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The Google Photos Memories feature will be exclusive to Samsung for six months. Google Photos will finally be available on TVs next year, starting with an upcoming integration for Samsung TVs. Samsung announced that the planned integration will "seamlessly bring the photos people capture on their phones to Samsung TVs, where they can appear in a larger, cinematic format," and that it wants Google... View Source

Here are the best lunar events to see in 2026, including eclipses, supermoons and conjunctions... View Source

This lightweight medium-format powerhouse is one of the most powerful cameras you can get, but how does it work for astrophotography?... View Source

Today’s global coral bleaching events are the worst kind of climate warning... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group Inc., a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers, according to people with knowledge of the matter... View Source

One of the zodiac’s subtler constellations comes into view on winter evenings, with the moon helping to point the wayYou can track down one of the zodiac’s fainter constellations this week. Aries, the ram, lies between Taurus to the east and Pisces to the west. In the northern hemisphere, it is situated at its best during the deep winter months.Aries is an ancient constellation. It was originally... View Source

With more than 30 million downloads, Umamusume: Pretty Derby has generated anime adaptations, live concerts and a new legion of racetrack fans... View Source

China is about to start paying interest on its official digital currency in a fresh push to get more people to use it after about a decade of development and testing... View Source

Thailand’s beleaguered initial public offering scene is set to remain subdued as the country’s market revamp needs time to stave off companies listing elsewhere, a senior official said... View Source

Coupang is offering compensation worth more than $1 billion to all customers affected by South Korea’s biggest-ever data breach... View Source

We analyzed several years of data to assess how our streaming habits have changed... View Source

LG unveiled a whole new line of gaming monitors ahead of CES on Friday. The UltraGear evo line are all high-end monitors covering a range of technologies, but united by 5K resolution and AI upscaling. The three flagships under the new branding are the 39GX950B, the 27GM950B, and the 52G930B. The first number in the model name indicates the size. The rest of the letters and numbers, well, I'm sure... View Source

It was another year of high-conviction bets — and fast reversals... View Source

Looking to watch some of the best Sci-Fi movies and shows ever without having to rely on streaming? Don't skip these out-of-this-world Blu-ray editions... View Source

Thierry Breton, the former European Union official who was sanctioned last week by the Trump administration, said the bloc must resist US attempts to influence its legislation aimed at regulating social media platforms... View Source

Elon recently confirmed long-term plans for Mars at an xAI all-hands meeting. I, Brian Wang, predicted the plan over a year ago... View Source

Apple isn't ready to pay a several billion-dollar fine to UK App Store users and is filing an appeal over a major antitrust lawsuit. As first reported by The Guardian, Apple has requested to appeal to the UK's Court of Appeal, which would escalate the case beyond the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).  The latest appeal attempt follows an October decision from the CAT, where the cou... View Source

Things that HP Lovecraft was good at: Creating a mythos. Building atmosphere. Things that HP Lovecraft was bad at: Writing dialog. Creating compelling characters. Not being a racist. As a fan of horror in general, I can't pretend that Lovecraft isn't an important touchstone. But the man's blatant racism is also impossible to ignore, especially since it often finds its way onto the pages of his sto... View Source

Ubisoft has shut down Rainbow Six Siege's servers and is in the process of rolling back the fallout of a widespread breach that left various players with billions of in-game credits, ultra-rare skins of weapons, and banned accounts. As of Sunday afternoon, the status page on Rainbow Six Siege's website still shows "unplanned outage" on all servers across PC, PlayStation and Xbo... View Source

The Nintendo Power Glove was not good. It's important that you know that. The Power Glove was ambitious, impressive, even important - one of the very first mainstream devices that let you control a game using your body instead of just your thumbs - but it was not good. In some ways, its not-good-ness is a key part of the story. The Power Glove showed up in the late 1980s, at a complicated time for... View Source

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look skyward, where a new lunar contest mirrors humanity’s struggle to live within planetary limitsDuring the cold war’s space race, the Apollo moon missions were driven by the need to prove American superiority. Having made that political and technological point with the 1969 moon landing, the con... View Source

After the high price tag of the Ayaneo Pocket DMG turned some retro handheld fans away, Ayaneo is working on another remake of the classic Game Boy with a slightly more affordable cost. Ayaneo revealed the pricing for the Pocket Vert, which starts at $269 for early bird orders. Compared to the Pocket DMG that retails for $449, Ayaneo skipped the OLED and configurations that go up to 16GB of memory... View Source

Space junkyards | Additions to signs | No-joke planning reforms | Chris Rea | Last-ditch attempt | ‘Trump class’ | Moving obituaryI do hope countries agree to use the Jules Verne crater on the far side of the moon as a spacecraft graveyard to crash defunct equipment as they use Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean as a spacecraft cemetery (Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say... View Source

Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game's servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to gain control over a significant chunk of the game's systems, including the ability to ban and unban users, sending custom messages to ban ticker, unlocking all in-game items, and granting every player 2 billion R6... View Source

This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions... View Source

Louis Gerstner, who took over International Business Machines Corp. when it was on its deathbed and resuscitated it as a technology industry leader, died Saturday. He was 83... View Source

Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe's most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons to singularities... View Source

Iran said it sent three satellites into orbit from Russia on Sunday, a move that may intensify tensions over Tehran’s broader actions... View Source

We asked our staff to choose their favorite Space.com stories of 2025. Here's what we got... View Source

In this new era of console… inclusivity? driven by Sony and mostly Microsoft bringing their exclusives to other platforms, it's getting harder to highlight games that make a singular console shine. Indeed, the top-performing games year after year on both PlayStation and Xbox are multiplatform releases, and often the best games of the year, like 2025 GOTY winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, similar... View Source

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t... View Source

Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025... View Source

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics... View Source

Axian Group's founder Hassanein Hiridjee says telecommunications is the backbone of artificial intelligence in Africa and the continent will need much stronger infrastructure to unlock its full potential. Hiridjee speaks in an interview with Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Samsung is adding two brand new speakers to its audio lineup, along with updated soundbars boosted with AI features. While not as inconspicuous as the Samsung Frame, the new WiFi speakers, called the Music Studio 5 and 7, were designed to blend into your living room's atmosphere with their minimalist design. However, if you're looking for a more convenient option, Samsung also updated it... View Source

For years, Samsung has made products that try to camouflage what they are by displaying works of art. The Frame TV is the most famous example, but the company also released the Music Frame, a speaker disguised as a picture frame, at last year's CES. Now, instead of hiding a speaker with a piece of art, Samsung worked with designer Erwan Bouroullec to make a speaker into a piece of art. According t... View Source

OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness who can help it anticipate the potential harms of its models and how they can be abused, in order to guide the company's safety strategy. It comes at the end of a year that's seen OpenAI hit with numerous accusations about ChatGPT's impacts on users' mental health, including a few wrongful death lawsuits. In a post on X about the... View Source

Boldly going where no Lego set has gone before, the first-ever Star Trek Lego set you can buy and it is awesome!... View Source

The Retroid Pocket 6 may have gotten off to a rocky start, but the gaming handheld is officially completed and going to see its first shipments soon. The handheld maker revealed the final product shots of the Retroid Pocket 6 in black and orange on X. Along with in-person product pics, Retroid revealed gameplay videos of its handheld, running emulation of PlayStation 2 games. For those looking to... View Source

ISO corporate scapegoat. OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X, Sam Altman announced the position by acknowledging that the rapid improvement of AI models poses "some real challenges." The post goes on to specifically call out the potential impact on people's mental... View Source

Stardew Valley is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Fans of the farm life simulator, specifically those who already own it for the Nintendo Switch 2, can download a free upgrade that introduces new features and multiplayer modes. However, fans have reported some bugs following the free release, and Eric Barone, the game's developer that's better known as ConcernedApe, is working on fi... View Source

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

Google’s Pixel 10 phones are some of the best Android phones on the market. If you’re taking it easy during the slow, in-between week between Christmas and New Year’s, now’s a good time to catch up on deals you might’ve missed. Many of our favorite discounts from the past week are still hanging around, making this an especially convenient moment to shop. Whether you’re eyeing a new phone, gearing... View Source

When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to the problem... View Source

Spike your eggnog and relax with our list of the finest flicks of the year about invasive AI, soaring superheroes, and Lovecraftian horrors... View Source

I played a lot of games on my Steam Deck this year. It seemed like there was a never-ending list of incredible indie games to try - The Verge wrote about a lot of them! - and many worked brilliantly on Valve's handheld gaming PC. Some bigger games made a splash on Steam Deck, too, and while they may not look as good as on a beefy PC, I'm usually happy to deal with that simply because I can play th... View Source

Chinese companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy manufacturing investments overseas, but the projects are having significant social, environmental, and human rights impacts... View Source

It's the 12 days of Spacemas, fa la la la la la la la la (sorry)... View Source

China plans to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence by requiring providers to ensure their services are ethical, secure and transparent... View Source

Access to fast, affordable internet is still out of reach for millions of South Africans, especially in townships. For nearly a quarter of the country's residents, digital infrastructure has changed little since the end of Apartheid. Startup Fibertime is seeking to bring high-speed connectivity to communities that have been left behind. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas... View Source

Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia's "data center alley," filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for large offshore wind projects. The move puts a sudden stop to five wind farms already under construction, including Dominion's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The complaint Dominion filed Tuesday a... View Source

Warner Bros. Discovery shares slid early Friday in premarket trading after a report from the New York Post said that Paramount Skydance could walk away from its $30-per-share cash bid and instead litigate against the company’s board for how it handled the process. But with Larry Ellison personally backing the Paramount bid, the pressure is still on. Bloomberg's Chris Palmeri reports. (Source: Bloo... View Source

The State of New York will now require social media platforms to display warning labels similar to those found on cigarettes. The bill was passed by the New York Legislature in June and signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday. It will apply to any platforms that feature infinite scrolling, auto-play, like counts or algorithmic feeds. The labels will caution those on the platform about poten... View Source

The future of the popular influencer group FaZe Clan is in flux once again after several members announced their departures this week following failed contract talks with new management... View Source

If streaming services’ year-in-review campaigns have shown us anything, it’s that we’ve spent a staggering amount of time drowning out the hum of everyday life with music, podcasts and audio series. And with some incredible new releases this year, we were really eatin’ good. Here are some of the Engadget team’s favorite things we listened to in 2025.Spiritbox - Tsunami SeaI became aware of Spiritb... View Source

While space is often referred to as a vacuum, it isn't completely empty... View Source

There are plenty of dating apps out there, and apps that turn your chaos of work obligations into easily actionable lists. There is also a growing number of apps that help you make new friends. The pitch for Rodeo is a bit different in that it uses AI to help you schedule activities with your existing friends. The company was started by a pair of former Hinge execs who felt it was more difficult t... View Source

Which is the best streaming device out there? We've pitted four of the best models on the market against each other to determine the top option... View Source

The modular PC company Framework is adjusting the price of its DDR5 RAM modules once again as the cost of memory continues to surge. In an update on Wednesday, Framework said it will charge $10 per GB for 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB, with "slightly higher" prices for the 48GB and up. Framework first announced a price hike on memory earlier this month, citing "substantially higher costs" from suppliers and... View Source

LG has revealed a new lineup of gaming monitors just ahead of CES. The UltraGear evo displays offer 5K visuals. Many incorporate on-device AI upscaling, taking some of the burden away from the GPU.  LG says the tech will let consumers skip out on some card upgrades. This could end up being extremely beneficial because the AI boom has been impacting GPU prices. LG There are three displays in t... View Source

As another year comes to an end, we sit down and collect our thoughts on the best sci-fi and space video games of 2025... View Source

A Google support page in Hindi says the ability to change your Gmail address is on the way. The feature would allow you to replace your current @gmail.com address with another. Your old address would remain active as an alias on the account, and all your data would stick around, unaffected.The support page (translated) says that "the ability to change your Google Account email address is grad... View Source

After nearly 12 years leading the United Launch Alliance (ULA), its chief Tory Bruno is stepping down from the U.S. rocket launch provider to pursue "another opportunity," the company announced this week... View Source

Unlike the day after Thanksgiving, when people are rushing online and to the stores to look for deals, the day after Christmas is usually a time to recover from the festivities and check your budget to see how much all that gifting has cost you. However, if you're in a shopping mood, or if you suddenly realized you forgot somebody important, there are still some deals out there. For example, Ninte... View Source

This was the kind of year that felt 100 years long, so who could blame us for leaning into a bit of escapism? Some of us buried our noses in books in 2025, and thankfully, there were plenty of good reads to get lost in. Here are some of the Engadget team’s top picks from the year.Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyWild Dark Shore pulls off a magnificent balancing act of telling an intimate, per... View Source

NASA/Zena Cardman In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. A bulk container installed in the MSG, filled with viscous fluid and embedded particles, is subjected to oscillating frequencies to obs... View Source

If you've been saddled with some awful Gmail address you chose in high school (looking at you, LazySexyCool3030), help appears to be on the way. According to a Google account support page in Hindi the company is allowing some people to change their email address. According to the page (via Google Translate): If your Google Account email address ends with gmail.com, you can replace it with one that... View Source

It marks the first time newly commissioned Space Force Guardians have graduated Officer Training School (OTS) wearing this uniform... View Source

Aside from free shipping, Prime Video is the second-best perk that comes with an Amazon Prime subscription. This year, the streaming service delivered several strong installments to some of its biggest series like Reacher, Fallout, and Invincible - but it also premiered some great new shows and spinoffs to keep things fresh. Here's a list of the best shows and new seasons released on Prime Video i... View Source

- Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) edge higher in the premarket session as the company agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq. - Shares of Indian technology services provider Coforge Ltd. (COFORGE IN) declined ahead of the US market open after the company agreed to buy Encora at an enterprise value of $2.35 billion in an all-stock deal. - Shares of Biohaven (BHVN) fell as much... View Source

LG will present a home robot named CLOiD at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. With humanoid robotics sure to feature heavily at this year's tech conference, LG has teased its home assistant before a full unveiling in January. The company says CLOiD's two articulated arms with five individually actuated fingers are designed to help with a variety of household tasks. However, LG has not yet given a s... View Source

LG is getting ready to take the wraps off a new robot it claims is capable of performing a "wide range" of household chores. The robot, called LG CLOiD, will make its debut at CES next month, featuring two articulated arms and five individually actuated fingers on each hand. Though we only have a description and two images showing LG CLOiD's five-fingered hands, it already seems a lot different fr... View Source

Don't miss the moon cozy up to Saturn on Dec. 26... View Source

Brazilian regulators have reached a settlement with Apple after a yearslong investigation into the company's App Store fee practices as well as its policies against third-party app stores. As first reported by Brazilian tech site tecnoblog, the nation's Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE) said it has accepted Apple's proposed agreement that will address claims of antic... View Source

After years of eschewing big mergers, ServiceNow Inc. is on a deal spree. It has spent at least $12 billion this year on acquisitions or strategic investments... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, in the first of our essays looking ahead to tech trends in 2026, Natalie Lung writes that Waymo’s expansion makes the upcoming year crucial to show robotaxi service as a viable and potentially profitable transportation option... View Source

Indian technology services provider Coforge Ltd. agreed to buy Encora at an enterprise value of $2.35 billion through a share swap, adding artificial intelligence, data and product engineering expertise... View Source

Losing AirPods happens to the best of us. They’re small, they slide into couch cushions and they love disappearing into bags or pockets when you least expect it. Luckily, Apple’s Find My system makes it easy to track down misplaced AirPods, whether you dropped the case somewhere or can’t find one of the individual earbuds. With the right settings enabled, your iPhone can show the last place they w... View Source

In Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack and Will use an overturned dinghy to hold air underwater. Madness or brilliance?... View Source

New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown... View Source

When the year began, a billionaire with close ties to the White House was a lock for the most newsworthy tech titan of 2025. But 12 chaotic months later, Larry Ellison, not Elon Musk, can justifiably lay claim to the title... View Source

Storage fills up fast on a PS5, especially when a single game can take up as much space as an entire last-gen library. Adding moreSSD space is the easiest way to stop playing Tetris with your installs, and once it is set up, your console loads games just as quickly as it does from the built-in drive. It is a small upgrade that makes a big difference if you jump between several titles at once.The t... View Source

From the moon and Jupiter to famous nebulae and galaxies, here’s your beginner-friendly guide to what to point your brand-new telescope at... View Source

Xiaomi just launched its flagship 17 Ultra by Leica phone that may make you feel bad about your current device's cameras. Naturally it's a spec monster, with a 1-inch sensor 50MP f/1.67 main camera and 1/1.4-inch 200MP periscope telephoto camera. But it also offers an interesting new mechanical feature: a manual zoom ring that also activates the camera automatically when you rotate it. Both the re... View Source

Russia and Kazakhstan have delayed the first launch under their joint Baiterek space project, pushing back the debut of the Russian Soyuz 5 rocket to allow for additional checks... View Source

China has officially launched a national venture capital fund and three large regional funds, together worth billions of dollars, as part of a push to foster home-grown tech champions and improve investment efficiency... View Source

The NVIDIA-Groq $20 billion deal announced on December 24, 2025 is a major strategic move in the AI hardware space. NVIDIA and Groq clarified that it is not a full company acquisition. The deal is structured as a non-exclusive licensing agreement for Groq’s inference technology, combined with NVIDIA hiring key Groq personnel. Groq’s founder and ... Read more... View Source

China has built a prototype EUV (extreme ultraviolent) lithography machine in a high-security laboratory in Shenzhen. They had a semiconductor Manhattan Project”. The prototype was completed in early 2025 and is now undergoing testing. It occupies nearly an entire factory floor and was assembled using reverse-engineered components. Ramp-up timeline Functional for chip production around 2028... View Source

Sony's latest console may be a few years old at this point, but it's still got plenty to offer — including some of the best games of this generation. Whether you just got a new PS5 or PS5 Pro, or you've had yours for a little while, you may want to give it a refresh of sorts by investing in some new accessories. Luckily, there are tons to choose from. These are the best PS5 accessor... View Source

Setting up a PS5 for a child means you can offer an age-appropriate and safe platform for them to play. Sony made its parental control tools more comprehensive in recent years and they allow families to manage screen time, block unsuitable content, guide online interactions and approve purchases. The process is straightforward once the right menus are in view, but it helps to understand how each f... View Source

Overall, the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the Earth as a whole... View Source

Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos... View Source

As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris... View Source

Buddy’s in space. When your kid starts showing a preference for one of their stuffed animals, you're supposed to buy a backup in case it goes missing. I've heard this advice again and again, but never got around to buying a second plush deer once "Buddy" became my son's obvious favorite. Neither, apparently, did the parents in Google's newest ad for Gemini. It's the fictional but relatable story o... View Source

Upgrading to the Switch 2 is a big step forward, thanks to the larger screen, new features and improved performance. But shifting to a new console naturally raises the question of what happens to all your games and save data on the one you already have. Thankfully, Nintendo has built a clear System Transfer process that lets you move your account, digital purchases, save files and other key data f... View Source

All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom... View Source

AI isn't new to Hollywood - but this was the year when it really made its presence felt. For years now, the entertainment industry has used different kinds of generative AI products for a variety of post-production processes ranging from de-aging actors to removing green screen backgrounds. In many instances, the technology has been a useful tool for human artists tasked with tedious and painstaki... View Source

They won't be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding their own way to make the season bright... View Source

The night sky is the Christmas gift that just keeps giving... View Source

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes... View Source

Christmas Day famously belongs to football. This Dec. 25, there are three NFL games to watch: the Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders, the Detroit Lions vs. the Minnesota Vikings, and the Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City Chiefs. Here's what you need to know about Thursday's football slate, and the rest of the Week 17 schedule.  How to watch the NFL Christmas Day games:  Date... View Source

The axion could be a contender to explain the mystery of dark matter... View Source

Nvidia Corp. agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom... View Source

Bloomberg’s Katie Greifeld examines Intel as shares fall after reports emerge that Nvidia may be hitting pause on testing Intel’s chip production process. Plus, the Trump administration gets the go-ahead to move forward with a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. And Tesla faces renewed scrutiny over car doors, with the company confronting a new probe by the NHTSA. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The two largest and most expensive Lego Star Wars sets available go head-to-head: The UCS Millennium Falcon and the UCS Death Star. But which is best?... View Source

Tesla is facing a new US government probe over the door handles of its Model 3 sedans, people familiar with the matter tell Bloomberg. Steve Westly, a former Tesla board member and managing partner of The Westly Group, speaks with Katie Greifeld on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Sylvia Jablonski, CEO and CIO at Defiance ETFs, discusses ETF themes to watch in 2026. She joins Katie Greifeld on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. warned investors in some of its alternative investment funds that their data may have been exposed in a breach at one of the bank’s law firms... View Source

Steven Wolfe Pereira, CEO and founder of Alpha, says Netflix will have to “up the ante” after Paramount’s latest offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. He joins Katie Greifeld on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Steam is experiencing an outage that’s impacting users ability to access the game store and play games online. Valve hasn’t acknowledged the outage publicly, but SteamDB’s unofficial Steam Status page reports that the Steam Store, Steam Community, and Steam Web APIs are all offline.DownDetector received over 6,000 outage reports around 1:15PM ET, and Steam is also inaccessible from Valve’s mobile... View Source

The microwave-sized sensor detects 'spectral fingerprints' of important minerals... View Source

Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Swissquote senior market analyst, details why tech memory names have seen a robust rally and outlines the outlook for 2026. She joins Katie Greifeld on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Back in November, Sony started selling PS5 consoles at a $100 discount as part of a Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotion. The deal officially sunsets at 3AM ET, so now is a good time to bite the bullet on a gaming console given that prices aren't likely to go down anytime soon. You can pick up a regular disc-based PS5 for $450 and a digital model for $400. The beefy PS5 Pro is available for $6... View Source

As you might expect, things have been relatively quiet on the deals front since Black Friday, particularly when it comes to discounts on charging accessories. Thankfully, Anker’s aptly titled Laptop Power Bank is once again on sale at Amazon and Walmart for $87.99 ($47 off), which matches the record-low price we last saw at the end of November. Anker Laptop Power Bank Where to Buy: $119.99 $87.99... View Source

China overcomes human spaceflight emergency and makes leaps with lunar hardware tests... View Source

Intel Corp. shares fell after a report said Nvidia stopped a test using Intel's production process to make advanced chips. The report from from Reuters. Norah Mulinda reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Creating a child-friendly iPad takes a few extra steps, but Apple’s tools make the process relatively straightforward. From creating a child’s Apple ID to adjusting Screen Time and privacy settings, you can shape how your child uses the device and protect them from inappropriate content. The process varies slightly depending on whether the iPad is new or already in use, but the principles are the... View Source

Using the Hubble space telescope, astronomers have imaged "'Dracula’s Chivito" the largest site of planetary birth ever seen... View Source

From Trump to Tesla, Elon Musk has had rocky 2025, explains Bloomberg Opinion columnist Liam Denning. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026... View Source

Sony’s full suite of PlayStation 5 consoles jumped in price in August due to increased US tariffs, but now through Christmas, you can save $100 on several models. This discount is especially great if you planned to go big with Sony’s PS5 Pro, the company’s priciest, most powerful console yet. Normally $749.99, you can currently grab one at Amazon, Walmart, and Target for around $689.99. Sony’s Pla... View Source

A federal judge said the Trump administration can move ahead with a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, providing a setback for US technology companies. Bloomberg's Kasia Klimasinska reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Ahead of CES 2026, Samsung has unveiled a number of impressive gaming monitors that flaunt 3D and very high refresh rates. The headliner is the 32-inch Odyssey 3D, "the world's first 6K display with glasses free 3D," according to Samsung. Along with the high resolution, it offers a 165Hz refresh rate (boosted to 330Hz through Dual Mode), along with a 1ms GtG response time. Optimized... View Source

A pro-Russian hacker group has come forward as the perpetrator of a DDoS attack on the French national postal service La Poste that took place on December 22, according to Reuters. The distributed denial-of-service attack took central computer systems at La Poste entirely offline and caused major disruptions in package deliveries just days before Christmas. Reuters reported that the cyberattack on... View Source

The reindeer ain't got time to bleed... View Source

Intel Corp. shares fell in premarket trading Wednesday after a report said that Nvidia Corp. halted a test to use Intel’s production process to make advanced chips... View Source

I’ve always wondered what it would be like to own a plug-in hybrid, and recently, fate handed me that opportunity. On a recent trip to Vancouver, I rented a 2024 Toyota Prius Prime for nearly two months — the ideal scenario to try out North America’s most popular PHEV. My experience with the Prius Prime Previously, the words "Prius" and "sexy" were rarely used in the same sente... View Source

NASA/Adeline Morgan Santa Claus (NASA engineer Guy Naylor) poses with NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 11, 2025. The Orion spacecraft was stacked atop the SLS in October 2025. Set to launch in early 2026, the Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under A... View Source

Netflix has had an interesting year. Its ad tier, introduced last year, has grown significantly, and its live TV initiative has expanded to include not only weird one-offs like hot-dog-eating grudge matches but also WWE programming. Taking KPop Demon Hunters off Sony's hands for the business equivalent of $200 in a potato chip bag also turned out to be a pretty smart move for Netflix. The animated... View Source

Digital game codes remain one of the simplest ways to add new titles to a Nintendo library. The Nintendo Switch 2 handles code redemption in a familiar way, building on the same process used on the original Switch. You can redeem a download code directly from the eShop on the console, or through a browser on a phone or desktop. Both routes link the purchase to the same Nintendo Account so the rede... View Source

The South Sandwich Islands were born from a tectonic collision, forged by volcanism and relentlessly reshaped by ice, wind and waves... View Source

2025 was the year generative AI made its presence felt in the video game industry. Its use has been discovered in some of the most popular games of the year, and CEOs from some of the largest game studios claim it's being implemented everywhere in the industry including in their own development processes. Meanwhile, rank-and-file developers, especially in the indie games space, are pushing back ag... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Mayumi Negishi ponders the risk of marrying pension funds with data center construction projects when there are so many unknowns to the future of AI... View Source

The Trump administration has issued travel bans that prohibit five European tech researchers, including one former EU Commissioner, from entering the United States. “For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censor... View Source

2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months... View Source

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research project that changed biology and chemistry forever... View Source

Europe’s biggest publishers and broadcasters face a tough 2026, with artificial intelligence threatening to disrupt business models and global uncertainty crimping advertising budgets... View Source

It's a good thing that we already know a second season of Pluribus is on the way. Because the season finale for the show - a sci-fi drama on Apple TV, helmed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan - made it clear that things are just getting started. The episode brought together a number of significant threads but, more importantly, opened up potentially explosive (literally) new lines of inquiry... View Source

Richard Fishacre used his knowledge of light and colour to argue against ‘fifth element’ theories of the dayAbout 800 years ago, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at the University of Oxford, challenged the scientific thinking of the day, using his understanding of the behaviour of light to show that stars and planets are made of the same elements as found on Earth. Though he faced heavy critici... View Source

AST SpaceMobile Inc. launched its largest-ever satellite from India, the first in a series of deployments to help the company compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX in delivering space-based connectivity to mobile phones... View Source

"Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Today's guests: Strive CEO Matt Cole and Zerohash CEO Edward Woodford. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Jason Oxman, president and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Association, discusses the data center buildout, AI regulation and tech export restrictions. He joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

2025 was supposed to be a big year for crypto with a friendly administration in the White House and more financial firms embracing digital assets, but it didn’t work out for all investors. Stillmark Managing Partner Alyse Killeen discusses what went well for the industry and what it will push for in 2026. She joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Digital asset treasuries, or DATs, turned into one of the hottest trends in the public markets in 2025, as share prices skyrocketed and everyone from Peter Thiel to the Trump family piled in. What began though as one of the best trades in the stock market has, in a matter of months, turned into one of the worst. Strive CEO Matt Cole joins "Bloomberg Crypto" to discuss the recent decline in digital... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses ServiceNow’s plan to buy cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion, its largest acquisition to date. Plus, Nvidia's biggest buyer in Southeast Asia, Megaspeed, faces a chip-smuggling probe. And it was supposed to be crypto’s big year, but some of the sector's billionaires have been hit hard by recent price drops. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo said it would strengthen its automated software to better handle power outages after its self-driving taxis froze and caused traffic jams during a major electricity failure last weekend in San Francisco... View Source

Edward Woodford, CEO of crypto-infrastructure startup zerohash, joins "Bloomberg Crypto" to discuss the growth of stablecoins in the US, banks' usage of the technology and the overall growing institutional adoption of digital assets. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Katie Greifeld. The company builds stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure that allows for payments and crypto trading. The... View Source

CATL flooded the domestic market with inexpensive, efficient batteries. It wants to do the same overseas, but European politicians—and Donald Trump—stand in its way... View Source

Thierry Breton, former EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, speaks at the event "Economic Transformation, Net-Zero Valley and Digitalization" in May 2024. On Tuesday, the Trump Administration followed through on a threat of retaliation targeting foreigners who are involved in content moderation. The State Department announced sanctions barring US access for former EU commissioner Thie... View Source

Today on the Big Take: Instacart charged some consumers more for the same goods in a pricing experiment. It caught the attention of shoppers — and lawmakers... View Source

ServiceNow Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott extended his contract to remain with the software provider through at least the end of 2030... View Source

Apple is set to allow third-party app stores on iOS in Brazil next year after settling with the country's competition watchdog in a legal battle dating back to 2022, as reported by 9to5Mac. According to a machine translation of a press release from the Brazilian regulator CADE, it has approved a Term of Commitment to Termination (TCC) made by Apple that obligates the company to allow third-party a... View Source

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other people for trying to make American tech companies police political speech on their platforms... View Source

Bolivia’s new President Rodrigo Paz said on Tuesday that major US technology companies will soon announce investments in the landlocked South American nation... View Source

According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force... View Source

ServiceNow President and COO Amit Zavery explains why the company agreed to buy the cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal valued at $7.75 billion. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Outside Earth's protection, space travellers will be routinely exposed... View Source

Remember China’s DeepSeek moment? China had moments like that in biotech and defense in 2025, too, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Shuli Ren explains. That’s why underestimating the country is a huge mistake. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

In a galaxy not so far away, Lego sets can be VERY expensive: Here are the most expensive Lego Star Wars sets you can currently buy... View Source

If you’re in the market for a new Android smartphone — or on the hunt for a solid last-minute gift — Google’s Pixel 10 is a great place to look. We consider it the best Android phone you can buy, and right now, you can grab it at Amazon starting at $449 ($350 off) when you use promo code PIXEL10, which drops Google’s entry-level flagship to its lowest price to date. If you prefer a better cameras... View Source

JPMorgan is considering offering cryptocurrency trading to its institutional clients, as large banks around the world deepen their involvement in the asset class. The Wall Street giant is assessing what products and services its markets division could offer to expand its footprint in cryptocurrencies, according to a person familiar with the plans. This could include spot and derivatives trading, s... View Source

ETHZilla, a cryptocurrency accumulator backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, appears to be shifting focus as investors abandon what was briefly one of the stock market’s hottest trades. Just four months after the former 180 Life Sciences Corp. rebranded itself as a digital asset treasury company centered on buying Ether - the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin - it sold $74.5 million worth o... View Source

Belkin's Stage PowerGrip has shown me that I should be asking more from a wireless magnetic power bank than just boosting battery life while it hangs off the back of my phone. Its clever design adds layers of extra functionality, and the inclusion of a retractable two-way charging cable expands the number of devices you can charge without always having to remember to pack a cord. It also improves... View Source

Strive CEO Matt Cole joins "Bloomberg Crypto" to discuss the recent decline in digital asset treasury (DAT) stocks, the rapid growth of DATs in 2025 and the controversy surrounding MSCI. Cole speaks to Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Katie Greifeld. MSCI is deciding whether companies whose digital asset holdings represent 50% or more of their total assets should be excluded or not from the MSCI Global... View Source

IO Interactive's James Bond simulator 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27, 2026. It was supposed to come out in March. The company says two-month delay is for polish and refinement, which is fine by me. I'd always rather wait a bit longer for a better end product. IO says the game is already "fully playable from beginning to end" but still needs a bit of attention to... View Source

Tune in for a holiday viewing of KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix. And just like that, Christmas is less than two days away, which is too soon for most items bought online to arrive in time. That said, you aren’t alone if you waited too long to start buying gifts this year, and you definitely aren’t alone in feeling guilty for considering digital gifts instead of something your recipient can unwrap... View Source

The US government is investigating whether Nvidia's biggest buyer in Southeast Asia has smuggled chips into China. Bloomberg’s Ian King discusses the details with Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 5 min read OPERA: Addressing Societal Needs with Satellite Data Introduction The Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) project represents a strategic initiative de... View Source

Early risers across North America and Europe may spot a bright, silent light gliding across the Christmas sky — and it just happens to coincide with an ISS flyby... View Source

Samsung is breaking new ground with its 2026 lineup of gaming monitors, with the Odyssey 3D G90XH becoming the first to feature a 6K display with "glasses-free 3D." The new monitor comes with a 32-inch IPS panel, offering real-time eye-tracking that "adjusts depth and perspective" based on your position, along with a speedy 165Hz refresh rate that you can boost to 330Hz with a Dual Mode feature th... View Source

Defining what counts as competition in streaming is difficult, says Fiona Scott Morton, Professor of Economics at the Yale University School of Management and an Adjunct Professor at Yale Law School. Scott Morton discusses what this could mean for Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. She joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

3 Min Read Get In, We’re Going to the Moon: Meet NASA’s Artemis Closeout Crew Members of the Artemis II closeout crew, from left, William Sattler; Tyler Sutherland; Michael Heinemann; Christian Warriner; Jenni Gibbons, Artemis II backup crew member; Bill Owens; Taylor Hose; and Andre Douglas, Artemis II backup crew member, pose for a photo with NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building behind them at the a... View Source

IO Interactive has delayed the release of 007 First Light, its upcoming James Bond origin story game, by two months. 007 First Light will now be released on May 27th, 2026. According to an announcement about the delay: 007 First Light is our most ambitious project to date, and the team has been fully focused on delivering an unforgettable James Bond experience, bringing together breathtaking actio... View Source

Over the past two years, the Nex Playground has carved out a niche for itself with kids and parents alike. It's a small box that sits in front of your TV and uses a camera, along with computer vision AI processing, to track your movement for interactive games. Think of it like a simplified version of Microsoft's Kinect (RIP), with a bit of the local multiplayer we see from the original W... View Source

Fast solar wind and a possible glancing blow from a coronal mass ejection could spark auroras over Christmas... View Source

A federal judge blocked a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1st. In an order granting a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420), Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute "is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental co... View Source

More accurate and individualized health predictions will allow for preventative factors to be implemented well in advance... View Source

3I/ATLAS may have moved away from Earth as it makes its way out of the solar system, but this interstellar intruder continues to delight and surprise astronomers... View Source

The livestreams connected to more than 60 of Flock's AI-powered surveillance cameras were left available to view on the web, allowing someone to see live feeds of each location without needing a username or password, according to findings from tech YouTuber Benn Jordan and 404 Media. Flock is a technology company that works with thousands of law enforcement agencies and businesses to deploy a netw... View Source

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Lowpass is taking a winter break and will be back on January 8, 2026. All I want for Christmas is to find that darn movie I've been meaning to watch. What was it called again? I could have sworn I bookmarked it somewhere… If your house... View Source

Xbox has brought cloud gaming gaming to some Amazon Fire TV models. These include the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series. This lets people play Xbox games directly on the television, without needing a bulky console or even something like a Fire TV stick.  Gamers do need a couple of things. First and foremost, this service requires a subscription to Game Pass. Plans start at $10... View Source

4 Min Read Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year. The astronauts, supported by launch and flight control teams, dressed in their launch and entry suits, boarded their spacecraft on... View Source

The Justice Department has blamed its delayed release of some so-called Epstein files on needing more time to redact sensitive information, like details identifying the victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But at least some of the redactions so far released appear to mistakenly disclose information meant to be obscured from the public. A 2022 complaint filed by the US Virgin Islands... View Source

Investigative reporter John Carreyrou of the New York Times filed a lawsuit against xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta and Perplexity on Monday for allegedly training their AI models on copyrighted books without permission. Carreyrou is perhaps best known for exposing the Theranos fraudulent blood test scandal. According to Reuters, the lawsuit was filed alongside five other writers who all clai... View Source

NASA/Aubrey Gemignani From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman stand outside before boarding their Orion spacecraft inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. Because the SLS (Space La... View Source

An Indian LVM3 rocket is scheduled to launch the massive BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite for AST SpaceMobile tonight (Dec. 23), and you can watch the action live... View Source

A group of tech companies and academic institutions spent tens of thousands of dollars in the past month - likely between $17,000 and $25,000 - on an ad campaign against New York's landmark AI safety bill, which may have reached more than two million people, according to Meta's Ad Library. The landmark bill is called the RAISE Act, or the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act, and days ago, a ve... View Source

KKR & Co.-backed FiberCop SpA has filed a legal challenge to Italy’s broadband agency, claiming it gave special treatment to its main rival in the nation’s near-€4 billion ($4.7 billion) fiber rollout, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

In case you’ve waited until the very last minute to buy Christmas gifts, and there’s a Switch 2 on your shopping list, you’ve really lucked out here. Not only is Nintendo’s powerful handheld readily available online and in stores, it’s still $50 off for the best console bundle you can buy. The set that includes a Switch 2 and Mario Kart World is typically $499.99 (saving you $29 compared to buying... View Source

"Science doesn't always go as planned. In any case, there's a lot of work to be done."... View Source

Last Samurai Standing begins with a familiar premise. Desperate samurai dispossessed by the restoration of the emperor enter into a deadly game for a life-changing cash prize - all for the entertainment of anonymous elites. Unlike its inspirations Battle Royale and Squid Game, however, Last Samurai Standing's violence is chaotic, fast-paced, and kinetic, though it hides a careful choreography that... View Source

The US accused China of engaging in unfair trade practices in the semiconductor sector, but is declining to impose additional tariffs on chip imports until at least mid-2027... View Source

NASA Astronaut Nick Hague NASA astronaut Brig. Gen. Nick Hague has retired from the agency, concluding a distinguished career that included two spaceflight missions, 374 days in space, and multiple spacewalks in support of the International Space Station. Hague continues service in the U.S. Space Force. Hague launched aboard the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft in March 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in... View Source

Happy Holidays! As we like to do on The Vergecast, we take this time of year to see our families, relax and recharge, and go extremely deep into a specific technology that matters right now. This year, we picked the tiny chip in all your devices that is suddenly a precious and expensive commodity: RAM. On this episode, David and Nilay are joined by The Verge's Sean Hollister to get a primer on all... View Source

ServiceNow Inc. has reached a deal to buy the cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal valued at $7.75 billion, representing its largest acquisition to date... View Source

Want to see a dead body? I present to you the Xbox. After a subdued launch at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020, the Xbox Series X quickly lost the fight against the PlayStation 5. Microsoft simply couldn't deliver enough compelling games, despite some huge acquisitions, while Sony leaned on its goodwill from the PS4 era and a handful of desirable exclusives. As prices rose due to supp... 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

Highlights from a cometary trio that captured our imaginations... View Source

Apple is making it a little easier to use third-party devices with iPhones in order to comply with Europe's Digital Market Act (DMA), MacRumors reported. For iOS 26.3, Apple's devices will support third-party proximity pairing and notifications in Europe only, according to the latest beta notes. That will make it a bit easier to connect devices like Sony headphones or receive notificatio... View Source