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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

Back in 2024, NASA announced that the Artemis 2 mission was going to be pushed back to April 2026. Now, the agency says it could launch as early as February, with the first flight opportunity being on February 6. NASA is currently making the final preparations for the mission and will soon roll out the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft to their launch pad at the Kennedy Spa... View Source

On Episode 192 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik looks forward to 2026, which promises to be the most exciting year in the new space age yet!... View Source

At CES this year, humanoid robots appeared to be closer than ever to moving into our homes. LG introduced CLOiD, a household robot it says can handle chores like preparing food and loading the washing machine. SwitchBot showed off the Onero H1, another home helper built to tackle everyday tasks, and Boston Dynamics, WIRobotics, Zeroth, and others debuted even more impressive humanoids. Advances in... View Source

Some of China’s most prominent figures in generative artificial intelligence warned that the Asian nation is unlikely to eclipse the US in the global AI race anytime soon... View Source

Space agency said crew of four will leave ISS next week with goal of touching down in California on 15 JanuaryNasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a “serious” but undisclosed issue.The US space agency announced on social media on Friday night that it will aim to have the crew leave the station no... View Source

Stevie Bonifield is a news writer here at The Verge and, they say, “I cover a little bit of just about everything, from the FCC to AI shopping tools to Linux.” Before joining our news team, they wrote weekend news for PC Gamer and did reviews, news, features, and guides for Laptop Mag, along with some stories for Tom’s Guide, IGN, TechRadar, and XDA. “I’ve been reading (and watching) The Verge sin... View Source

Chances are that you're here because you've heard a virtual private network (VPN) can change your virtual location, and want to know what that means. If you know already, head over to my best VPN list to learn which services I recommend for changing your location. But if you're clueless, read on.Whenever any device connects to the internet — whether it's a laptop, a phone or a... View Source

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines... View Source

Diora might be the most ambitious game I've played on the Playdate. It's all about perspective: You turn the handheld's crank to rotate your viewpoint of the bite-size 3D landscapes, which lets you peek around corners to find solutions to various puzzles. On a device with a 1-bit, black-and-white display, the miniature worlds feel miraculous, like little dioramas you can spin around in your hands... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 111, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about gerrymandering and watch conventions and John Ternus, watching F1 and Roofman and half the Mission: Impossible series on p... View Source

The Washington Monument lit up on New Year's Eve in celebration of the Artemis 2 moon mission as well as the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence... View Source

Games Done Quick, the biannual charity speedrunning event currently going on right now, not only helps organizations like the Prevent Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Borders - it helps indie games get noticed, too. Indie game developers face an incredible uphill battle not only getting their projects funded, completed, and launched, but discovered as well. Events like GDQ can be a boon to de... 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

Kimiya Yui released the timelapse footage to celebrate his 300th cumulative day spent orbiting Earth... View Source

China has issued draft regulations for the governance of personal information collection from the internet and its use by applicants, as part of its efforts to safeguard users’ rights and promote transparency... View Source

Indonesia blocked access to Grok after an investigation into the artificial intelligence system’s generation of sexual content... View Source

The largest anti-government demonstrations to rock Iran in recent years intensified Friday night, fueling fears of growing fatalities as authorities battle to suppress the protests... View Source

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Friday (Jan. 9), acing its third mission of 2026... View Source

The first medical evacuation in the history of the International Space Station will take place on Jan. 14, when the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission head home... View Source

Ynys Môn (Anglesey): The wolf moon is spectacular enough, but look east and you’ll see a celestial titan the size of a pinprickAs unmissable as new year’s fireworks, the wolf moon held the heavens for the first few nights of January, casting an unearthly radiance over everything, night almost as bright as day. Now, as that moon wanes, prepare to be wowed by a true planetary A-lister: Jupiter... View Source

Millionaires have become far more common over time, driven by global economic growth, inflation, and wealth creation. In the early 20th century, being a millionaire was extremely rare. Historical Number of Millionaires There were estimated to be only about 20 millionaires in 1840 in the USA and around 4,000-5,000 by 1900. Globally, the figure was ... Read more... View Source

NASA plans to roll out its Artemis 2 moon rocket on Jan. 17, keeping the historic mission on track to launch as soon as Feb. 6... View Source

Elon Musk’s Boring Company will soon open new tunnels that will link new stations and will add Robovan around 2027-2028. Current Expansion Plans TBC’s core strategy is building small-diameter tunnels (12-14 feet) for Tesla vehicles, enabling point-to-point transport at speeds up to 150 mph. This contrasts with traditional subways by being cheaper (target: $10M/mile vs. ... Read more... View Source

Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to "triple your crypto," according to a thread on Reddit. The Betterment account says in an X thread that this was an "unauthorized message" that was sent via a "third-party system." Here's the notification that some people got, per a screensh... View Source

Apple Inc. shares are on pace to tie their longest losing streak in more than three decades... View Source

Meta agreed to a series of electricity deals for AI data centers that will make it the biggest buyer of nuclear power among its hyperscaler peers. Paul Meeks, managing director and head of technology research at Freedom Capital Markets, discusses how energy needs and the AI build-out are changing what tech analysts examine. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is seen inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building as teams await the arrival of Artemis II crewmembers to board their Orion spacecraft on top of the rocket as part of the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA/Joel Kowsky As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test f... View Source

Buddyo is a smart base designed to add AI to figurines like Funko Pops using NFC tags. AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year, but among the horde of waddling plushies and light-up emoji eyes, two stood out to me. HeyMates and Buddyo are each betting that the collectible figurine boom is going to come back with an AI-powered vengeance, letting us chat to sports stars... View Source

Snowflake plans to buy AI-powered app monitoring startup Observe, part of its push to expand in the IT operations management software market. Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The splitR Auracast transceiver can attach to an iPhone’s MagSafe spot. One of the issues holding Auracast back from wider mainstream use is some companies' lack of support for the Bluetooth technology - Apple being a prime example. With iOS having 58 percent of the market share in North America and nearly 28 percent worldwide, a decision by Apple to enable native Auracast support would potentiall... View Source

OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. have jointly invested $1 billion in SB Energy, an infrastructure company that’s working with the tech firms on a massive US buildout of data centers to power artificial intelligence... View Source

The FCC authorized SpaceX to deploy & operate up to 15,000 next-gen satellites — enabling even better, faster, and more advanced Internet services in the country. President Trump is restoring America’s technology leadership. NEW today, the FCC authorized SpaceX to deploy & operate up to 15,000 next-gen satellites — enabling even better, faster, and more ... Read more... View Source

Amazon could be taking another, even bigger swing at physical stores, this time with a Walmart-like supercenter. On Tuesday, the Orland Park Plan Commission in the Chicago suburb Orland Park, Illinois voted 6-1 to approve Amazon's proposal to develop 35 acres of land for a 229,000-square foot retail center, as reported by The Information. The development would include a brick-and-mortar supercente... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Meta’s latest energy deals for AI data centers that will make it the biggest buyer of nuclear power among its hyperscaler peers. Plus, MiniMax, one of China’s largest generative AI startups, goes public in Hong Kong. And, Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy talks about the company’s plan to buy AI-powered observability platform Observe. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA will bring four astronauts back to Earth early due to a health issue, leaving the International Space Station with just three crewmembers. But that's the way it used to be... View Source

X is suing music publishers and their trade group, the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), accusing them of attempted coercion in their ongoing battle over licensing, as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. The Elon Musk-owned platform accuses music publishers of colluding with the NMPA to "coerce X into taking licenses to musical works from the industry as a whole, denying X the... View Source

Forgent Power Solutions Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electrical equipment used in data centers, filed for a US initial public offering... View Source

In October, Apple caved to pressure from the Trump administration and removed ICEBlock — and similar apps which crowdsourced the location of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity — from its App Store. Apple's stated rationale? The apps could "be used to harm law enforcement officers." But armed-to-the-teeth ICE officers don’t need protection from civilians. Apple had that ex... View Source

On Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District, hundreds of protesters braved the cold to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after an agent fatally shot a woman at close range on Wednesday. Earlier that day, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's visit to One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan sparked protests outside the building. The day before, Noem... View Source

The US Supreme Court will consider invalidating the Federal Communications Commission’s system for imposing financial penalties in a clash that could put fresh limits on the power of federal regulators... View Source

Amazon is making a return, of sorts, to physical retail via plans to build a big-box retail store in the Chicago suburbs, The Information reports. The 225,000-square foot retail space will open in Orland Park, Illinois, and give the company the opportunity to sell more than just groceries after it closed most of its physical bookstores and gift shops in 2022.The new store will offer in-store shopp... View Source

NASA’s StarBurst instrument outside a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.NASA/Daniel Kocevski Heated, cooled, shaken, and settled – NASA’s StarBurst instrument is several steps closer to being ready for launch. The small satellite is now awaiting instrument calibration following a successful integration in Canada and rigorous testing by engin... View Source

Google rolled out emoji reactions to personal Gmail accounts a little over two years ago, and I completely forgot about it until now - probably because the option is hidden within a small, smiley face icon beside the Forward button. But now, Google is bringing emoji reactions to all Workspace users by default on February 9th, reminding me of their existence (and all the times I could've replied wi... View Source

Amazon.com Inc. is planning a 229,000-square-foot store selling groceries and general merchandise in the Chicago area, a fresh attempt at physical retail that borrows from the big-box store model of such competitors as Walmart Inc. and Target Corp... View Source

The 2026 Timeline: AGI Arrival, Safety Concerns, Robotaxi Fleets This podcast episode, hosted by Peter H. Diamandis on the Moonshots Podcast has Salim Ismail (founder of OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP of Link Ventures), and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (computer scientist and founder of Reified). The discussion explores the rapid acceleration toward Artificial General Intelligence ... Re... View Source

"These nine objects are special."... View Source

The tech moguls in happier times (at Trump’s inauguration.) Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting booted from Apple's and Google's app stores. The fact that it hasn't happened yet tells me something serious about Silicon Valley's leadership: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are spinele... View Source

Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain... View Source

Shares of Netflix have tumbled since October, when the streaming giant became one of the presumed suitors for Warner Bros. Discovery. But despite a 28% plunge in less than three months, the stock still appears to be too expensive to entice investors, says Bloomberg's Felice Maranz explains. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

A new year is the perfect time to get your spending in order, and if you're not trying to build your own spreadsheet, budgeting apps are one of the best ways to do it. To save yourself some money in the process, you can pick up a year-long subscription to Monarch Money, one of Engadget's favorite budgeting apps, for just $50 if you use code NEWYEAR2026 at checkout and you're a new s... View Source

The "Lego Ruler". | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge We just gave the Lego Smart Brick our Best In Show award at CES 2026, and I wanted to stop by The Lego Group's suite to get a last glimpse before I left Las Vegas. To my surprise, the company showed off one more feature I didn't see during my first demo, perhaps the most impressive one should these bricks make their way to adult builders: pre... View Source

OnePay, the Walmart Inc.-backed fintech firm behind the “super app” that the world’s largest retailer is incorporating for customers, recently bought back shares from employees at a price that values the closely-held company at more than $4 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the matter... View Source

Probably my favorite thing about the Lego Smart Play system unveiled this week at CES is that it was designed for kids, first and foremost. In the past 10 years or so, Lego has increasingly courted an older audience with more expensive and elaborate sets. But when it was time to bring more advanced technology to Lego, the idea right from the beginning was more social and interactive play. If... View Source

Several months after Amazon.com Inc. bought artificial intelligence hardware startup Bee, the company said it’s working to make its $50 always-listening wearable more proactive, and indicated a larger revamp is in store... View Source

We’re wrapping up coverage of the biggest tech show in the world. CES 2026 is almost over, and while we have more stories and wrap-ups to come, here are the most interesting products we’ve spotted, written about and critiqued/praised. That includes our picks for the best of CES. We gave out 15 awards as well as our best of show, and you might be surprised by some of our picks — I know I was. Read... View Source

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, it's nowhere to be found at CES 2026. CES isn't a big smartphone show, but there have been more new handsets here than I expected. Samsung gave us our first hands-on look at the Galaxy Z Tri... View Source

Meta aims to future-proof its energy needs by turning to nuclear power in multi-gigawatt deals for AI data centers. Bloomberg’s Riley Griffin discusses Meta’s plan with Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Meta's messaging app WhatsApp could soon be subject to deeper scrutiny (and punishment) under the European Commission's Digital Services Act, Reuters reports. Because the app's broadcasting feature WhatsApp Channels grew to around 51.7 million average monthly active users in the European Union in the first six months of 2025, the feature has crossed the 45-million-person barrier tha... View Source

The launch of an AI image editing feature on xAI’s Grok has caused chaos on X after it was used to generate a flood of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes. As Hayden Field wrote, “screenshots show Grok complying with requests to put real women in lingerie and make them spread their legs, and to put small children in bikinis.” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the deepfakes “disgusting,”... View Source

Matthew Dolgin, Senior Equity Analyst at Morningstar, was interviewed on January 9, 2026, to discuss the competing bids for Warner Brothers Discovery and the broader implications for the streaming industry. Dolgin analyzed the valuation of Warner’s legacy cable networks, noting that while some bidders assign them little to no value, they likely retain some worth, albeit less than the headline bid... View Source

Every third booth at CES showed off some new AI product or other. If you wanted to find a robotic lawn mower, throw a rock. Humanoid robots, smart locks and super thin TVs were everywhere. But if you went looking for sustainability products, you’re going to have to hunt a bit. Last year, the Sustainability section at the Las Vegas Convention Center had 20 booths. This year, there were 38, but that... View Source

The DJI Mavic 4 Pro is a powerful drone featuring three cameras that can capture images in 100MP resolution and video in 6K and it's still at its lowest price... View Source

Meta has forged agreements with three nuclear power providers in an effort to secure the vast amount of electricity it needs to power AI data centers. The agreements with TerraPower (which is backed by Bill Gates), Oklo (backed by Sam Altman), and Vistra are expected to deliver 6.6 gigawatts of energy for Meta's projects by 2035 - which is enough energy to power Ireland. These AI projects include... View Source

“Grand Theft Auto VI’ was first announced for fall 2025 before slipping to May 2026 and then again to Nov. 19, 2026, its current planned date... View Source

ExpressVPN is back on sale again, and its two-year plans are up to 78 percent off right now. You can get the Advanced tier for $101 for 28 months. This is marked down from the $382 that this time frame normally costs. On a per-month basis, it works out to roughly $3.59 for the promo period. We’ve consistently liked ExpressVPN because it’s fast, easy to use and widely available across a large globa... View Source

In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery. And the work to ensure that this first-of-its-kind project can fulfill its ambitious exploration vision is underway in some of the nation’s most advanced space simulation and testing laboratories. From left, Johns Hopkins APL engineers Tyler Rad... View Source

True AGI expected in 2026 (possibly 2027), with superintelligence by ~2030 surpassing all human intelligence combined. 100X Intelligence density increase will reduce the HBM memory bottleneck. 10X AI gains every year going forward. Reusable rockets will be 30 times faster than planes, move more cargo and there will ten times more giant rockets than large ... Read more... View Source

"It's about the themes of love and sacrifice and family. And maybe asking ourselves, 'What am I going to do that adds quality to this world?'"... View Source

In an interview with Netflix's Tudum, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker announced today that the sci-fi anthology series will be returning for an eighth season. "Well, 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," Brooker said. "That chunk of my brain has already been activated and is whirring away." Brooker didn't... View Source

Chinese industrial robot maker Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. is considering a second listing in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter, joining a wave of firms drawn to the city’s sizzling market... View Source

Dell's XPS 14 now costs over $2,000. An AMD executive predicts that PC builders will likely make piecemeal upgrades this year, instead of building entirely new systems. And new AI supercomputers from NVIDIA and AMD are gobbling up the RAM market. At CES 2026, it was hard not to notice the dire year ahead for the computing industry, one that will likely lead to higher prices and more limited a... View Source

NASA will return 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

Lego’s new sets will make Star Wars sound effects for you. | Image: Lego It may have been one of the smallest devices announced at CES 2026, but Lego's new Smart Brick was also one of the most talked about debuts of the show. We've recognized it as the "Best in show" in our CES 2026 awards, and following the Smart Play system's launch earlier this week, the first three sets featuring the new Smart... View Source

WASHINGTON, DC—This week, NASA's new administrator, Jared Isaacman, said he has "full confidence" in the space agency's plans to use the existing heat shield to protect the Orion spacecraft during its upcoming lunar mission. Isaacman made the determination after briefings with senior leaders at the agency and a half-day review of NASA's findings with outside experts. "We have full confidence in th... View Source

Star Capital is considering holding German defense technology firm Vincorion’s initial public offering in Frankfurt as soon as the first quarter of this year, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Clicks is an apologetically gadgety company, making gear that feels charmingly out-of-place in a world where almost every smartphone out there is an all-screen slab. That was obviously two years ago when the company first revealed its keyboard case that brought tactile typing to the iPhone and eventually other Android devices. Rather than that being a one-off curiosity, the company had two new ann... View Source

3 Min Read I am Artemis: Dave Reynolds Dave Reynolds, the booster manager for SLS (Space Launch System), works inside the Next Generation Booster Avionics Mockup at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Reynolds is responsible for the design, development, and flight of the boosters for the rocket that carry NASA’s Orion spacecraft and astronauts to the Moon as part of the Art... View Source

New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for the hopes of finding alien life within its ocean... View Source

Shadowheart contemplates a powerful artifact in Baldur’s Gate 3 Following some controversy, the developers at Baldur's Gate 3 creator Larian Studios have further clarified their use of generative AI. CEO Swen Vincke and other Larian developers held an AMA on Reddit where they answered users' questions about the team's next title, Divinity. They also fielded questions related to reports that the st... View Source

FYI.AI Chief Executive Officer and founder will.i.am sits down with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the music industry. From AI-generated music and copyright debates to the future of creativity and streaming, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer explains why he believes we're entering a new creative "renaissance" and why artists may be mo... View Source

Meta has announced three new agreements to purchase nuclear power for its AI infrastructure as well as the Prometheus supercluster, a 1-gigawatt data center being built in Ohio. The social media giant is partnering with power companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo to deliver an expected 6.6 gigawatts of generation to its projects by 2035. The company's agreement with TerraPower will fund the d... View Source

A magical encounter in northern Finland blends ancient folklore, swirling auroras and an unexpectedly curious fox... View Source

Apple and Google are being dragged into the uproar around X's AI chatbot that has continued to virtually undress women in images without their consent this week. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Ed Markey (D-MA) wrote that "X's generation of these harmful and likely illegal depictions of women and children has shown c... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. is set to become one of the world’s biggest corporate buyers of nuclear power, striking a series of deals as technology companies rush to lock up electricity for the AI boom... View Source

LG opened CES 2026 by outlining its vision to reduce the physical effort and mental burden of life. Buy enough of the devices it’s presently working on and you’ll exist in an environment of “ambient care,” coddled by the machinery in your home. It sounds positively utopian: When the sensors in your bed know you’ve not slept well and are getting a cold, a robot will wake you with a glass of freshly... View Source

We saw a ton of cool new products at CES 2026, but not all of them made the cut when it came to deciding what was best of show. One of those products that we nevertheless think holds promise is Anker’s AeroFit Pro 2, which are wireless earbuds that can double as open-ear headphones. You pick the mode you want: wedge them into your ears for better sound enhanced by active noise cancellation, or let... View Source

If you paid enough attention, you could find health trackers everywhere at the CES trade show this week. But they didn't necessarily look how you’d expect... View Source

There are no recruitment ads for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) running on Spotify at the moment, the streaming service has told Variety. A spokesperson has confirmed the news after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, but they also clarified that the ads stopped running in late 2025. “The advertisements mentioned were part of a US government recruitment campaign that ra... View Source

The medical evacuation of SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts from the International Space Station shouldn't interfere with Artemis 2's launch to the moon, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says... View Source

The Champ Stack 10K is one of the first power banks you can safely break in two. | Image: Nimble Accessory maker Nimble announced a new power bank at CES 2026 that will appeal to anyone who's had to reluctantly share or loan their portable charger to someone else. The Champ Stack 10K looks like a typical 10,000mAh power bank that's jumped on the built-in charging cable bandwagon, but it has one in... View Source

Oklo Inc. and Vistra Corp. shares rallied, leading peers higher, after Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to a purchase nuclear power from the companies to run artificial-intelligence data centers... View Source

There were no idle hands at Sharpa's CES booth. The company's humanoid may have been the busiest bot at show, autonomously playing ping-pong, dealing blackjack games and taking selfies with passersby. On display wasn't just the robot and its smarts, but also SharpaWave, a highly dexterous 1:1 scale human hand. The hand has 22 active degrees of freedom, according to the company,... View Source

6 min read NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, and their stars. Along for the ride are two shoebox-sized satellites called BlackCAT (Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope) and SPARCS (Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat... View Source

Mira is a hormone testing kit that I tried out ahead of CES 2026. I had to pee in that cup. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they're going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer h... View Source

Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to a series of electricity deals to power data centers that could end up totaling more than 6 gigawatts, enough to power a city of about 5 million homes. Will Wade reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

NASA has decided to bring the Crew-11 astronauts home a month earlier than originally planned due to a “medical concern” with one of them. This is the first time in its history that the space agency is cutting a mission short due to a medical issue, but it didn’t identify the crew member or divulge the exact situation and its severity. The astronauts will be heading back to Earth in the coming day... View Source

Kia unveiled the EV2, a small and affordably priced electric vehicle built for the European market. The EV2 made its debut at the Brussels Auto Show, where executives touted it as its "most compact" EV to date. Of course, it was another in a long line of affordable, capable, and impressively designed EVs that won't be available to US customers - at least not right away. And it arrives at a time wh... View Source

On this episode of "Bloomberg Tech: Europe" we take a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is shaking up the music industry. Whether it's artificial artists or remixed records, AI promises to have far-reaching effects on music-making and the streaming business model. FYI.AI CEO and founder will.i.am sits down for an exclusive interview with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie. The Grammy-winning artis... View Source

Dolby may have announced Dolby Vision 2 a few months ago, but the company gave the new platform its first big reveal at CES 2026. I got the chance to see the improvements in person for the first time, thanks to a variety of demos and Q&A sessions. Dolby Vision 2 will be available this year, but initially, it will be limited. As such, I’ve compiled the info on where the image engine will be ava... View Source

Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky... View Source

This year's CES was an odd one. This is a conference usually dominated by futuristic, expensive TVs and futuristic, expensive cars, but those things weren't what dominated CES 2026. Instead, Las Vegas was filled with new ideas about old gadgets, and showed us a whole lot of really impressive hardware waiting on software to catch up. On this episode of The Vergecast, recorded live at the Brooklyn B... View Source

The dollar rose along with Treasury yields as investors brace for Friday’s US payrolls report and a possible Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The two events may sway the mood of the market in the near term, marking one of the biggest tests for global equities since their rebound from April’s tariff-driven slump. The US payrolls for December is particularly important for th... View Source

Even as CES 2026 wraps up soon, there’s no shortage of standout hardware hiding in plain sight. From genuinely quieter yard tools to ultra-light EVs and companion robots that want to remember your family, Day 3 was all about tech that felt a little more considered — and in some cases, refreshingly practical.If you can’t get enough of CES, be sure to check out our picks for best of CES 2026, which... View Source

Elon Musk's X has partially restricted access to Grok's image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the platform. As of this writing, it no longer generates images as @grok replies for free, but Grok's image editing tools remain readily available for any X user to churn out images, both sexualized and tame... View Source

Andreessen Horowitz has raised more than $15 billion — its biggest ever funding haul — with plans to invest in industries including artificial intelligence, defense and biotech... View Source

Kia has unveiled its new entry level electric vehicle, the EV2. The boxy model strongly resembles the company's Soul (Kia did make an electric Soul at one point) and has very similar dimensions, though it's slightly shorter in height and length. It's not exactly a range monster and will charge a bit slower than the competition. The EV2 launched at the Brussels Motor Show and the com... View Source

Planets, stars, and star clusters, oh my!... View Source

A close up photo of an Asus monitor showing its RGB stripe sub pixel layout. CES is a lot — a deluge of consumer tech surrounded by lots of bad carpeting. The Verge’s on-the-ground team of super nerds covered so many new products and technologies that it’s understandable if it was all a little overwhelming. That’s why we’ve gathered up a collection of trend reports from the s... View Source

European stock investors are preparing for the implications of a US Supreme Court ruling on the legality of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Olivia Solon addresses the unintended use of AI image generation on Elon Musk’s X... View Source

Another first-party Xbox game is making the leap to PlayStation 5. This time around, Obsidian’s Avowed — one of our favorite games of last year — is crossing the great divide. The fantasy action RPG will hit Sony’s console on February 17, one day shy of the game’s first anniversary. As it happens, an anniversary update is set to go live on all platforms at the same time. This includes a new g... View Source

Every January, the world of consumer electronics heads to Las Vegas to spend the first full week of the year in the desert presenting, prodding, and gawking at all the new gadgets and gear debuting at CES. The show has once again delivered an avalanche of products, both innovative and vaporous, that will shape the industry in 2026. The Verge's team has been working around the clock to share the ex... View Source

Shares of Netflix Inc. have tumbled since October, when the streaming giant became one of the presumed suitors for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. But despite a 27% plunge in less than three months, the stock still appears to be too expensive to entice investors... View Source

Conceivable’s automated lab has helped bring 19 babies to life. Is it better at IVF than humans are?... View Source

"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting stronger and stronger upper limits, so alternative scenarios have to be considered."... View Source

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA regulatory pathway to commercialize treatments for rare diseases... View Source

will.i.am, FYI.AI CEO and founder, discusses artificial intelligence, music rights and why artists deserve control over how their work is used. He explains how licensing could shape the future of AI training, why human-made music stills matters, and why live experiences may become even more valuable in an AI-driven world. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Microsoft is making it a lot faster and easier to add links to text inside Word documents. Instead of having to open a menu item to insert a link or use the CTRL + K keyboard shortcut, you can now simply paste a link on top of the text you want to hyperlink. This new feature reduces the amount of clicks you need to do an everyday task like linking URLs, and it works across Word for the web, Window... View Source

Elon Musk’s XAI has limited Grok’s image-generation tool to paid subscribers on the X social media platform, after the tool drew condemnation for generating undressed images of women and children... View Source

The European Composer & Songwriter Alliance says licensing is a good first step, but has called for greater transparency over the deals major labels are striking with AI music cpmpanies. The group's President, Helienne Lindvall, an award-winning professional songwriter, musician and columnist spoke to Tom Mackenzie about whether the industry can survive and thrive as AI takes hold. (Source: Bl... View Source

Artificial Intelligence is being used across the music industry. One company that's thriving is AudioShake. Its platforms use AI to split audio recordings into individual parts, separating music, voices and effects. Its customers can take recordings that were once locked in their final form, and reimagine, remix and repurpose them. AudioShake's Co-Founder and CEO Jessica Powell spoke to Tom Macken... View Source

French oil-field surveyor Viridien SA could potentially sell its land and marine seismic equipment business, allowing it to focus on reservoir data-processing and possibly cut debt faster... View Source

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools... View Source

Razer, the gaming peripherals company, unveiled a series of new products powered by artificial intelligence as it aims for a far-reaching revamp around AI. Dana Wollman is at CES in Las Vegas and got a sneak peak at what's in the pipeline (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s revenue topped estimates, reinforcing hopes of sustained global AI spending in 2026 despite concerns about an industry bubble... View Source

Flutterwave Inc. is betting its purchase of open-banking platform Mono Technologies Nigeria Ltd. will boost earnings and strengthen the case for a potential initial public offering by Africa’s most valuable financial-technology unicorn, its chief executive said... View Source

Showing an aptitude for math from an early age and revering Albert Einstein, Yan Junjie has come a long way from his small-town roots... View Source

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LG Energy Solution Ltd. reported a surprise preliminary operating loss for the fourth-quarter as slowing demand for electric vehicles, including the rollback of subsidies in some markets, darkens the outlook for South Korea’s largest battery maker... View Source

Smart glasses maker Xreal Inc. recently raised $100 million, its chief executive officer said, adding to the firm’s coffers as competition in the category heats up... View Source

Nvidia Corp. tapped Google Cloud executive Alison Wagonfeld as chief marketing officer, a sign the Silicon Valley chipmaker is looking to further raise its profile... View Source

MiniMax, one of China's largest generative AI startups, surged in its trading debut in Hong Kong after raising $619 million in its initial public offering. Co-founder and COO Yeyi Yun says the company plans to use the proceeds for R&D for foundation models. She also discusses overseas expansion plans on Bloomberg's The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Albert Liu, CEO at Kneron, discusses the company's business strategy and the outlook for the edge AI market. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Annabelle Droulers from the sidelines of the CES trade show on "The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

In a move that should surprise nobody, Google is stuffing more Gemini AI into Gmail. A host of new features, some of which are already familiar to Workspace users, are rolling out today for Gmail users in the US. Some are free, while others require a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription.The first premium feature is AI Overviews, the same name as a similar feature in Google Search. Gmail’s version l... View Source

Chi Xu, CEO and co-founder of Xreal, unveiled an upgraded entry-level AR glasses product at CES. He explains how the 1S model improves on the previous Xreal One glasses by increasing the video resolution at a lower price point. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech” from CES in Las Vegas. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Star Trek is in a weird place right now. Less than three years ago we were living in a golden age with five shows on the air, all with different styles and intended audiences.  But the universe rapidly contracted, with Picard ending while four other shows were cut short. Strange New Worlds still has another two seasons left, sure, but even that final season got truncated. As it stands, there’... View Source

Steve Jang, managing partner and founder of Kindred Ventures, joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech” from CES in Las Vegas to discuss what trends he’s seeing at the consumer tech conference and how they are shaping his investment strategy. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

When Dell made the decision to kill off its XPS laptop name last year, it felt like a big mistake. We said so, in fact, multiple times. But at CES 2026, the company is righting its past wrongs by resurrecting the iconic laptop brand — and this time, this decision feels like the right move both for Dell as a whole and its flagship consumer devices.Even more than the words the letters XPS are meant... View Source

Chinese startup MiniMax Group Ltd. spent its first three years largely on the sidelines of the generative-AI boom. As rivals chased local ChatGPT clones, the Shanghai-based team tackled a harder problem: building a single model capable of processing text, speech and video... View Source

NASA has postponed an International Space Station (ISS) spacewalk that was scheduled for Thursday. "The agency is monitoring a medical concern with a crew member that arose Wednesday afternoon aboard the orbital complex," the agency wrote. On Thursday, NASA added that ending Crew-11's mission early was on the table.The unnamed crew member is stable, according to NASA. Space News not... View Source

Towerborne, a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch on February 26th. But instead of launching as a free-to-play, always-on online game as originally planned, Towerborne is instead going to be a paid game that you can play offline. "You will own the complete experience permanently, with offline play and online co-op... View Source

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is burning cash quickly, with losses mounting as it spends to build data centers, recruit talent and develop software that will eventually power humanoid robots, according to internal documents... View Source

TikTok and FIFA are teaming up for World Cup matches. On Thursday, FIFA said its media partners will be able to broadcast “parts of matches” on the social platform. The “preferred platform” partnership will run through the end of 2026.How long the live clips will be is anyone’s guess because “parts of matches” is as specific as the announcement got. We emailed TikTok for clarification and will upd... View Source

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. has picked Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and UBS Group AG to work on the planned initial public offering of global health and beauty retailer A.S. Watson Group, people familiar with the matter said... View Source

Have a hankering for some audiobooks? Audible is holding one heck of a sale right now, giving users three months of access for $3. That's a dollar per month. This is something of a winter tradition for the Amazon-owned platform and the promotion ends on January 21. An Audible subscription grants one audiobook per month to keep. This can be selected from a massive catalog of new releases and b... View Source

Humanoid robots have been folding laundry, lifting boxes and demonstrating new AI-powered capabilities at CES but their future in homes is likely still far away. Jan Liphardt, founder and CEO of OpenMind and professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, discusses the outlook for AI robots with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech” from CES in Las Vegas. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Lumus got a major boost in brand recognition when one of its waveguides was selected for use in the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. But that already feels like old tech now because at CES 2026, the company brought some of its latest components to the show and based on what I saw, they seem poised to seriously elevate the optical quality of the next wave of high-end smartglasses. When the Meta R... View Source

NASA has decided to bring the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission home from the International Space Station early due to a medical issue experienced by a crewmember in orbit... View Source

The Pioneer Sphera can be installed into a single-DIN space in your dash. I fully believe that once someone hears Dolby Atmos music in their car, they won't want anything else. The sonic envelopment turns your car cabin into an immersive, engaging experience. Every time I hear a demo - be it in a Rivian, Cadillac, or Mercedes - it leaves me energized and excited. But up to this point, Dolby Atmos... View Source

President Donald Trump met with Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan on Thursday at the White House, where the two men discussed the company’s progress on its new line of processors following the US government’s purchase of shares in the chipmaker... View Source

This year, over 4,000 exhibitors descended on Las Vegas, Nevada to showcase their wares at CES, and the Engadget team was out in full force. The week started with press conferences from the biggest companies at the show, which were often a flurry of AI buzzwords, vague promises and very little in the way of hard news. More than one company even decided to forgo announcing things during their... View Source

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country will take action against X following reports that the platform's Grok AI chatbot is generating sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors, as reported earlier by The Telegraph and Sky News. "It's disgusting," Starmer says during an interview with Greatest Hits Radio. "X need[s] to get their act together and get this material down. And we will take act... View Source

Stablecoin transactions reached unprecedented heights last year, buoyed by favorable policy in the US under pro-crypto President Donald Trump... View Source

Fender Audio may have announced its new headphones and speakers right before CES, but Las Vegas afforded us the first opportunity to see the brand’s new lineup in person. Fender Audio is a Fender-owned brand from Riffsound that’s designing and making new devices after licensing the name. It’s been a while since the guitar and amplifier company made any general-use speakers of its own, and this new... View Source

Space agency says US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than plannedNasa is cutting short a mission aboard the International Space Station after an astronaut had a medical issue.The space agency said Thursday the US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned. Continue reading... View Source

The compensation of Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook held steady at about $74 million in 2025, with most of the package coming in the form of stock awards... View Source

YouTube introduced some new filters to its advanced search tools today. Possibly the most exciting change is that Shorts are now listed as a content type, so the three-minute-or-less videos can be excluded as results in your searches. This is a welcome update for any of us who have been on the hunt for a long-form explainer only to wade through dozens of ten-second clips before finding anything cl... View Source

"Nothing in my professional training as an X-ray astronomer had prepared me for something like this."... View Source

Bloomberg Tech's Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow are live from CES in Las Vegas. They break down China's plans to approve some imports of Nvidia's H200 chips as soon as this quarter, and Anthropic's new round of funding that would value the company at $350 billion. Plus, live conversations from CES with the CEO of Xreal, US State Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg and more. (Source: Blo... View Source

When Meta first announced its display-enabled smart glasses last year, it teased a handwriting feature that allows users to send messages by tracing letters with their hands. Now, the company is starting to roll it out, with people enrolled in its early access program getting it first,I got a chance to try the feature at CES and it made me want to start wearing my Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses more... View Source

The Swedish streaming giant is stepping up its courtship of YouTubers as it pushes deeper into video ... View Source

While wave upon wave of smartglasses and face-based wearables crash on the shores of CES, traditional glasses really haven’t changed much over the hundreds of years we’ve been using them. The last innovation, arguably, was progressive multifocals that blended near and farsighted lenses — and that was back in the 1950s. It makes sense that autofocusing glasses maker IXI thinks it’s time to moderniz... View Source

The Satechi EX3 Wireless Keyboard comes with a number pad and navigation keys. Satechi is launching a new pair of wireless keyboards with a rechargeable battery designed for easy replacement. Despite their ultrathin profiles, the compact Slim EX1 and full-size Slim EX3 both stow the removable battery in a compartment on their undersides. A wireless keyboard with an easily replaceable and rechargea... View Source

It’s time for Sam Altman to start worrying, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Dave Lee says. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Last year Razer showed off Project Ava as a digital assistant that lived inside your computer to help adjust settings or provide gaming tips. But now at CES 2026, the company’s AI companion platform has gotten a major glow-up while moving into some new digs. Now, in lieu of being constrained entirely to your PC’s screen, Razer has given Project Ava a real home in the form of a small tube that... View Source

NASA just postponed a spacewalk because of a medical concern with an astronaut. Here's how the agency has handled such issues in the past... View Source

Last year, Tesla defied its critics by boldly launching a robotaxi service that, by the end of the year, required no human supervision and was available to over 50 percent of the US population. At least that's what Tesla CEO Elon Musk told us would happen by the end of 2025. The reality, of course, was much different. Tesla's "robotaxi" service, as it stands today in Austin and San Francisco, is s... View Source

Health care is shaping up to be a key battleground for the top AI labs this year. But first…... View Source

Perhaps you like the idea of controlling your home appliances with your voice, but aren’t super keen on a data center processing recordings of you. Fair enough. The trade-off for most smart home conveniences is relinquishing at least some of your privacy. Today at CES, I saw a line of voice-controlled home appliances from Emerson Smart that adjust power and setting via voice commands. But commands... View Source

Your guide to February's full Snow Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights... View Source

Gamers, roll up! CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year's upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the show display what could potentially come further in the future. 2026 will soon bring us new chip options from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. While I'm excited to see how the latest horse race shakes out, some of the new designs and form factors di... View Source

Robots, AI and wearable tech are just a few things spotted at CES 2026 in Last Vegas. Samantha Kelly shines the spotlight on all the gadgets that premiered (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

In a new executive order, President Donald Trump has declared that the United States will withdraw from 66 international organizations and bodies, including several focused on tackling climate change. Trump made his disregard for climate change clear when he withdrew the US from the Paris climate agreement for a second time in early 2025, but these new withdrawals further confirm the second Trump... View Source

As part of a few changes to its search filters, YouTube is going to allow you to search specifically for Shorts or longform videos. Right now, a filter-less search shows a mix of longform and short form videos, which can be annoying if you just want to see videos in one format or the other. But in the new search filters, among other options, you can pick to see "Videos," which in my testing has on... View Source

As AI announcements continue to roll out of CES, questions about US export controls and Chinese demand hang over the sector. Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg, founder of the Hill and Valley Forum, discusses AI policy with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech” from CES in Las Vegas. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

As an unabashed fan of electric vehicles, even I have to admit that most of them are pretty boring. Their smooth, quiet and calm demeanors don't offer much in the way of intrinsic personality, which has led to many brands slapping on outré designs and fake engine sounds to try and dial up the excitement.To that end, a pair of offerings coming soon from UK-based EV startup Longbow Motors looks... View Source

Credit: NASA NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew. On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally scheduled for Jan. 8 while teams monitored a medical concern with a crew member currently living and working aboard the orbital laboratory... View Source

Nothing’s Ear (a) come in a bright yellow color, though you can also buy them in black and white. The new year has brought a wave of deals on wireless earbuds and headphones, from the fitness-focused Beats Powerbeats Fit to the open-ear Shokz OpenRun Pro. Now, Nothing has joined in with a sale of its own, offering the Nothing Headphone (1), CMF Headphone Pro, and Nothing Ear (3) earbuds at their l... View Source

Humanoid robot makers in China accounted for the vast majority of the roughly 13,000 units shipped globally last year, far outstripping US companies like Tesla Inc. and Figure AI in sheer volume, according to research firm Omdia... View Source

Cute, alien-inspired companion robots are a fixture at CES, but have I ever seen one with a furry telescoping neck that's also warm to the touch? No, I can't say I have before this year. OlloBot — which had possibly the cutest booth at CES 2026 — is a home robot and "cyber pet" that looks something like if you put ET's head on a penguin's body, plus a splash of fur an... View Source

The clips are filmed from different angles. Some are zoomed in, making them indecipherably grainy, and others are slowed down. Some are 20 seconds while others are longer, sandwiched by commentary from users on social media platforms like X, Bluesky, Reddit, and TikTok. Each video - depicting the moment an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shoots and kills a woman in Minneapolis - is ever... View Source

Paramount Skydance Corp. reaffirmed its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. for $30 a share in cash, insisting its hostile bid is superior to one from Netflix Inc. after multiple rejections. Michelle Davis reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Have you ever wanted to save approximately three seconds and two mouse clicks when shopping online? Microsoft has something special just for you. The company just introduced something called Copilot Checkout at the NRF 2026 retail conference. This is exactly what it sounds like. It's a shopping assistant embedded within Copilot. The feature is rolling out now in the US and integrates with Pay... View Source

Let’s take bets on how much Hayao Miyazaki would hate this. You can't shake a stick without hitting an AI gadget at CES this year, with artificial smarts now embedded in just about every wearable, screen, and appliance across the show floor, not to mention the armies of AI companions, toys, and robots. But those are just the beginning. We've seen AI pop up in much stranger places too, from hair cl... View Source

Samsung SmartTag 2 trackers are back on sale if you're willing to pick up a bundle. Woot has a four-pack down to just $45, which undercuts the previous all-time low we’ve seen on Amazon ($55) by $10. That's a discount of 55 percent from the retail price of $100. It's a compelling opportunity to stock up if you're already in Samsung's ecosystem. We named the SmartTag 2 the... View Source

1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The primary structure of Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) undergoing assembly, integration, and testing at Lanteris Space Systems in Palo Alto, California, on September 29, 2025. Lanteris Space Systems Development continues on NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft design... View Source

Microsoft is launching a new feature in Copilot that will allow you to make purchases during conversations with the AI chatbot. Now, when you're asking for suggestions about what kind of sneakers you should buy, Copilot can surface a checkout option for the product you choose directly inside the app. An example shared by Microsoft shows someone using Copilot to search for a small lamp for their be... View Source

If you’ve ever bought a bag of spinach only to come home and realize you already had a bag of spinach, you may appreciate this fridge. I had a chance to check out the GE Profile Smart Fridge with Kitchen Assistant at CES and was surprised to find I kinda wanted one. To be perfectly honest, most attempts I’ve seen at the show to “stick some AI in it” are at best amusing but usually completely unnec... View Source