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Since September of 2024, federal science agencies in the US have axed nearly 120,000 employees, in a stinging loss for public research. Some of the heaviest impact was felt by scientists studying the climate, at bureaus like the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Luckily for us, climate scientists are a resourceful bunch. A recent initiative pu... View Source

China’s DeepSeek, fresh off a blockbuster fundraising, said it is working to at least double the size of all departments, as it steps up efforts to compete with domestic rivals and global leaders such as OpenAI and Anthropic... View Source

Macs, MacBooks, iPads and other Apple products just got more expensive... View Source

Now that Bungie has moved on from Destiny 2, the game studio is being hit with its latest round of layoffs. In a statement posted on X, the studio said that "we are announcing a reduction in force as we reorganize Bungie." No specific numbers were revealed. But in a separate statement, Hermen Hulst, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment's Studio Business Group, said that the layoffs would include... View Source

The latest sign of the AI data center boom going mainstream: IREN Ltd., an Australia-founded cloud computing provider, will have its logo featured on the jerseys of the Golden State Warriors starting next season... View Source

DJI and Amazon really are knocking it out of the park with their Prime Day Deals. The DJI Neo is superb value right now, but for just $256 you can net the superior DJI Mini 4K, which our expert said "Offers everything you could possibly need in a drone while providing ease of use and reliability."Get the DJI Mini 4K on sale right now at Amazon for $256.DJI is one of the most trusted and acclaimed,... View Source

Lady Vox, the mighty dragon. (No affiliation with Vox Media.) I wasn't surprised when I got the call that my dad was dying, even though we'd been estranged for many years. He'd suffered addiction for decades and eventually ran out of time, which also meant he ran out of time to reconcile with me. About 15 years after we stopped talking, my aunt and uncle held the phone up to his ear - 1,400 miles... View Source

Apple is raising prices on several products to offset cost hikes caused by a shortage of memory chips and storage. Prices are going up for the MacBook Neo, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPad Air and iPad Pro. Price hikes are global and vary by product. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

No smartwatch can actually diagnose sleep apnea, but some can track certain signs that might indicate you have the condition... View Source

Who doesn't love a good total solar eclipse, now that we know they're not a portent of the world ending? The next one is on August 12 and these Celestron EclipSmart 12x50 solar binoculars are just what you need to observe the sun safely.Get these Celestron EclipSmart 12x50 solar binoculars right now at Amazon for $100.Our expert, Jamie Carter, awarded them four stars in his Celestron EclipSmart 12... View Source

The US only gets it in black, but blue and pink models are launching elsewhere. | Image: Samsung The Galaxy A27 has been announced, and at $349.99 it's $50 more than last year's A26. That's understandable in the current economic climate, but a harder sell given that Samsung has also downgraded a few key specs. Compared to last year's phone, the A27 has lower resolution 12-megapixel selfie and 5-me... View Source

Where do you dump a football-field sized, 420 metric ton space station when it’s no longer hosting astronauts? At the bottom of the ocean, of course. Outlined by the folks at NASA, that’s the current plan to scuttle the International Space Station: a two-phase process which involves launching a custom-built SpaceX spacecraft to push the iconic installation down from its orbit, where it... View Source

Artificial intelligence is coming to summer school in the Hamptons this year, with tech-powered programs teaching academics alongside lessons in how to prepare a gourmet meal and sell a luxury home... View Source

Once again, SpaceX has looked to the stars for naming inspiration.Elon Musk confirmed on Tuesday (June 23) that SpaceX will call its planned AI satellite megaconstellation "Starmind".The choice should come as no surprise, as it continues the company's long-running stellar naming theme. Here's a rundown:Starship: SpaceX's next-generation launch vehicle, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever bui... View Source

Unlike the Leica SL3 and SL3-S, the new SL3-P doesn’t include the brand’s recognizable red dot badge on the front. | Image: Leica Camera Following the launch of the SL3 in 2024 and last year's SL3-S that was optimized for speed and capturing fast moving subjects, Leica announced the new SL3-P today delivering some of the best features from both of its predecessors. Like Leica's previous "P" varian... View Source

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place... View Source

Apple Inc. took the extreme measure of raising prices of Macs, iPads and home devices on Thursday, seeking to offset cost hikes caused by an unprecedented shortage of memory chips and storage... View Source

Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third instalment of James Cameron’s epic saga, has just landed not on the alien moon Pandora, but Disney+.Get a Disney+ and Hulu bundle subscription for just $11.99 a month, that's 50% cheaper per month!Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Kate Winslet, Avatar: Fire and Ash is available now to stream on Disney Plus. Right now, Disney Plus is offering one of the best... View Source

Apple is hiking prices in response to the ongoing memory shortage. On Thursday, the company adjusted the price of its new MacBook Neo, which will now start at $699 instead of $599, while the base MacBook Air will jump to $1,299 from $1,099, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The 14-inch MacBook Pro is getting an increase as well, going from $1,699 to $1,999. Meanwhile, the iPad Air will now start a... View Source

A lot of ink has been spilled on the programmers who got replaced by AI agents. But it doesn’t sound like it’s a whole better for the ones who avoided getting the axe, either. According to Deedy Das, a partner at the VC firm Menlo Ventures, the rapid embrace of AI tools is tearing companies apart by creating a “class divide” between brainless vibe coders and experienced eng... View Source

A $5 billion startup is putting humanoid robots to work in Texas. Joshua Brustein explains what it could mean for the potential of a machine-powered future. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google will allow developers to offer alternative billing in the US, the UK and Europe starting on June 30... View Source

If you stand outside the old Corn Exchange in Bristol, you'll see a clock with two minute hands above the entrance. One hand is set to London time, the other to Bristol's — ten minutes behind. The lag is because the sun reaches its peak over the second city a little bit after the first. Of course, when it comes to scheduling anything with bounds beyond one city, having two poses an issue. This is... View Source

Investors should switch their focus to defensive sectors if the artificial intelligence trade starts to unravel, according to Sebastian Raedler, head of European equity strategy at Bank of America Corp... View Source

Tempting, isn’t it? | Image: Phosgo I like the idea of a solar-powered electric bike, but I don't think anyone should buy the new Phosgo Go5 - not yet, anyway. This "world's first AI solar e-bike" promises to "eliminate range anxiety," and is sold by a new brand out of China hoping to make a big splash by selling direct-to-consumer through a global crowdfunding campaign. So many red flags here. Ac... View Source

The country's interim leader declared a state of emergency on Wednesday following shocks measuring 7.5 magnitude after two quakes hit in less than a minute... View Source

Google and Amazon will need to sustain premium pricing and strong user growth if they are to recoup their investments... View Source

Nothing will launch the entry-level Phone 4b on July 7... View Source

It’s day three of Prime Day, folks. We’re nearly 75 percent of the way through Amazon’s four-day sales event, and unsurprisingly, many deals are still sticking around. There have been all kinds of discounts on things like TVs, smart home gadgets, chargers, headphones, and more. Prime Day typically isn’t as big of a deal as Black Friday, but it’s a chance to get some s... View Source

Stephanie Guild, Robinhood CIO, joins Bloomberg’s Vonnie Quinn on “Bloomberg Brief” to break down the ramifications of Micron’s strong AI-driven earnings report, and how energy costs, computer memory, and supporting infrastructure are often overlooked elements in the AI trade. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Looking for a beginner-friendly telescope? Then you'll love Celestron's Nexstar SE range of go-to telescopes, which takes all the work out of stargazing. And, from the entry-level 4SE to the top-tier 8SE, their prices have been slashed for Prime Day. Save $100 on the Celestron Nexstar 4SE and $200 on the 8SE at Amazon — both of which we have reviewed and rate highly.As our expert noted, you can fi... View Source

The final settlement hearing will take place on January 14th, 2027. | Image: The Verge YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream customers may be eligible for a cash payout, after Disney agreed to pay $50 million to settle claims that it forced the services to increase their subscription prices. Anyone who was subscribed to YouTube TV or DirecTV Stream between April 1st, 2019, and March 31st, 2026 is eligible... View Source

Russian authorities used technology manufactured by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite to aid the prosecution of a prominent pro-democracy activist, according to a new report... View Source

Xbox is testing new features, including support for 15-character gamertags... View Source

The oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth was created 3.02 billion years ago in what's now Western Australia — not far from where we've seen the oldest traces of life on our planet.A rock formation in Western Australia's Pilbara region seems to offer evidence of an asteroid slamming into Earth's newly-formed rocky crust around 3.02 billion years ago. That makes the formation, called the North... View Source

SK Hynix Inc.’s push for a US listing is spurring talk of another prize for shareholders: a potentially higher market value that may narrow its gap with US rival Micron Technology Inc... View Source

A Florida Republican denies claims her team used AI to work on draft legislation, saying Claude was only used as spelling and grammar checker... View Source

The developer of an online game that was banned by the Philippines after a deadly school shooting said he was “heartbroken” by the incident, pledging to cooperate with authorities in Manila... View Source

Were you lucky enough to watch Project Hail Mary on the big screen? Then you'll want to snap up this Lego Icons Project Hail Mary set and it's cheaper than ever with this UK Prime Day.Save £16 on this Lego Icons Project Hail Mary set in the UK for its cheapest-ever price.Or, get it in the US at full price for $99.99 on Amazon, or Lego (but Lego has a 60 day wait).Yes, I'm a little bitter that I wa... View Source

This is what the new Creator Studio app looks like, after the original service was shuttered in 2023. | Image: Meta Meta is bringing back the Facebook Creator Studio page manager, now "reimagined" as a standalone AI companion app. The new app aims to make it easier for creators to connect with their audiences, and show them "exactly how to grow on Facebook," according to Meta's announcement. Meta'... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. added $13 billion to its planned India investments, accelerating its buildout of artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in the world’s most populous country... View Source

Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Sebastian Raedler, head of European equity strategy at Bank of America, discusses his concern that the tech rally is overdone after US chipmaker Micron gained on a blockbuster sales forecast. "Who is going to pay for this capital expenditure that is basically fueling the Micron demand," Raedler asks during an interview on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Amazon-owned Zoox has introduced its new autonomous vehicle meant for for large-scale production... View Source

Aumovio’s negotiations to secure memory chips for next year are proving difficult as artificial intelligence companies consume supplies of the key components. That's according to Jutta Doenges, chief financial officer of the German auto supplier, who spoke with Bloomberg Television anchor Anna Edwards at the Bloomberg New Voices event in Frankfurt on June 24. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It has been four years since I reviewed the Astronaut Starry Sky projector and donated it to my then one-year-old nephew to enjoy as part of his bedtime routine. Now five years old, he still insists on it being turned on every night, leaving it to fill up his bedroom with lights and lasers until it turns itself off after 90 minutes, thanks to the built-in timer.You can get this astronaut star proj... View Source

Micron Technology Inc., the largest US maker of computer memory chips, surged in late trading after its quarterly sales forecast crushed Wall Street estimates, signaling that an AI-fueled growth run remains strong... View Source

H.B. Fuller Co. is close to an agreement to acquire Advanced Medical Solutions Group Plc in a deal valuing the equity of the British maker of tissue-healing medical products at £628 million ($827 million)... View Source

Micron Technology Inc. surged in late trading after its quarterly sales forecast crushed Wall Street estimates, signaling that an AI-fueled growth run remains strong. The largest US maker of computer memory chips, said revenue will be approximately $50 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter, which runs through August. Bloomberg's Ruhell Amin breaks down the numbers. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Japanese and South Korean equities climbed, led by gains in the tech sector after Micron Technology Inc.’s upbeat forecast reignited confidence in the artificial-intelligence trade and brought relief to the market... View Source

OpenAI has rolled out an upgrade for the free model you interact with the most on ChatGPT... View Source

Japan’s regional banks are selling more senior bonds as the Bank of Japan’s latest interest-rate increase intensifies competition for deposits... View Source

DigitalBridge Group Inc. is considering options for Malaysia’s AIMS Data Centre Holding Sdn., including raising funds, bringing in new investors or an outright sale, according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares slid to a 16-month low in Hong Kong after Anthropic PBC accused the Chinese technology giant of “illicitly” accessing its artificial intelligence model... View Source

Kioxia Holdings Corp. intends to offer US depositary receipts in the spring of 2027 to take advantage of runaway investor demand for exposure to AI-related semiconductor shares... View Source

Stocks in Asia climbed alongside US equity futures after Micron Technology Inc.’s blowout sales outlook reignited confidence in the artificial-intelligence trade. Bloomberg's Anthony Stephens has the context on how the AI sector is trending. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Investment firms including Blackstone Inc. and Bain Capital have advanced to the second round of bidding for the real estate unit of Fuji Media Holdings Inc., people familiar with the matter said, in what’s likely to be Japan’s biggest-ever property deal... View Source

SpaceX + xAI + Tesla to WIN AGI Not Robotaxi. AGI supremacy. 2. Why merge at all? Because AI is WAY BIGGER than Robotaxi. Merging creates:$140B+ combined cash for AI spending Frictionless capital allocation (no board votes, no transfer pricing, no negotiations) One P&L, one balance sheet = Elon moves at max speed Peter Thiel ... Read more... View Source

With back-to-back announcements this week, SK Hynix Inc. and Micron Technology Inc. have solidified the memory chip market as the hottest part of the AI industry... View Source

David McGuinty, Canadian Defence Minister, discusses his trip to Tokyo, where he met with his counterpart, Japanese Defence Minister Shinjirō Koizumi, to discuss cooperation and investment into the defense industry. He says the nation is planning to send more warships to the region, to increase presence in Japan, Korea and the Philippines. He speaks exclusively with Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg: The As... View Source

This illustration depicts the Sun-like star TOI-791 and two giant planets that NASA’s TESS space telescope discovered in its orbit. These planets, designated TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, are roughly the size of Jupiter but a tiny fraction of its mass, meaning they have an extraordinarily low density.  NASA / Daniel Rutter Data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has reveal... View Source

The company has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit but has state backing and is already reportedly negotiating with dozens of countriesElon Musk’s Starlink has long dominated the satellite internet industry, but a Chinese government-backed project is aiming to challenge its position.SpaceSail has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit compared with Starlink’s 10,000-plus. B... View Source

Raj Ganguly, co-founder and co-CEO of B Capital, joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." They discuss how the use case for software is not going away and Ganguly's belief that enterprise services are the next wave AI growth. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Qualcomm Inc., trying to expand its dominance from mobile phone chips, forecast sales of more than $15 billion a year by fiscal 2029 in the booming market for AI components in data centers... View Source

Micron the largest US maker of computer memory chips, delivered a sales forecast that topped Wall Street estimates after AI-fueled shortages of the components sent prices soaring.  Bloomberg Intelligence Semiconductor Analyst Jake Silverman and Host of Bloomberg Tech Ed Ludlow react saying the earnings show Micron's pricing power. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A former executive of WPP Plc, one of the world’s biggest advertising companies, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court for taking bribes totaling 1.2 billion yuan ($176 million) with his ex-colleagues, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Farday Future hasn't quite given up on EVs, but it's now also pitching a lineup of robots, including humanoids and a quadruped with an optional canine heads... View Source

Right now he's merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index... 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 HSBC US Head of International Wealth, Asset MGMT & Global Private Banking Racquel Oden, Vanguard Investment Strategy Group Global Head of Capital Market Research Qian Wang, Morgan Health CEO Dan Mendelson, Novo Nordisk Exe... View Source

Artist’s rendering of the Moon’s South Pole region. Glowing points of light scattered across the lunar surface represent surface assets supporting sustained human and robotic operations near the South Pole.Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 30, to share updates to NASA’s plans to build a Moon Base on the lunar surfa... View Source

Shares of semiconductor stocks are soaring in extended trading on Wednesday, following a strong financial report from Micron Technology Inc. that underscored how artificial intelligence remains a major vector for growth... View Source

It's not the $80 physical edition we deserve, and it's also not the one we need right now... View Source

Representación digital de la región del Polo Sur lunar. Los puntos de luz brillantes esparcidos por la superficie lunar representan los componentes en superficie que apoyan las operaciones sostenidas con seres humanos y robots cerca del Polo Sur.Crédito: NASA Lea esta nota de prensa en inglés aquí.El administrador de la NASA, Jared Isaacman, ofrecerá una conversación virtual el martes 30 de junio... View Source

NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle. A new report from NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) warns that launch facilities at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia are approaching capacity as demand accelerates across the agency and the private sector... View Source

Microsoft just added a cheaper 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop to its lineup. Both models come equipped with 8GB of RAM instead of 16GB, costing $849 for the specced-down Surface Pro and $949 for the Surface Laptop, as spotted earlier by Windows Central. When the 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop launched in 2025, the base configurations offered 16GB of RAM and 256GB of... View Source

Three months ago, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the space agency was making a major pivot from building a space station in lunar orbit to a base on the surface. This "Ignition" event followed an earlier announcement in which NASA also said it was ending development of a new upper stage for its Space Launch System rocket. In the aftermath of these decisions, there was some grumbling—m... View Source

Jeff Sherman, Deputy Chief Investment officer at DoubleLine Capital, joined the program to analyze recent developments in the U.S. Treasury market. The discussion focused on recent moves in Treasury yields, including a notable drop in the 10-year yield by 10 basis points to just above 4.3%. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Artemis II Orion Vehicle Manager Branelle Rodriguez speaks at the Ion in Houston on May 28, 2026. Seven weeks after the Orion spacecraft returned four astronauts from humanity’s first crewed journey around the Moon since Apollo, Artemis II Orion Vehicle Manager Branelle Rodriguez reflected on the mission’s achievements and how it is shaping NA... View Source

Just days after a gunman killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, it became clear that President Donald Trump would use the assassination to fuel a crackdown on free speech. To avenge Kirk's death, the administration vowed to go after so-called "antifa" (otherwise known as antifascist) terrorists. Now that promise is bearing fruit. This week, eight Texas activists were sentenced to between 30 an... View Source

Dan Mendelson, CEO of Morgan Health, highlighted the disproportionate impact of rising health insurance costs on small businesses in the U.S., citing premium increases of 20-25% as a significant challenge. He explained that cost drivers include expensive new medical technologies like GLP-1 drugs and labor costs, which constitute about 70% of hospital expenses. He speaks with Romaine Bostick &... View Source

NASA will begin mapping the galactic bulge with a mission later this summer... View Source

In 2025, the European Space Agency dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid turned its attention to the heart of the Milky Way for just 26 hours. In just over one day, Euclid was able to create the largest and most detailed photo of this region of our galaxy ever made.The image, packed with 60 million stars, could help scientists hunt for extrasolar planets, exoplanets, in this region known as th... View Source

Deepwater Asset Management Managing Partner Gene Munster breaks down Micron earnings on "Bloomberg The Close." He says hyperscalers will grow faster for longer than investors expected. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 processor. | Image: Microsoft A critique published in Nature Wednesday calls the basic technology behind Microsoft's "breakthrough" quantum computing chip the Majorana 1 into question. Microsoft unveiled the chip in February 2025 and said it featured a brand-new technology known as a topological qubit. Topological qubits, they said, would be the "building blocks" for their f... View Source

Once again, a bot has barged its way into trouble. During a SWAT response in Arizona last week, a DoorDash delivery robot apparently wanted a piece of the action and refused to leave the area, 12 News reports. The shopping cart-sized robot, known as Dot, was on its way to deliver food on June 15 when it bumbled it into the kitted-out cops in the middle of a pretty serious operation. The Chandler P... View Source

Micron Technology Inc. delivered a sales forecast that topped Wall Street estimates after AI-fueled shortages of components sent prices soaring. Revenue is projected to be $50 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter. Earnings come in at $25.31. Matt Bryson of Wedbush Securities reacts. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It's a spicy start for the AI company's collaboration with the chip maker... View Source

NASA/Amber Jean Notvest In this June 21, 2026, photo, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge. After offloading and transportation to the spaceport’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Roman will undergo processing ahead of launch, targeted no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Named for NASA’s first chief ast... View Source

Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios' brash experimental superhero series, "Spider-Noir," is a refreshing treat that revitalizes the fading genre with a cool film noir twist. Showcasing the "Spider-Man Noir" comics character seen in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", it stars Nicholas Cage as a 1930s New York City private detective named Ben Reilly who moonlights as the nocturnal aven... View Source

Bloomberg's Jennifer Surane joins Dani Burger and Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Deals." Abu Dhabi’s MGX has raised close to $50 billion from regional and global investors to accelerate spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and technology, according to people familiar with the matter. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

6 Min Read Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Roman This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will repeatedly observe during the upcoming years. Credits: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-... View Source

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says her staff used AI for "spellcheck" in an amendment summary for a major defense bill, but denies it was used for the bill text itself and says "NO Legislation is ever drafted with AI." Luna issued the response after accounts on X began sharing screenshots of an amendment summary for the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. It reads: "Identical to H.R. 100 (118... View Source

This curious phenomenon was documented by the seismometer at the University of Bergen, which recorded slight vibrations whenever the national team scored a goal... View Source

More than 40 people have drowned in France over the past five days as the country is scorched by a brutal heatwave. French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu announced the deaths at an emergency cabinet meeting Tuesday, calling them a “tragic scourge,” per The New York Times. Most occurred while swimming in unsupervised areas like lakes and canals, with many of the victims teenagers... View Source

Bloomberg's Ryan Gould joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Qualcomm said it is acquiring Modular for about $3.9 billion in stock, adding artificial intelligence software capabilities that will aid its push into data centers. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

It's a Kickstarter from an unknown brand that wants to offer a classier fitness tracker... View Source

2 Min Read NASA’s HiRISE Captures Perseverance Marking a Milestone on Mars PIA26726 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s HiRISE Captures… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s HiRISE Captures Perseverance Marking a Milestone on Mars JPEG (492.31 KB) PIA26726 Figure A PNG (1... View Source

If League of Legends and Valorant players have the right hardware and elect to opt into "pre-boot security mechanisms and Windows' own native protection features," then, starting today, they can switch the Vanguard anti-cheat software from always-on to one that's "on demand." With "Vanguard Pre-Check," the kernel-level driver won't launch when your system does, according to a blog post from Philli... View Source

The rebound in blank-check companies is proving to be a useful route to public markets for companies involved in the artificial intelligence-data center build-out, said Betsy Cohen, a veteran of SPAC dealmaking... View Source

If you have a half-decent internet connection, you can probably turn "Data Saver" off... View Source

Rockstar Games has finally given Grand Theft Auto VI a price ahead of the game's November 19th launch. But while announcing that the game would cost $79.99, Rockstar also confirmed that the physical versions of GTA VI won't include a disc, and instead will only contain a download code inside the box. Not only is that a disappointing decision for people who like to own physical games, but given the... View Source

Two leading artificial intelligence researchers at Alphabet Inc.’s Google are planning to leave for rival Anthropic PBC, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a series of high-profile departures that risk undercutting the search giant’s position in AI.Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both viewed internally as key contributors to Google’s Gemini AI model, are set to move to the... View Source

According to Automotive News, the cult-favorite Honda Element could return in 2029 as a small hybrid SUV... View Source

Could Martian mudstones be holding evidence of ancient microbes? New findings strengthen the case that the Red Planet once held life. New data from NASA's Perseverance rover has revealed complex carbon in two Martian mudstones found in Mars' Jezero crater, the same location where previous evidence of possible ancient life has been found. Scientists think this macromolecular (meaning large) complex... View Source

Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years agoNasa’s Perseverance rover has detected complex carbon molecules in Martian rocks that are already in the spotlight for bearing potential signatures of ancient microbial life.Measurements taken by the rover’s Sherloc instrument identified organic carbon in mudstones from the Bright Angel ou... View Source

Alex Bores (D-NY) enters his watch party at The Freehand Hotel after conceding the congressional race to Micah Lasher who will replace Rep Jerry Nadler (D-NY) in NY's 12th Congressional District on June 23, 2026 in New York City. | Photo by Laura Brett/Getty Images. The expensive, $27 million political proxy war between Anthropic and OpenAI came to a draw last night when Alex Bores, a New York sta... View Source

Earlier this year, president Donald Trump was caught executing thousands of stock trades — only to directly inflate their values by publicly praising them or lowering regulatory hurdles they face. Ironically, the same grift is struggling at his own enterprise. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), a company being publicly traded under the president’s initials, DJT, is doing horribly. Sh... View Source

Andreessen Horowitz LLC General Partner David George, an investor in SpaceX, said the “rapid reusability” of the new Starship rocket will be crucial to delivering on Elon Musk’s bet on orbital data centers to expand AI computing capacity... View Source

While the court still hasn't signed off on the massive settlement resolving Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google for having a monopoly over Android's app store with Google Play, the tech giant says it will start rolling out changes to the way it handles billing for developers worldwide. As announced in March, the flat 30 percent billing fee is being replaced by "lower, decoupled fees" that part... View Source

David George, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz LLC and early SpaceX investor, says Elon Musk's newly public company has the capability to pull off the big bet on artificial-intelligence computing capacity in space. He speaks with Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SpaceX will launch another batch of its Starlink satellites from California's central coast tonight (June 24), and you can watch the action live.A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 11:19 p.m. EDT (8:19 p.m. local time; 0319 GMT on June 25), carrying 24 of the broadband spacecraft to low Earth orbit (LEO).You can watch the launch live via SpaceX; c... View Source

If you’re looking for a good deal without spending hundreds, Prime Day discounts have pushed some of our favorite products under $50. You can pick up everything from Nintendo Switch games to Bluetooth speakers while sticking to your budget. We’ll keep this post updated throughout the sale as we find new deals and low prices, and make sure to check out our other coverage of Prime Day for deals that... View Source

SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO earlier this month made Elon Musk, who was already the wealthiest person in the world by net value, unfathomably rich. After shares rallied to a peak of $225 on June 16, a stunning 50 percent rise over their opening price, Musk officially became the world’s very-first trillionaire — an obscene hyper-capitalist milestone highlighting the tech oligarchy’s i... View Source

Micron, which will publish earnings after the bell, has become one of the most important stocks in the world. Shares are up nearly 300% this year. Investors want to see what the memory-chip maker tells them about the AI rally. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow breaks down what to look out for. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Victim's family files wrongful death suit following Tesla crash in Texas... View Source

Not found what you want this Prime Day? That's where our round-up of the best summer streaming deals comes in, from HBO Max to Paramount Plus and beyond. Admittedly, a couple of these deals may put a few pennies in Jeff's pocket, but take advantage of these deals and you can shut out Prime Day and lose yourself in a world of sci-fi and superheroes. Save 50% on a combined six-month Disney Plus and... View Source

UK-based staff at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia, are pushing forward with their unionization drive. On Wednesday, the staff sent a letter to WMF management requesting the organization voluntarily recognize the union. "The WMF has undergone a period of significant change in recent months, escalating workers' concerns over transparency, trust, and the organisa... View Source

Like the Narcissus from ancient Greek mythology, president Donald Trump has been peering into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to look at his own reflection — or at least his looming legacy. But unlike the mythical hunter, Trump did not like what he saw. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, Trump has been going to extreme lengths to turn the 2,000-by-600-foot body of water into a crys... View Source

Ya llegó la computación cuántica. Pero, ¿qué es?... View Source

Astronauts on the ISS had an epic microgravity kickoff with a FIFA soccer ball, as the agency highlighted how soccer balls are influenced by space research.NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts got the official FIFA World Cup ball rolling, zero-G style, in the Kibo module of the International Space Station. The impromptu match, published on X June 20, formed part of NASA's push to explai... View Source

Figma has unveiled some new design and coding product updates at its annual Config conference that aim to help creatives "push their ideas further" and automate tedious tasks with AI. Part of this is a reimagined canvas that's now optimized for full-stack development, according to Figma, bringing teams, AI agents, tools, and materials "together in one place." Notable callouts include coding layers... View Source

This startup thinks it has the perfect location for a data center: your house. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Liam Denning explains. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The Nikon Z8 is an exceptional camera, so much so that our Senior Manager, Jase, bought one recently for astrophotography. Unlucky for them, though, as they paid full price for it.Since Jase's Nikon Z8 review, there have been several price drops during sales events like Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday, but we've yet to see it as cheap as Walmart's current price of $3,189.95. This is $80 less tha... View Source

If you’re looking for a circulating fan that can move air around your home better than the average model, Amazon has marked down the SwitchBot Standing Circulator Fan to $89.99 (usually $129.99) for Prime Day. The battery-powered upright fan tilts vertically and oscillates horizontally, and it is adjustable from 18 to 40 inches in height, giving it more versatility than other fans at this pr... View Source

How long does it take to convert soggy coffee grounds into a highly efficient fuel source? About as long as it takes to brew a fresh pot of java, researchers say. According to a press release from South Korea’s National Research Council of Science and Technology, a team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have developed a method to convert spent... View Source

Led by Bloomberg's Emily Chang and Tom Giles, Bloomberg Tech 2026 brought together the leading CEOs, investors, and innovators who are harnessing technology to change the world around us. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The 8BitDo Arcade Controller Pro is a subtle update for hardcore fighting game fans... View Source

Avatar: Fire and Ash was a box office smash hit when it dropped in December 2025, and it's easy to see why. Compelling characters, breathtaking action, beautiful environments, and an array of wondrous alien creatures.We've explored the strange creatures of the Avatar universe before, but now that the third movie has finally hit Disney+, we're taking another look at three more awe-inspiring alien c... View Source

A lot of readers are buying all kinds of Kindles. | Photo by Andrew Liszewski / The Verge There are an overwhelming number of Prime Day deals to sort through, which is why we spend so much time highlighting products we’ve already tested and can stand behind. But our recommendations are only one way to identify a worthwhile deal: another is seeing which products fellow Verge readers actually... View Source

SK Hynix Inc. is seeking 45.45 trillion won ($29.4 billion) in a US listing, tapping investor demand for high-flying memory-chip stocks even after a major selloff shook the group this week... View Source

Google Wallet will about to make TSA Precheck easier... View Source

OpenAI has just revealed a new "intelligence processor" chip for AI servers made in partnership with Broadcom. The chip, called Jalapeño, is designed to power current and future large language models, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Jalapeño is an ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit), meaning it's designed for a specific purpose: AI inference. With AI inference,... View Source

Usually, a SpaceX test flight of a brand new spacecraft is accompanied with bellowing fanfare. Thousands of people tune into high-definition livestreams, watching as the drama — and fireworks — unfurl across the sky. But just less than two weeks after its blockbuster IPO, Elon Musk’s rocket company has chosen to keep its latest prototype test launch under tight wraps. Why? Very likely becaus... View Source

OpenAI and Broadcom Inc. have developed a custom artificial intelligence chip called Jalapeno. OpenAI is now testing the samples. The companies say this chip can cut costs by 50%. Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Researchers using JWST are finding clues about comet 3I/ATLAS' origins. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Martin Cordiner (CUA, NASA-GSFC); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI))NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finding clues that are leading scientists closer to understanding the origins of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. What is it? Comet 3I/ATLAS captured the world's attention when it... View Source

If you’re sick of your devices running out of juice early into the evening just as you’re about to go out, Prime Day is a great time to pick up a new power bank or charging brick. We’ve rounded up the best deals on a range of discounted charging equipment, from power banks and wall chargers that support the latest Qi2 standard to surge protectors with long cords and plenty of ports and adapters fo... View Source

For its 13 years in businesses, robot security company Knightscope has weathered a remarkable run of self-inflicted disasters. Founded “in response to the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook, the Boston bombings, and the attacks of 9/11” — that’s taken verbatim from the company’s About page — Knightscope has transformed from a pie-in-the-sky robotics startup to a corporate has-b... View Source

OpenAI unveiled its first custom artificial intelligence chip developed in partnership with Broadcom Inc., part of a bid by the ChatGPT maker to gain an edge by tailoring hardware to better run its AI products... View Source

It's way more convenient, but way less efficient... View Source

5 Min Read Career Spotlight: Electrician (Ages 14-18) What does an electrician do? Electricity powers the world, and electricians are the ones who get it where it needs to go. An electrician is an expert who is trained to make sure electrical systems and equipment are installed safely and working correctly. Electricians are involved in a variety of systems, including power, lighting, communication... View Source

New details have emerged about Valor's latest fund, which last year announced it was raising an unspecified amount of capital... View Source

The Google TV Streamer 4K is more than just a terrific streaming device. It can also act as a smart home hub, letting you control all major smart home devices directly from your TV. Thanks to Prime Day, it’s now on sale for $74.99 at Amazon for Prime members, matching its best price to date. The streamer usually retails for $99.99, making this a $25 discount. If you don’t subscribe to Prime,... View Source

The SpaceX IPO has been a windfall for investors — or most of them, at any rate. But there’s a fear at the back of their minds that they just can’t shake off. What if a significant number of buyers turn tail and become sellers, dumping their SpaceX stock and leaving the most loyal Elon Musk fans holding the bag? It hasn’t happened yet, since the vast majority of investors for the... View Source

In the early days of the US and Israeli war on Iran, situation monitors were abuzz at the revelation that the Pentagon had used top large language models to identify targets for annihilation via air strikes. Those targets included civilian buildings like Tehran’s Azadi Sport Complex, a historic stadium which once hosted World Cup matches, and the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school, in a b... View Source

Following its mega-IPO, shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketed to new heights, peaking at just over $222 on Tuesday morning. But as any rocket company knows, what comes up must come down. Shares started to tumble on Tuesday and then Wednesday, wiping out well over $100 billion in market capitalization. Shares slipped by almost five percent on Wednesday alone, the company’s first day of... View Source

AI has wormed its way into every crevice of the 2026 World Cup. It’s dreaming up sloppified soccer jerseys, collating thousands of on-field data points, and even guarding venues in the form of robot surveillance dogs that presumably can’t be bribed with sausage. Yet for all its busywork, AI remains blissfully ignorant on the one metric that matters: who wins and who loses. During what... View Source

If you Google “SCP-565” — an iconic entry in the collaborative fan fiction universe known as the “SCP Foundation” — the company’s AI Overviews describes the nonexistent entity as though it were entirely real, without a single acknowledgement that it’s a piece of online horror fiction. “SCP-565 (also known as ‘Ed’s Head’) is an anomalous,... View Source

An angry customer is suing Anthropic on behalf of all users of its priciest subscription tiers. In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, Karl Kahn accuses the Claude AI maker of misleading customers about the usage limits on its “Max 5x” and “Max 20x” plans and is seeking reimbursement, The Wall Street Journal reports, in a sign of the pushback Anthropic, and other AI labs, are r... View Source

At first, it felt like the sky was the limit. After its blockbuster Wall Street debut on Friday, SpaceX shares spiked dramatically as pent-up demand pushed the stock up to the $220s per share. But investors are Elon Musk’s rocket company soon started asking some tough questions, with shares falling into steady decline this week, wiping out most of those initial gains. Shares slipped by almos... View Source

After SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO last week, it’s facing an agonizing crunch to show investors that it has a viable path to profitability. Fortunately for its CEO Elon Musk, he’s spent years currying favor with any politicians who might stand in his way. He threw his whole weight behind Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2024, giving him extraordinary sway over the White... View Source

Law enforcement agencies across the world have rushed to integrate AI into their investigations, promising faster arrests and higher case closure rates. The rising number of wrongful arrests attributed to AI facial recognition systems, however, tells another story: that speed and accuracy are two entirely different things. But while false arrests due to facial recognition software can easily be bl... View Source

For many years, both NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have struggled to contain persistent leaks plaguing the International Space Station. The aging orbital output has been through two decades of continuous habitation, and it’s really starting to show its age. In particular, a short tunnel section dubbed PrK, which connects the Russian Zvezda module to the station’s aft docki... View Source

A leak has revealed new details about Dialog, a secret society started by billionaire Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel — and man, does it sound weird. Dialog, an exclusive group cofounded by Thiel back in 2006, convenes yearly for an off-the-record retreat at which “leaders” discuss “topics,” according to the organization’s extremely vague website. But as Wired rep... View Source

Scientists continue to investigate the potential clinical use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms, for everything from a potential anti-aging treatment to therapy for depression and anxiety. Some have even suggested it could even be an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating neurodegenerative condition that affects more than seven million Amer... View Source

AI is revolutionizing cyberattacks, as advancements in the tech allow bad actors to find and exploit unknown vulnerabilities in software across the web. If there were ever a time to shore up your security habits — or maybe just nuke your entire digital history — it’s now. A pair of terrifying stories dropped this week highlighting exactly how vulnerable all of us are right now. One... View Source

OpenAI, a company currently fighting more than a dozen consumer safety and wrongful death lawsuits, just hired Noam Shazeer — a cofounder of the notorious AI companion startup Character.AI, which has settled a pile of lawsuits over teen suicides linked to its chatbots and weathered an almost comical number of other controversies about inappropriate interactions on its service. Shazeer, a... View Source

Researchers at Caltech are gearing up to begin construction on what could become the most sensitive and fastest radio telescope array ever built. The ambitions are staggeringly vast. Once completed in 2029, the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA) will feature a whopping 1,650 radio dishes, each measuring just shy of 20 feet across, spanning an area of 12 by 10 miles in a remote Nevada desert valley. To put... View Source

One consequence of climate change you probably haven’t considered? Iceberg traffic. In a new study published in the journal Nature, researchers from the Technical University of Denmark found that Greenland’s melting glaciers are unleashing a swarm of icebergs into the wider ocean, gumming up shipping routes and unexpectedly transforming marine ecosystems. “We know from measuremen... View Source

Whether you’re dodging Flock cameras on the freeway, ever-listening smartphones in your pocket, or AI bots at the drive-thru, it’s nearly impossible to avoid some type of AI-integrated device these days. Now it turns out that not even your grocery store is safe, as Instacart increasingly deploys AI smart carts to grocery stores across the United States. In a recent joint press release,... View Source

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only known satellite in the solar system to feature an atmosphere, which is almost 50 percent bigger than the Earth’s. And while NASA’s Dragonfly mission is still many years from launch, the space agency’s scientists are already wondering how the moon could fit into our distant future efforts to move beyond our home planet. In a new pape... View Source

We hear a lot about how college students are happy to use AI to help with their studies, if not churn out entire assignments. But is this too one-sided a narrative? Many appear to be having the opposite experience with the tech. Jeff Sharlet, a writing professor at Dartmouth College, said that his students are consumed by “resignation” and “despair” as they find themselves... View Source

AI slop has become practically inescapable on social media, with low-rent and at-times terrifying AI-generated videos drowning out human creators across platforms. Even the vertical video darling TikTok has fallen victim. According to a new report by San Francisco-based video editing company Kapwing, almost 60 percent of videos being served to new users on the app’s algorithmic “For Yo... View Source

In a world of mouse jigglers and workplace surveillance, there’s a clear divide between employees who wish to be left alone to their work, and their bosses who want to maximize productivity. Unfortunately for the desk jockeys of the world, managers will soon have yet another tool to keep track of their staff. Called Workplace Check-in, the new program is an extension of an already existing M... View Source

It’s official folks: El Niño is upon us. For some, that means get ready for an unseasonable deluge of rain; for others, things are about to get a lot dryer. And for a huge swathe of the world, the coming months are going to be scorching, as climate researchers warn about the potential for one of the hottest summers in the record books. Sure enough, the summer heat is already on our doorstep,... View Source

Companies that went all-in on using generative AI tools are developing a major “workslop” problem. In their pursuit to boost productivity, become less reliant on human labor, and reassure investors that they’re riding the cutting edge of tech, some nagging issues are cropping up. As the Harvard Business Review points out, over-relying on AI can prove disastrous for organizational... View Source

It’s not exactly straightforward to navigate New York City by car. Manhattan, in particular, is a confusing maze of one way streets, pedestrians are everywhere, construction zones can bring traffic to a standstill, and the weather weather varies immensely. But beyond the many practical challenges Waymo’s fleet of self-driving vehicles would face on New York City’s roads, what... View Source

For artists, it’s bad enough that AI companies scraped their artwork without permission or compensation. In a saner age, we’d recognize that for what it is: theft. And it’s even worse that so-called AI “artists” glibly go out of their way to ape the specific style of an actual artist — all while sincerely believing they’re an “artist” themselves for... View Source

Workplace morale at Meta is in a tailspin after Mark Zuckerberg and his executive crew slashed thousands of jobs to free up more funds for AI. Usually when rank-and-file morale takes a nosedive, corporate bosses are reticent to acknowledge it head-on, preferring instead to offer a buffet of HR-solutionism like resilience training, pulse surveys, and the dreaded team-building exercise. Evidently, t... View Source

Not that anyone in power is going to care, but there’s even more evidence that Americans are coming to overwhelmingly loathe AI — despite, or perhaps because, they’re using chatbots more than ever. In a sweeping new poll conducted by Pew Research, only 16 percent of respondents said they believed AI will have a positive impact on society — a number as dismal as the perception of the te... View Source

Sometimes it feels like no good deed goes unpunished. You can’t hand out food to the homeless without getting arrested, nor can you leave water for people in the desert without facing decades in prison. And don’t even think about volunteering your time to pick trash out of the river — a lesson environmental lawyer Paul Powlesland is learning the hard way. According to the Guardian, Pow... View Source

Debates have raged for years over whether electric vehicles are really better for the environment than old-school ones with internal combustion engines. Often taking the form of harried Facebook posts or Twitter polemics, gas defenders argue that the environmental impact of the typical EV — from mining the metals used to make the lithium-ion batteries to charging the thing before a drive — far out... View Source

Before playing at this year’s World Cup, the Ivory Coast soccer player Elye Wahi was arrested on alleged fixing offences. Wahi, who plays for the French side Nice, hasn’t been formally charged yet, but what he’s accused of doing is emblematic of a new wave of scandals sweeping across sports. As The Athletic reports, he didn’t make a conspicuous error or stop trying to score... View Source

Sometimes we like convenience stores for their charm as much as their actual convenience. Now, a new one popping up in Hong Kong is hoping to endear customers and crank up the novelty factor by having the whole thing be run by a single humanoid robot. The South China Morning Post reports that it’ll be the first of its kind to open in the bustling city. Plopped on the Hung Hom waterfront, the... View Source

Could smoking weed protect your aging brain? A study recently highlighted by The Washington Post suggests it might. Led by the Salk Institute, the work focused on a cannabinoid called cannabinol, which is a byproduct of THC, the active ingredient in pot responsible for its psychoactive effects. In experiments using human brain cell cultures and animal cells, the researchers found that cannabinol a... View Source

Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO was off to a gangbusters start. Even at an unprecedented valuation of almost $2 trillion, shares shot into space like precious cargo atop a Falcon 9 rocket, soaring from an opening price of $151 to an all-time high days later of over $225 early Tuesday. Everything seemed like it was going to plan. A strategically-timed AI startup acquisition early last week convinced even mo... View Source

After a brief pop its blockbuster IPO earlier this month, shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX are starting to drop out of the sky: shares have plummeted back down to around $167 by Monday morning, wiping out all their gains from last week. The initial warning signs were certainly there. As the Financial Times revealed over the weekend, SpaceX received a brutal report card one day ahead of its IPO f... View Source

A grandmother in Texas was killed after a Tesla allegedly in self-driving mode swerved off the road and crashed into her family’s home. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said that the driver of the vehicle, a Tesla Model 3, veered out of the lane, left the roadway, and failed to make a right turn before slamming into the home at a high speed on Friday evening, local broadcaster KHOU 1... View Source

The adage, “data is the new currency,” has taken on a whole new meaning in a society obsessed with AI. The prevailing thinking is that with more data, AI models will continue to improve dramatically, turning the training input into a highly valuable resource or capability. Some startups are taking this notion to the extreme. As the BBC reports, an AI company called Micro AGI is sending... View Source

After a stratospheric IPO, shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX startled tumbling last week, like a flailing Starship prototype struggling to keep its orientation during its descent. On Monday, the company suffered its biggest single-day loss yet, with shares sliding over 13 percent, hitting a brutal $158 by mid-afternoon. That’s all the way down from its all-time high of over $225 on June 16... View Source

After cementing himself as the leader of one of the top AI companies in the world, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has some biting criticism for his rival tech executives. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Nadella raged that tech companies have been a little too honest in how they spin the trillion-dollar AI race — an industry dictated by a few major tech companies that have dragged the wo... View Source

With a net worth beyond the trillion-dollar mark, comparisons between Elon Musk to the robber barons of America’s Gilded Age basically write themselves. Even Musk seems to think so, bragging in a SpaceX investor presentation that “we’re kind of like Union Pacific,” name-dropping the powerful 19th century rail empire. As if often the case, Musk was speaking glibly and with n... View Source

So far in 2026, the top US state for tornadoes isn’t Kansas or Oklahoma, but the unlikely state of Illinois. From the start of the year to June 21, Illinois was rocked by at least 196 confirmed tornadoes — which is 110 more than any other state, the Weather Channel reported, referencing data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That’s an astonishing number of Torna... View Source

A24 has spent years carefully crafting its image as a canny underdog studio that platforms artist driven films. It commands incredible loyalty among moviegoers, with its brand often preceding the names of the actual talent involved in its production. A new movie is an A24 movie, director or lead actor be damned. But with incredible loyalty also comes incredible disappointment. On Monday, The Wall... View Source

Following a blockbuster IPO earlier this month, Elon Musk’s SpaceX experienced a rude awakening. The rocket company’s shares have now been sliding for four consecutive days, wiping out nearly all the gains the public offering had initially made. Now the broader stock market is experiencing a similar and intensifying sell-off. S&P 500 futures slid 1.6 percent on Tuesday, while Nasda... View Source

Psychiatrists and other researchers are still working to understand the phenomenon known as “AI psychosis,” in which users of chatbots enter into delusional mental health crises following intensive use of the tech. A new paper proposes an intriguing new way to understand AI-fueled delusional spirals — and the chatbot-embedded design features that may reinforce unreality. The paper... View Source

Elon Musk’s SpaceX went stratospheric following its June 12 IPO, soaring from an opening price of $150 to an all-time high of just over $225, inflating its market cap to just shy of $3 trillion. But in the days that followed, many investors started getting cold feet, wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars in value as the shares slid, slowly at first, before accelerating their return to t... View Source

There was apparently one threat that the centibillion dollar AI firm OpenAI, and its multitrillion dollar partner Amazon, could not countenance: an unflattering biopic about Sam Altman, the former venture’s CEO and cofounder. Though it was nearly completed, the Luca Guadagnino directed film, titled “Artificial,” was suddenly dumped by Amazon-owned MGM Studios, Puck News first rep... View Source

With trillions of dollars on the line, it should come as no surprise that tech companies are spending gobs of cash on the upcoming US midterm elections. What is surprising is the scale of electoral financing, as certain newly-founded AI super PACs are now spending more on candidates than the candidates are spending on themselves. According to reporting by the Los Angeles Times, political finance g... View Source

Let it never be said that he makes small swings. President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders today to drive research in the quantum computing industry, with the purported aim of accelerating scientific research and safeguarding the country against cybersecurity threats that advances in the tech could pose. Quantum computing, moreover, is expected to dovetail with advances in AI, and i... View Source

According to president Donald Trump’s annual medical exam, results of which were released last month, the 80-year-old’s body mass index is close to the threshold for clinical obesity. His doctor has also recommended more exercise and wean off his daily aspirin intake. The president’s health has long been a source of rampant speculation, from theories that he had suffered a stroke... View Source

Meta’s controversial program that spied on its employees’ computers has backfired spectacularly.  Though its chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth assured that the data it collected would be “tightly controlled,” the company is now pausing the tracking program after sensitive employee information was leaked internally, according to reports from Business Insider and... View Source

Though the data centers undergirding the AI boom are becoming hugely unpopular with US voters, companies like Amazon are making it clear they won’t tolerate any dissent within their ranks. According to recent reporting from the New York Times, Amazon is now investigating three company engineers who spoke at a Seattle city council meeting in favor of a one-year moratorium on new data centers... View Source

The Google Home Speaker is the first new device of its kind to come from Alphabet Inc. in six years. In that time, Google has reshaped itself as an industry leader in artificial intelligence, with its Gemini platform now ubiquitous across consumer hardware like smartphones and web services like Search, Workspace and YouTube... View Source

Google's new speaker is a modest update, but the question is whether Gemini is a good smart home assistant... View Source

The head of the European Space Agency has issued a wakeup call to decision makers amid partners cancelling missions and geopolitical changes affecting the space sector, calling for Europeans to be pilots rather than passengers.In a LinkedIn post published last month, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher stated that recent decisions taken by the United States to pause the l... View Source

The Speaker comes in four colors… but red is the way. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said "Hey, Google." In fact, in two days of testing, the speaker's three microphones haven't misse... View Source

Middlemen lurking on message apps like WeChat offer access to company employees they say can grant favors for a price... View Source

Lego is amazing, and Lego Star Wars in particular. The fact that you can spend $1000 on a gigantic Death Star set is a clear sign it's not just for kids. But there's a catch; Lego retires sets, meaning that, unless you're willing to pay silly prices on eBay, they're forever out of your reach. Oh, sure, Lego might need space for new sets, and stores likewise, but that's no excuse to rob builders of... View Source

With its new pickup, Slate Auto is making a simple bet: price matters more than almost anything else. The company announced today that the American-made electric truck will start at $24,950, placing it squarely in the mid-$20,000 price range it had originally promised and making it the least expensive pickup truck and EV available today. At a time when the average new vehicle costs nearly twice th... View Source