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A director at a company that sells computer vulnerabilities has been charged with stealing secrets to sell to an unspecified buyer in Russia, according to a court document and people familiar with the matter... View Source

The last 12 months have been pretty depressing for anyone invested in the long-term future of Xbox and the general health of the games industry. Back in May, Microsoft laid off 3 percent of its global workforce, with the company’s gaming division being one of the big casualties, and a number of upcoming titles were subsequently canceled. It painted a picture of a brand in crisis, but according to... View Source

Chiron is forming a ring system, and scientists seem to have caught the action... View Source

Amazon is launching a new AI-powered tool that’s supposed to help you choose which product to buy. Now, when you look at multiple similar items on Amazon’s app or mobile website, it may display a “Help me decide” button that picks one for you based on your browsing activity, searches, shopping history, and preferences. As an example, Amazon says if you’re buying a new camping tent, its AI tool wil... View Source

A revamped visa program launched by China earlier this month threatens to lure away American technology talent just as the Trump administration is raising barriers for skilled workers and graduate students to enter the US, the top Democrat on the House China committee said... View Source

If you're in the market for a budget-friendly home security camera (or even several), the Blink Mini 2 may be worth considering. A two-pack of the cameras is on sale at Amazon as the bundle has dropped from $70 to $28. That's a discount of 60 percent, which is certainly nothing to shake at. This is also a better price than the $35 we saw for the cameras during Prime Day. Amazon recently revealed a... View Source

The Potensic Atom 2 is an affordable sub-250 g drone with performance, features and functionality seen with mid-range drone models within this competitive category... View Source

The Razer logo on the trackpad is less apparent on the black version (also, Razer got the stick layout right this time). | Image: Razer Razer is launching the Raiju V3 Pro, a $219.99 wireless controller made for the PlayStation 5 and PC. It’s an alternative to Sony’s $199.99 DualSense Edge, which it shares many traits in common with, like adjustable trigger pull distances, swappable rear paddles,... View Source

It would have seemed almost unthinkable for most private credit managers just a few years ago: Updating the value of their portfolios on a monthly basis... View Source

Maxi Boch isn’t done with Baby Steps. Boch has enjoyed a productive career in game development and she knows how it feels to be creatively finished with a project. She experienced it at various points with Rock Band, Dance Central, Fantasia: Music Evolved and Ape Out, but on Baby Steps’ launch day, done was not the vibe.“I've been in the industry for a long time; I shipped broken strumbars fo... View Source

The super-Earth exoplanet is "one of the best candidates in the search for an atmospheric signature of life."... View Source

The new X-T30 III is the same size as the previous model and features the same 26.1MP sensor. | Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced the third iteration of its entry-level X-T30 interchangeable lens camera. The original debuted in 2019, while the X-T30 II launched in 2021 with minimal upgrades. The new Fujifilm X-T30 III also isn’t a complete reimagining of the camera, carrying forward the previ... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out a new AI-powered tool that will recommend a specific product when shoppers are feeling overwhelmed with options... View Source

Meta has removed a deepfake AI video of Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, which featured a false depiction of the politician saying that she's withdrawing from the election. According to The Irish Times, the AI-generated video was shared nearly 30,000 times on Facebook just days before Ireland's election on October 24 prior to it being removed from the website. Connolly ca... View Source

Netflix is bringing the Stranger Things series finale to theaters. The show’s final episode will hit theaters at the same time it premieres on the streaming service on December 31st at 8PM ET. It’ll be available in more than 350 theaters across the US and Canada, and will run through January 1st, 2026. The finale, titled “The Rightside Up,” is two hours long and marks the first time a Netflix epis... View Source

It’s been one year since Nike CEO Elliott Hill took the helm of the world’s largest sportswear company, with the one-time intern helping blunt a long-time sales slump. Bloomberg TV's Romaine Bostick sits down with three key players in Hill’s offensive strategy: Nike President Amy Montagne, Chief Innovation, Design & Product Officer Phil McCartney and Nike Chief Science Officer Matt Nurse. They... View Source

Tesla said it "achieved record vehicle deliveries globally" for the third quarter of 2025 with a total of 497,099 vehicles delivered. It also reported a record-breaking revenue of $28.1 billion, which is 12 percent higher than the same quarter in 2024. Tesla's net income, however, slid by 37 percent year-over-year, due to several factors, namely lower EV prices, an increase in spend... View Source

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Prime Video's post-apocalyptic saga returns in December and heads straight for Sin City... View Source

Clean and simple? Yes. Weird and jarring? Also yes. Leica is announcing a new type of M-mount camera, its first that’s not actually a rangefinder. The new M EV1 is based on the M11-P from 2023, but it strips out the traditional rangefinder in favor of a 5.76-million dot electronic viewfinder — hence the omitted viewfinder window on its front. The new camera is launching in Europe and other markets... View Source

Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects... View Source

The base is the hub of the ADT Plus system. My front door unlocks automatically as I walk up to it, and the home security system disarms itself - no code or app required. The system has recognized me using the Google Nest Doorbell's Familiar Faces, and confirmed I'm me using my phone's location. The dual-factor authentication triggers the automatic disarming and unlocking, so all I have to do is w... View Source

Grab Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing and delivery company, is backing driverless technology developer May Mobility Inc. with the goal of bringing robotaxis to the region as soon as 2026... View Source

Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment, the developer of The Division series, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is offering some employees volunteer buyouts as it attempts to "realign" its teams, the company said in a post on X. The move is designed to "strengthen our roadmap," Massive wrote, as it focuses on The Division series along with its Snowdrop engine and... View Source

A new image from NOAA's GOES-19 satellite has captured a rate celestial cameo: Earth itself appearing in the view of the spacecraft's solar coronagraph... View Source

This week, OpenAI debuted its long-rumored AI browser that aims to put its AI chatbot at the center of the internet. The browser, called ChatGPT Atlas, is entering a space that's already occupied by Perplexity's Comet and Google Gemini in Chrome. OpenAI is likely betting that putting ChatGPT front and center is enough to draw users in, but the overall experience falls short when compared to rivals... View Source

T-Mobile US Inc. gained 1 million new mobile phone subscribers in the third quarter and raised its outlook for the year, buoyed by its recent acquisition of smaller competitor US Cellular... View Source

Deal between Airbus, Leonardo and Thales is expected to create company with annual revenue of £5.6bnAirbus, Leonardo and Thales have struck a deal to combine their space businesses to create a single European technology company that could rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX.The deal is expected to create a company with annual revenue of about €6.5bn (£5.6bn). The French aerospace company Airbus will own 35%... 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 that Meta’s continued big spending for artificial intelligence is likely to be a focus of investors in the company’s coming quarterly earnings... View Source

So Samsung made a "Vision Pro Lite." That was my immediate takeaway after this week's debut of the Galaxy XR, the first Android XR device to hit the market. While Samsung deserves credit for offering something close to the Vision Pro for nearly half the price, an $1,800 headset still won't get mainstream consumers rushing out the door to experience the wonders of mixed reality... View Source

These Worms Use Static Electricity like a Sci-Fi Tractor Beam... View Source

Less than two days ago, OpenAI came out swinging in the fight for the future of the internet with the release of ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser it hopes will topple Google Chrome. Adam Fry, OpenAI’s Atlas leader, says the team is already “heads down making it better” and teased a bunch of new features on the way.  “Profiles coming!” Fry said. Tab groups and an opt-in ad blocker are... View Source

One Nuclear Energy LLC has agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check company in a deal that valued the developer of nuclear and natural gas power plants at about $1 billion on an equity basis... View Source

Investors will be looking beyond the bottom line in chipmaker Intel Corp.’s third-quarter earnings after a wave of investments from the White House, Nvidia Corp. and Softbank Group Corp. sent the stock soaring 86% in less than three months... View Source

The new technique could one day be used to create less expensive astronomical sensors... View Source

China vowed to seek technological self-reliance and grow the domestic market in the next five years, as it looks to both insulate the economy from foreign pressures and build a sustainable engine for growth... View Source

The 15.6-inch Espresso Pro monitor will change your flow. Most gadgets are iterative in the value they bring to our lives. The 15.6-inch Espresso Pro portable monitor is different, having utterly transformed the way I work remotely over the last month of testing. See, I spend a lot of time working from my van, which makes me miss my dual-monitor setup at home - it's hard to adapt to a single 14-in... View Source

Taiwan’s chipmakers are worried about the feasibility of a government plan to deliver new green power supplies, casting doubt over efforts to satisfy energy security concerns... View Source

Nexperia notified its Japanese automotive customers that it may no longer be able to guarantee supply, triggering renewed concern about upheaval at the Dutch chipmaker snarling global supply chains... View Source

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, spent the end of Tesla Inc.’s earnings call pleading with investors to ratify his upcoming $1 trillion pay package and blasting the shareholder advisory firms that have come out against the plan... View Source

When Fujifilm launched the X-T50 last year, no one was sure what would happen with its aging X-T30 lineup. The company just answered that question with the launch of the X-T30 III, boosting the speed and improving autofocus of the last model, while adding a film simulation dial seen on other recent models. It's very light for travel or street photography, but has some powerful features like 6.2K v... View Source

Banks face a hit to their bottom lines of as much as $170 billion if they don’t adapt their business models to respond to customers turning to artificial intelligence to optimize their finances... View Source

Leonardo SpA, Airbus SE and Thales SA sealed a long-awaited agreement to merge their satellite operations and create a European joint venture that aspires to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX... View Source

STMicroelectronics NV forecast fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations, a signal that a long-awaited recovery in the industry may be faltering... View Source

Nokia Oyj’s adjusted profit for the third quarter beat estimates, thanks to growth in its network infrastructure and optical networks businesses... View Source

AI companies are in a race to create artificial general intelligence, seeing it as the catalyst for an “intelligence explosion” that reshapes the economy and society. If only they could agree on what AGI would actually look like, and how it might be achieved... View Source

Amazon has revealed that it's currently working on smart glasses designed for delivery drivers, confirming previous reports about the project. The company said that glasses use AI-powered sensing capabilities and computer vision to detect what their cameras are seeing. Drivers then get guidance through the glasses' heads-up display (HUD) embedded right into the lens. Based on Amazon... View Source

The same Nobel-winning mRNA technology that helped curb the Covid-19 pandemic may be poised to transform cancer care... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow looks at the impact of discussions between Anthropic and Google for the AI startup to take additional computing power from Google, valued in the high tens of billions of dollars. Plus, tech earnings season is underway with Netflix and Texas Instruments disappointing investors. And, AT&T CEO John Stankey discusses the impact of the iPhone 17 launch and growth of broadband... View Source

Two former bankers at Citigroup Inc. and Julius Baer Group Ltd. are set to plead guilty for their alleged roles in aiding the movement of illicit funds by several people convicted in Singapore’s biggest money laundering case... View Source

Elon Musk said the Tesla Robotaxi in Austin will have no safety monitor by end of 2025. No other human in the car which means Tesla robotaxi can scale to about 10 cities with thousands of cars each by mid 2026. Elon Musk greenlighting car production with autonomy solved means tens of thousands of Cybercabs ... Read more... View Source

A New York Times report on Tuesday cited internal Amazon documents touting how its shift into automation could help it sell more products without hiring more people, but today the company has issued a PR blast about robotics and delivery tech that is much sunnier. Along with a tease of AI-connected augmented reality smart glasses and VR training for its drivers, Amazon showed off 10 robots it’s us... View Source

The prediction market Polymarket is holding early conversations with investors and looking to raise money at a valuation between $12 billion and $15 billion, more than 10 times its value just four months ago, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

A rule aimed at curbing exposure to overvalued stocks is posing another challenge to China’s market, just as renewed Sino-American trade tensions have abruptly stalled the rally this month... View Source

HBO Max is rolling out a new rating system that allows you to share feedback about the shows and movies you watch. The streaming service will tweak your recommendations based on whether you select the “Love,” “Like,” or “Not For Me” options. When you say that you “Love” a show or movie, HBO Max will suggest titles to watch in a “Because You Love” carousel on the homepage, while deprioritizing titl... View Source

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said that Samsung Electronics Co. is taking a bigger role in manufacturing the carmaker’s chips, signaling that the South Korean company is making inroads in a market dominated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co... View Source

Criterion recently kicked off its semi-annual sale that slashes the cost of all of its in-stock Blu-rays, DVDs, and box sets. The sale will last through 12PM ET, October 23rd. This a great opportunity to save on deep cuts that aren’t typically discounted. However, it likely won’t be the last chance to get a deal on Criterion’s catalog of films; Barnes & Noble likely has another sale up its sle... View Source

The recent wave of cyberattacks against Japanese businesses has exposed critical weaknesses in the country’s corporate digital defenses, fueling fears of further disruption to sales and supply chains... View Source

The most important highlights of the Tesla Q3 earnings call. Tesla robotaxi miles were 250,000 in Austin and over 1 million in the SF Bay area. This is a significant ramp from about 7000 miles in Austin. This means about half of the miles were likely in the October. The SF bay area started at ... Read more... View Source

Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the company would be able to remove the safety monitors from its robotaxis "by the end of the year." He also said Tesla would launch a robotaxi service in 8-10 new markets also before the end of 2025. "We are expecting to have no safety drivers in at least large parts of Austin by the end of this year," Musk said in an earnings call with investors. "So within a few mo... View Source

By making AI cheaper and less power-hungry, DeepSeek has put the technology within reach of millions of people... View Source

These days, thanks to smartphones, almost everyone has a camera with them and that’s mostly a good thing. At any time, you can capture memories with family and friends, painterly sunsets and crazy spontaneous moments. The problem is most of us have endless bland photos in our camera rolls because we simply don’t know how to take great shots. When you’re on vacation or gathering with friends and fa... View Source

Remember when word got out that Amazon was building smart glasses for its delivery drivers before possibly launching a version for consumers as well? Amazon has just revealed those “Amelia” glasses to the world — with a built-in display and an always-on camera to assist drivers as they go. They can help drivers find the right packages inside their delivery vans, give them turn by turn directions t... View Source

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. expects to begin asking would-be bidders for the film and TV giant to sign nondisclosure agreements as early this week, according to a person familiar with its plans... View Source

Sonic Rumble has a new worldwide launch date: November 5. The game, which we've previously likened to Fall Guys, was supposed to come out last winter before its release was rescheduled for May 8 this year. By the end of April, however, Sega announced that its global launch had been postponed yet again because its developers needed more time to "build the kind of high-quality, long-lastin... View Source

Boxy can be beautiful. Lomography announced a new Lomo MC-A film camera, a 35mm format point-and-shoot with a fixed 32mm f/2.8 lens and metal body. It’s a charmer of a new film shooter, complete with a built-in flash, autofocusing glass lens, manual film advance lever, and an included CR2 battery that recharges via USB-C. The MC-A is available for preorder now for $549 in black or silver, and it’s... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo will begin manually testing its autonomous vehicles with human drivers at Newark airport, laying the foundation to eventually ferry passengers to and from the transit hub... View Source

The Spotify app has been freezing and crashing on some Android devices, according to multiple users and a report by 9to5Google. This is happening only when a phone or tablet is connected to Wi-Fi, so keep on listening to Spotify while out and about. Users first took note of the problem around two weeks ago, taking to Spotify forums to address their concerns. Many folks say that the app becomes ess... View Source

Footage appearing to show a number of "double fireball" events may have been caused by a simple quirk of equipment... View Source

After six years as Fandom’s CEO, Perkins Miller is parting ways with the popular wiki hosting platform. While there has yet to be an official announcement, The Verge has learned that Miller is no longer working for Fandom as of last week. In a statement sent to The Verge on Fandom’s behalf, Katie Schroeder confirmed Miller’s departure and noted that, while the company is currentl... View Source

International Business Machines Corp. reported disappointing revenue in its closely watched Red Hat unit, sparking concerns among investors who see the software business as among the keys to the company’s growth... View Source

Reddit is suing companies SerApi, OxyLabs, AWMProxy and Perplexity for allegedly scraping its data from search results and using it without a license, The New York Times reports. The new lawsuit follows legal action against AI startup Anthropic, who allegedly used Reddit content to train its Claude chatbot. As of 2023, Reddit charges companies looking access to posts and other content in the... View Source

Amazon and Rivian are back together again. The e-commerce giant is collaborating with Rivian’s Also spinoff on a custom-designed, pedal-assisted, four-wheel cargo bike. The bike would likely be based on the TM-Q quad vehicle that was unveiled by Also today in San Francisco. Amazon says it wants to expand its fleet of micromobility vehicles with “thousands of quads” that it will deploy across Europ... View Source

SAP SE, Europe’s most valuable software company, reported third-quarter cloud revenue that missed analysts’ estimates in a sign that trade disputes and a weaker economy are weighing on sales... View Source

One of the greatest comeback stories in the history of video games just keeps writing itself new chapters. If you’ve checked in on the wildly ambitious space sim, No Man’s Sky, in the last few years then you’ll know just how much UK-based developer Hello Games has turned things around for a game that was once the subject of a false advertising investigation. And its latest update introduces fully... View Source

The waxing moon will appear alongside Mars and Mercury as the sun sets on Oct. 23... View Source

Tesla reported a profitable third quarter today, as shoppers scrambled to snatch up the company’s EVs in record numbers before the federal EV tax credit expired. Tesla said it earned $1.4 billion in net income on $28.1 billion in revenue in the quarter that ended in September. That’s 12 percent increase in revenue but a 37 percent decrease in profits over the third quarter of 2024, when the compan... View Source

Prediction market Kalshi is receiving funding offers from venture capital investors that would value the startup at more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter — interest that comes just weeks after Kalshi announced a $300 million funding round at a $5 billion valuation... View Source

Enabled by the introduction of its Willow quantum chip last year, Google today claims it's conducted breakthrough research that confirms it can create real-world applications for quantum computers. The company's Quantum Echoes algorithm, detailed in a paper published in Nature, is a demonstration of "the first-ever verifiable quantum advantage running the out-of-order time correlato... View Source

Just a week after rumors about Samsung canceling the Galaxy S26 Edge due to low sales of the ultra-slim S25 Edge, Apple is reportedly notifying its supply chain partners of plans to scale back iPhone Air production. According to people familiar with the matter, Apple is maintaining its overall production estimate for the iPhone 17 lineup, around 85 to 90 million units total, reports Nikkei Asia; h... View Source

The Federal Reserve is no longer receiving data on private-sector employment from an independent provider, adding to policymakers’ lack of timely information on the economy amid the ongoing federal government shutdown... View Source

Apple has removed dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for violating rules related to content moderation and user privacy. The company told TechCrunch that it pulled the apps as they broke several of its rules, including one mandating that apps can't share or otherwise use an individual's personal info without getting their permission first. Apple said they also violated... View Source

Meta has a joint venture agreement with Blue Owl Capital in a deal worth $27 billion to fund and develop the social media company’s massive Hyperion data center in rural Louisiana. The deal will see Blue Owl own 80% of the Hyperion data center, with Meta taking the remaining 20% stake. Blue Owl contributed about ... Read more... View Source

Uncovering the CIA’s Kryptos puzzle took three parts math and one part sleuthing... View Source

The national database on billion-dollar weather and climate disasters has found a new home after the Trump administration decided to ax it earlier this year. Thanks to researchers continuing the work despite a lack of federal support, we can keep the tally going this year — which is already proving to be one of the costliest on record.  Until recently, the National Centers for Environmental Inform... View Source

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YouTube is adding a timer to Shorts to help curb all of that incessant doomscrolling, according to a report by TechCrunch. This feature is rolling out to all users after being spotted in an Android APK file earlier this year, which was originally reported on by Android Authority. Here's how it works. Users set a daily time limit for Shorts via the app's settings. Once reached, they'... View Source

Elon Musk has hammered acting NASA chief Sean Duffy repeatedly on social media over the past few days, calling him "Sean Dummy" and claiming he's "trying to kill NASA." Here's what may be going on... View Source

If you’re looking to play games like Ghost of Yōtei or Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, you’re going to need a PlayStation 5. Luckily, right now, you can grab the console for as low as $374 directly through the PlayStation storefront with the code PS5KLARNA — and it doesn’t appear as though you need to use Klarna’s payment service to get the discount. The code works with the PS5 Digital Edition an... View Source

Tinder, the world’s most popular dating platform, will soon require all new users in the US to verify their identity through a biometric video face scan... View Source

Google Gemini is coming to GM vehicles in 2026. The company will be integrating a conversational AI assistant powered by Google's platform into many of its cars, trucks and SUVs. GM says this assistant will be able to access vehicle data to suss out maintenance concerns, alerting the driver when necessary. The company also promises it'll be able to help plan routes and explain various fe... View Source

Scattering microscopic particles of sulfur in the atmosphere might slow down climate change. It might also change weather patterns... View Source

When it comes to inventive USB-C accessories with rad designs, nobody does it like Sharge. Now it’s following up its classic Mac-inspired chargers, its Braun turntable-inspired battery, and whatever the heck this is supposed to be, with a new MagSafe battery that specifically echoes Sony’s classic T-Series Cybershot cameras. It’s called the Icemag 3, and it’s a 39.1Wh battery (10,000mAh, if you mu... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. is considering equipping its contract delivery drivers with augmented-reality glasses that would help them find the right spot to drop a package... View Source

Ever since Rivian spun off its "micromobility business" into a standalone startup called Also earlier this year, there's been much speculation about what kind of vehicles the company is working on. Now, Also is showing off its first products: a lineup of e-bikes and two pedal-assisted electric quads. The TM-B e-bike is Also's attempt at a do-it-all e-bike that can adapt to... View Source

Reddit is suing Perplexity and three “data-scraping service providers” to “stop the industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections by a group of bad actors who will stop at nothing to get their hands on valuable copyrighted content on Reddit,” according to the complaint. The company equates the data scraping companies — SerpApi, Oxylabs, and AWMProxy — to “would-be bank robbers” who... View Source

Reddit Inc. sued Perplexity AI Inc. and three other companies over alleged data scraping from the discussion site without permission, a sign of the growing demand and value of original data in the burgeoning AI industry... View Source

It’s shaping up to be a shockingly good year for former arcade-dwelling beat-‘em-up fans. This month saw the arrival of the excellent Absolum, which infuses old-fashioned 2D combat in a cartoony high fantasy setting with roguelike elements to great effect. And now we also have a release date for Marvel Cosmic Invasion. Out December 1 on practically every platform, Marvel Cosmic Invasion lets you c... View Source

Reflect Orbital plans a constellation to enable solar power generation at night, make crops grow better and stronger, possibly replace urban lighting, provide emergency illumination in disaster zones and enable people to work into the night. By 2030, Reflect Orbital the plan is for constellation of 4,000 of giant mirror satellites, circling Earth in a ... Read more... View Source

Jamie Siminoff’s new book charts the highs and lows of making the world’s first video doorbell. Jamie Siminoff has returned to Ring, the company he founded, with a renewed focus on its mission statement to "Make neighborhoods safer." Talking to The Verge ahead of the release of his new book Ding Dong, Siminoff says he believes the new wave of AI could finally help him fulfill that vision. "When I... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google ran an algorithm on its “Willow” quantum-computing chip that can be repeated on similar platforms and outperform classical supercomputers, a breakthrough it said clears a path for useful applications of quantum technology within five years... View Source

Nintendo has announced a free update for Pikmin 4 that could remedy one of fans' biggest complaints about the game. (Yes, free. From Nintendo. We're shocked too, but we'll take it.) The update, which arrives in November, adds Fierce mode to make the game more challenging for those who want it. We don't know exactly what that will look like yet, but a higher difficulty level is... View Source

I, Brian Wang, am one of the main co-authors for AI RISING: How To Thrive In The Age Of Abundance Randy Kirk (Author), Brian Wang (Author), Cern Basher (Author), Phil Beisel (Author), Bradford Ferguson (Author), John Gibbs (Author), Nicholas Gibbs (Author), Larry Goldberg (Author), Brian White (Author) Artificial intelligence is reshaping every corner of our ... Read more... View Source

Astronomers have sighted Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion — and it’s turning out to be full of surprises... View Source

GM plans to drop support for phone projection on all new vehicles in the near future, and not just its electric car lineup, according to GM CEO Mary Barra. In Decoder interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel, published Wednesday, Barra confirmed GM will eventually end support of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on both gas-powered and electric cars as the company proceeds to a major rollout of it’s ca... View Source

AI is part of the country's defense against Russia... View Source

If you use ChatGPT in WhatsApp, it's about time to make other plans. OpenAI said its ubiquitous chatbot will stop working in Meta's ubiquitous chat app on January 15, 2026. According to OpenAI, the change is due to a policy and terms change from WhatsApp. OpenAI announced the change in a blog post. "While we would have much preferred to continue serving you on WhatsApp, we are focused on making th... View Source

SpaceX and Elon Musk can replace SLS, Space Launch System, with the fixed priced $100 million per ton moon missions from 2028 and beyond. This would still be $10 billion for a full 100 ton payload to the moon and $7 billion if the same costs were used but scaled based on fewer refueling launches. ... Read more... View Source

“Quantum echoes” rippling through Google’s quantum computer chip Willow could lead to advances in molecular chemistry and the physics of black holes... View Source

Robby Starbuck is suing Google, claiming that its AI search tools falsely linked him to sexual assault allegations and white nationalist Richard Spencer. This is the second case that Starbuck, known for his online campaigns against corporate diversity efforts, has brought against a major tech company over its AI products. In April, Starbuck sued Meta, claiming that its AI falsely insisted that he... View Source

A wave of successful initial public offerings is driving a surge of interest in private companies, as investors clamor for exposure to artificial intelligence-related firms before they hit public markets... View Source

After nine years as CEO of the studio behind Control and Alan Wake, Tero Virtala has departed the role. Remedy cofounder Markus Mäki is taking over on an interim basis (and stepping down as chairman of the board) while the company looks for a permanent CEO. Henri Österlund, a board member since 2017, is Remedy’s new chairman.“I want to thank Tero Virtala for his substantial contribution to the man... View Source

The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperature... View Source

Today, Nintendo announced free updates coming to the Pikmin games in November and posted the full version of its “Close to You” Pikmin short film on YouTube, after it was initially released in the Nintendo Today app a few weeks ago.  For starters, Pikmin 4 is getting a little more beginner-friendly with a new “Relaxed” mode that dials back creature hostility so you won’t be attacked unless you str... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting approximately 600 jobs from the company’s artificial intelligence unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs, as it aims to move more quickly in the competitive AI race... View Source

The Anker MagGo Power Bank (10K) is on sale via Amazon for just $57. This is a discount of 37 percent, which is nothing to sneeze at. The sale applies to multiple colorways. This model topped our list of the best power banks, and with very good reason. It's a workhorse that gets the job done. It includes Qi2 tech for fast wireless charging and ships with a sturdy kickstand to prop up smartphones d... View Source

Dynetics Alpaca and Blue Origin both look like possible 2029-2030 lunar landers if they get funded. The developments are not certain. Reviving the competition will be a $2-5 billion cost. Dynetics original bid was $9 billion. The $2.45-4 billion cost is only for the unmanned certification of the lunar lander with Leidos picking up some ... Read more... View Source

Australian “sleepy” lizards are not so sleepy when it comes to fire... View Source

Eight Sleep Pod mattress toppers can now be controlled offline in the event of future outages. Some smart bed users were quite literally losing sleep over the massive AWS outage on Monday. Eight Sleep’s elevating, temperature-controlling mattress systems were temporarily knocked out of service by Amazon’s server issues, with users on Reddit and X reporting their smart beds were stuck at sweltering... View Source

Banks are using generative artificial intelligence to make sending money to anyone in Brazil as easy as sending a text, an advance that’s helping cement the nation’s place among global leaders in AI-powered financial services... View Source

Uber Green is rebranding to Uber Electric, and to coincide with the name switch — a move designed to make it clearer for Uber users preferring to hail zero-emissions rides — the company will incentivise its drivers to swap their current vehicle for an EV by way of a $4,000 grant. According to Uber’s numbers, there are currently more than 200,000 EVs on its global network, and drivers are switching... View Source

Tero Virtala, CEO of Control developer Remedy Entertainment, is stepping down from his position immediately. The news comes in the aftermath of a disappointing launch for FBC: Firebreak, the Finnish studio’s first foray into multiplayer gaming. Virtala will be replaced on an interim basis by Markus Mäki, Remedy’s chief product officer and one of the studio’s co-founders. The studios says it will “... View Source

AT&T Inc. added more mobile phone and home internet subscribers this summer than analysts expected, amid a heavy promotional push to keep competitive pressure on its two main rivals... View Source

If I had a dollar for every time a vehicle manufacturer launched a new in-car software experience designed to achieve the same levels of user experience as your average tablet or smartphone, I'd probably have about enough cash for a decent lunch at a middling restaurant. It's a common refrain, and yet after years of hearing that same story over and over, I still find myself firing up And... View Source

In a letter to Congress, museum officials have warned the shuttle may need to be partially disassembled in order to be transferred, risking irreversible damage to one of the most meticulously preserved pieces of spaceflight history... View Source

Kin Lane fondly remembers working on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in 2013. FAFSA is used by millions of college students each year to help access scholarship money, and Lane, an API expert, had an up-close look at the system. He saw the importance of ensuring financial data remains stored securely and can be accessed by Internal Revenue Service tools. The job wasn't flashy, but it... View Source

Uber Technologies Inc. and Nebius Group NV are committing as much as $375 million to develop Avride, the Dutch cloud infrastructure company’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary... View Source

The iPad Pro is about to turn 10, so hopefully you’ll forgive me for pulling out this well-worn Apple truism one more time. No, it’s not Steve Jobs saying “if you see a stylus, they blew it” (a quote continually used out of context.) It’s the tale of how since day one, the iPad Pro’s hardware often felt far more powerful and capable than the software it runs. If you recall, iPadOS was initially a... View Source

Casio’s new ring watch features an adjustable strap to accommodate smaller fingers. | Image: Casio Japan After bringing its novel digital ring watch to the US last December, Casio has announced a new version debuting later this year. Although the original was loosely based on the Casio GMW-B5000, the new wearable is inspired by the iconic DW-5600, and this time Casio’s ring watch fully embraces th... View Source

Unity Software Inc. is launching a free payments product that will allow video game-makers to get around the high fees charged by distribution platforms like Apple Inc.’s App store... View Source

You'll be able to play the first game in the Luigi's Mansion series on the Nintendo Switch 2 starting on October 30, just in time for Halloween. The gaming company is adding the title to its GameCube library for the Nintendo Switch Online streaming service. Take note that that service's GameCube titles are exclusively available on the Switch 2 and require a subscription to the $50-a... View Source

Meta is planning to axe around 600 roles within its legacy AI research division, according to a report from Axios. The layoffs will reportedly impact Meta’s Fundamental AI Research unit, also known as FAIR, while the company continues to hire workers for its newly formed superintelligence team, TBD Lab. Meta kicked off an AI hiring spree after investing $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hiring CEO Ale... View Source

Lenders are ramping up bankruptcy protection measures as they position for further distress in the wake of high-profile implosions, according to an analysis of credit documents conducted by an artificial intelligence model... View Source

More than 800 public figures including Steve Wozniak and Prince Harry, along with AI scientists, former military leaders and CEOs signed a statement demanding a ban on AI work that could lead to superintelligence, The Financial Times reported. "We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely a... View Source

Gimlet is building software that will chop up AI tasks and send them to the most cost-effective chips... View Source

I came into this review thinking of Private Internet Access (PIA) as one of the better VPNs. It's in the Kape Technologies portfolio, along with the top-tier ExpressVPN and the generally reliable CyberGhost. It's one of the cheapest VPNs out there, its interfaces hold together and it boasts plenty of server locations. Sadly, I was either misremembering PIA, or it used to be better until someone at... View Source

New satellite imagery from the European Space Agency reveals nearly four decades of dramatic ice loss for two of Patagonia's largest glaciers... View Source

Lyft Inc. is piloting a program that offers some customers cash back on future rides, the latest effort to win over users from rival Uber Technologies Inc... View Source

As the holiday season approaches, Sony is offering exceptional deals on two of its best full-frame mirrorless cameras. The A7R V, which offers exceptionally sharp photos thanks to the 61MP sensor, is on sale for $3,298 ($902 off), its lowest price ever. And the mainstream 33MP A7 IV, great for both video and photos, has also dropped to a new low of $1,998 or $702 off (28 percent).  Sony's A7R... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Vlad Savov reviews the reverberations of Xiaomi’s aggressive move to go head-to-head with the iPhone... View Source

With Galaxy XR, you can split screen between a game like Stardew Valley and a real-time video chat.Samsung After dropping hints for over two years, Samsung, in partnership with Google, finally revealed its first-ever Android extended reality headset Tuesday night. The new device, dubbed Galaxy XR, will run you $1,800 and you can actually buy it today. Due to its collaboration with Google, it'... View Source

The words we choose when apologizing—especially longer, effortful ones—can signal sincerity and make our apologies feel more authentic... View Source

As it rushes to meet its pledge for “100 percent” of trips in electric vehicles by 2030, Uber is offering grants of $4,000 for drivers to swap their gas-guzzlers for zero-tailpipe emission vehicles. The company is also dropping its “Uber Green” branding in favor of the more simple “Uber Electric.” Uber has said it will be completely carbon neutral in North America and Europe by 2030 and... View Source

Anthropic PBC is in talks with Alphabet Inc.’s Google on a deal to provide the artificial intelligence company with additional computing power valued in the high tens of billions of dollars. Matthew Bloxham of Bloomberg Intelligence has more on Bloomberg Television... View Source

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, a new study finds... View Source

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Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. is considering an initial public offering in mainland China at a valuation that could exceed $40 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be one of the biggest listings there in years... View Source

Sean Duffy called out SpaceX for being “behind schedule” on a lunar lander and said he’d explore other options... View Source

Leju Robotics raised more than $200 million in fresh funding ahead of a planned listing, demonstrating sustained investor interest in China’s emerging humanoid robot sector as it competes with US rivals... View Source

One in six laboratory-confirmed bacteria in 2023 proved resistant to antibiotic treatment, according to the World Health Organization—all related to a variety of common diseases globally... View Source

In the stock market’s rarefied air where mega-cap technology behemoths reside, Tesla Inc. stands out — but for all the wrong reasons. Chief among them is its stunning lack of earnings growth while its stock price continues to soar... View Source

Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc. and a Swiss Post subsidiary will start autonomous vehicle testing in Switzerland by the end of this year as they seek to launch the world’s first robotaxis without steering wheels to the public in 2027... View Source

GetYourGuide said it’s become profitable for the first time and is nearing €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in revenue after the 16-year-old online travel operator’s business recovered from a drastic slowdown during the pandemic period... View Source

Apple Inc.’s iPhone Air went on sale in China on Wednesday, eliciting a subdued consumer response in the world’s biggest smartphone arena... View Source

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Steve Bannon and artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton are part of a group calling for a ban on AI superintelligence until that technology can be deployed safely... View Source

As part of its Galaxy XR headset presentation, Samsung also briefly teased another wearable product. It's working in collaboration with two eyewear companies, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, on AI-powered smart glasses to go up against Meta's Ray-Ban models, Samsung's head of customer experience Jay Kim announced at the end of the livestream.  "We're also really exci... View Source

SpaceX will launch its record-breaking 133rd Falcon 9 mission of 2025 today (Oct. 22), and you can watch the action live... View Source

By virtually every key metric, efforts to fight climate change are going too slowly, according to findings by a coalition of climate groups. In some cases, things are moving in the wrong direction... View Source

The co-head of Europe’s most valuable defense startup said the industry is in a bubble and some investors are going to lose money... View Source

We've known for a while that the first extended reality (or XR) headset from Samsung and Google would debut in 2025. During an event on Tuesday night, Samsung at long last shared more details about the first Android XR device that you'll be able to purchase.  The company got really wild and original with the headset's name. You're truly not going to believe what it's called... Actually, it's... View Source

Innorna Co., a Chinese developer of messenger RNA drugs backed by buyout firm CDH Investments, is planning an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Samsung's take on the Vision Pro is here — and you can already order it. Costing just over half as much as Apple's reality machine, the Galaxy XR has a 4K micro-OLED screen and a 100-degree horizontal field of view. The $1,800 mixed reality headset is available now for pre-order on Samsung's website. The Galaxy XR isn't only a Samsung product. The company developed the long-rum... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp. is returning to the overseas bond market for the second time this year, amid an aggressive fundraising push for AI, led by its bet on OpenAI... View Source

Apple's Vision Pro was meant to usher in a new era for headsets. However, its high price and somewhat limited utility resulted in what may be the company's biggest flop in years. Now it's time for Samsung to give things a go with the Galaxy XR. It's a fresh take on modern mixed reality goggles developed through deep partnerships with Qualcomm and Google and it attempts to addre... View Source

The $1,800 headset is a precursor to smart glasses launching “pretty soon.”... View Source

The Samsung Galaxy XR is designed to be a showcase for Android XR, Google's new AR / VR operating system, but unlike competing mixed reality headsets, Google says there will be few limits on the apps the Galaxy XR will actually be able to run. In fact, a Google spokesperson tells Engadget that "almost all Android apps will automatically be made available without any additional developmen... View Source

Watching the first few minutes of KPop Demon Hunters on Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, I think Apple's Vision Pro might be cooked. It's not because the Galaxy XR - which Samsung formerly teased as Project Moohan - is that much better than the Vision Pro. It's that the experience is comparable, but you get so much more bang for your buck. Specifically, Galaxy XR costs $1,799 compared to the Vision Pr... View Source

OnlyFans Chief Executive Officer Keily Blair said that the company has paid out $25 billion to creators since it was founded in 2016... View Source

Pacific Investment Management Co. is already cashing in on the $27 billion debt package it led for a Meta Platforms Inc. data center... View Source

LG Chem Ltd. shares surged to the highest in more than a year after UK-based activist fund Palliser Capital UK disclosed a stake in the South Korean firm and urged changes including a board shakeup... View Source

In 2022, the National Academy of Sciences Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommended exploration of Uranus as its highest priority Flagship mission for the 2030s. The Decadal recommendation relied on the Uranus Orbiter and Probe (UOP) concept as its baseline for the mission. UOP assumed a launch in 2031 on a Falcon Heavy Expendable rocket and ... Read more... View Source

The trading volume on the leading prediction markets platforms, Polymarket and Kalshi, has hit a new record high, surpassing the previous peak reached during the US presidential election last year... View Source

SpaceX’s $17 billion acquisition of EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum enables broadband DTC (direct to cellphone) with 20x throughput over prior low-band spectrum from T-mobile. This mid-band S-spectrum offers excellent propagation characteristics but phones will need new chips to work with the spectrum band. DTC is an emerging service and we are going from it ... Read more... View Source

Apple Inc.’s new Vision Pro headset doesn’t offer much in the way of fresh features, but the company made a notable change to its production... View Source

Francisco Pinto Balsemão, one of Portugal’s most influential political figures and builder of a domestic media empire, has died. He was 88... View Source

We already know that the next-gen Xbox console isn’t locked to a single store, will use an AMD chip inside, and will maintain compatibility with an existing library of Xbox games. Now, Microsoft appears to be teasing that the next-gen Xbox will be some type of hybrid console and PC. Xbox president Sarah Bond sat down with Mashable this week to discuss the latest Xbox Ally X handheld, and dropped s... View Source

Netflix Inc. said a tax dispute with Brazil cut into third-quarter earnings, marring results that otherwise fell in line with Wall Street estimates... View Source

Samsung is partnering with Perplexity to bring the startup’s AI Search engine to its smart TVs. If you own a 2025 Samsung TV, you can start using the app today. The company will bring the software to older 2024 and 2023 sets later this year via an OTA update. As part of today’s announcement, Perplexity is also offering free 12-month subscriptions to its Pro plan. To redeem the offer, you’ll need t... View Source

There is an intensifying race to return humans to the Moon, pitting the US against China and now NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy will have SpaceX race Blue Origin and other bidders. China is aiming for a crewed lunar landing in 2029–2030. There are developing a Long March 10A super heavy lift rocket (70 tons), ... Read more... View Source

A screenshot from Lego Party!, which will be available on Netflix. Netflix has been investing a lot of time and energy into gaming, but the company sees its work on games as part of a broader initiative around interactivity, co-CEO Greg Peters said in today’s Q3 2025 earnings call. “We’ve mostly talked so far about our work in this space as games because that’s an easy shorthand,” he s... View Source

Halliburton Co. is diversifying into data-center power generation amid slackening worldwide demand for oilfield fracking... View Source

Aura just announced the Ink, a 13-inch color e-ink photo frame. The company says it's the "thinnest e-paper frame available" that is "designed to join a gallery wall or stand alone." Aura isn't kidding here. This thing is just 0.6-inches thick. One of the primary pain points of traditional digital photo frames is that many require constant power via an outlet. This creates an aesthetic problem, as... View Source

iPhone 17 Pro owners are still waiting for Project Indigo support. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The iPhone 17 series launched just over a month ago, but Adobe’s camera app Project Indigo still doesn’t support the latest iPhones — you can run it on an iPhone 12 Pro if you have one handy, but I can’t use it on the iPhone 17 Pro on my desk. The holdup seems to be due in part to trouble with the... View Source

Anthropic PBC is in discussions with Alphabet Inc.’s Google about a deal that would provide the artificial intelligence company with additional computing power valued in the high tens of billions of dollars, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

There was no massive event announcing the M5 MacBook Pro, not even a short promotional video for social media. Instead, Apple dumped all of its new M5 devices on us with a few press releases, a clear sign that there's not much to celebrate this year. But while the new 14-inch MacBook Pro appears to be more of the same on the surface, it also features an impressive graphics upgrade that makes it a... View Source

LandSpace conducted a static-fire test with its Zhuque-3 rocket recently, an important step in the prep work ahead of the partially reusable rocket's debut launch... View Source

Hello and welcome to Regulator. Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration's power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile apps from its stores could have been connected to a legal battle over Fortnite V-Bucks. Yes, we are talking about the in-game digital currency that Fortnite players can use to buy taco hats and t... View Source

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella’s pay package jumped to $96.5 million for fiscal 2025, his highest compensation since he became CEO more than a decade ago, with the board citing the company’s progress in artificial intelligence... View Source

Google just announced several updates for its digital telecom provider, Google Fi. It's introducing AI-enhanced audio for better sound quality during calls. The company says this will ensure "optimized audio quality for every call, so you can confidently take calls from a windy park or busy cafe." This feature rolls out sometime in November. Google Fi is getting HD/HD+ calling, whic... View Source

SpaceX owner said Sean Duffy was ‘trying to kill Nasa’ after acting head said agency would reopen contracts for Artemis missionUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk attacked Sean Duffy, the US secretary of transportation, on Tuesday in a series of posts on X, accusing him of trying to “kill NASA”, suggesting he should be fired and calling him “Sean Dummy”. The posts intensified a long-running... View Source

Starting today, creators in YouTube’s Partner Program are getting access to a new AI detection feature that will allow them to find and report unauthorized uploads using their likeness. As shown in this video from YouTube, after verifying their identity, creators can review flagged videos in the Content Detection tab on YouTube Studio. If a video looks like unauthorized, AI-generated content, crea... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses OpenAI’s secretive project to train its artificial intelligence to build financial models and what that could mean for junior bankers. Plus, President Donald Trump announced a deal with Australia on rare earths to counter China's dominance. And shares of Warner Bros. Discovery jumped after the company said it has expanded a strategic review of the business to maximi... View Source

GM is ending production of the Chevy Brightdrop electric van, according to portions of a transcript of a recent earnings report published by The Verge. The decision was made due to slowing demand in the EV market, as hundreds of Brightdrop vans have begun piling up in dealer lots. “This is not a decision we made lightly because of the impact on our employees,” CEO Mary Barra said in the earnings c... View Source

At the end of October Europa Clipper will fly in line with 3I/ATLAS’ ion tail — but will any of the charged particles reach the spacecraft, and will the spacecraft be ready to receive them?... View Source

I promise I photographed the M5 model. But the M4 could stand in as a stunt double just fine. Last year's entry-level MacBook Pro was an impressive return to form for Apple's Pro laptop. Between the M4 chip, increased RAM, improved webcam, and a third Thunderbolt 4 port, the most affordable MacBook Pro was also one of the best deals in Apple's lineup. The M5 sequel is mostly a copy-paste of the sa... View Source

Texas Instruments Inc., the biggest maker of analog chips, gave a lackluster forecast for the current period, adding to concern that a semiconductor industry recovery is sputtering... View Source

Brian Haidet, a scientist creating videos on YouTube under the handle AlphaPhoenix, showed off a camera in a new video that can capture footage of a laser pointer at the speed of light. The camera is an update on a previous design that could capture footage at one billion frames per second, but it comes with a major caveat: it can only shoot one pixel at a time.Haidet's camera is made from a... View Source

Everything has to go right for China to launch a human moon mission in 2029 or even 2030. China is also building a new rocket and they have not assembled it yet or flown it. China is still testing a lunar lander. Long March 10 Rocket Certification (2026–2027) Verification: On Track, with Accelerated 2025 Testing. ... Read more... View Source

Although Apple said in a recent court filing that Jon Prosser “still has not” replied to the company’s July lawsuit against him for allegedly stealing trade secrets, Prosser tells The Verge that he is in communication with Apple about the case. “All I can tell you is that regardless of what is being reported, and regardless of what the court documents say — I have, in fact, been in active communic... View Source

The clock just ticked past noon here in Houston, Texas, so it’s acceptable to have a drink, right? Because after another turbulent morning of closely following the rough-and-tumble contest to become the next NASA administrator, I sure could use one. What has happened now? Why, it was only SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who is NASA’s most important contractor, referring to the interim head of the space... View Source