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Canadian fintech Propel Holdings Inc. is partnering with Column N.A., a bank founded by Plaid Inc. co-founder William Hockey, to expand its consumer-lending footprint across the US, according to a statement... View Source

It's time to suit up as "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" is finally available to stream on Disney+... View Source

It’s a thin phone, but still packs a triple rear camera. Huawei is the latest phone manufacturer to release a thin phone: the Mate 70 Air. That’s our third Air for the year — after the iPhone and ZTE’s Nubia Air — to only two Edges, suggesting Apple’s influence still reigns supreme over Samsung’s. At 6.6mm thick, the Mate 70 Air isn’t quite as slim as Apple or Samsung’s attempts at the formula, bu... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Kurt Wagner reports on Snap’s big move in the world of artificial intelligence... View Source

IKEA has officially announced its range of Matter-compatible smart home products. The Swedish furniture store is releasing 21 new items under the tentpoles of lighting, sensors and control. IKEA teased these releases back in July.  Part of the roll out will include updates to existing categories in order to work with Matter, an open source smart home standard. "We're upgrading our m... View Source

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight... View Source

Ikea is making the smart home cheaper and easier with a new line of low-cost Matter-over-Thread smart home staples, including bulbs, buttons, and sensors. Ikea just announced a bunch of super cheap, colorful Matter-over-Thread devices that will work with any platform, and it feels like Christmas came early for the smart home. The 21 new products include a line of smart bulbs starting at just... View Source

SpaceX, the Elon Musk-backed company that owns the Starlink satellite internet network, agreed to acquire EchoStar Corp.’s unpaired AWS-3 licenses for $2.6 billion in stock, building on an agreement the companies entered to in September... View Source

See breathtaking photos of the full "Beaver Moon" brightening November's sky... View Source

Wise Plc is forging ahead with its plan to become a national trust bank and dually list its shares in the US even as the efforts crimp profits and the company faces push back from traditional lenders... View Source

HelloFresh SE shares dropped as much as 15% on Thursday after short seller Grizzly Research LLC published a report that claimed the German subscription meals company’s management is “seemingly prioritizing self-enrichment at shareholders’ expense.”... View Source

Nodules containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese rest atop these core samples taken from the deep ocean floor. | Photo: Getty Images The race to mine battery minerals from the ocean floor would create a new stream of waste that could rob sea life of a critical food source, according to new research published today in the journal Nature Communications. That could have far-reaching effects across th... View Source

Shein Group Ltd. has told investors that it’s expecting a bumper $2 billion in net income in 2025, after higher profit margins through price hikes and cost-cutting helped overcome a drop in online traffic caused by President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs... View Source

Tinder is testing an AI-powered “Chemistry” feature that learns about your interests and personality by analyzing your camera roll. In its latest earnings report, the dating app’s parent company, Match Group, described it as an interactive matching feature that’s designed to combat “swipe fatigue” by surfacing fewer, more compatible matches. Chemistry requires the user’s permission to access... View Source

LG Electronics Inc. is buying a stake in French quantum-computing developer Pasqal SAS, strengthening their strategic partnership aimed at bringing the technology to real-world industrial applications... View Source

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn is set to make the first state visit by a Thai monarch to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, as the two nations mark 50 years of diplomatic relations... View Source

The last time I used a set of Noble Audio earbuds, the company managed to pack five drivers into the tiny housings. Now it’s back with a new model, the FoKus Prestige Encore, and despite only having four drivers this time, the company still took plenty of cues from its line of pro-grade in-ear monitors (IEMs). The biggest downside is that this new set is still plenty pricey, hitting your wallet fo... View Source

Northern lights danced overnight and more displays may follow tonight, as solar storms continue... View Source

US banks and crypto firms are escalating a long-simmering clash over the future of digital-asset regulation — and the battle is increasingly centered on a narrow but powerful gateway: national trust-bank charters... View Source

France has asked the European Commission to investigate Shein Group and take added steps against the Chinese e-commerce giant, after the French government moved to suspend the platform over complaints about sales of childlike sex dolls and weapons... View Source

Huawei Technologies Co. added a thin new handset to its lineup, marking the Chinese tech champion’s most direct response to Apple Inc.’s iPhone Air... View Source

BT Group Plc lost more broadband customers than analysts expected, signaling that the former UK telecom monopoly’s years-long, expensive effort to upgrade its network isn’t enough to fend off the competition... View Source

Tesla will hold its first annual shareholder meeting under Texas law on Thursday with a focus on the proposed $1 trillion compensation package for Elon Musk. Shane Goodwin, executive director for SMU Corporate Governance Initiative and an advisor to Tesla’s special committee, joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Worldline SA said its board has approved a capital increase worth €500 million ($576 million), confirming a Bloomberg News report... View Source

Canon just barged into the mid-range full-frame hybrid camera arena with a new entry. The 32.5MP EOS R6 III is a dramatic improvement over the EOS R6 II thanks to the higher resolution, faster shooting speeds and better video specs. However, it comes at a relatively high price and lacks a stacked or partially stacked sensor, unlike other cameras in this category.  The new 32.5MP sensor provid... View Source

Canon is announcing the EOS R6 Mark III camera, its latest jack-of-all-trades full-frame mirrorless model for both stills and video. The new camera has a 32.5-megapixel sensor, improved autofocus, up to 7K video recording, and a new dual-card arrangement with a faster CFexpress Type B slot. It’s set to launch November 25th and will sell body-only for $2,799 as well as in kits with the RF 24-105mm... View Source

US had sought information on suspected Chinese hack... View Source

With almost all of its citizens’ genes already sequenced in a national database, it’s the test case for an ambitious—and, to some, concerning—approach to public health... View Source

Qualcomm Inc., the largest maker of smartphone processors, became the latest chipmaker to deliver an upbeat forecast and still leave investors underwhelmed... View Source

Arm Holdings Plc, which provides the most widely used technology in computing processors, gave a bullish revenue forecast, helped by increasing interest in designing chips to run AI data centers... View Source

Nexperia said it suspended supplies to its China factory because the local unit refused to make payments, laying bare the internal discord at the embattled automotive chipmaker... View Source

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Nov. 5), adding to its huge and ever-growing satellite-internet megaconstellation... View Source

Sequoia Capital’s new co-stewards, Pat Grady and Alfred Lin, plan to deepen the venture capital firm’s focus on the artificial intelligence sector while working to reframe its image as less politically partisan following concerns among some partners about the leadership of Roelof Botha, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Before the trading day starts we bring you a digest of the key news and events that are likely to move markets. Today we look at:... View Source

With the American market still struggling to get its head around the whole electric car thing, plenty of manufacturers are scaling back their EV ambitions to refocus on hybrid power. Whether that's right for the market and, indeed, the globe remains to be seen, but we can for sure expect to see a lot more cars with internal combustion over the next few years.Honda has made its plans clear on... View Source

Japan’s ruling party aims to secure roughly ¥1 trillion ($6.5 billion) per year to keep supporting the nation’s semiconductor and artificial intelligence sectors, according to a lawmaker who leads such efforts... View Source

Every two years, the Japan Mobility Show gives us a preview of the future of motoring as envisioned by the major Japanese manufacturers. Sadly, for Honda, the resounding message coming from this year's show was that the future is getting a little farther away. That's the case for American drivers, at least, thanks largely to the effects of the Trump administration according to Honda CEO... View Source

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. At 8PM on election night in New York City, I arrived at an unmarked office building in the Meatpacking District. Inside, a few dozen young Kalshi employees moved between clusters of desks, pizza boxes, and a large projector displaying live markets for the... View Source

Pony AI Inc. and WeRide Inc. fell on their trading debuts in Hong Kong after the pair of Chinese robotaxi firms battled for investors for their public offerings, which raised more than $1.1 billion... View Source

Nintendo has been a bit more focused on mobile apps in recent years, having released the likes of Nintendo Today! and Nintendo Music (not to mention games like Fire Emblem Shadows). Its latest one is Nintendo Store, which is out now on iOS and Android. This is a reimagining of the My Nintendo app the company debuted in Japan in 2020. You can use the app to browse consoles, physical and digita... View Source

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon — weighing in amid a wave of job cuts at other employers — said headcount at the largest US bank will probably remain steady or rise as it continues to roll out artificial intelligence, if “we do a good job.”... View Source

When it was first announced, the PlayStation Portal was sort of a joke. The Nintendo Switch was a megahit, and many PlayStation fans had long hoped Sony would respond with a new handheld of its own. It did… in the form of a $200 peripheral that can only stream games over the internet and required you to already own a PlayStation 5. Instead of a successor to the beloved yet famously neglected PlayS... View Source

Rode’s new console is slightly smaller and more than half the price of last year’s version. | Image: Rode Rode has announced a new version of the Rodecaster Video portable production console it launched just over a year ago, but the Rodecaster Video S isn’t a replacement. The Rodecaster Video S offers similar functionality to the original, including switching and mixing multiple video and audio so... View Source

DoorDash Inc. shares plunged in extended trading after the US food-delivery app leader said it will spend more on investments next year to build new products and bolster internal tools, weighing on its earnings forecast... View Source

Teenage Engineering just revealed the EP-40 Riddim sampler. This reggae-inspired groovebox is another redesign of the pre-existing EP-133 KO II sampler. It has the same square body and button-based workflow, but there are several changes here. First of all, the entire exterior has been redesigned to make that reggae theme really pop. It's green and off-white, with fun fonts aplenty. The thing... View Source

Tesla AI Chips Deep Dive. Tesla AI5 chips are designed to win the future of AI. The future is chips for small language models, inference, chips for distributed AI and chips for space. The Tesla plan are chips optimized for what will we be doing the most and having the most efficient AI chips. Tesla ... Read more... View Source

Snap Inc. shares surged more than 25% in extended trading after the company announced a $400 million partnership with Perplexity AI Inc. to incorporate its AI-powered search engine into Snapchat... View Source

The Motion Picture Association doesn’t share Meta’s view that the content people under the age of 18 might encounter on an Instagram Teen Account is comparable to what you might find in a PG-13 movie. The MPA has reportedly hit Mark Zuckerberg’s company with a cease-and-desist letter that objects to Meta’s use of the term "PG-13." To rewind, Meta revamped its teen-specific accounts — whi... View Source

"If these results are confirmed, it would mark a major paradigm shift in cosmology since the discovery of dark energy 27 years ago."... View Source

Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could end in ‘big crunch’Astronomers have cast doubt on a Nobel prize-winning theory that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, suggesting that instead it may be slowing down.If confirmed, this would have profound implications for the fate of the universe, raising the possibility that rather than expanding for ever,... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses AMD’s earnings as AI valuation concerns from investors continue. Plus, New York City’s tech sector prepares to work with the city’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. And all eyes on Tesla as the company's shareholders are set to vote on the proposed $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The outlook for future generations isn't looking so great. The UN released its annual Emissions Gap Report on Tuesday, and the news is mostly bad. The world’s projected climate path falls far short of the Paris Agreement targets. Although the 2025 projections are slightly better than last year's, some of that improvement is due to the report's methodological changes. The UN also not... View Source

If you logged into your Movies Anywhere account in the past few days, you might have noticed some titles missing from your library, specifically content purchased on Google Play and YouTube. As of October 31st, movies from either platform are no longer available on Movies Anywhere.  The change was announced on a brief help page on Movies Anywhere, which simply states: “Effective 10/31/25, Goo... View Source

American officials thought they’d secured a deal with TuSimple to protect autonomous-driving technology. It didn’t work. ... View Source

A familiar face will be helping Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani set up his new administration before he takes office in 2026. Lina Khan, former Federal Trade Commission Chair under President Joe Biden, has been officially announced as one of Mamdani's transition co-chairs, alongside Grace Bonilla, Maria Torres-Springer and Melanie Hartzog.Mamdani's platform is focused on affordability, with f... View Source

The cybersecurity company Fortinet Inc. sank as revenue in its service segment missed expectations... View Source

Snap and Perplexity AI have struck a $400 million deal that will bring the AI search engine directly to Snapchat sometime in "early 2026," the two companies announced. With the partnership, Perplexity's AI search engine will be a prominent part of Snapchat's "chat" interface so users can "ask questions and get clear, conversational answers drawn from verifiable s... View Source

Last week, Nintendo surprised everybody with an announcement: Over four years after its "last major free content update," Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Switch 2 upgrade and a free update for all players. It's not often that an incredibly popular game goes years between updates, but since when has anyone been able to predict what Nintendo will do? In 2021, the company was very clear th... View Source

Lyft Inc. projected an acceleration in bookings this quarter, easing concerns about the ridehailing company’s efforts to expand globally and maintain customer loyalty... View Source

Hilarious co-op video game Overcooked is making the move to the real world. A24 has acquired the rights to the popular indie hit and Deadline reports that the company is working with Netflix to develop the concept into an unscripted competition reality TV series. I adore this idea, and with the right people behind it, I think it could be a masterwork of reality TV. According to the reports, this i... View Source

Five lucky winners will be announced Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) on Space.com's Facebook, Twitter, and BlueSky pages... View Source

Gemini can now draw from your emails and documents while performing “deep research” queries. Google’s announcement blog called this “one of our most-requested features” for Gemini Deep Research, which is an agentic feature styled specifically for creating research reports rather than just answering questions. The chatbot starts by creating a multi-step research plan, then it performs a series of w... View Source

Figma Inc., a design software company that went public earlier this year, gave an outlook for better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit, touting the adoption of new products... View Source

Direct File, the free, government-provided alternative to services like TurboTax, won't be available for the 2026 tax season, Bloomberg Tax reports. That's based on a letter sent from the Internal Revenue Service to participating states that says that "no launch date has been set for the future."A Biden administration project, Direct File was designed to be an easy way for elig... View Source

Apple is preparing to power its AI-upgraded Siri with a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker will reportedly pay Google around $1 billion annually to gain access to the technology, which will generate summaries and perform planning-related tasks. As noted by Bloomberg, Apple will run the custom Gemini model on its Private... View Source

Robinhood Markets Inc., the online brokerage that caters to retail investors, reported a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations but fell short on cryptocurrency revenue... View Source

Apple just launched a redesign of the popular song-identifying app Shazam, which was spotted by 9to5Mac. This update takes full advantage of the company's recently-launched Liquid Glass visual language. The company promises a "sleek" new look, but that's not the only change. This visual redesign should make it much easier to quickly glance at recent songs you've identified... View Source

In the USA, AI data centers will need around 20 to 30 gigawatts (GW) of combined power by late 2027. 30 GW is about 5% of US average current power generation capacity and 2.5% of China’s. 30 GW would be around 25% of power generation capacity in Japan, 50% in France, and 90% in the ... Read more... View Source

An ultra-high-resolution instrument on board NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. AI helped fix the problem... View Source

With the swing of a bat, another October came and went for those of us who love baseball. As languid and habitual as the rest of the season can feel, October baseball at its best is pure chaos: Night after night, there's a promise of something new, that you might see something that's never happened before and get to talk about it for years to come. The winner-takes-all Game 7 on Saturday, between... View Source

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan sent a subpoena to OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman demanding information on the artificial intelligence startup’s engagement with foreign governments about complying with rules that Jordan said could impact Americans’ free speech rights... View Source

When Apple introduces its more capable version of Siri in 2026, it increasingly sounds like it'll have Google to thank. Bloomberg reports that Apple is finalizing plans to use a custom version of Gemini to power the new Siri and plans to pay Google handsomely for the privilege.The new Siri will still use some of Apple's homegrown models, but will also rely on a version of Gemini running... View Source

Figure AI has announced they have a 264 Nvidia B200s in its new compute cluster. This is 1200 H100(equivalents). B200 is 4.55 times an H100 on FP8. Tesla has 120,000 H100 equivalents as of the Q3 earnings call. Tesla reported 120,000 H100 equivalents. XAI has about 2.5 million H100 equivalents with about 550,000 B200s installed ... Read more... View Source

Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief Sean Duffy spilled into the open, with potentially profound consequences for the U.S. space agency... View Source

Don't miss 2025's closest full moon with this free livestream from Italy with the Virtual Telescope Project. The livestream will begin at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT)... View Source

Apple’s slim laptop is the best of the best. | Image: The Verge If you’ve been holding off on getting a new laptop, now’s a great time to pick one up. Ahead of Black Friday, you can snag the base 13-inch M4-powered MacBook Air for $749.99 ($250 off) in multiple colors at Amazon. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen on Apple’s slim laptop, letting you save more than ever for the holidays. Additionall... View Source

OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar suggested the market is overly focused on anxiety about a possible bubble in the artificial intelligence sector and should muster more “exuberance” about the technology’s potential... View Source

Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley has unveiled his latest venture and yes, it's another location-based social app. But, rather than the check-ins Crowley first popularized more than 15 years ago, "BeeBot" has a very 2025 take on the concept. Instead, the app is an AI-powered "DJ" that can deliver contextual audio updates to your ears as you move through your day. Crow... View Source

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers... View Source

The back-to-back eruptions caused radio blackouts across two hemispheres as the active sunspots turn to face Earth... View Source

If you’ve ever watched a synth video on YouTube, there’s a decent chance you’ve seen the Arturia KeyStep at some point. The affordable keyboard and controller has been a steady presence since its release in January of 2016, especially in DAWless circles. Now Arturia is finally releasing a proper successor, the KeyStep mk2, and on paper, it seems like a big upgrade. The core of what makes the KeySt... View Source

DAZN, a sports streaming service that covers everything from MMA to golf, is now available as an add-on subscription through Amazon Prime Video in the US and UK. The streaming service was previously available in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Canada.Subscribing to DAZN requires an additional $30 a month subscription on top of what users already pay for Prime Video ($9 a month for a stand... View Source

November's full supermoon occurs as the moon draws close to Earth in its 27-day orbit... View Source

The Baseus PrimeTrip VD1 Pro is both a great dash cam and rear cam that’s $60 off. If you’ve ever had to leave your car parked for a few days while traveling — or returned to find a new dent that wasn’t there before — Baseus’ PrimeTrip VD1 Pro might be worth checking out. The dash cam records in 4K and keeps watch even when the car’s turned off, and right now, you can buy it for around  $110 ($60... View Source

Apple Inc. is planning to use a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google to help power its long-promised overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

Sony AI released a dataset that tests the fairness and bias of AI models. It's called the Fair Human-Centric Image Benchmark (FHIBE, pronounced like "Phoebe"). The company describes it as the "first publicly available, globally diverse, consent-based human image dataset for evaluating bias across a wide variety of computer vision tasks." In other words, it tests the degree... View Source

The near-full moon shines close to the Pleiades open star cluster early on Nov. 6... View Source

The Pro 3 and Ultimate 2 can now shake-to-wake the Switch 2. Third-party controller makers that have figured out how to wirelessly wake the Switch 2 from its standby mode are generally loud and proud about that feature. That’s because there still aren’t many controllers that can mimic one of the $89.99 Switch 2 Pro’s biggest selling points, which is letting owners turn the console on from their co... View Source

Traders should take cover from a protracted selloff in the dollar that could mirror the boom-and-bust cycle of the Internet bubble once the drivers that are supporting the currency turn into headwinds, according to RBC Capital Markets... View Source

Fitbit is holding an early Black Friday and there are plenty of noteworthy deals. The Charge 6 fitness tracker is on sale for $100, which is a nice discount of $60 and 38 percent off. The deal applies to multiple colorways. The Charge 6 topped our list of the best fitness trackers, and for good reason. It features built-in GPS, which means it doesn't have to be tethered to a phone when doing... View Source

Rocket Lab will launch its sixth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this afternoon (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live... View Source

Unfair Flips is a game about flipping a coin. And despite being designed around random chance, it has a vibrant speedrunning community, racing to see who can get to 10 heads the fastest. That's the only goal. You earn money with each heads and can spend that on four things: a more valuable coin, a combo multiplier for heads streaks, a faster flip time, and an increased heads chance, which starts a... View Source

China is requiring new state-funded data centers to swap foreign AI chips with locally designed alternatives, Reuters reported, reflecting Beijing’s longstanding desire to reduce the country’s dependence on American technology including Nvidia Corp. semiconductors... View Source

Discord has been trying to strike a balance between affording teen users their privacy and allowing for parental oversight. Over the next week, the platform is rolling out some updates for its Family Center with the aim of helping parents gain more understanding of what their teens are doing on Discord, while giving them the ability to manage certain settings. Parents and guardians were alrea... View Source

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the 13,000-pound (5,900 kilograms) ViaSat-3 F2 satellite to orbit today (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live... View Source

Customers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods can order Kraft Mac & Cheese while they shop. | Image: Amazon Amazon built a portal to Kraft Mac & Cheese, Goldfish crackers, and Nestlé Drumsticks inside one of its Whole Foods stores — and it plans to do the same at others. In a blog post on Wednesday, Amazon details a Whole Foods concept store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where shoppers can... View Source

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is a fascinating journey through the history of Atari, but that timeline couldn't be truly rounded without the inclusion of some Namco classics like Pac-Man and Galaga. To remedy that, Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are releasing another paid expansion for the retro collection. It’s called The Namco Legendary Pack and it will be available on November... View Source

"By reproducing relativistic plasma conditions in the lab, we can measure processes that shape the evolution of cosmic jets and better understand the origin of magnetic fields in intergalactic space."... View Source

Discord is expanding the safety controls parents and guardians have access to in its Family Center, including increased visibility of their teens’ activity, allowing guardians to control sensitive content filtering and data privacy settings, and giving them more control over who can DM their teens.  New Social Permissions toggles will allow guardians to choose whether their teens can receive... View Source

Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time, but Google is making AI Mode harder to avoid. In the US, the company has begun rolling out an update for Chrome on Android and iOS that adds an AI Mode shortcut to the browser's new tab page. It's predominantly featured, appearing right below the browser's signature search bar. "This will let you ask more complex, multi-part questio... View Source

Nintendo is stepping further away from its original Switch console, with the company now planning to dedicate most of its attention to its successor. In a financial results briefing on Wednesday, Nintendo said that “going forward, we will shift our primary development focus to Nintendo Switch 2 and expand our business around this new platform.” The Switch won’t be retired immediately, but the whee... View Source

German police said they made multiple arrests to break up alleged fraud and money laundering networks operating through payment firms, intensifying scrutiny of the industry’s alleged links with criminals... View Source

Bang & Olufsen just announced a new luxury speaker that costs a pretty penny. The Beosound Premiere is a soundbar made from aluminum that's priced at $5,800. It's visually striking, with the company referring to the soundbar as a "piece of art." The aluminum chassis looks to be seamless, with a gorgeous matte satin finish. The up-firing tweeter has been placed directly in t... View Source

Elon’s predicts AI Edge Node devices will replace cellphones, apps and operating systems. Smartphones will evolve into lightweight AI inference nodes. Basic screens/audio interfaces with onboard AI serves up AI results from server-side AI like Grok or GPT. AI-Centric to deliver everything (communication, entertainment, productivity). This would be like a trusted Jarvis AI from Iron ... Read... View Source

The astronauts of China's three-person Shenzhou 20 mission will wait a little longer before returning to Earth, after a suspected debris impact on their spacecraft... View Source

If you’ve been reluctant to update to the new Apple Home architecture, you now have a few more months before Apple forces your hand. Apple has pushed back the deadline to February 10, 2026, rather than fall 2025.  The refreshed version of Apple Home has been available for a couple of years now and adds support for the Matter smart home standard. However, updating has been optional so far. One... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. has combined a Whole Foods Market store with a mini warehouse stocked with products the chain hasn’t previously sold... View Source

Astrophotographer Mark Johnstron captured a mesmerizing cloud of hydrogen plasma dancing above the sun's limb in this breathtaking video... View Source

OpenAI didn't plan to make a browser. Not at first, anyway. But ever since the company launched ChatGPT, it started to see lots of users do the same thing. "You'd have this tab open on chatgpt.com, and you'd be working on something else somewhere in your browser," says Adam Fry, a product lead on the ChatGPT team. "And people are doing this behavior where they're copying and pasting back and forth... View Source

Microchip maker Silex Microsystems AB is considering an initial public offering in Stockholm as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter, after a recent stake sale that handed control from a Chinese owner to Swedish investors... View Source

Google and Epic Games have reached a settlement that would bring their years-long court battle to a close. The companies have filed a proposal in the federal court of San Francisco, asking US District Judge James Donato to approve a modified version of the order he originally imposed on Google when it lost the case. "Together with Epic Games we have filed a proposed set of changes to Android... View Source

Under the untouched darkness of Chile's Atacama Desert, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope stands beneath an arching Milky Way... View Source

Google Maps is bringing Gemini’s AI chatbot to more features, including more “conversational” route planning and the use of landmarks and nearby business for navigation. Google has slowly been adding AI to many of its products, including Maps, which last year got an updated version of Immersive View that allows users to ask questions about surrounding businesses and activities. Now the company is... View Source

Sonos Inc.’s new chief executive officer outlined a fresh product strategy after the audio brand reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue, the latest in the company’s effort to turn itself around following a disastrous app release last year... View Source

The big ticket tech gifts may get the lion's share of attention during the holidays, but it's surprising how much people appreciate small and thoughtful accessories and gadgets. We picked out a dozen such stocking stuffers for under $50 — perfect for a little something extra for a loved one or a welcome gift for a coworker. Just be sure to check the shipping windows to make sure these ha... View Source

Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say... View Source

The holidays have a way of sneaking up on us. One minute you're trick-or-treating with your kids, and the next you're panic shopping in a Buc-ee's gift aisle. But it doesn't have to be that way. With the right cheat sheet, you can keep the holiday spirit high and stress levels low. Fortunately, we did some planning on your behalf. As much as we love playing with the latest gadgets and gizmos here... View Source

The French government started a procedure Wednesday to suspend the Chinese e-commerce giant Shein, just hours after it opened its first store in Paris... View Source

Slowly but surely, Sony has been transforming the initially limited PlayStation Portal into a viable handheld for PS5 gamers, albeit only those with a solid internet connection. What launched as a strictly remote play device eventually got unlocked for cloud streaming, with PS Plus Premium members able to play select Game Catalog games without needing to connect to a PS5. And from today, you can a... View Source

Elon Musk’s AI company compelled its employees submit their own biometric data to train its “Ani” female chatbot, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ani, an anime avatar with blond pigtails and an NSFW setting, was released over the summer for users who subscribe to X’s $30-a-month SuperGrok service. After testing it, The Verge’s Victoria Song described it as “a modern take on a phone sex line... View Source

Singapore’s parliament passed a law giving authorities more powers to block harmful content on social media platforms, from TikTok to Instagram and Facebook, the city state’s latest move to curb online harms... View Source

Google has been replacing Assistant with Gemini across all its apps, and Maps is the latest one getting an upgrade. The AI assistant will let you interact with the app using natural conversation while you navigate the roads hands-free. You can, for instance, ask it: "Is there a budget-friendly Japanese restaurant along my route within a couple of miles?" And after it has responded, you c... View Source

A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all... View Source

The Motion Picture Association — the trade group in charge of movie ratings — has asked Meta to stop using its “PG-13” rating when referring to the type of content that teen accounts will see on Instagram. The MPA sent a cease and desist order to Meta on October 28th, saying Meta’s use of the rating is “literally false and highly misleading,” as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Last mont... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. will offer customers of Brazilian financial firm Nu Holdings Ltd. a slew of special payment options, including more credit to shop with the e-commerce giant, as online competition intensifies ahead of the holiday season... View Source

2026 is seemingly going to be the year that Netflix gets aggressive with podcasting. We already knew that the streamer will start licensing video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer in the new year, and according to a new report, agents at leading talent agencies are being sounded out ahead of a Q1 push. Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that Netflix has sent “dozens of reques... View Source

PlayStation has announced that cloud streaming is officially rolling out to the PlayStation Portal, after a beta test period that started last year. Starting later today, PlayStation Premium Plus members will be able to stream select titles from their own library without the need to connect to their PS5 console. The device also has a newly updated menu, with three tabs to swipe through for Remote... View Source

Artificial intelligence startup Reevo Inc. has raised $80 million from investors including Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, the company plans to announce Wednesday — financing that brings the startup’s valuation to $500 million... View Source

EcoFlow is hosting an early Black Friday sale on portable power stations. This drops prices by up to 42 percent on many of its well-regarded products. For instance, the Delta Pro 3 is on sale for $2,299. This is a discount of 37 percent, as the typical cost is $3,699. That's a significant drop in price. The Delta Pro 3 topped Yahoo's list of the best portable power stations, and for very... View Source

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, can cause malnutrition and weight loss in children and adults even when body image is not a factor... View Source

Zohran Mamdani owes his win as New York City mayor substantially to his internet presence. Mamdani - as numerous writers have outlined - is good on social video. He picked a message, stuck to it, and adapted that platform to snappy soundbites across multiple mediums. But Mamdani's best trait as an online communicator wasn't knowing how to use the internet. It was understanding when not to use it... View Source

The huge checks Meta Platforms Inc. is writing to support its artificial intelligence ambitions are reminding some investors of the massive metaverse outlays that crippled the stock just a few years ago... View Source

Putting AI in space may sound like a sci-fi nightmare, but Google is thinking about the idea with a research endeavor called Project Suncatcher. The idea is to put power-hungry data centers into orbit on solar-powered satellites, so they can be powered by unlimited, clean energy available 24 hours a day. That would mitigate the nastiest aspects of AI cloud computing, like the use of power plants t... View Source

On July 1st, Perez Hilton uploaded a YouTube video with breaking news.  “Hello everybody, it is Perez, the queen of all media, the original influencer, and allegedly, I have been subpoenaed by Blake Lively,” Hilton said, stretching out the four syllables in the word “allegedly” as far as they could go. Since the actress sued her It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Gian Volpicelli reports on Europe’s slow effort to develop self-driving cars... View Source

After launching it in China earlier, DJI has unveiled its flagship smartphone gimbal, the Osmo Mobile 8. The new model looks much like the Osmo Mobile 7P and has the same Multifunctional tracking module with a built-in light. However, it adds a bunch of useful new functionality including Apple DockKit support, 360-degree panning and pet tracking.  The lack of Apple DockKit support was an issu... View Source

Why saying no is harder than it should be... View Source

Stability AI, the creator of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, was largely victorious against Getty Images on Tuesday in a British legal battle over the material used to train AI models. The case originally looked set to produce a landmark ruling on AI and copyright in the UK, but it landed with a thud and failed to set any clear precedent for the big question dividing AI companies and creativ... View Source

Nebius Group NV, an artificial intelligence cloud provider, is releasing a new product meant to offer access to open source models and the computing horsepower to run them — part of a bid to capture a broader piece of the artificial intelligence boom... View Source

The United Arab Emirates, long one of OPEC’s key oil producers, is pivoting to US-tested fracking techniques to tap its “very promising” unconventional gas resources, with the intention of ramping up output amid forecasts for surging demand... View Source

If you're like us, Nintendo holds a special place in your heart thanks to iconic characters like Mario, Peach and Donkey Kong and multiple generations of best-selling consoles. But little did we know that outside of gaming hardware and accessories, there's an ever-growing assortment of Nintendo-themed toys, clothes and decor. And it's kind of a problem because we want all of it. So... View Source

For all the stock market records notched in 2025, there’s one class of stock that’s lagging far behind: purveyors of consumer products. Investors are bracing for more pain as a host of the largest companies deliver earnings reports this week... View Source

Isaacman has flown into orbit twice on all-private astronaut missions. | Image: Getty President Donald Trump has once again picked tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA Administrator, five months after pulling the initial nomination he made last year. Isaacman, an Elon Musk ally and commercial astronaut who has travelled into orbit twice as a civilian aboard SpaceX rockets, was repor... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese mobile unit and OpenAI will launch AI services for local companies next year, seeking to realize real revenue in the face of growing concerns over sky-high valuations... View Source

New diagnostic kits aim to revolutionize early screening of the disease, potentially allowing patients to receive treatments—such as monoclonal antibodies—sooner... View Source

Since generative artificial intelligence began to make headlines in 2022, investors have poured money into Nvidia Corp., convinced that its leading position in AI hardware will deliver riches... View Source

Google and Epic Games Inc., maker of the popular Fortnite game, reached a settlement in their long-running antitrust fight over how developers distribute and monetize apps on Android phones, according to a court filing... View Source

Nvidia Corp. server-maker Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. posted an 11.3% gain in October revenue, sustaining its pace of growth as demand for AI accelerators remains robust... View Source

Motorola just announced the Edge 70 smartphone, which is an ultra-thin handset that could rival the recently-launched Apple iPhone Air. It's a bit thicker than the Air, at 5.9mm compared to 5.6mm, but the camera bump is less noticeable. As for that camera bump, the Edge 70 features a trio of 50MP camera sensors. The main camera can capture 4K video and there's also a front camera, an ult... View Source

The Edge 70 is just 5.99mm thick, but its battery almost matches the S25 Ultra’s. I've been as much of a thin phone skeptic as anyone. Why would I give up on camera specs and battery life just to shave a couple of millimeters off a phone's waistline? I asked pretty much exactly that when I first saw Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge earlier this year. But the Motorola Edge 70 may have made me a convert. I... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. cleared a key hurdle to closing their $32 billion deal, with the US government saying it would wrap up its investigation of the acquisition... View Source

The three astronauts from the Shenzhou-20 mission flew to the Tiangong space station in April, and were expected to return on WednesdayThe return to Earth of three Chinese astronauts has been delayed until an unspecified date after their spacecraft was apparently struck by a small piece of debris, according to Chinese state media.The three astronauts from the Shenzhou-20 mission flew to the Tiango... View Source

Just when we thought Epic v. Google might be over, just one Supreme Court rejection away from a complete victory for Epic, both sides have agreed to settle Tuesday evening. And if Judge James Donato, who ordered Google to crack open Android for third-party stores, agrees to the changes, it might turn Epic’s victory into a lasting global one. Previously, Judge Donato agreed to some of Epic’s bigges... View Source

Police in Hong Kong and Taiwan have frozen more than half a billion dollars in assets linked to Cambodia’s Prince Group, after US and UK authorities last month accused the conglomerate of operating a global fraud and money laundering ring... View Source

The scientist who oversaw development of Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s flagship AI model has raised $50 million with a startup planning to release a rival to OpenAI’s Sora, the latest high-profile entry in one of the more profitable of artificial intelligence spheres... View Source

From Dec. 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — in one of the toughest online crackdowns in the democratic world... View Source

President Donald Trump has tapped billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to be NASA chief, five months after pulling his nomination for the same post... View Source

Sequoia Capital managing partner Roelof Botha said he’s stepping back from his leadership role, and has named partners Alfred Lin and Pat Grady as the new stewards of one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms... View Source

Sigma Lithium Corp. is plunging amid growing doubts about near-term production and potential delays to a key expansion project... View Source

Japan’s push to modernize government and corporate IT systems is setting some of the country’s legacy hardware makers up for an earnings windfall... View Source

Global chipmakers saw their market value tumble, as investor concerns over lofty valuations of technology stocks intensified following their frenetic rally... View Source

Pinterest Inc. projected revenue for the current quarter that fell short of analysts’ estimates, a sign that the search platform’s advertising business may not be growing as quickly as expected despite the upcoming holiday shopping season. The stock plunged more than 19% in after-hours trading... View Source

There’s a lot more riding on Amazon’s latest batch of Echo hardware than usual. After all, these are the first devices arriving alongside Alexa+, the AI-powered revamp of the company’s signature voice assistant. And unlike the $220 Echo Studio, the new Echo Dot Max is a more affordable ($100) and compact entry point into using Alexa+. It’s also another example of how confusing Amazon’s hardware li... View Source

Match Group Inc. provided a weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue outlook and warned that product testing at its largest dating app, Tinder, will come at the expense of short-term gains... View Source

Samsung just announced the P9 Express series of microSD Express cards, which are primarily intended for use with the Switch 2 console. This is a good thing, as Nintendo's latest console only works with microSD Express cards and, to be honest, there aren't that many options out there for consumers. The company boasts that these new cards feature maximum sequential read speeds up to 800MB/... View Source

Hello and welcome to Regulator. Happy New York City mayoral election day to everyone who's voting, watching from afar, or just here for the memes. And happy 35th day of the federal government shutdown, which, as of today, is tied for the longest shutdown in history. But let's step back for a second, because there's something these two seemingly unrelated events have in common. Back in 2018, two th... View Source

President Trump announced Tuesday evening that he is renominating private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. “Jared’s passion for space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries of the universe, and advancing the new space economy make him ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new era,” Trump wrote on his social media network, Tru... View Source

The South Korean-focused online retailer Coupang Inc. reported third-quarter profits that fell far short of Wall Street’s projections, despite beating back competition from rivals such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to deliver a revenue beat... View Source

Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas and the recently released The Outer Worlds 2, has announced that it's revisiting an RPG it released over a decade ago for a new update. Pillars of Eternity, a throwback isometric RPG, is receiving a turn-based mode as part of a new public beta on PC.The new mode slows the game's "real-time with pause" combat down, bui... View Source

Amazon doesn’t want to be a part of Perplexity’s AI-powered shopping experience. In a post on Tuesday, the ecommerce giant says it has “repeatedly requested” that Perplexity stop allowing its Comet AI browser to buy products for customers, which Perplexity has responded to by accusing Amazon of “bullying.” Perplexity’s AI browser, Comet, currently offers an agentic AI feature that can find and pur... View Source

Nidec Corp. shares rose after the company entered into a ¥600 billion ($3.9 billion) commitment line agreement with main creditor banks MUFG Bank Ltd. and SMBC, amid an ongoing probe into accounting issues... View Source

Sora is now available to Android users on the Google Play Store. The iOS version of OpenAI's text-to-video generative AI app is still only available in select markets and requires an invitation, but people are still extremely excited about making slop of their own; the app reportedly reached more than 1 million downloads in less than five days. And it didn't take long for the company to... View Source

Nomad’s sleek and sturdy wireless charging stands are now Qi2.2-compatible. | Image: Nomad Nomad has announced updated versions of its Stand One and Stand One Max hubs that now support the Qi2.2 standard for faster wireless charging rates of up to 25W when used with compatible smartphones like the Pixel 10 Pro XL and the iPhone 16 and 17 series. As with previous versions, the new Stand One and Sta... View Source

Super Micro Computer Inc. shares tumbled in late trading after the server maker missed reduced estimates for first-quarter sales and profit and gave a disappointing earnings forecast for the current period, reinforcing concerns about its ability to capitalize on demand for AI equipment... View Source

It can be challenging for us humans to wrap our brains around really massive numbers. Even the scale of a million or billion is pretty hard for most people to really comprehend. So prepare yourself to think big, because scientists have recorded the largest and most distant black hole flare to date, and the numbers around it are pretty staggering. The event occurred at an active galactic nucle... View Source

Google has dreamed up a potential new way to get around resource constraints for energy-hungry AI data centers on Earth — launching its AI chips into space on solar-powered satellites. It’s a ‘moonshot’ research project Google announced today called Project Suncatcher. If it can ever get off the ground, the project would essentially create space-based data centers. Google hopes that by doing so, i... View Source

Gemini Space Station Inc., the crypto exchange founded by billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, is preparing to offer prediction market contracts, according to people familiar with plans... View Source

Valve is bringing a helpful update to the Steam Deck, adding an option for downloading content while the screen is off. The company is calling it a display-off low-power mode. It will be enabled by default when the Steam Deck is plugged in. The handheld's power settings can also allow it to be active while on battery power, although it will automatically revert to full sleep mode if the batte... View Source

"The James Webb Space Telescope has opened a new frontier in extragalactic astrophysics, revealing objects we didn't even suspect existed, and we're only at the beginning of this adventure."... View Source

President withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination in May but says on Truth Social he is ‘ideally suited’ for top roleDonald Trump has renewed his nomination for the billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become Nasa administrator.“This evening, I am pleased to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist, pilot, and astronaut, as Administrator of NASA. Jared’s pas... View Source

Valve is testing a low-power way to complete downloads on your Steam Deck without having to leave the handheld running with the screen on. As part of an update that’s currently on the Steam Deck’s Beta and Preview channels, the handheld can “complete all active downloads in a new display-off low-power mode before going to sleep,” Valve says. I’m glad this change is in the works; I download a lot o... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the drop in tech shares as concerns grow about the sustainability of the AI rally. Plus, as earnings season continues, they break down results from Palantir, Uber, Spotify and Grab. And the world's largest sovereign wealth fund votes against Tesla's proposed pay package for CEO Elon Musk. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Reddit won't escape Australia's child social media ban. The Guardian reports that Communications Minister Anika Wells announced Reddit's addition on Wednesday. The nation's law, which blocks children under 16 from major social media sites, is scheduled to go into effect on December 10.Alongside Reddit, Wells said Australian streaming site Kick would also be included. They join... View Source

Apple Podcasts will soon include automatically-generated chapters for shows in English and allow creators to add links at specific timestamps in their episodes. Timed links may also be added to episodes automatically whenever creators mention another podcast.  Creators can opt-out of both features, and chapters will only be generated when creators don’t add their own. Automatically generated chapt... View Source

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: On the heels of the APEC summit, how Asia’s biggest economies are navigating rising tensions between the US and China... View Source

In a case of deja vu, Stellantis is once again recalling two models of its Jeep brand plug-in hybrid SUVs. The company has recalled at least 320,000 of its Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe and Jeep Wrangler 4xe cars in the US over concerns of fire risks while driving and while parked. Stellantis is also recalling 20,753 of the Jeep vehicles in Canada, 2,653 in Mexico, and 32,238 outside of North America. A... View Source

The brief flashes were captured from Earth and could be from the Taurid meteor shower... View Source

Did your Stream Deck sprout a red “Device Not Supported” badge where a button used to be? If so, you were probably using BarRaider’s popular plug-ins, which apparently check to see if StreamDeck.exe is digitally signed — and it just so happens that Elgato’s digital signature expired yesterday (see image below). But as of 5PM ET, closing and re-opening the app should fix it, as long as you log into... View Source

Australia broadened its social media ban for under-16s to include some second-tier platforms including Reddit, a little more than a month before the world-first legislation takes effect... View Source

Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity that demands that the AI startup prevents its Comet browser from making purchases on Amazon, Bloomberg reports. In a blog post responding to Amazon's letter, Perplexity claims Amazon is "bullying" the company and that its demands pose "a threat to all internet users."In Amazon's eyes, Comet's agent violates... View Source

Microsoft’s first in-house AI image generator, MAI-Image-1, is now available in two products, Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions. The company announced the model in October. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman wrote in a post on X that the text-to-image model will be “coming soon” to the EU.  Suleyman added that the model “really excels at” generating images of food and nature s... View Source

The tech industry is on a tear, building data centers for AI as quickly as they can buy up the land. The sky-high energy costs and logistical headaches of managing all those data centers have prompted interest in space-based infrastructure. Moguls like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have mused about putting GPUs in space, and now Google confirms it’s working on its own version of the technology. The com... View Source

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. delivered a revenue forecast that failed to impress some investors, who had bid up the shares this year in anticipation of an AI-fueled sales bonanza... View Source

After a delay, Apple has announced that it's bringing its AI-powered Live Translation feature to the European Union in December. The expansion is notable, not only because Live Translation was a key selling point of the recently released AirPods Pro 3, but also because the company warned in September that complying with the EU's Digital Markets Act could delay the feature.When Live Trans... View Source

"This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s."... View Source

This weekend, I turned my home into a test lab for Google's new Gemini for Home AI and subjected my family to 72 hours of surveillance as it watched, interpreted, and narrated our every move. My purpose? To find out if an AI that sees everything is actually helpful or just plain creepy. "R unpacking items from a box," read one notification from the Nest camera on a shelf in the kitchen. "Jenni cut... View Source

Bain Capital is eschewing investments in the US data center build-out, as its private equity rivals rush to back the physical infrastructure powering the artificial intelligence boom... View Source

Every year for as long as I can remember, my mother has gifted me a wall calendar featuring photos of my hometown. It’s a lovely thing, and I use it often to keep a note of all the concerts I have coming up. For 2026, though, I’m going to need something different: a Balatro wall calendar that features actor Ben Starr as the game’s mascot, Jimbo, in a variety of scenarios.You’ll see Jimbo as Santa... View Source

The Arduboy FX-C is launching at $99 as a result of tariffs. | Image: Arduboy After debuting a matchbox-sized handheld called the Arduboy Mini and a banana-shaped version of the original Arduboy, creator Kevin Bates has announced a new model of Arduboy FX called the FX-C with some welcome upgrades and new color options. For the first time, the credit card-sized Arduboy now has a USB-C port for cha... View Source

OpenAI is releasing its Sora social video app on Android devices, one month after the artificial intelligence company launched the popular — and controversial — service on iPhone... View Source