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The new cryptocurrency will be called GELT and will represent the Georgian Lari... View Source

Don't miss Spica greet the waxing moon in the southern sky on May 26... View Source

Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first Encyclical Letter "Magnifica humanitas" on May 25, 2026 in Vatican City, Vatican. | Getty Images Pope Leo XIV warned of the risks of AI and unconstrained technological power in his first major papal document released on Monday. Magnifica Humanitas is the pope's manifesto on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence," in... View Source

Nothing beats a beautiful sunset (from space) | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026... View Source

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray spacecraft has observed a super-bright, supercharged supernova explosion powered up by the creation of a highly magnetic dead star, or magnetar... View Source

Prosus NV has asked the European Union to drop a requirement that it sell shares in Delivery Hero SE, part of antitrust approval for its acquisition of another delivery platform, people familiar with the matter said... View Source

In 42,300 word encyclical, Pope Leo warns of AI dangers around educational, child safety, concentration of power and weapons... View Source

Rapid-commerce firm Zepto Ltd. is preparing to publicly file in the first half of June for an initial public offering that may raise up to $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

Engineers are increasingly turning to the concept of "biomimicry" for the next generation of Mars robots... View Source

Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate a technology that is reshaping the world... View Source

Ericsson AB is moving its global headquarters to central Stockholm after more than two decades in Kista, a struggling suburb in the Swedish capital once touted as Sweden’s Silicon Valley... View Source

NASA took advantage of the recent close approach of the Psyche probe to Mars to calibrate its observation instruments... View Source

China’s crackdown on cross-border stock trading could affect up to HK$250 billion ($32 billion) in Hong Kong-linked assets, according to Citic Securities. The move aims to tighten capital outflows and reshape investor access. William Ma, CIO of GROW Investment Group, discussed the potential impact with Paul Allen on Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp. shares climbed to a record high, spurred by hopes of big returns from the Japanese investor’s stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy Corp., should the two go public... View Source

“Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and Avril Hong give global investors unique insight, delivering in-depth discussions with the newsmakers who matter. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp. plans to raise ¥260 billion ($1.6 billion) through another sale of subordinated bonds aimed mainly at individual investors, about two months after a similar retail offering... View Source

Because we define dates based on the stars, the full moon on 31 May will be the second one of the calendar monthThis week’s full moon is a blue moon. The term does not describe the colour of the moon, but instead arises from the way we define our calendar in reference to the stars rather than the moon.The moon takes almost a month to circle our planet. The exact time is 29.5 days but if we were to... View Source

NTT Docomo Inc. sold two plots of land in central Tokyo for about ¥59 billion ($371 million), according to people familiar with the matter, the latest large deal in Japan’s booming real estate market... View Source

The AI boom is giving momentum investors their best return in decades, as the world’s hottest stocks power ahead despite worries over potentially slower growth due to the Iran war... View Source

健康ウエアラブル端末市場で競争激化、AI時代への対応課題に... View Source

Sakura Internet Inc.’s chief said the company may need to hike its capital spending by nearly seven times its initial plan to keep up with artificial intelligence demand in Japan... View Source

Huawei Technologies Co. said it has come up with a new pathway to shorten its gap with industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., potentially achieving a breakthrough in making advanced semiconductors without cutting-edge equipment... View Source

Spiders? Skeletons? Bad omens? My kind of party... View Source

The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Taiwan’s Special Representative to US Amb. Alexander Yui, Axios Congressional Reporter Andrew Solender, Google Data Editor Simon Rogers and Congressional Black Caucus Member Rep. Glenn Ivey. (Source:... View Source

XAI AI data center economics are even better when you can start a project and finish it in 12 months and get it rented and paid off while competitors are still building. An active AI Gigawatt of data center in the hand is worth $20 billion per year while an under construction Gigawatt data center ... Read more... View Source

The European Central Bank plans to press lenders to accelerate efforts to secure their IT systems after organizing a meeting on cybersecurity risks with the latest artificial intelligence models, the Financial Times reported... View Source

You gotta pump up those download numbers somehow... View Source

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation... View Source

Rhode Island joins other states that have taken similar legal action... View Source

If you’re looking for a laptop that’ll still perform well several years from now, Apple’s latest MacBook Air is hard to beat. Now, in particular, is a good time to pick one up, as you can currently buy the 13-inch MacBook Air at Amazon in the run-up to Memorial Day with an M5 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD for $899.99 ($200 off), which is a new low price. The 15-inch model, meanwhile, is also... View Source

Also: iOS 27 AirPods, Genmoji and AirPlay details... View Source

Relive the trauma when Autobots and Decepticons reassemble in this animated cult classic... View Source

Mission will put first astronaut in orbit for a year, a key step in Beijing’s plan to put people on the moon by 2030China has launched its Shenzhou-23 mission in which an astronaut will spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing’s ambition to send humans to the moon by 2030.The Long March 2-F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch centre in north-western China on S... View Source

Hiking is one of life's great joys. Turning off the screens and stepping out into nature for an extended period of time, perhaps even several days, is rejuvenating. Unfortunately, as someone with two young kids and a bad back, I'm not really able to go backpacking anymore. So I often find myself trying to live vicariously through others who write about their lengthy travails along the Appalachian... View Source

Google Data Editor and Author Simon Rogers joined Christina Ruffini and David Gura on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss his new book "What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

With so many quality sci-fi books out there, and more arriving every year, it's easy to get swamped. To make sure you're not missing out, we've rounded up the best sci-fi books to read before you die... View Source

SpaceX is marketing itself to IPO investors as an artificial intelligence targeting a $26.5 trillion potential market opportunity. The move signaling its intention to wrest business from investor darlings whose valuations have soared. Bloomberg Market Structure Research Head Larry Tabb joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Normally $36, the Blue Origin New Shepard model rocket from Estes is currently on sale for $29.99 on Amazon and is cheaper than the official Estes webstore... View Source

Fly me to the moon!... View Source

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI mischief, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Hacking the first generation of AI chatbots was a laughably simple affair. You didn't need any technical know-how, backdoor access, or even a basic under... View Source

Waymo is the undisputed leader in the robotaxi space, operating a fleet of over 3,000 driverless cars in at least 10 cities across the US. A number of companies, including Tesla, Zoox, Avride, and Motional, are racing to catch up with the Alphabet-owned firm. But what if being No. 2 was actually better? Nuro, the delivery robot company created by veterans of Google's self-driving car project, thin... View Source

The familiar concept of a planetary core, a small, dense metallic heart we take for granted, may be the exception rather than the rule for exoplanets... View Source

Garlic, as your grandmother may have told you, repels mosquitoes; it also completely blocks them from mating and laying eggs. Diallyl disulfide, it turns out, deserves the credit... View Source

It's long been accepted that the smoother the surface, the lower the aerodynamic drag. That turns out not always to be the case... View Source

There are black holes that are too big to be born from the death of a star but aren’t quite supermassive either. There’s finally evidence for where those came from... View Source

China has named the three astronauts due to fly on the Shenzhou 23 mission on Sunday (May 24), including Hong Kong's first astronaut... View Source

XAI Colossus 1 and part of 2 is leasing to Anthropic for $15 billion per year. This will mean SpaceXAI will be able to have more deals to build faster with huge profits. They can be renting ½ of the new capacity to scale the earth based data centers to 100B+/year high-margin rental business by ... Read more... View Source

Look at those cute little guys. | Image: Record Club There isn't really a solid equivalent to Goodreads or Letterboxd for music lovers, but Record Club is aiming to change that. Yes, we have Rate Your Music, but its interface is crowded, and it feels more geared towards longer-form reviews than cataloging your listening habits and connecting with other fans. Record Club is clean and modern, with a... View Source

The new models are now available, with prices starting at $1,270... View Source

The entry-level Alienware 15 starts at $1,299 with an AMD CPU or $1,349 for an Intel config... View Source

‘Anything is possible, when everything is possible'... View Source

The Konkr Pocket Block will be smaller than the company's previous vertical handhelds... View Source

The AI-generated version of 'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico' was on display at AIPAD's The Photography show... View Source

As big tech companies raise hundreds of billions of dollars to fund artificial intelligence investments, Wall Street banks are increasingly finding they have to trade more credit derivatives to keep doing business with the hyperscalers... View Source

Here's what we recommend this week... View Source

NASA has released the photos Psyche took when it did a flyby of Mars... View Source

The Cinemagoal app retransmitted content from major platforms like Netflix and Disney+... View Source

This week's science news... View Source

People took a PDF file report about a plane crash and used AI to recreate the last few seconds its pilots' conversation... View Source

The lower prices could be aimed at undercutting the competition... View Source

On Episode 211 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Jacob Scoccimerra of Monolith Space... View Source

New Zealand intends to spend about NZ$1.6 billion ($936 million) on drones, ship maintenance and naval upgrades to bolster the island nation’s maritime security at a time of increasing concern about supply routes... View Source

At long last, Jason is coming to Dead By Daylight... View Source

Roger Linn lets his accomplishments do the talking. | Image: Roger Linn Roger Linn is a legend in the world of musical instruments. He's been at the cutting edge of music technology for decades. He created the LM-1, the first drum machine to use samples, and its successor, the LinnDrum, is one of the most iconic drum machines of all time. They were used on countless records in the 1980s, including... View Source

David Gura, Christina Ruffini, and Lisa Mateo of “Bloomberg This Weekend” play Pointed! Wager your points, leverage your bets and answer wisely. A new quiz is available to play each week on Bloomberg.com (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and that goes for Red Planet rulers as well as Earth... View Source

Massive OLED TVs and Sonos speakers might be stealing the Memorial Day spotlight, but there are also plenty of great deals that won't set you back nearly as much. In fact, some of the best discounts we're seeing are on gadgets that retail for $50 or less, from portable chargers and 4K streaming devices to cheap(ish) security cameras. There are even some solid deals available on outdoor gear if you... View Source

Starship V3 led to some stunning launch photography after it lifted off from Starbase on SpaceX's 12th flight of the rocket that aims to land astronauts on the moon... View Source

Here's when to see a pair of massive letters shining on the lunar surface around May's first quarter moon phase... View Source

Elon Muks's xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the "solar-electric economy" he promised?... View Source

Finding a cafe that fits you can be a revelatory experience. For me at least, there are few places outside of my house that I can truly feel comfortable in. I'm lucky enough to have two options in walking distance: a coffee shop that's bright, airy, and full of art, and another that doubles as a plant shop so that I'm surrounded by greenery while I write. They're third places that have become cent... View Source

Anthropic has published an initial update about Project Glasswing, which it says has helped partners find bugs high and critical in severity... View Source

China's Shenzhou 23 mission to Tiangong will relieve an overdue crew and could see the beginning of the country's first year-long stay in orbit... View Source

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 129, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, come on you Gunners, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've mostly been sick, which has meant nearly a full rewatch of Parks and Recreation while alternately napping and feeling bad for myself. But I've also been reading... View Source

Among the indie games we've seen worth checking out is a puzzle platformer inspired by mental health challenges and turning failures into progress... View Source

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang urged Super Micro Computer Inc. to tighten up on compliance after Taiwan detained three people this week for allegedly making fraudulent declarations about AI servers made by its US partner... View Source

Just a stuffed deer having the time of his life. | Image: Gemini / The Verge Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a Gemini ad Google was running, and I never showed the videos of Buddy the deer on his adventures to my four-year-old. But it was a revealing exercise t... View Source

To keep communications secure in a post-quantum world, cryptographers are digging down into the concept of cause and effect... View Source

DeepSeek said it will make permanent a steep discount on its flagship V4‑Pro model, maintaining prices for developers at a quarter of their original level... View Source

SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight on Friday. It was an upgraded version of the spacecraft Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon. It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites that were released midway through the hour-long flight that stretched halfway around the world. Despite some engine trouble, the spacec... View Source

Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the universe’s biggest mysteries... View Source

Barry sits down with Vimal Kapur, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell. They discuss the future of Honeywell as well as Kapur's plan to split the company into three separate entities. They also break down how the company uses automation and what to expect from AI. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SpaceX achieved most of the goals it set out for Starship V3's first test flight... View Source

A fascinating, unclassifiable orb found in the Gulf of Alaska is not an alien object, as some speculated, but the remains of a poorly documented animal... View Source

Hong Kong’s first astronaut, a former police officer with a doctorate in computer forensics, will join a Chinese mission to its space station on Sunday, in what the city’s Chief Executive John Lee described as a “historic moment.”... View Source

Exclusive: New biography uncovers Frank Hawking’s papers in which he lamented that his son had ‘little initiative’In exploring the physics and geometry of the universe, Stephen Hawking became a world-renowned pioneer of black hole theory, writing the bestselling book A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 13m copies, and inspiring people to “look up at the stars and not down at your fee... View Source

2034 Earth–Venus–Mars opportunity looks promising. 10–15 on-orbit refueling operations may be needed to make a crewed ship full. (A version 4 Starship could refuel with five tanker launches. Most refueling can be done at an altitude of 180–200 km, made possible by Starship’s size. The final refueling may be performed at a higher altitude of ... Read more... View Source

China’s Wingtech Technology Co. sued Nexperia and related parties in a Chinese court, seeking at least 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) in damages and restoration of control over its Dutch chipmaking unit... View Source

Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, will invest $600 million to expand its Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to a statement from Governor Ron DeSantis... View Source

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine discusses the governance concerns over the SpaceX IPO. He talks about the potential legislative changes that could be made to curb these mega-IPOs. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on “The Close.” (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Zoom Communications Inc., the videoconferencing company, has netted about $1 billion on an investment it made in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC in early 2023... View Source

SpaceX's Starship V3, the most powerful rocket ever built, just roared off its launch pad in a spectacular show of power and technology... View Source

SpaceX’s upgraded Starship successfully deployed mock satellites and returned to Earth largely unscathed, though its booster spun out of control and broke apart over the Gulf of Mexico. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Crossmark Global Investment’s Victoria Fernandez, Wedbush Securities Managing Director Dan Ives, Citi Director of Equity Research Filippo Falorni, Former Fed Governor Betsy Duke, Wealth Enhancement Senior Investment Strategist... View Source

Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket from Texas. It reached space a few minutes later and deployed 20 dummy Starlink satellites. The closely watched flight is a key demonstration of upgrades from previously launched Starship prototypes, including increasing the rocket’s power and capability. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SpaceX’s Starship lifts off in a test of a new rocket designed to deliver Elon Musk’s ambitions for human space travel, satellite internet and data centers in orbit. Ed Ludlow reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Credit: NASA As NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity, the agency is looking for partners to share mission stories covering Artemis Moon missions, nuclear propulsion, aeronautics, and more. NASA published an Announcement for Proposals on May 21 asking filmmakers, documentarians, songwriters, storytellers, poets, and others to submit proposals to partn... View Source

Freda Duan estimates XAI Colossus 1 has ~$6B annual rent. Colossus 2 is leasing roughly one-third of its total compute capacity to $Anthropic. I am extending the analysis to renting out one third to one half of the new construction. This does not included distributed compute from Tesla cars, Tesla bots, new servers with Tesla ... Read more... View Source

The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come... View Source

The launch is the 12th test flight of the mega-rocket that CEO Elon Musk is building to get people to Mars one daySpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.The redesigned mega-rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he’s taking the company public. It blaste... View Source

The Trump administration continues to weigh US tariffs on imported semiconductors to boost domestic chip manufacturing, though there are no immediate plans to impose any new levies, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said... View Source

The twelfth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Friday, May 22. The 90-minute launch window will open at 5:30 p.m. CT. Yesterdays, attempt was cancelled because the launch tower had a pin that did not retract. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 45 minutes before liftoff, which you can ... Read more... View Source

Qualcomm's head of Automotive, Robotics and IoT Businesses Nakul Duggal said that the new vehicle technology partnership the semiconductor company announced with Stellantis will allow the automaker to modernize technology across the board and move fast as the automation and self-driving landscape grows. Duggal said that the automotive industry is moving quickly and he sees more intelligent cars be... View Source

SpaceX delayed a critical test of its massive Starship rocket after a pin tied to the launch tower mechanism failed to retract during the final countdown. The setback comes just a day after the company formally filed for an IPO. Laura Crabtree, CEO of Epsilon3 and former SpaceX engineer, joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Shares of Lenovo soared in Hong Kong trading Friday after the company reported strong growth in AI-related earnings, offsetting challenges from rising component prices. Winston Cheng, CFO of Lenovo, joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

The search engine's definitions have been replaced with AI Overviews... View Source

The AI boom is humbling the humans trying to navigate the markets it increasingly distorts... View Source

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov is pictured at the end of the European robotic arm as he works on a high‑resolution camera during a six‑hour, nine‑minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Oct. 16, 2025.Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is sc... View Source

Expert tester Jase Parnell-Brookes rated the Nikon 12x25 Binoculars with a flawless review and was impressed with the image stabilization, their small, lightweight and pocketable versatility that makes them perfect for on-the-go stargazing... View Source

Anthropic PBC is set to close its latest round of funding, which may top $30 billion at a valuation above $900 billion, as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, vaulting ahead of rival OpenAI to become the world’s most valuable AI startup... View Source

Google's AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. As of this writing, if you search for the term "disregard," instead of showing the usual AI-generated summary of search results, the AI Overview section instead includes a response like what you'd see from a more traditional AI chatbot, as called out by a post on X. To one Verge colleague searching "disregard": Got it! Let me... View Source

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down what comes next after a critical Starship launch was scrubbed, and he discusses what that means for the space company's planned mega IPO with a SpaceX alumni and an early investor. Plus, an exclusive conversation with Lenovo CFO Winston Cheng after the world-leading PC maker soars post-earnings on strong AI growth. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

"The spacesuits are like real spacesuits! They're so complicated and much heavier than you'd ever expect."... View Source

On Thursday, Waymo customers opened up the app and noticed something unusual: no more freeway service. Trips that would normally take a few minutes on the freeway were suddenly projected to last much longer via local roads. The company later confirmed that it had suspended freeway driving across all of its US markets over concerns about construction zones. It had also paused service in Atlanta and... View Source

Micron President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra discusses the company's significant expansion of DRAM manufacturing in the US. Speaking with Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall, Mehrotra highlights the importance of this advanced memory technology for critical sectors such as automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial and networking. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Pedrini, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team This near-infrared image released on May 6, 2026, shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51). M51 is one of four nearby galaxies observed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a study of nearly 9,000 star clusters. Data from the study shows that more massive star clusters emerge... View Source

A sharp-eyed satellite captured an amazing photo of SpaceX's first Starship V3 megarocket on the pad Thursday (May 21), just before it was supposed to lift off... View Source

They say that Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. I have my doubts given the less-than-balmy weather in many parts of the US this weekend, though that doesn’t mean it’s not an appropriate time to pick up some summer essentials — including a portable speaker / smart lamp like Govee’s Table Lamp 2 Pro. Right now, it’s matching its all-time low of $134.99 ($45 off) at Amazon, Best Buy,... View Source

Robert Kaplan, Goldman Sachs vice chair and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, expects Kevin Warsh to be an "excellent" Fed chair. Speaking with Julie Fine, Kaplan also discusses the shift in market expectations over the past eight weeks, from anticipating a rate cut later in the year to now considering a possible rate increase or no change due to persistent inflation and elev... View Source

The JPL's current contract with Caltech ends in 2028... View Source

Long before the full moon rises, shifting sunlight transforms the lunar surface into one of the sky's best telescope targets... View Source

Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 let you connect wireless headphones to in-flight entertainment systems as well as the Nintendo Switch. | Image: Twelve South With Memorial day weekend kicking off the travel season, we’re seeing a lot of deals pop up on travel gadgets, from portable power banks to noise-canceling headphones. One of the best right now is Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 Bluetooth adapter, whi... View Source

Five years after losing many of its top leaders, the critically acclaimed ZA/UM is back with ‘Zero Parades’... View Source

There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using it. That's the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok barely appears in federal records of how the US government used AI last year. It's not the only sign xAI's signature chatbot is in trouble, even as Musk puts it at the heart of what could be the biggest IP... View Source

Chinese fast-fashion brand Shein is known for churning out thousands of youth-friendly styles daily at low prices. Over the past few years, the e-commerce giant has been scrutinized for its environmental impact, as well as its production practices. So why is Shein buying sustainable fashion retailer Everlane, known for its “radical transparency?" Lauren Sherman, fashion correspondent at Puck, join... View Source

This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA... View Source

Meta's new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the ill-fated Groups app Facebook shut down in 2017. Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking "Reddit" onto the end of a Google search, Forum users can view, search for, and post advice directly in their Facebook groups, with optional help from Met... View Source

Elon Musk is making a habit of collecting 12-figure compensation packages... View Source

Trump Mobile admitted to the leak after people started finding that their information was publicly accessible... View Source

Forget Baby Yoda, we want to see more big buff slug adventures in our Star Wars... View Source

Memorial Day is nearly here, meaning the seasonal sales are in full swing. If your weekend plans involve pool parties or barbecues, now is a great time to pick up a portable speaker or set of solar lights, as many of our favorite models are currently on sale. You can also find deals on everything from 4K OLED TVs and noise-canceling earbuds to tents, robot vacuums, and plenty of our favorite every... View Source

Bill Winters’ efforts to restore calm after making some controversial comments on AI have failed to reassure labor organizations, according to one of the world’s largest union federations... View Source

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA crew chief Walt Kondracki checks an F-15 aircraft Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Ground crews, made of various roles, maintain the aircraft to be ready for each mission.NASA/Carla Escamilla From high‑speed research flights to high‑altitude science campaig... View Source

A Japanese poet wrote in his diary that "red lights" appeared in the sky over Kyoto. An analysis of tree rings suggests a powerful solar storm created the sight... View Source

Google officially filed its appeal of the federal ruling deeming it an illegal search monopolist, arguing the decision "crashed" through legal guardrails. "Google just prevailed in the marketplace fair and square," it writes in its legal filing. Google had already said it would appeal the ruling, which includes both the August 2024 decision about its illegal monopolization and the September 2025 r... View Source

Is it the end of fintech and investing apps as we know it? Atomic Invest CEO David Dindi joins Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the future of finance and why it belongs to AI companions, not apps. He says investing apps could disappear within a decade as AI assistants manage portfolios for consumers. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Best Buy’s Memorial Day sale includes a good deal on a massive OLED TV. The 77-inch LG B5 is down to $1,499.99 (originally $2,999.99), and the purchase includes a $200 Best Buy gift card. I’m a 55-inch TV kind of person, but if you’ve got the budget — and the wall space — this is a great deal. LG B5 OLED TV LG’s B5 TV is a great way to get OLED picture quality for less. It features support f... View Source

Axon President Josh Eisner joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why Wall Street is misunderstanding the company’s AI strategy. From  drones to enterprise security and public safety software, Eisner says Axon is evolving far beyond Tasers and body cameras, and betting aggressively on AI to drive its next wave of growth. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Researchers Dr. Kevin Yu, left, and Dr. Jamesa Stokes prepare to remove a sample of a new material they discovered from a furnace inside a laboratory at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland in October 2024. Quenching, or bringing the temperature of the sample down as quickly as possible, helps to ensure no more rea... View Source

Since 2012, the British literary magazine Granta has published the regional winners of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year, however, there was something off about one of the selections for the prestigious award: It appears to have been written by AI. Jamir Nazir's "The Serpent in the Grove" has many of the hallmarks of LLM-generated prose - mixed metaphors, anaphora, lists of thre... View Source

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sent a long email to employees on Friday morning outlining several structural changes that are intended to make the sprawling agency more efficient and allow it to better accomplish major goals, such as returning to the Moon and building a base there. "I believe it is imperative to concentrate resources towards the highest priority objectives in the National Space... View Source

Softcat Plc’s image among investors is quickly shifting from AI loser to AI winner... View Source

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.Credit: NASA NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in Southern California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to ensure continued accountability and strong value for U.S. taxpayers. The California Institute of Technolo... 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. It's now been more than a week since Trump Mobile announced that phones would "start shipping this week." Last week Trump Mobile announced that the T1 Phone was ready to start shipping by the end of the week. Almost two weeks later, there's no sign that... View Source

The House Oversight Committee is investigating how customers of Kalshi and Polymarket could be using non-public information to engage in insider trading, escalating concerns about prediction markets after some suspiciously well timed trades... View Source

The Mandalorian and Grogu can't quite leave its TV origins behind... View Source

Credit: NASA NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to better deliver on the nation’s highest‑priority objectives with speed and efficiency. During the Ignition event in late March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and agency leaders outlined the most pressing objectives to deliver on t... View Source

A breathtaking new image captures the Crystal Ball Nebula, the remains of a dying star found in the constellation Taurus... View Source

Prompt something better than Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” I dare you. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," dinky country renditions of The Weeknd, and monotonous Motown reimaginings of AC/DC. Now, a new to... View Source

Norway’s $2.3 trillion wealth fund expressed dissatisfaction with the reappointment of John Elkann, chairman of Stellantis NV and chief executive of investor Exor NV, on the board of directors at Meta Platforms Inc... View Source

Google is many things, but most of the time it's a verb: It is what it is to search the internet for information. But what if it's an AI agent doing the searching? And it's doing it proactively? Without even telling you about it? In the world Google imagines, in which so much of the actual googling happens without your prompting, involvement, or even knowledge, can you even call Google a search en... View Source

Critterz, a feature-length cartoon intended to showcase how OpenAI’s video-generation capabilities could revolutionize filmmaking, has missed its planned Cannes Film Festival debut after the artificial intelligence company shut down its Sora tool, forcing its creators to look for a new AI partner... View Source

We put the Oppo Find X9 Ultra up against the Vivo X300 Ultra to see which telephoto smartphone reigns supreme... View Source

NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live... View Source

The ROG Zephyrus G14 has been one of our favorite laptops for years, but high prices slightly tarnish the luster of this new version. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge I've loved the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 since it launched in 2020. I bought one for my wife after reading about how awesome it was on a little site called The Verge dot com. Since then, the G14 has gotten some facelifts, chi... View Source

NYSE President Lynn Martin says some of the rules used to attract SpaceX to go public on the Nasdaq are "questionable." She says "market integrity" is not a "competitive dynamic." Martin says it's been a good year for IPOs across all industries and they're working to bring more companies public. She speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Which new TV should you buy? The Engadget Podcast dives into RGB LCDs, OLED and all the new TV tech... 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

The moon will pass in front of Regulus for some observers on May 23, blocking its light... View Source

Samsung Electronics Co. staved off a potentially catastrophic strike this week, reaching a tentative deal with leaders of its largest union at the last minute to share more profits from the AI boom. But inside the $1.1 trillion technology behemoth, not everyone is happy... View Source

Watch SpaceX launch Starship V3 for the first time... View Source

"The evidence for water vapor plumes on Europa isn’t as strong as we first understood it."... View Source

Few companies serve as many consumers and businesses... View Source

The Wall Street Journal claims Iran continued to use Binance to funnel money despite tough sanctions... View Source

Welcome to Edition 8.42 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX nearly launched its Starship rocket on Thursday amid much pomp and circumstance in South Texas, only to be foiled by a ground system issue. Such delays are to be expected, with almost entirely new hardware on both the rocket and the ground side of things. The company will try again as soon as Friday evening, and as we discuss in this week's repo... View Source

Shares in Eutelsat Communications are headed for their best week in nearly a year, as enthusiasm over the highly anticipated initial public offering of Elon Musk’s SpaceX spurs investor flows into the sector... View Source

Google I/O 2026 kicked off this week and to no one's surprise, it was almost completely about AI... View Source

48,000 Samsung workers had threatened to strike unless bonus caps were lifted. | Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. The proposed 18-day strike had hinged on Samsung's bonus cap fo... View Source

The multifarious methods we use to gather experimental data ultimately boil down to counting or comparing... View Source

Such services pose an existential threat to traditional entertainment... View Source

Malaysia is requiring social networks to implement age verification methods starting on June 1... View Source

Yusuf Mehdi launching Copilot Plus PCs in 2024. | Image: Getty Yusuf Mehdi, executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft, is leaving the company after 35 years. Mehdi announced his departure in an internal memo on Thursday, noting that he will leave Microsoft next year. He will remain focused on marketing for Windows, Copilot for consumers, and the Microsoft 365 consu... View Source

Zara owner Inditex SA is banking on diversification across brands and countries as well as artificial intelligence to spur growth at the world’s largest listed retailer, Chief Executive Officer Óscar García Maceiras said... View Source

SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear... View Source

Patients at the University of Chicago Medicine featured in a promotional video seamlessly refill prescriptions, book appointments and even get parking tips with the help of Agentforce, Salesforce Inc.’s flagship AI tool... View Source

Trump's AI order was reportedly delayed due to last-minute pressure from industry leaders... View Source

Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and floats above the bottom right-hand section of spreadsheets or documents. It has angered many Excel users in particular, because it obstructs cells and you can't fully disable it. "While we are seeing increased engagemen... View Source

BlackRock Chief Investment Strategist Wei Li says artificial intelligence is driving a lot of the major earnings upgrades in equity markets. "We can look at AI lifting the whole market, but identifying where the bottlenecks are is a good active play," Li tells Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

IPO filing from Elon Musk’s company reveals closer look at finances, cosmic ambitions and tech empire’s quirksSpaceX publicly released an investor prospectus on Wednesday as part of its plan for a $1.75tn debut on the US stock market next month, revealing unseen details about the finances and future plans of Elon Musk’s flagship company. In addition to new information on operating costs and revenu... View Source

Sander van ’t Noordende, CEO of recruitment giant Randstad, says their base case is that 7-8% of jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence over the next 5 to 10 years. However, Van ‘t Noordende says he does not see the "doomsday scenario" that some predict. In an interview on "The Pulse with Francine Lacqua" on May 21, van ‘t Noordende said AI will be a "wave" over the next decade, but also... View Source

Bungie is reportedly laying off a significant number of people and has not started work on Destiny 3... View Source

Standard Chartered Plc Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters apologized for his comments earlier this week about how artificial intelligence will affect “lower-value human capital,” after such remarks spurred public backlash... View Source

The European Union has made little progress in talks with Anthropic PBC to get its banks and companies tested for digital vulnerabilities that the new Mythos AI model uncovers, Spain’s economy minister said... View Source

Insilico Medicine Founder & CEO Alex Zhavoronkov discusses how his company aims to apply artificial intelligence to revolutionize drug discovery and longevity research. He speaks with Haslinda Amin from the sidelines of 'JPMorgan Global China Summit' in Shanghai. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

Luxury hospitality is proving resilient despite geopolitical risk, fuel shortages and market volatility. This segment examines how travel demand is shifting within Asia, with domestic and regional travel supporting occupancy and pricing. Benjamin Vuchot, CEO of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, speaks with Haslinda Amin from the JPMorgan Global China Summit in Shanghai to discuss demand trends, op... View Source

Chinese automakers accounted for more than 15% of electric-vehicle sales in Europe for the first time last month as consumer appetite for models from the country shows no sign of slowing... View Source

Elon Musk’s reshaping of SpaceX, xAI and X into a tightly-bound conglomerate has already yielded a significant financial windfall: nearly $1 billion in annual interest savings... View Source

Meta is testing a new dedicated app for Facebook Groups called Forum... View Source

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. shares rally as much as 12%, the most since Feb. 9 on the company’s plan to collaborate with US tech company Nvidia Corp. and others on physical AI robot technology... View Source

Mitsuya Kishida, CEO of Nidec, says the company's recent financial performance is being bolstered by its data-center business, despite quality control and accounting problems at the supplier of electric motors. He says 'regaining trust' with customers is the firm's first priority. He speaks with Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

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Nintendo Co. has asked partners and suppliers to assemble about 20 million Switch 2 consoles in the year through March, roughly 20% more than the public sales outlook it issued earlier this month, people familiar with the matter said... View Source

Regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore are said to have sought clarity from Standard Chartered following CEO Bill Winters' "lower-value human capital" comments. Bloomberg's Avril Hong reports. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

DeepSeek’s senior management has told potential investors in its ongoing 70 billion yuan ($10 billion) funding round that the startup will prioritize groundbreaking AI research over short-term commercialization, people familiar with the matter said... View Source

Brandon Cho, Co-founder and CEO of custom AI semiconductor designer, SemiFive, discusses the company's 137-percent year‑on‑year surge in revenue in its first earnings release since listing on the Kosdaq in December. The Seoul‑based company says AI demand has driven production bookings up to 74-percent in the first quarter alone. He speaks exclusively with Haidi Stroud Watts on "Bloomberg: The Asia... View Source

Lenovo Group Ltd. shares jumped to the highest in 26 years on Friday after reporting strong growth in AI-related earnings that offset difficulties from rising component prices... View Source

Polymarket has appointed a representative in Japan and is preparing to lobby for the authorization of prediction markets in the country, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

SpaceX is planning to build a massive, 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin as part of Elon Musk’s ambition to power artificial intelligence data centers in space... View Source

Nidec Corp.’s recent financial performance is being bolstered by its data-center business, despite quality control and accounting problems at the supplier of electric motors, Chief Executive Officer Mitsuya Kishida said... View Source

SpaceX's new "V3" Starship megarocket was supposed to fly for the first time ever on Thursday (May 21), but technical issues nixed that plan... View Source