand for the offering, which Bloomberg reports is four times oversubscribed, including $100 billion in retail orders and significant institutional interest such as a $5 billion order from BlackRock... View Source

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The Chicago Mercantile Group announced plans to offer 24-hour, seven-days-a-week trading in new, smaller crude oil futures and its existing gold contract, the exchange said Thursday... View Source

Amazon's rolling out a free software update for Echo Hub devices that gives the home screen a much-needed update to the interface it launched with in 2024. It had already added Alex Plus AI support, but the new interface has a cleaner, fully customizable layout that fits more smart home info and controls on the screen than the previous version. The Echo Hub is also getting access to Ring AI's Vide... View Source

Nell Minow, Chair of Value Edge Advisors and Former President of ISS, advised caution regarding SpaceX's IPO, which was priced at $135 per share in the largest debut ever. She highlighted significant corporate governance issues being raised by pension managers and investors. She speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Shion arrives when Season 3 starts on June 16... View Source

2 Min Read NASA Award Boosts Space Technology Research Capabilities NASA is introducing a new funding opportunity to accelerate academic research and technology development. The Minority University Research and Education Project Space Technology Artemis Research (M‑STAR) application window opened Thursday and will remain open through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The research funded through... View Source

Richard Clarida, Managing Director and Global Economic Adviser at PIMCO and Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, discussed the significant impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the economy and markets over the next five years. He emphasized AI as a potential disinflationary force due to increased productivity and possible wage compression, while also noting the financin... View Source

5 Min Read NASA’s Chandra Discovers Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle of our galaxy. A paper describing these new findings published in The Astrophysical Journal. Supernova remnants are the expanding remains of exploded stars and provide elements... View Source

Adobe Inc. said its chief financial officer would depart, leaving the company without a top tier of veteran leadership after Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen announced in March that he would step aside... View Source

Why Analysts Are Getting SpaceX Wrong – Most analysts are feeling one part of the elephant understand space but not AI or understand neither – S1 (300-page F1) only covers through Q1 last year, predates the AI revenue pivot – Many still exclude the new AI contract revenue from 2026 projections – JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, ... Read more... View Source

Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX's IPO has begun... View Source

A small number of firms are set to net tens of billions of dollars in returns from SpaceX’s initial public offering at a nearly $1.8 trillion valuation, marking one of the most significant windfalls in venture capital history... View Source

3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Elkin Norena Listen to this audio excerpt from Elkin Norena, Resident management officer, NASA’s Space Launch System Program: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does not support the audio element. NASA’s Elkin Norena has helped the agency launch more than a dozen space shuttle missions – that’s more than a dozen crews to low Earth orbit and more than a dozen historic missions... View Source

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 was at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Thursday (June 11) as anticipation soared for SpaceX to debut on the NASDAQ... View Source

The platform-agnostic Logitech MX Master 3S wireless mouse is discounted to $89.99 at Amazon ($30 off), matching the best price we’ve seen so far this year. While it may look like a somewhat ordinary mouse, it has a unique second scroll wheel near the left thumb that’s surprisingly useful for horizontal scrolling in spreadsheets. You can connect the mouse to Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS, and Linux sys... View Source

Much of SpaceX's growth forecast hinges on ideas that seem straight out of science fiction, but backers of Elon Musk say he's pulled off the unbelievable before. Brett Winton, chief futurist at ARK Invest, one of the most prominent institutional supporters of Musk's firms, joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Underwater roguelite / restaurant management game Dave the Diver paddles onto mobile later this summer... View Source

After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the risk of outright fraud... View Source

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Severance. Pachinko. Silo. Ted Lasso. Over the past couple of years, a number of Apple TV shows have become hits with audiences and critics alike. And yet, compared to the size of other subscription services, Apple TV still barely make... View Source

Ark Investment Management’s Brett Winton said SpaceX could generate $300 billion in annual revenue by deploying tens of gigawatts of orbital data center capacity by the late 2020s at the current rental rates... View Source

The Philips Skylight recreates natural daylight indoors, but we may not be able to buy it in the US... View Source

4 min read NASA Robotic Tech Demo Will Advance Prototype Gamma-Ray Detectors A new type of gamma-ray sensor developed by NASA, called AstroPix, will take part in a robotic arm demonstration on the agency’s upcoming Fly Foundational Robots mission, set to launch in late 2027. Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light. Scientists observe them coming from events like lightning in Earth’s atmosp... View Source

A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected, according to new JWST and ALMA observations... View Source

Uber One, meet Waymo Premier. The robotaxi operator announced a new $29.99-a-month premium tier for riders who want a more elevated and exclusive autonomous experience. The invite-only membership service is aimed at Waymo customers who use the service most frequently, offering them a number of perks, including priority pickups, 10 percent cash back on every trip, early robotaxi access in new citie... View Source

From a wet winter in the Southwest to fewer Atlantic hurricanes, this is what to expect as a potential super El Niño takes shape... View Source

SpaceX is poised to make history with the biggest-ever IPO, launching it into the top ranks of the largest public companies and putting founder Elon Musk on the verge of becoming the world’s first trillionaire... View Source

Yet another parent is suing OpenAI, claiming its chatbot did not do enough to prevent their child's death by suicide... View Source

Under a new bipartisan bill, Americans could sue for damages if a government official illegally tries to coerce a social media, AI, or broadcasting company to remove their post - regardless of whether the platform actually does it. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the JAWBONE Act on Thursday, which, in addition to letting individuals sue for thes... View Source

As SpaceXAI heads toward its IPO, investors are betting on more than rockets and chatbots: the company says enterprise AI represents a $26 trillion opportunity. But can Grok actually win corporate customers? One of the few companies putting it to work is Gopuff, which built its new AI shopping assistant on xAI's models. Gopuff co-CEO Rafael Ilishayev joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg... View Source

Boox's new Go 6 ereader offers stylus support for note-taking... View Source

Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will form a striking 3-planet parade low above the western horizon after sunset on June 12, offering a brief but beautiful show... View Source

You can save on a big set of outdoor security cameras ahead of Prime Day. Amazon has a five-pack of Blink cameras with a video doorbell included that’s marked down to $166.99. The bundle includes a Blink Battery Doorbell 2K+, five Blink Outdoor 2K+ cameras, and a Blink Sync Module Core. The doorbell is typically $70, and each camera generally retails between $80 and $100, so you’re saving at least... View Source

A former artificial intelligence engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI is suing the company, alleging that he was wrongfully fired for raising concerns about the safety of the firm’s Grok chatbot... View Source

Waymo will happily relieve you of $30 a month in exchange for not a whole lot... View Source

Roborock’s Q10 S5 Plus comes with a self-emptying dock and is under $300. | Image: Roborock Even at full price, the Roborock Q10 S5 Plus offers impressive value, boasting features typically reserved for pricier robovac models at a fraction of the price. That’s especially true today. It’s down to just $269.99 ($280 off) at Wellbots when you apply promo code NEW10, which matches its all-time l... View Source

Executives are forcing AI onto workers, scapegoating it for layoffs and misunderstanding how disruptive technologies actually evolve, explains Bloomberg Opinion columnist Gautam Mukunda.. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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NASA A soccer ball floats in microgravity in this March 2, 2026, picture from the International Space Station. The space station crew tested soccer balls to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity. The findings have improved understanding of how embedded technologies, including match-ball sensors, can influence performance during play. Through research aboard the Inter... View Source

'It's not a big deal that they’re women in their fields. They're just sort of surviving and ruthless.'... View Source

Just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some of Amazon's own employees pushed for, Amazon shared how much water its data centers use, reportedly for the first time. With concerns about water consumption and energy use a focus of new AI data center construction debates, Amazon says its global data center operations consumed 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025 at a rate of... View Source

DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why AI’s next bottleneck is power, not just chips or data centers. He breaks down the ArcLight acquisition, the company’s massive gigawatt pipeline, and why he thinks space-based data centers are still more “science project” than real infrastructure strategy. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

We learned some new details about the upcoming revival for the classic 3D platformer... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Students participate in a hands-on robotics demonstration during Career Technical Education Day at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. NASA/Mark Knopp At NASA, remaining a global leader in exploration and innovation includes having a skilledand dedicated workforce. Technicians play a critical role in ad... View Source

I have tested more portable MIDI controllers than I can keep track of, and I will tell you right now: 37 keys is the ideal size. While Arturia's 25-key MiniLab MK3 is a solid controller that easily fits in a backpack, it feels a bit claustrophobic. The new $149 MiniLab 37 adds another octave, giving you much more room to play bass and lead simultaneously, or just play more expansive chords. Physic... View Source

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s robotaxi unit, is introducing a $30 monthly membership program that promises faster pickup times and credits toward future rides, among other perks aimed at its most frequent users... View Source

The only functional difference between a Trump Phone and the HTC U24 Pro is the battery, iFixit discovered... View Source

Congress has failed to pass a three-week extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), with the House voting 218-198 against reauthorizing the controversial warrantless wiretapping authority through July 2nd. After a short-term extension earlier this year, the spying program now appears set to lapse for at least a week. This is the nightmare scenario FISA's proponen... View Source

Cloud-computing giants powering the artificial intelligence boom are tapping global debt markets to fund hundreds of billions of dollars needed for data centers, chips and other infrastructure. Junk-rated CoreWeave Inc. is now following their lead... View Source

So long and thanks for all the cool new video games... View Source

Geologists recently converged on a site near Barstow, California, to ground-truth a mineral discovery made on public land by a NASA JPL sensor flying aboard a plane overhead.NASA/JPL-Caltech Equipped with rock picks and hand lenses, a team of geoscientists deployed to the Mojave Desert recently to investigate a tantalizing “fingerprint” detected by a NASA sensor. Their target: a cache of topaz hid... View Source

Elon Musk, on the verge of becoming the world's first trillionaire, is whipping up anti-immigration tensions amid ongoing riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Following a knife attack in the city on Monday, Musk declared support for Restore Britain, a hard-right populist political party that advocates for large-scale migrant deportation in the UK. He reposted statements from party leader Rupert Low... View Source

OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a startup that offers cloud services to support artificial intelligence agents, part of a bid by the AI developer to make its technology more useful for businesses... View Source

The Gem necklace can track your UV exposure... View Source

What must you know before the SpaceX IPO? What many supposed analysts do not understand? They do not understand the AI business. What businesses is SpaceX in and where are they leading? How valuable are those things and how quickly can they make more money? How much money is and can SpaceX make renting out ... Read more... View Source

Celestron's iconic orange NexStar series is on sale on Amazon and includes the smallest of the set, the NexStar 4SE, a perfect first telescope for new stargazers. It has a 4-inch aperture and go-to technology for easily finding night sky objects... View Source

The Switch 2 is still setting sales records. | Image: The Verge, Nintendo Woot is hosting a small, but welcome deal on the Nintendo Switch 2 through June 19th. New customers can save $15 on the $449.99 console with the code NEW15 used at checkout. Sure, these are microscopic savings, but come September, the Switch 2 will rise in price to $499.99, so any deal is worth telling you about. Nintendo Sw... View Source

NTT Global Data Centers, a unit of Japan’s NTT Inc., is seeking at least $1 billion in fresh capital to fund development projects in the US, according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

The spaceman wears Prada... View Source

Jayden Nelson of Canada celebrates 2-0 during the International Friendly match between Canada v Uzbekistan at the Commonwealth Stadium on June 1, 2026, in Edmonton Canada. | Photo by Dale MacMillan/Soccrates/Getty Images Three years ago, when the women's World Cup kicked off in Australia and New Zealand, my social feeds were in a strange place. Twitter had just transformed into X, newcomer Threads... View Source

On Tuesday, the data center developer Crusoe announced that it had “paused” a plan to build an AI campus in Wyoming that would draw enough electricity to power a city the size of Denver... View Source

Set across mid-twentieth century Japan, RGG's latest has an entirely new fighting system... View Source

Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket will carry LINK to space for an attempted orbital boost of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.Credit: NASA/Ron Beard NASA will host an audio-only media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 17, to preview... View Source

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Changes in the Southern Patagonia Icefield can be seen from space... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. said its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water worldwide last year, or about 5% of the amount metro Seattle consumes annually... View Source

Apple is more focused on delivering usable features with Siri AI, instead of hyping up agentic AI. That's a good thing... View Source

Summer is almost here, and that means getting outside, having fun in the sun, and touching grass. But if you need to cool down for a bit, allow me to sing the praises of the library. If your local library system is anything like mine, it probably offers a lot of great things for you to do, both tech-related and not, at no extra cost. I'm part of the Multnomah County Library system, and I'm frankly... View Source

DoorDash Inc. introduced an in-app artificial intelligence chatbot to help customers make restaurant and grocery orders, and suggested the technology could also be used to unlock new enterprise revenue streams... View Source

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We got tactical and stayed frosty for our preview of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, guided by game director Chris Cross... View Source

Cash App's AT&T-based MVNO will offer an unlimited 5G data plan for $40 per month including taxes and fees. The new mobile service is powered by Gigs, the same firm behind the Klarna mobile service that launched last year with the same pricing and is "rolling out to select users, with broader availability planned in the coming months." Cash App also says it's planning connections to its Cash A... View Source

OpenAI Head of Countries and former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says that while many countries have talked about adopting AI there are many still in process who haven't delivered on the adoption yet. He adds that governments that do adopt the new technologies more quickly will be the big winners when it comes to the economy and public services. He spoke with Bloomberg's Tom Macke... View Source

As summer returns, I'm again reminded of my limits as I head into the great outdoors: I can put up with a heavy, uncomfortable backpack, bug bites, mud, and even bland dehydrated food, but I will not forsake my morning brew. I've tried every imaginable coffee gadget in my half-century of camping. These range from simple drip systems when ultralight backpacking, an AeroPress when not weighing every... View Source

Apollo Global Management Inc. is assessing every new investment opportunity in the software industry for AI disruption risk, as asset managers try to quell investor concerns that rapid advances in the technology could make businesses obsolete... View Source

Join us for a trip down memory lane on the 25th anniversary of the GBA's US release... View Source

Discover why some stars shine blue, white, orange or red and what those colors tell us about the cosmos... View Source

The Go 6 now supports Boox’s stylus. | Image: Boox Boox has announced a new version of its smallest e-reader that expands the Go 6's functionality to now include note-taking. The new Go 6 (Gen II) sticks with a 6-inch, 300PPI E Ink screen like its predecessor but gets a bump from 2GB to 3GB of RAM and now supports Boox's InkSense Plus stylus, which can be used for sketching, annotating documents,... View Source

S&P 500 Index futures rise 0.7% as of 7:47 a.m. in New York as the latest US strikes against Iran came to a swift end... View Source

Anthropic has apologized for stealthily throttling its new AI model, Claude Fable 5, with hidden guardrails that undermine both researchers and rivals using it to develop competing systems. The company says it is reversing course and will be more transparent about when the restrictions kick in, even if that means Fable refuses more queries. Fable is the first widely available model in Anthropic's... View Source

The site raises questions about the motives behind product recommendations... View Source

Bluesky is launching a communities feature this year, according to its head of product... View Source

The massive buildout of data centers is driving up costs for critical hardware used in phones, computers and cars... View Source

This is the Trump phone, but it could just as easily be an HTC. | Image: Trump Mobile After getting its hands on a Trump phone and tearing it apart, iFixit has confirmed what I first reported back in February: the T1 Phone is an almost exact duplicate of the HTC U24 Pro. iFixit partnered with NBC to get hold of the network's media sample of the Trump phone, along with a U24 Pro. They ran the phone... View Source

Madonna made a surprise appearance in Times Square last week, promoting her latest album, Confessions II. It was a marketing win for the pop star — and an even bigger one for Grindr Inc... View Source

Deezer will now help you find AI slop in your music playlists even if you're on another platform... View Source

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a widely anticipated IPO on Thursday (June 11) expected to make him a trillionaire... View Source

You have to be over 18 and already be connected with the person you want to chat with on other messaging platforms. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is reintroducing private messaging after testing new ways for users to share videos and "have conversations about them" last year. In an announcement on its official blog, YouTube says it's now starting to expand the in-app video shar... View Source

Venues hosting the 2026 World Cup must meet high standards to obtain environmental certifications, but FIFA also requires that they use natural grass, which is water-intensive to maintain... View Source

Recursive Co-Founder Tim Rocktäschel speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie from the Founders Forum in Oxfordshire, UK. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Framework is pushing back shipments of its new Laptop 13 Pro to address issues with its haptic touchpad and display found in the run-up to mass production... View Source

Elon Musk is set to make hundreds of billions even as communities in Mississippi and Tennessee are fighting to stop the gas turbines powering xAI's supercomputers... View Source

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Anthropic is walking back a hidden policy that researchers say sabotaged their work... View Source

Customers have complained that a telehealth network selling compounded GLP-1s has been ripping them off—even after it had to pay $5 million to clients as part of a settlement with the US government... View Source

In April, the price of tomatoes was around $2.69 per pound — the highest seen in some four decades. And tomatoes aren't the only food getting more expensive. From cauliflower to lettuce, fresh produce is spiking all over the place. So what's driving the price spike? And what can tomatoes teach us about America's political economy, including changes in trade and tariffs? Our guest today is Ja... View Source

YouTube is testing DMs in its mobile app, and US is now part of the experiment... View Source

Ryanair said the CMA’s investigation is “bogus.” | Photo by Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto via Getty Images European economy airline Ryanair is under investigation in the UK for charging parents mandatory fees to sit with their children. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was looking into whether the seating fees, which may be charging parents for the airline to meet its child safety... View Source

Satispay is planning to raise as much as €120 million ($139 million) to fund the Italian fintech’s expansion into new financial products and give it the flexibility to pursue acquisitions... View Source

Deezer will now scan your playlists on other streaming platforms to detect AI-generated music. Deezer was the first of the big streaming services to start labeling AI-generated music. It even offered its tech to other platforms, but it doesn't seem like it had many buyers. Qobuz launched its own detection tech, while Apple and Spotify have opted for a voluntary tagging system. "No other company ha... View Source

If corporate America were the meritocracy that everybody claims to want, women would not remain so underrepresented in its most important role, says Bloomberg Opinion columnist Beth Kowitt. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Erica Lau, CEO and Lead Portfolio Manager at North Growth Management, discussed recent corporate earnings and the impact of AI investment on market fundamentals. She noted that the latest quarter showed a remarkable 29% year-over-year earnings growth for S&P 500 companies, significantly surpassing expectations of 13%. She speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source... View Source

Norton comes recommended as one of the best VPN services and offers online security, convenience, and is now up to $70 cheaper... View Source

China’s rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace has prompted an unusually blunt call from a state-run newspaper to protect labor rights, as Beijing considers how to contain risks posed by the new technology... View Source

OpenAI has published a report detailing how China-linked influence campaigns against data centers used ChatGPT... View Source

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc. slid in Hong Kong after China’s market watchdog reprimanded top Chinese e-commerce players for what it said were misleading sales promotions... View Source

Tanvi Jayaraman, Health AI Clinical Lead at Oura, discusses the smart ring maker's new model and its new wellness capabilities that aim at detecting signs of high blood pressure and sleep apnea. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has replaced the head of its Dingtalk app, making a high-profile leadership change after an internal debate erupted over the productivity platform’s place in the company’s broader AI strategy... View Source