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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams has come under fire after his new cryptocurrency token crashed just hours following its launch on Monday. As reported by CoinDesk, Adams' "NYC Token" hit a $580 million market capitalization at its peak before plummeting to around $130 million at this time of writing. Data from the blockchain analysis platform, Bubblemaps, flagged "suspicious" activity surrounding the c... View Source

Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica are discussing potentially doubling production capacity for AI-powered smart glasses by the end of this year. Meta previously announced it is cutting more than 1,000 jobs from the Reality Labs division as part of a plan to redirect resources toward AI wearables and phone features. Ed Ludlow has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

As we expected, Meta has begun laying off more than 1,000 employees from its Reality Labs division, which focused on virtual reality and metaverse products, Bloomberg reports. The company will refocus on developing wearables, like its recent batch of AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses, according to a memo from CTO Andrew Bosworth.The news isn’t too surprising. Reality Labs has lost more than $70 bil... View Source

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The Leaptic Cube will be available in black or white, but pricing and availability aren’t known yet. | Image: Dreame Dreame, a Chinese company known for its unique robot vacuums and floor cleaners, expanded its offerings at CES 2026, such as a $700 floor lamp that doubled as a hair dryer. But more interesting is the debut of the company's first action camera. The Leaptic Cube features a design si... View Source

Concern that Adobe Inc. will struggle in the artificial-intelligence era has driven Wall Street analysts’ view on the maker of software for creative professionals to its most pessimistic in more than a dozen years... View Source

E Ink tablet maker reMarkable is running a bundle deal right now that can save you between $80 and $90 when buying a reMarkable 2 along with a Marker stylus and a folio case. The savings vary depending on the bundle you configure, but this can bring your out-the-door cost down to $449 from $529 for the tablet, Marker stylus and polymer weave book folio. The company also sells a newer stylus called... View Source

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news... View Source

The Verge CES ground crew posing for a group photo in the Linq Promenade during CES 2026. We spent last week running to meetings, demos, and the convention floors to see as much as we could at CES 2026. And now that we've (sort of) recovered, it's time to answer any questions you still have. Did we replace Dom with his clone? Did Jen survive a robot falling on her? Is Vee tired of talking about th... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. and EssilorLuxottica SA are discussing potentially doubling production capacity for AI-powered smart glasses by the end of this year, in a bid to capture growing demand and head off rivals, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Apple has been putting more onus on its services for the past several years — the company makes tens of billions of dollars in revenue from that side of the business, which it claimed had a record year in 2025. Apple is nudging a little more in that direction with a new subscription bundle called Apple Creator Studio.This allows creators to pay a single fee ($13 per month or $129 per year) to use... View Source

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also caught a glimpse of one of the Milky Way's nearest galactic neighbors... View Source

For years, Apple and Google have had a will-they-won't-they type of relationship, as far as which AI company Apple would pick to underpin its Siri virtual assistant and give it new AI-fueled personalization and agentic capabilities. Apple has spent the last year or two playing the field, reportedly considering working with OpenAI or Anthropic to support the new Siri. But in a multiyear partnership... View Source

In response to a growing backlash, Microsoft said it would take steps to ensure that data centers don't raise utility bills in surrounding areas and address other public concerns... View Source

Microsoft Corp. vowed to pay utility rates that will cover the company’s electricity costs to operate data centers in the US, a pledge that coincides with concerns that consumers will be forced to pay more for power as the tech industry rushes to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence... View Source

Tesla's 2026 Model Y is now available on the company's site and it comes with a new (and old) option: a seven-seat version via a third row. The extra seating costs $2,500 and is only available if you order the Premium All-Wheel-Drive Long Range model. Tesla first teased the option last year via an email to prospective buyers with the promise of "seating for up to seven and enough ro... View Source

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For over two centuries, we have watched the red giant R Leonis dim and brighten with regularity, but this 'heartbeat' is beginning to speed up near the end of the star's life... View Source

Prosecutors in Taiwan issued an arrest warrant for the chief executive officer of the Chinese smartphone company OnePlus, stepping up the island’s efforts to block China’s tech players from recruiting Taiwanese talent... View Source

We aren't even two weeks into the new year and Ubisoft is already looking to carry out its second round of layoffs in 2026. The company has informed workers at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm of a "proposed organizational restructure" that could affect around 55 roles across its two Swedish studios. Workers at Massive (the developer of The Division series, Star Wars Outl... View Source

The most interesting story at this year's CES was just a little tiny bundle of technology. One way to look at Lego's new Smart Brick is as something like a Raspberry Pi, an endlessly remixable gizmo with infinite hacking potential - it can be anything, in the best possible way. Another way to look at it is as a crushing blow to creativity, a new way for things to break or be paywalled, and an affr... View Source

Nouriel Roubini, chairman at Roubini Macro Associates, discusses his bullish stance on the role of AI in driving US GDP and productivity and explains why he is downplaying geopolitical risks to markets. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Insta360, a company most known for its action cameras, has released two new AI-powered 4K webcams, the Link 2 Pro and Link 2C Pro, aimed at creators, educators and remote professionals. The company's goal with these models is "a webcam experience that looks and sounds remarkably close to a professional camera and microphone setup." Both models use a larger 1/1.3-inch sensor with dua... View Source

Insta360’s webcams are now going pro. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced new Pro versions of its Link 2 and Link 2C webcams that first launched in September 2024. As with the previous versions, the new Link 2 Pro and 2C Pro can track the movements of onscreen subjects to ensure they're always in frame, making them ideal for those presenting on a video stream, or who need to move around but d... View Source

David Webb, Hong Kong’s most vocal activist investor whose investigations into corporate malfeasance triggered regulatory probes and made him a celebrity in the city’s financial industry, has died. He was 60... View Source

Lenovo is the top PC manufacturer worldwide. The PC market is bracing for a turbulent year ahead, but shipments managed to exceed expectations in the recent holiday quarter. IDC reports that shipments grew nearly 10 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching 76.4 million in total. Microsoft's end of Windows 10 support undoubtedly helped push PC shipments up, but IDC notes that... View Source

Artificial intelligence infrastructure has been a solid stock market bet over the past year, with many of 2025’s best performers in the S&P 500 Index falling into the category. But the trade is getting volatile as some of the perceived winners start taking hits... View Source

Apple and Google have confirmed that Gemini’s models power the new version of Siri and other generative AI features. CNBC broke the news, but Apple and Google soon followed up with a lengthy joint statement. Here’s part of it: “Apple determined that Google’s Al technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models… Apple Intelligence will continue to run on Apple devices and... View Source

Proton’s latest update for Lumo, its privacy-focused chatbot, introduces a feature called Projects. It’s a dedicated and encrypted space for tasks that you know you’ll access again and again over an extended period of time, such as papers you’ll have to work on the whole semester or plans for a big trip you’re taking later this year. Lumo will remember and keep all the information and all the file... View Source

A California-based start-up wants to open a hotel on the moon by 2032 and is now accepting bookings for the out-of-this world travel experience... View Source

If you want to put people back on the moon, don’t gut the agency in charge of getting them there... View Source

And they’re hoping AI can help solve some of those problems... View Source

With the dominance of smart TVs, streaming sticks and boxes may seem redundant — but if your smart set is slow or has a frustrating user interface, a streaming device will let you bypass your TV’s built-in OS and use Google TV, Fire TV, Apple TV or something else instead. There are a lot of streaming gadgets out there, all with different operating systems, memory capacities, video resolutions and... View Source

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The Office Lens app launched in 2015. Microsoft is removing its Lens scanner app from iOS and Android in the coming months. Microsoft Lens, or Office Lens as it's known to most, will no longer be supported on February 9th and the app won't be functional after March 9th. The portable scanner features of Lens are available in OneDrive instead, making a dedicated app redundant for Microsoft. You'll s... View Source

The Canon 12x36 IS III binoculars are a great pair of image-stabilized optics that allow for shake-free observation of stars, nebulas and star clusters. They are now only $656 from Amazon... View Source

Malaysia said it will take legal action against Elon Musk’s X for failing to protect users in the Southeast Asian nation, just days after it banned the artificial intelligence tool Grok over its generation of sexual content... View Source

HCLTech CEO and Managing Director C Vijayakumar shares insights on the company’s quarterly performance and AI‑driven transformation. He discusses mega deals, hiring priorities in cloud and cybersecurity, and how geopolitical risks and tech spending trends are shaping the outlook for 2026. He spoke on Bloomberg’s Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Bitcoin als Kreditabsicherung? Genau das will die VR Bank Bayern Mitte noch in diesem Jahr testen. Die Genobank zählt zu den Vorreitern auf dem Kryptomarkt. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Tata Consultancy Services CEO and Managing Director K. Krithivasan shares insights on the company’s quarterly performance, after missing analysts’ estimates due to limited spending on information technology projects and one‑time costs. He joins us exclusively on Bloomberg’s Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

UK recruiters face another difficult year as the labor market continues to deteriorate, compounded by growing threats from artificial intelligence... View Source

Nigeria is set to pass a law that would place it among the first African countries to regulate artificial intelligence, tightening oversight of one of the continent’s fastest-growing digital markets after years of largely unchecked expansion by global technology firms... View Source

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Henry He, CFO at Baidu, discusses the company’s business strategy and its investments in AI. He speaks with Stephen Engle from the sidelines of the UBS Greater China Conference in Shanghai. (Source: Bloomberg)... 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 Former Federal Reserve Governor Betsy Duke, GE HealthCare’s Peter Arduini, CFRA’s Ken Leon, Zoetis’ Kristin Peck, Morgan Stanley’s Lauren Hochfelder, Blackrock’s Jay Jacobs, Cornell University’s Eswar Prasad, PGIM’s Cathy Marc... View Source

SK Hynix Inc. plans to spend 19 trillion won ($12.9 billion) building a new advanced chip packaging facility, initiating a big expansion in anticipation of AI demand... View Source

President Donald Trump, addressing American voter concerns about rising electricity prices, said his administration had been in talks with Microsoft to ensure that consumers “don’t pick up the tab” for enormous data centers... View Source

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026... View Source

Medtronic Plc is partnering with brain implant company Precision Neuroscience Corp. in a deal that will give the medical device maker access to neural data it can use to develop new products... View Source

Computer brand Framework has hiked the prices on RAM for its Desktop systems and Mainframes in response to rising costs with its suppliers. Compared with when the Desktops were announced, the 32GB and 64GB options each cost $40 more, but its 128GB variation now costs an extra $460. The current pricing for machines is $1,139 for 32GB, $1,639 for 64GB or $2,459 for 128GB. Since the company bega... View Source

A company called GRU Space publicly announced its intent to construct a series of increasingly sophisticated habitats on the Moon, culminating in a hotel inspired by the Palace of the Fine Arts in San Francisco. On Monday, the company invited those interested in a berth to plunk down a deposit between $250,000 and $1 million, qualifying them for a spot on one of its early lunar surface missions in... View Source

Hong Kong’s second semiconductor-company listing in as many days underscores growing investor interest in Chinese stocks related to artificial intelligence... View Source

From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.NASA Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition from Space Launch Complex 40... View Source

Former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is fighting back, suing the Pentagon for its plan to censure him over comments he made in a video late last year... View Source

Meta's Reality Labs team is expected to lose around 10 percent of its staff, with layoffs concentrated on the division's metaverse employees, as reported by The New York Times. The layoffs are apparently a side effect of Meta's AI ambitions, which are pulling focus away from its virtual reality division. According to the Times, Meta's chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, called a meeting for... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to cut 10% of jobs in the company’s Reality Labs division, part of a broader strategy to shift money away from some virtual reality products and into other AI wearables... View Source

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration. From growing food and sequencing DNA to studying disease and simulating Mars missions, every experiment aboard the orbiting laboratory expands our understanding of how humans can thrive beyond Earth w... View Source

Just weeks after raising the price of its RAM modules, Framework has announced that it's also increasing the price of its desktop PC in response to the global memory shortage. The Framework Desktop with 32GB of RAM and an AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 chip now starts at $1,139, instead of $1,099. "We held off on it for as long as we could, but we had to update our Framework Desktop pricing today to account... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Apple’s decision to use Alphabet’s Gemini to power Siri in a multiyear deal. Plus, Nvidia plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new lab with Eli Lilly & Co. to speed up the use of AI in the pharmaceutical industry. And, Paramount sues Warner Bros. Discovery and plans to nominate directors to the board, stepping up hostilities in its tak... View Source

Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA's Mars sample return project, saying it could potentially find evidence of Red Planet life... View Source

A UK employment tribunal rejected a request from fired Rockstar Games employees to receive interim pay while waiting for a full hearing about their dismissal, according to Bloomberg and IGN. After Rockstar fired 34 employees last year - 31 from the UK and three from Canada - the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) accused the company of "union busting". Rockstar claims that the fire... View Source

Elon Musk appears to be getting closer to President Donald Trump again. He'll be speaking at an event with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The political panel on Balance of Power discusses. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Now that the winter holidays are well and truly past, now's the perfect time to take stock of your tech setup. If you were gifted (or gifted yourself) some new gear in December, make sure that you've got the proper accessories to keep that gear performing at its best. If a new way to power all those batteries would be a benefit, Amazon's currently running a discount on an excellent... View Source

The astronauts are scheduled to leave in a matter of days... View Source

Peter Arduini, CEO of GE Healthcare, talks about the risks of using artificial intelligence, but he says the technology is a breakthrough for healthcare. He speaks to Katie Greifeld at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA hosted the Artemis II Mission Overview briefing in the Teague Auditorium at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Sept. 23, 2025.NASA/James Blair Media accreditation is open to attend Artemis II mission activities at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Johnson is where flight controllers in mission control will manage the test flight after liftoff of the first crewed Moon mission... View Source

"We are in constant contact with NASA."... View Source

It's a weird time in the Stranger Things community. Following a monthslong lead-up to a finale that was so big it screened in theaters, the show's superfans have been spending their time dissecting the fifth season in order to prove that a hidden ninth episode is coming that represents the true ending of Stranger Things. So far that hasn't happened - but that doesn't mean Netflix is done with the... View Source

Nvidia plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., in an effort to speed up the use of AI in the pharmaceutical industry. Denny Fish, portfolio manager on the Global Technology and Innovation Team at Janus Henderson Investors, joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

We learned last March that Lego and Pokémon would be joining forces and the first results of their partnership are here. Pre-orders for all three kits are open now, with an expected ship date of February 27. As one might have guessed from the lightning bolts on the previous promotional image, one of the debut pocket monsters getting the brick treatment is Pikachu, complete with a Poké Ball. The 2,... View Source

From the Upside Down through the Devil's Anus and beyond. Here are 6 times these theoretical wormholes turned up in sci-fi shows and movies... View Source

The UK is bringing a law into force that makes creating non-consensual intimate deepfake images, like the ones that have proliferated on X because of the Grok AI chatbot, a criminal offense, as reported by the BBC. "The Data Act, passed last year, made it a criminal offence to create - or request the creation of - non-consensual intimate images," according to a statement from Liz Kendall, the UK's... View Source

The car market is undergoing changes as Nvidia makes a push into self-driving and EU regulators consider replacing tariffs on Chinese EVs with minimum pricing. Stephanie Valdez Streaty, director of industry insights for Cox Automotive, discusses the latest news and expectations for the car industry with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

On the heels of Mark Zuckerberg announcing that Meta's former board member, Dina Powell McCormick, would be formally joining the company as president and vice chairman, the CEO has shared new details about her purview at the company. The executive will play a key role overseeing Meta's sprawling infrastructure investments as part of a newly announced initiative called Meta Compute."... View Source

Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development of shale oil reserves... View Source

If you’re planning on traveling at all this year, the Baseus EnerCore CG11 Universal Travel Adapter is worth a look. The adapter can power up to six devices at once, and now through the end of today, January 12th, it’s on sale for just $34.19 (about $36 off) at Amazon, matching the all-time low price we last saw at the end of November. Baseus EnerCore CG11 Universal Travel Adapter Where to Buy: $6... View Source

Nvidia Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use of artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry... View Source

If you follow Anthropic, you're probably familiar with Claude Code. Since the fall of 2024, the company has been training its AI models to use and navigate computers like a human would, and the coding agent has been the most practical expression of that work, giving developers a way to automate rote programming tasks. Starting today, Anthropic is giving regular people a way to take advantage... View Source

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making kids' online safety a cornerstone of her administration, and she's eyeing a platform that has often flown under the radar: Roblox. As progress in Congress has stagnated, states have become the primary drivers of internet reforms meant to protect kids, including age verification laws and new requirements for online platforms. Hochul announced a sweeping plan to... View Source

Next-generation nuclear companies Oklo Inc. and TerraPower LLC will need to invest more than $14 billion in new reactors to support Meta Platforms Inc. data centers, according to estimates from BloombergNEF... View Source

The peak time for deals on streaming services — the holiday shopping season — has come and gone, but Disney is back with a fresh offer for the new year. New and eligible returning subscribers can get one month of the ad-supported Disney+ Hulu bundle for just $10. That's $3 off the usual monthly rate for the bundle, and more than 58 percent off if you consider the prices for each service indiv... View Source

Hugo Costa, executive director for the Portuguese Space Agency, and U.S. Ambassador to Portugal John J. Arrigo pose for a photo on Jan. 12 during a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, to mark the country’s signing of the Artemis Accords.Credit: U.S. State Department Portugal is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords alongside 59 other countries in a commitment to advancing principles for th... View Source

Anthropic wants to expand Claude's AI agent capabilities and take advantage of the growing hype around Claude Code - and it's doing it with a brand-new feature released Monday, dubbed "Claude Cowork." "Cowork can take on many of the same tasks that Claude Code can handle, but in a more approachable form for non-coding tasks," Anthropic wrote in a blog post. The company is releasing it as a "resear... View Source

Humanoid maker 1X Technologies has introduced a new AI model that it says allows its home robot Neo to perform new tasks from a video or voice prompt even if the robot has zero experience doing the task before. 1X Technologies CEO and CTO Bernt Børnich joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA NASA has identified a list of 32 technology shortfalls and invites you to give input on your critical technology needs using this feedback mechanism. Whether you’re part of the space technology community or an interested member of the public, your input is invaluable. By registering and providing your feedback, you could help inform of national space technology priorities. NASA will analyze a... View Source

The path forward for the Democratic party after its 2024 defeat includes less tech influence and more populist policies, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Warren delivered this message in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Monday, where she charted a vision for the future of a party that's still in the midst of an identity crisis. She laid out one of the competing pe... View Source

Societe Generale SA is scrapping a self-developed artificial intelligence tool in favor of Microsoft Corp.’s Copilot solution, highlighting the challenges even large lenders face in building out their own offering in the cost-intensive technology... View Source

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.MIT/Jose-Luis Olivares A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist’s concept release... View Source

If you can afford this house you can probably afford a whole-home backup solution like the E10. | Image: Anker Homeowners in search of grid independence have another option today with the launch of Anker's Solix E10 big-ass battery system. It joins companies like Tesla and EcoFlow in offering whole-home backup solutions in the US market meant to counter blackouts and reduce monthly energy bills, o... View Source

Teens’ favorite chat app is planning an initial public offering... View Source

Paramount Skydance just does not want to take no for an answer. After having multiple bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) rejected, including a recent hostile bid that the WBD board recommended that shareholders reject, Paramount is turning to the courts and mounting a proxy fight. In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Paramount CEO David Ellison said the company has filed suit in Delawa... View Source

Richard Wear stands with the E Test Complex in the background at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, where he is acting chief of the Mechanical Engineering Branch. NASA/Danny Nowlin Richard Wear calls it an honor to be working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, during a historic time as NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years... View Source

Hytale, the highly anticipated Minecraft-like adventure game that's been in development for a decade, is nearly here. After developer Hypixel Studios was acquired by Riot Games in 2020, shut down by Riot in June 2025, and went independent a few months later, the team is launching Hytale in early access on January 13th. And if you jump in at launch, you can expect updates for years to come - which... View Source

Paramount Skydance said it plans to nominate directors to Warner Bros. Discovery’s board to vote against the approval of a merger with Netflix and has filed a suit to force Warner Bros. to disclose information to help shareholders make an informed decision. Geetha Ranganathan has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

"The surprise that a supposedly quiet, discless system could drive such a spectacular nebula was one of those rare 'wow' moments."... View Source

Paramount is turning up the pressure on Warner Bros. Discovery in the wake of its merger with Netflix, as it's now suing the David Zaslav-helmed company in an attempt to get more details surrounding the agreement. In addition to the lawsuit, Paramount CEO David Ellison revealed that the company plans to nominate directors to WBD's board to vote against its deal with Netflix. After fielding offers... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Google confirmed that it has entered a multiyear deal with Apple Inc. to power the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence technology, including the Siri voice assistant... View Source

If you’ve got a recent smartphone, chances are it’s got a really good camera — and don’t you want to take the best photos you can? One way to do that is via the DJI Osmo Mobile 7P Gimbal Stabilizer, a selfie stick that includes a tripod, a telescoping arm, and (perhaps best of all) a module that offers built-in computer vision which automatically tracks you, stops and starts, and adjusts framing w... View Source

CNBC reported that Apple had picked Alphabet’s Gemini to run an AI-powered version of its Siri digital assistant. Bloomberg Intelligence's Mandeep Singh has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Apple has confirmed reports that it will use Google Gemini’s models to help it power the new version of Siri and other generative AI features. “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models and we’re excited about the innovative new experiences it will unlock for our users,” Apple said in a statement obtained by CN... View Source

The observatory will combine tech from NASA's most powerful space telescopes... View Source

Over the past couple of weeks, users on the r/alexa subreddit have reported getting automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus as a perk for their Prime memberships. The update doesn't appear to be opt-in, but there's an option to roll it back. Screenshots of a message from Amazon sent to users state that, "After your device updates, you can still revert to the original Alexa by saying, 'Alexa, exit Ale... View Source

Alphabet Inc. broke above a $4 trillion market capitalization on Monday, becoming one of the few companies to ever cross the threshold as investors increasingly see the Google parent as one of the biggest winners of the artificial intelligence boom... View Source

India is considering new smartphone security rules that would require device makers to allow government access to source code for “vulnerability analysis.” It would also require companies to notify the government of major software updates and security patches before rollout, according to Reuters. This is the latest in a raft of unprecedented proposals by the Indian government under the guise of se... View Source

El cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial (SLS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA, visto en la nave High Bay 3 del Edificio de Ensamblaje de Vehículos mientras los equipos t esperan la llegada de los tripulantes de Artemis II para abordar su nave espacial Orion en la parte superior del cohete como parte de la prueba de demostración de la cuenta atrás de Artemis II, el sábado 20 de diciembre de... View Source

Responsible spending? I don’t choose you! | Image: Lego After teasing its first collaboration with the Pokémon franchise last March but sharing very few details, Lego's first Pokémon sets are now available for preorder through the company's online store. The cheapest of the three is an articulated version of Eevee, but there's also a budget-busting set featuring Charizard, Blastoise,... View Source

Nvidia plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use of artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry. Jessica Nix has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Meta has appointed Dina Powell McCormick, a banking executive and former Republican White House official, as its new president and vice-chairman. The company said McCormick will help guide its overall strategy and execution as a part of the management team.“Dina’s experience at the highest levels of global finance, combined with her deep relationships around the world, makes her uniquely suited to... View Source

Recent technological advances have set the stage for a renewed focus on human-based solutions called new approach methodologies (NAMs) that can complement, and in some cases replace, animal models in research and regulatory testing. These NAMs generally span advanced cell-tissue-organoid (in vitro), computational modeling (in silico), and cell-free biochemical analysis (in chemico) techniques, wit... View Source

Astronomy needs space... View Source

Paramount Skydance Corp. said it plans to nominate directors to Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s board to vote against the approval of a merger with Netflix Inc. and has filed a suit to force Warner Bros. to disclose information to help shareholders make an informed decision... View Source

The 2026 Golden Globes took place on Sunday and it was another big night for streamers. Netflix took home seven awards, Apple and HBO Max each won three and Hulu got one.  Netflix's hit show Adolescence received four awards alone, including best limited or anthology series. It also won for best actor (Stephen Graham), supporting actor (Owen Cooper) and supporting actress (Erin Doherty) i... View Source

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

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. has appointed a former top adviser to US President Donald Trump to a newly created senior management role focused on partnering with governments and investors on AI... View Source

The holiday season is fully in the rear view mirror and real life is here to stay. But that doesn't mean the time for gifts is over — especially ones for yourself. You can still take advantage of great January sales on some awesome tech products. Take the Apple Mac mini M4, which is down to $500 from $599. The 17 percent discount gives you 16GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD for only about $20 more... View Source

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon that will pave the way for human exploration on Mars, the agency is tapping into America’s expanding space economy to help guide its strategic technology investments. This initiative, led by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate invites colla... View Source

Dassault Aviation SA, developer of the Rafale fighter jet, led a $200 million investment into the relatively unknown drone company Harmattan AI, making it one of Europe’s newest unicorn startups... View Source

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.’s quarterly earnings missed analysts’ estimates, as corporations continue to limit spending on information technology projects in an era of geopolitical tensions and on one-time costs... View Source

To comply with Australia's under-16 social media ban, Meta said on Medium that it has shut down nearly 550,00 accounts. That number includes 330,000 Instagram, 173,000 Facebook and 40,000 Threads accounts deemed to belong to children. "Ongoing compliance with the law will be a multi-layered process that we will continue to refine, though our concerns about determining age online without... View Source

Iceberg A23-A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident...but perhaps not for much longer... View Source

AI Voice Generator, ElevenLabs, says they have now crossed $330M in ARR. The Co-Founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski speaks with Bloomberg TV on the outlook for 2026 and what's next for the AI company. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie, Guy Johnson and Anna Edwards on The Opening Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Google turned up the heat in the AI shopping wars this weekend, announcing plans to turn Gemini into a merchant and launching an open-source standard built together with major retailers including Shopify, Walmart, and Target. The move comes as companies like OpenAI, Amazon, and Perplexity jostle for power and influence at the heart of a growing AI-powered shopping ecosystem, with consumers increas... 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 looks at China’s No.1 paid app... View Source

Malaysia and Indonesia are the first countries to block Grok, claiming that X’s chatbot does not have sufficient safeguards in place to prevent explicit AI-generated deepfakes of women and children from being created and disseminated on X. Indonesia temporarily blocked access to Grok on Saturday, as did Malaysia on Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, UK media regulator Ofcom has... View Source

The UK communications regulator has opened a formal probe into Elon Musk’s social media site X, adding to the global backlash against sexually suggestive images generated using artificial intelligence tool Grok... View Source

At least $3 trillion is set to flow into data-center-related investments over the next five years, capital that will rely on the might of multiple areas of the credit markets to provide, according to Moody’s Ratings... View Source

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect laboratory for understanding how giant planets can form."... View Source

Dubai's financial regulator is rolling out major updates to its crypto-token framework to bolster & regulate its digital asset environment. Elisabeth Wallace, Associate Director of Policy & Legal at the Dubai Financial Services Authority spoke to Bloomberg’s Horizons Middle East and Africa anchor Joumanna Bercetche on how the new framework will help Dubai continue to function on par with I... View Source

"This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object."... View Source

The National Basketball Association is preparing to pitch investors on a new European league, targeting team valuations of up to $1 billion, as it readies a pair of regular season games in London and Berlin... View Source

The Trump administration approached Microsoft for its donation to fund the White House's $300 million ballroom, documents released by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) office reveal. In response to a Democrat-led letter questioning Big Tech's involvement in the ballroom's construction, Microsoft counsel Karen Christian writes that the company "was contacted by a fundraiser for the effort regarding a... View Source

BE Semiconductor Industries NV’s shares rose after the Dutch chip toolmaker said fourth quarter orders doubled on the back of increased demand for data center applications and from photonics customers... View Source

Nico Rosberg, a former Formula 1 racing champion, has raised $100 million for his venture capital firm, making it one of the largest technology investors from a former athlete... View Source

Middle East venture capital funding hit record highs in 2025 as international capital poured into the region, helping it defy the fundraising slump seen across other emerging markets... View Source

BrainCo has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, putting it on track to be the first of China’s so-called Hangzhou Six to trade publicly... View Source

Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder Joe Lonsdale led investors betting on a little-known Nigerian defense startup that’s expanding drone manufacturing as violent extremism spreads across Africa... View Source

India’s space agency began 2026 with a setback after its rocket failed for the second time to achieve the desired orbit, underscoring challenges to the country’s ambitions... View Source

Xpeng Inc. has hired banks to work on an initial public offering of its flying car unit in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Indonesia and Malaysia’s ban on Grok AI over explicit content has raised global concerns about deepfakes and the challenges of regulating fast-evolving AI technologies. Helen Toner, Interim Executive Director at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, joins Insight with Haslinda Amin to discuss why policymakers are struggling to keep up, the urgent need for transparency, and how... View Source

Recorded in cave drawings as far back as 1000BC, this is one of the oldest zodiacal constellations to be recognised in its modern formTaurus, the bull, is our focus this week. One of the oldest constellations to be recognised in its modern form, it was recorded as the bull of heaven in Babylonian records from about 1000BC, but cave drawings from Lascaux, France, suggest that humans may already hav... View Source

HD Hyundai Robotics Co. has hired banks to work on its South Korea initial public offering at a time when global companies are racing to develop human-like robots... View Source

A spat over technology transfers has split a Dutch chipmaker in two and triggered a race for survival... View Source

Operation Absolute Resolve was like the US Dream Team of Basketball Domination. It was like Shaq and Jordan in their prime versus a High School Squad. It was a wake-up call for China and Russia. It was a stunning display of military prowess and intelligence and drone infiltration and sabotage. Recent events in the Russia-Ukraine ... Read more... View Source

For years, Fang Fenglei was Wall Street’s go-to fixer in China — a partner to heavyweights like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who built one of Asia’s most prominent private equity firms... View Source

Susan Schuh has dedicated her career to helping humans adapt to life beyond Earth.   As the Flight Crew Integration Operational Habitability (OpsHab) team lead in NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Schuh leads efforts to understand what it is really like to live and work in space. She turns that information into progress by documenting ast... View Source

Macquarie Group Ltd. is lending as much as €117 million ($136 million) to German data center infrastructure startup Polarise GmbH, as a debt-fueled boom in the sector continues into 2026... View Source

Netflix’s embrace of podcasting is a major moment for the service -- and a bigger one for the podcast industry... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children... View Source

Billy Woods has one of the highest batting averages in the game. Between his solo records like Hiding Places and Maps, and his collaborative albums with Elucid as Armand Hammer, the man has multiple stone-cold classics under his belt. And, while no one would ever claim that Woods' albums were light-hearted fare (these are not party records), Golliwog represents his darkest to date. This is not you... View Source

Anthropic is making it easier for patients and clinicians to use its artificial intelligence chatbot to access medical information, part of a broader push into the lucrative health care sector. The San Francisco-based company on Sunday said that its Claude product is launching a new health care offering that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, and c... View Source

To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that's called Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). In brief, it's a framework that combines the power of AI agents and online shopping platforms to help customers buy more things. Thanks to the introduction of UCP, Google is offering three new online shopping features. To start, Google's AI mode w... View Source

The loss of the federal EV tax credits may have been a huge blow to prospective buyers, but California wants to fill that gap for its residents. Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed budget for 2026-2027, which was released on Friday, includes a "light-duty zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) incentive program" that details a one-time infusion of $200 million. According to the budget summary, th... View Source

It happens every year: we set ambitious New Year's resolutions - work out more, spend less, keep the house cleaner - full of optimism and motivation. Then life happens, and suddenly it's June and you can't recall what your resolutions even were. But it doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes the problem isn't a lack of motivation but rather a lack of tools, the kind that can make those goals feel m... View Source

Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: In one case that experts described as "really dangerous", Google wrongly advised people with pancreatic cancer to avoid... View Source

Don't be surprised if you see even more drones delivering groceries across the US since the Alphabet-owned Wing announced another service expansion with Walmart over the next year. The partnership said that drone delivery services will be available at 150 more Walmart locations in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Miami and more metros that have yet to be announced. According to Wing, its t... View Source

How U.S. Military Captured Nicolás Maduro Inside Operation Absolute Resolve (January 3, 2026) On January 3, 2026, U.S. special operations forces executed Operation Absolute Resolve, a daring nighttime raid that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from the heavily fortified Fort Tiuna military complex south of Caracas.The operation combined months of intelligence ... Read... View Source

If you're one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue. What was the issue? Unclear. We reached out to Meta for clarification and have yet to receive a response. All we know is that an "external party" triggered the emails, and Instagram says you can safely ignore them. The company posted on X that the issue had... View Source

The Israeli cybersecurity startup Torq is planning to announce Sunday that it has closed a $140 million funding round, raising its valuation to $1.2 billion... View Source

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is in line to potentially earn $35 billion in stock options, so long as the company hits a $100 billion market cap. One way to hit that target is by cutting costs, and one way of cutting costs is to close down a bunch of stores. The company closed 590 stores in fiscal year 2024, and said in a recent SEC filing that it anticipates "closing a significant number of additional... View Source

Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders... View Source

Such experiments have previously only been conducted aboard the International Space Station... View Source

This week, Google announced a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that replaces the traditional list of emails with an AI-generated list of to-dos and topics to track based on what's in your inbox. It's not widely available yet, but I have access, and in the few hours I've spent messing around with it, I can see how AI Inbox could be a helpful or even transformational way to manage your inbox. But right n... View Source

Walmart Inc. is partnering with Alphabet Inc. to offer AI-enhanced shopping on Google’s Gemini platform — part of the retailer’s race to apply the technology across its operations... View Source

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news... View Source

Wing is bringing drone delivery to even more Walmart stores in 2026. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its drones will be flying above 150 more locations this year, including in four new cities: Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami, and Cincinnati. In June 2025, the companies said they would expand their delivery partnership to 100 additional stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando,... View Source

'Luckily it does have a future, so I can confirm that 'Black Mirror' will return, just in time for reality to catch up with it.'... View Source

Not every phone needs to be a black rectangle. It's January, which means there's a whole year of rectangular glass slabs ahead of us. But before that happens, I managed to find phones of a different shape lurking around the corners of the CES convention center halls. They weren't center stage, of course. That was reserved for robots doing laundry badly. But in the margins at tech's biggest show, I... View Source

To beat the market in recent years, many investors applied a simple strategy: Load up on the biggest US technology stocks... View Source

For a while, it seemed like everyone had a TiVo. It was a plot point on major TV shows; it had A-list Hollywood fans; it became a verb as ubiquitous as Google or Xerox. The love was well-earned, since TiVo had created a product that felt genuinely like magic. You could pause live TV. And rewind it. And even set shows to record for later, knowing they'd be there whenever you needed them. There's a... View Source

Indonesia and Malaysia restricted access to Elon Musk’s Grok AI over the weekend, becoming the first countries to ban the artificial intelligence system over its generation of sexual content... View Source

Self-driving robotaxis are already operating in a handful of US cities and in China, with companies betting billions that autonomous vehicles will transform ride-hailing and mobility. Zoox CEO Aicha Evans, Lyft CEO David Risher, Uber executive Sarfraz Maredia, AVRide CCO Sergei Kirillov and Harvard’s Mark Fagan lay out the timeline, the business model and the biggest risks for robotaxis. (Source:... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the action (and inaction) of lawmakers seeking to rein in tech platforms, follow Lauren Feiner. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started In the offline world, age verification is often as simple as flashing a cashier your drive... View Source

You can watch India launch 16 payloads, including an advanced military satellite, to space tonight (Jan. 11). It will be the first liftoff of a PSLV rocket since a May 2025 failure... View Source

Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing... View Source

AI-generated songs are climbing the charts and often listeners can't tell they're not made by humans. From Billboard hits to new artificial intelligence music platforms, the industry is racing to adapt as artists and labels confront a rapidly changing soundscape. Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The total wealth that has left California is now $1 trillion. California had $2 trillion of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them. ... Read more... View Source

Lutnick predicts that after a low GDP read in the 4th quarter because of the furloughs of federal workers. He disagrees with how this is measuered. Q1 and Q2 should have 5.X% GDP growth with 30 major new construction projects, new factories from the start of the $18 trillion in investment commitments. If the rate ... Read more... View Source

Main predictions are that US GDP will be 4-6.2% in 2026. Chamath had a wildcard (longshot) that SpaceX would not IPO but have a reverse merger with Tesla. Biggest Political Winner (12:27) David Friedberg — Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) solidifies takeover of Democratic Party (like MAGA did for GOP) rise of collectivism. Jason Calacanis ... Read more... View Source

X may soon provide more insight into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the company "will make the new X algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days." X's recommendation algorithm has been the subject of investigations by France and the European... View Source

The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites... View Source

A giant version of Lockin’s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor. I picked Aqara's Smart Lock U400 and Roborock's Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from CES 2026, but there were gazillions of other great gadgets on the show floor. It was a banner year for smart home products, but the big trends I saw weren't about new product catego... View Source

In 2023, what was then still called Twitter, open-sourced at least portions of the code that decided what it served up in your feed. But that GitHub repository is hopelessly out of date, with the vast majority of the files appearing to be from the initial upload three years ago. Elon Musk says that in seven days, he will open-source X's new algorithm and finally give people a peek behind the curta... View Source

Your neighborhood GameStop might be on the chopping block, along with more than 400 other retail locations across the US. As first reported by Polygon, the retailer is pursuing a severe cost-saving measure by closing up several hundred physical locations. According to a blog that keeps track of GameStop closures, there are 410 locations that are confirmed to be closing or are already closed, along... View Source

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, removed two of its historic test stands – the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility – with carefully coordinated implosions on Jan. 10, 2026. The demolition of these historic structures is part of... View Source

The FCC approved SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites on Friday. That brings the total number of satellites the company will have in orbit to around 15,000 worldwide. As part of the approval, the government is also waiving previous requirements that prevented overlapping coverage and enhanced capacity. SpaceX originally sought approval for 30,000 satellites, but for... View Source

Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users... View Source

If you received a bunch of password reset requests from Instagram recently, you're not alone. As reported by Malwarebytes, an antivirus software company, there was a data breach revealing the "sensitive information" of 17.5 million Instagram users. Malwarebytes added that the leak included Instagram usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more. The company... View Source

The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s request to deploy an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, allowing the company to launch 15,000 in all. It has also allowed SpaceX to upgrade its Gen2 satellites with “advanced form factors and cutting-edge technology,” to operate across more frequencies and to add more orbital shells to optimize coverage and performance. This appro... View Source

Nintendo Switch 2 owners can forget about seeing Baldur’s Gate 3 in the Nintendo Store, at least as of now. In a Reddit AMA, Larian Studio's CEO, Swen Vicke, said that the team would have loved to bring the title to Switch 2, but "it wasn't our decision to make." As cryptic as that may sound, Vicke's response hints that either Wizards of the Coast, which owns the Dungeons... View Source

At every CES I’ve ever been to, there’s been one or two gadgets promising to boost your mental health. In recent years, the number of companies making forays into this space has grown, and will likely continue to do so in the future. Could it be, much like the number of people wearing heart-monitoring wearables today, everyone will be strapping an EEG to their skulls a decade or so down the line?... View Source

Elon Musk accused the UK government of being “fascist” after it stepped up threats to block X over sexualized images of women and children produced by his artificial intelligence tool Grok... View Source

The start of the year is typically a great time to snag deals on health and fitness gear, including trackers and wireless earbuds, and this week was no exception. We found plenty on sale and highlighted the best picks below. Not all of the deals are related to New Year’s resolutions, though; there are also a number of other worthwhile deals worth checking out. Despite the Consumer Electronics Show... View Source

Jensen Huang took the stage at the CES trade show in Las Vegas this week to make the clearest pitch yet for Nvidia Corp.’s autonomous driving technology. In doing so, the chief executive officer’s vision for vehicles that can drive themselves edged into the terrain of major customers like Tesla Inc. and its boss, Elon Musk... View Source

That’s a wrap for CES 2026! In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about their favorite aspects of the show, as well as Engadget’s best of CES awards lineup. Also, Cherlynn chats with Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky about his Pebble smartwatch revival, as well as an intriguing new AI ring that’s built entirely around notetaking.Subscribe!iTunesSpotifyPocket CastsStitcherGoogle PodcastsTopicsTV... View Source

Liftoff is scheduled for 8:19 a.m. ET on Sunday (Jan. 11)... View Source

Is this… bliss? | Screenshot: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Greetings from the year of Linux on my desktop. In November, I got fed up and said screw it, I'm installing Linux. Since that article was published, I have dealt with one minor catastrophe after another. None of that has anything to do with Linux, mind you. It just meant I didn't install it on my desktop until Sunday evening. My goal here is... View Source

CES always has its share of attention-grabbing robots. But this year in particular seemed to be a landmark year for robotics. The advancement in AI technology has not only given robots better “brains,” it’s enabled new levels of autonomy and given rise to an ambitious, if sometimes questionable, vision for our robot-filled future.From sassy humanoids to AI-powered pets and chore-handling assistant... View Source

Put this ball under your board. Keychron announced new mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life at CES, but this trackball stole the spotlight. The Nape Pro is Keychron's first trackball, and its slender frame means it can work on your desk in multiple ways. You can keep it to the right or left of a keyboard like a traditional trackball, or you can tuck it in front and use it without moving... View Source