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Counterpoint Research is predicting Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup will help it nudge Samsung out as the number one phone manufacturer in the world this year, as reported by CNBC and Bloomberg. The report estimates Apple will ship 243 million phones this year, while Samsung will ship 235 million, landing Apple a 19.4 percent share of the global smartphone market, less than 1 percent ahead of Samsung... View Source

NASA's Chris Williams and two cosmonaut colleagues will launch to the International Space Station early on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), and you can watch the action live... View Source

The skyrocketing price of RAM is trickling down to custom PC makers, including CyberPowerPC and Maingear. On Wednesday, CyberPowerPC announced that it plans to adjust the pricing across all of its systems on December 7th, as reported earlier by PCMag. “Recently, global memory (RAM) prices have surged by 500% and SSD prices have risen by 100%,” CyberPowerPC says in a statement posted on X. “This ha... View Source

South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai sees an opportunity to accelerate America’s shipbuilding revival by deploying artificial intelligence... View Source

A year-old startup is finding traction building AI software to teach robots how to tackle everyday tasks. But first…... View Source

Indie studio Santa Ragione said it is at risk of shutting down as its latest project won't be available on Steam, which is by far the biggest storefront for PC games and a key point of sale for many developers. Horses, a first-person horror game that blends gameplay and live-action sequences, is about a college student who spends a summer working on a farm. However, the farm’s “horses” a... View Source

Whether it's extra-terrestrial invaders or a nightmare of our own creation, sci-fi often calls us to action... View Source

Dell Technologies Inc., HP Inc. and other tech companies are warning of potential memory-chip supply shortages in the coming year due to soaring demand from the buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure... View Source

Hidden beneath the hills of southern China, the JUNO observatory shows promise in solving neutrino mysteries... View Source

Poland, the biggest beneficiary of the European Union’s military funding program, is aiming to spend a big chunk of the loans to build up its drone capabilities and defenses in the face of aerial incursions by Russia... View Source

Have you ever been roaming around collecting bananas in Donkey Kong Country on the SNES and thought to yourself, "gee, I wish I could play this game on my shoe." Well designer Gustavo Bonzanini set out to make this dream a reality. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Nintendo's launch in Japan, Bonzanini has created the AIR SNES, a throwback custom pair of Nike Air Max 90 sne... View Source

Paramount Plus is just $2.99 a month for two months this Black Friday, meaning you can stream the new season of Starfleet Academy and all Star Trek content... View Source

Military contractors are trying to thwart a widely-supported right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill — and their efforts may pay off. A source familiar with the negotiations tells The Verge that there are significant concerns that the bill’s right-to-repair language will be replaced by a “data-as-a-service” model, potentially requiring the Department of Defense to pay for acces... View Source

South Korea marked its first rocket launch led by a private company, a milestone in the country’s bid to become a bigger player in the global space race... View Source

This Thursday is serving up heaps of turkey, potatoes, and professional football. The NFL has three games on the schedule, all conveniently timed so you'll be able to have football on pretty much from midday until bedtime. For the first game of the day, you can catch the AFC North battle between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs vs. D... View Source

A decade after it first premiered, Netflix’s most impactful show is coming to an end. The fifth and final season of Stranger Things is being split apart into a three-part event that spans multiple holidays: it premieres on November 26th, with a second batch of episodes on Christmas, followed by the final episode on December 31st. While there are spinoffs on the way, the end of Stranger Thing... View Source

Bloomberg’s Tim Stenovec discusses Dell's increased outlook for AI server shipments and HP’s plans for job cuts. Plus, Warner Brothers Discovery is asking bidders for sweetened offers as it explores options for a sale. And Nvidia is in focus as questions about competition in the AI chip market grow. (Source: Bloomberg)... View Source

SpaceX called off the planned launch of 140 satellites atop a used Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday (Nov. 26) in California... View Source

Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 6 is still relatively hot off the presses, having just launched in October. But thanks to Black Friday, you can pick up a copy on the PlayStation 5 for just $52.99 ($17 off) at Amazon. The price has also dropped at Best Buy to $59.99 ($10 off) for PS5 and Xbox Series X, giving you more ways to shop. Battlefield 6 Where to Buy: $69.99 $52.99 at Amazon (PS5) $69.99 $59.9... View Source

New measures at X increase transparency about where users come from... View Source

With the gaming industry's recent rash of layoffs, closures and cancellations, it would be easy to assume Beyond Good and Evil 2 is toast. After all, the game looked like vaporware even before the extreme cost-cutting trend started. But here we are in late 2025, and — lo and behold — Ubisoft is hiring for the prequel.The job listing (via Eurogamer) is for a technical sound engineer. But aside... View Source

The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Baidu Inc. and BYD Co. should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military, according to a letter to Congress sent roughly three weeks before Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a broad trade truce... View Source

EU member states have agreed on a position regarding online child protection legislation that doesn't force global tech companies to identify and remove child sexual abuse materials (CSAM.) This is being seen as a major victory for US tech companies like Google and Meta, according to reporting by Reuters. This new European Council language contradicts a 2023 position in which the European Par... View Source

The presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the Red Planet... View Source

Astronauts on the International Space Station just shared their Thanksgiving meal plans. Like many Americans, they will welcome guests — if a launching Soyuz crew arrives in time... View Source

Johnson & Johnson’s stock market valuation is flirting with $500 billion as investors raise their bets that firm’s strategy to cope with eroding sales for its major psoriasis drug will pan out... View Source

Sony has revealed the final batch of PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for 2025. This time around, you’ll be able to add five games to your library instead of the usual three. As ever, you’ll retain access to claimed games as long as your subscription remains active.The headliner this time around is Lego Horizon Adventures (PS5), which is a more family-friendly take on the Horizon series. Guerrilla G... View Source

NASA/Kim Shiflett In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day miss... View Source

Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than three million years ago... View Source

The Butterfly Nebula is a preview of the fate that will befall the sun in about 5 billion years... View Source

We’re on the cusp of Black Friday, and while TVs and laptop deals get all the glory, practical gadgets are already on sale too. Fanttik’s X8 portable tire inflator is down to $69.99 ($40 off), an all-time low price at Amazon. Fanttik’s deal is only available for Amazon Prime subscribers. Fanttik X8 Apex Tire Inflator Where to Buy: $109.99 $69.99 at Amazon (with Prime) The X8 is a battery-powered t... View Source

After nearly a decade of development, Russia’s newest launch vehicle is close to its debut flight. The medium-lift Soyuz 5 rocket is expected to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome before the end of the year. The Russian space corporation, Roscosmos, has released images of final processing of the Soyuz 5 rocket at the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara, Russia, earlier this month before th... View Source

The eye-popping amounts Big Tech is shelling out on artificial intelligence resembles shale’s golden age of spending before a price crash wiped out $2.6 trillion in equity, Carlyle Group Inc.’s Jeff Currie says... View Source

Exactly how many iPad Pros do you think Apple’s founding document is worth? Quite a lot, by the sound of it. The written agreement that made official the formation of Apple Computer Company — as it was initially known — in 1976 is reportedly going to be auctioned, where it’s expected to fetch up to $4 million. As reported by Apple Insider, the British auction house Christie’s, which has a number o... View Source

Our best DSLR overall, the Nikon D850, is on sale for only $1997 in this early Black Friday deal from BH Photo and Video, saving you a huge $600... View Source

Microsoft’s latest Surface Laptop offers beautiful hardware and starts at just $549.99. If you’re a Windows user looking for something that comes close to Apple’s latest MacBook Air, Microsoft’s newest 13-inch Surface Laptop — officially called the Surface Laptop 13-inch 1st Edition with Snapdragon — is a great option. Right now, you can pick up the model with an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X... View Source

Italy’s Finance Ministry is near agreement to sell digital-payments platform PagoPa to two state-controlled companies for as much as €500 million ($579 million), advancing the government’s push to streamline digital assets, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

A minor earthquake struck California in the early hours of the morning on November 26... View Source

South Korea lofted the CAS500-3 Earth-observation satellite and a dozen ride-along cubesats Wednesday (Nov. 26) on the fourth-ever launch of its Nuri rocket... View Source

The AIR SNES sneakers double as a functional retro console. | Image: Gustavo Bonzanini To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Super Nintendo’s launch in Japan (where it was called the Super Famicom) designer Gustavo Bonzanini created an homage that blends ‘90s fashion and technology. The AIR SNES are a heavily customized version of the Nike Air Max 90 inspired by other gaming-themed sneakers lik... View Source

The ability of Tether’s USDT stablecoin to maintain its peg to the US dollar has been downgraded to the lowest rating by S&P Global Ratings, which warned that a drop in Bitcoin’s value could leave the stablecoin undercollateralized... View Source

Earlier this year, I reviewed the Fractal Scape, a wireless gaming headset made for PC (also compatible with Switch 2) that really wowed me. Frankly, I wasn’t expecting much in this debut headset from a company known mostly for making PC cases, but it’s one of the most thoughtfully-designed models that I’ve tried recently. If you’re in the market for an elegant headset that sounds great and docks... View Source

Three councils in London have been affected by a cyberattack that’s disrupted their services and forced them to activate emergency plans... View Source

Subscription boxes are the rare gift that keeps its charm long after the wrapping paper is gone. You make the choice once, but the surprises keep landing on their doorstep for months after that. For anyone who loves the buzz of a delivery, these are gifts that extend the season well past December. Each box on this list combines a bit of discovery with something tangible, such as gadgets, books, co... View Source

Ever wished you could soar through the skies like Superman? This DJI Mini 3 Fly More Combo deal, $144 off for Black Friday, gives you stunning live views, 4K video capture and an extended flight time... View Source

Hello and welcome back to Regulator. It's been a very long two weeks away from your inboxes, but luckily for us, Big Tech and Big Government did not stop fighting. In fact, it's gotten even spicier. Let's get into it. Last week, I was following up on several rumors that Donald Trump would sign an executive order that would fulfill a longstanding goal of the AI industry: legal preemption that would... View Source

Poland has chosen Sweden to deliver three submarines as the NATO member bolsters its maritime defense capabilities... View Source

Back in 2018, Xiami launched Poco as a sub-brand that specializes in mid-range smartphones. Now, Poco has launched its first premium flagship phone series, the F8 Ultra and the F8 Pro, at an event in Bali. Both devices will use Sound by Bose technology, thanks to a partnership with the brand, and runs Xiaomi HyperOS 3. Kang Lou, Poco Global’s Senior Product Marketing Manager and Spokesperson, said... View Source

Two perplexing structures deep inside Earth might be ancient remnants of our early planet, and they could hold clues about the origin of life... View Source

Character.ai has introduced Stories, its first format that was specifically created to “enhance [teens’] experience,” on the same day the company removed their ability to engage with its chatbots. Stories works similarly to choose-your-own-adventure apps that offer interactive visual novels users can play. The company describes Stories as a “visual, narrative-first format.” Players can choose two... View Source

A Galaxy's worth of new Star Wars movies and shows will be landing in 2026, so get yourself set up with this better-than-half-price discount on the channel that is home to them all... View Source

Let's get this out of the way: The Samsung Frame is not a good TV. None of the displays that I'd classify as art TVs are - at least not in the ways that we usually think about TVs. They only get a fraction as bright as comparably priced TVs, picture quality is middling, black level performance is bad (even for an LCD TV), and color accuracy out of the box leaves a lot to be desired. But that's not... View Source

Shein is under pressure from the European Union to curb sales of childlike sex dolls and weapons on its third-party marketplace after French authorities reported the products earlier this month... View Source

There continues to be no real discernible rhyme or reason to the way Nintendo distributes games on Nintendo Switch Online, but its latest drop brings some notable additions to the library for retro gaming fans. The NES and Game Boy apps — both of which are available to all NSO subscribers — have each got a pair of new games in the late-November update, and they’re all from well-known franchises. J... View Source

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Also, what the heck is a magnetofossil?... View Source

Character.AI, under threat from several lawsuits over its alleged negative impact on teen mental health, is banning underage users from open-ended chats on its site. Instead, teens will be allowed to use a new “Stories” format that, unlike regular chats, offers “structured” choose-your-own-adventure-style experiences with the AI characters on its platform. The feature is av... View Source

TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is in talks to sell gaming studio Shanghai Moonton Technology Co. to Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Games Group, according to people familiar with the matter... View Source

After announcing its robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi last year, Uber and WeRide are finally deploying fully autonomous vehicles in in the city, Uber announced. If you request an UberX or Uber Comfort vehicle in designated parts of the city, you'll now get an option for a driverless WeRide vehicle.  Uber first launched its service with Chinese robotaxi operator WeRide back in 2024, but only... View Source

These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun's behavior and shaping the space environment throughout the solar system... View Source

Sony's A7 IV and A7R V cameras are top picks in Engadget's camera buying guide and they're both now on sale at all-time lows for the holidays. Sony's A7 IV, which I said has "the best combination of image quality, performance and video powers" is on sale for $1,998, or 26 percent off the regular price. And the A7R V, which shoots beautiful 61MP images and offers fast... View Source

OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot are both leaving WhatsApp thanks to upcoming changes to the messaging app’s terms of service that will prohibit using it to distribute AI chatbots not made by Meta. OpenAI announced its planned departure a few weeks ago, with Microsoft following it this week. Both companies attributed the departures to Meta’s new terms of service for WhatsApp Business Solut... View Source

A £750 million ($985 million) film studio backed by Avatar director James Cameron has been greenlit by the UK government, which overruled an initial decision against the studio by the local council... View Source

The Radio City Rockettes will be among the performers at this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Here's how to watch. (Peter Kramer/NBC via Getty Images) NBC via Getty Images Every holiday has corresponding must-watch TV associated with it, from It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown at Halloween, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer at Christmas, and the annual Macy's Thanksgivi... View Source

Wild turkeys once nearly disappeared, but today they’re thriving... View Source

Unistellar has slashed the prices of its smart telescopes for its Black Friday sale, including the expert eVscope 2, which features a 4.5-inch aperture and a 7.7MP image sensor... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Kurt Wagner looks at the budding success of TikTok’s e-commerce effort, TikTok Shop... View Source

Hoto exists because someone got bored. CEO Lidan Liu, the company's founder and a notable industrial designer, tells The Verge she was tired of advising from her consultancy Designaffairs China. I have to build something on my own, she thought. And back then, she was spending a lot of time in her workshop surrounded by the same old tools. "The tool industry, it never changes, the products are bori... View Source

The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight... View Source

Vietnam’s retail giant Mobile World Investment Corp. is planning an initial public offering for its electronics and mobile store chain in 2026... View Source

Black Friday VPN deals are landing ahead of the big day on November 28 — we've hand-picked the best to keep you safe and secure while streaming online... View Source

The US faces a potential electricity crisis this decade as a surge in demand to power data centers bumps into the cold reality of aged and vulnerable grids... View Source

Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets and their parent stars... View Source

Europe’s equivalent of NASA is seeking €22 billion ($25.5 billion) from its member states for the next three years, a 36% increase from its previous budget, as nations expand their military presence in space... View Source

McKinsey & Co. cut about 200 global tech jobs in the past week as the consulting firm joins rivals in using artificial intelligence to automate some positions... View Source

After a high-profile malfunction left two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, NASA is requiring rigorous testing before humans get back on board... View Source

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. reported a 67% quarterly profit rise, a positive sign ahead of a potential Hong Kong listing... View Source

European stocks followed global markets higher as traders raised bets on a December rate cut by the Federal Reserve. UK stocks will be in focus today as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is set to announce a long-awaited budget... View Source

Poco is at pains to admit that this “denim blue” version of the F8 Ultra includes no actual denim fabric. Xiaomi spin-off brand Poco has partnered with Bose to help its new F8 phones stand out in an increasingly crowded market. Both the F8 Pro and F8 Ultra feature stereo speakers designed collaboratively with the audio company, and the Ultra goes one step further by including a subwoofer too. Both... View Source

Naver Corp. agreed to acquire Dunamu Inc., operator of South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange Upbit, in an all-stock deal valued at around $10.3 billion, as the internet giant seeks to cement its foothold in the country’s digital-assets market... View Source

Nigeria is transitioning settling trades on its stock market to two business days, after the date of the transaction, in a bid to boost market liquidity and attract more investors... View Source

A year after launching with safety operators on board, the two will offer driverless rides in a 12-square-mile area... View Source

Growing unease over frothy artificial intelligence valuations is weighing on shares of SoftBank Group Corp., which traders increasingly view as a proxy for privately-held OpenAI... View Source

Uber and WeRide are now deploying fully driverless vehicles as part of its robotaxi service in the United Arab Emarites. Customers in Abu Dhabi who request an UberX or Uber Comfort may be matched with a fully autonomous WeRide vehicle if the route is part of the company’s service area. Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle operator WeRide first launched their robotaxi service with safety drivers bac... View Source

An artificial intelligence-enabled teddy bear sold by a Singapore-based company is back on the shelves after researchers discovered it chats unprompted about sexual fetishes and other unsuitable topics... View Source

Qualcomm just revealed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, the appropriately-named second member of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 line. This follows the Gen 5 Elite, which was first revealed back in September. The standard Gen 5 is still a powerful mobile system-on-a-chip (SoC) with a top clock speed of 3.8GHz. That's slightly lower than the Elite's top speed of 4.6GHz, but still nothing to sneeze at. It i... View Source

Qualcomm still sees this as a flagship chipset, just not an “Elite” one. When Qualcomm announced its high-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset in November, it mentioned that a non-Elite version was on the way, designed to power a more affordable tier of flagship phones. Now, that chip has finally arrived, with some drops in performance but the same core feature set. Qualcomm compares the 8 Gen 5 t... View Source

Johor, the Malaysian state emerging as a regional data center hub, is raising the bar for new projects as authorities seek to curb the heavy water use that’s straining local supplies... View Source

South African conglomerate Bidvest Group Ltd. is having to explain itself to shareholders after asking them to endorse the bankrolling of a Paris Olympics trip for its chairman and two non-executive directors... View Source

Pony AI Inc. shares rose for a third day in Hong Kong trading, arresting a steep decline since listing three weeks ago, after the robotaxi firm said its Guangzhou operations had broken even on a per-car basis in an early indication its business model is sustainable... View Source

SoftBank Group Corp. completed its $6.5 billion purchase of US chip startup Ampere Computing LLC, adding another asset to aid its push into AI hardware... View Source

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is negotiating an agreement with Alberta that “creates necessary conditions” for the future construction of a new oil pipeline to Canada’s west coast... View Source

It feels like 2025 is the year of corporate standoffs and stalemates among TV providers, with the latest being a contract dispute between streaming provider Fubo and NBCUniversal which has led to a blackout of all the latter's networks on the service. Channels like NBC, USA Network, Telemundo, and Bravo went dark on Fubo at 5PM ET on November 21, 2025, and as of now, there's no projected... View Source

Robinhood Markets Inc. and Susquehanna International Group are taking over a regulated exchange that was tied to the now-defunct crypto business FTX, giving them a powerful new foothold in the fast-growing world of prediction markets... View Source

Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s shares dived more than 12% on news that a Bain Capital-backed entity will dump a stake in the Japanese memory chipmaker, stoking concerns about the lofty valuations of global AI-related firms... View Source

OpenAI defended itself against a lawsuit accusing ChatGPT of coaching a 16-year-old to kill himself, saying the chatbot directed the teenager to seek help more than 100 times... View Source

US-China collaboration in technology research has fallen steadily to the lowest in 20 years, a shift an Australian think tank warns could reshape global innovation vital to security and economic growth... View Source

Whether you're new to drone flying or are looking to upgrade, now is your chance to soar higher for less. We've rounded up the best Black Friday drone deals, to suit all budgets... View Source

The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a package of 19 bills aimed at protecting kids on the internet, teeing Congress up for a chance at passing some of the most substantive internet regulations in recent history, alongside a fight over online speech rights. The subcommittee on commerce will consider the bills during a hearing on Tuesday, including the contentious Kids Online Safety Act... View Source

When Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang hosted a private banquet for suppliers in Taiwan in May, the room was packed with some of the biggest names in global electronics. The chairmen of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. were there, surrounded by a sea of local manufacturing titans... View Source

The upcoming Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game Spellcasters Chronicles will be available to play as a closed beta starting on December 4 until December 8. This is the first closed beta weekend for the free-to-play game and the first online play test, as it was originally announced just a couple of months back. Spellcasters Chronicles is being developed by Quantic Dream and looks like the... View Source

The NASA gamma-ray spacecraft Fermi may have enabled scientists to "see" dark matter, the universe's most mysterious stuff, for the first time... View Source

Astrophysicist Prof Tomonori Totani says research could be crucial breakthrough in search for elusive substanceNearly a century ago, scientists proposed that a mysterious invisible substance they named dark matter clumped around galaxies and formed a cosmic web across the universe.What dark matter is made from, and whether it is even real, are still open questions, but according to a study, the fi... View Source

Campbell’s is insisting that its soups aren’t made with 3D-printed chicken, lab-grown chicken, or bioengineered meat. The food giant issued the explanation on its website after leaked audio allegedly captured Campbell’s vice president of information technology saying the company’s meat “came from a 3D printer.” “A recent video contained false comments about our ingredients,” Campbell’s write... View Source

Earlier this month, fans packed a Guangzhou cinema to see Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle, helping to make the animated feature China’s top-grossing foreign film of the year. Some even came in cosplay, excited to be part of a cultural phenomenon that’s smashing box office records around the world... View Source

Following its licensing deal with Udio, Warner Music Group (WMG) has also reached an agreement with Suno that will let the platform license its artists' music and likenesses, and end the music company's ongoing litigation. WMG was previously one of several record labels suing Udio and Suno for allegedly infringing on copyrighted works at a "massive scale."As part of the agreeme... View Source

Save up to 77% on Paramount Plus and get complete access to Star Trek, Transformers, Halo, The X Files, A Quiet Place and many top movies and TV shows... View Source

Ready for some turkey day football? (Getty Images) saje via Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys have become as much a part of Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and stuffing. The team has played a Thanksgiving game every year since 1978, and this year, they'll be setting the table to host the Kansas City Chiefs at AT&T Stadium. The Chiefs will likely arrive hungry; they haven't appeare... View Source

Explore This Section Science Science Activation NASA & GLOBE Connect People,… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   4 min read NASA & GLOBE Connect People, Land, and Space The GLOBE Land Cover satellite comparison table is generated weekly for every GLOBE Land Cover observation. GLOBE volunteers receiv... View Source

Our best premium monocular, the Bushnell Legend Ultra 10x42, is $50 cheaper in this early Black Friday sale from Amazon... View Source

Dell Technologies Inc. raised its annual projections for the key artificial intelligence server market, a sign of sustained demand for the type of machines needed in the current data center boom... View Source

A brand spanking-new FoloToy teddy bear can be yours once again. However, he may now be less knowledgeable about spanking. The infamous "Kumma" children's AI teddy bear, once an expert in BDSM and knife-fetching, is back on sale. The company claims the toy now has stronger child safety protections in place.The Singapore-based FoloToy suspended sales of Kumma last week after a resear... View Source

1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Reid Wiseman finds a little peace and quiet in the station’s Destiny lab.NASA The Lifetime Surveillance of Astronaut Health (LSAH) program collects, analyzes, and interprets medical, physiological, hazard exposure, and environmental data for the purpose of maintaining astronaut health and safety as well as preventing oc... View Source

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a former NASA astronaut, is under investigation for his participation in a short video reminding members of the U.S. military not to obey illegal orders... View Source

HP Inc. gave a profit outlook for current year that fell short of estimates and the company said it will cut 4,000 to 6,000 employees through fiscal 2028 by using more AI tools... View Source

Perplexity is rolling out a new shopping feature to make buying things through its AI assistant easier and more personalized. The company's new feature is free for all Perplexity users in the US and builds on Perplexity’s existing relationship with payment provider Paypal.The new shopping experience lets Perplexity users conduct more personalized product searches, like asking "What'... View Source

Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds... View Source

On Wednesday, a rumor began popping up in Washington about a momentous policy change: the White House, it was said, would issue an executive order on Friday that would finally preempt state AI laws, handing over those regulatory powers to the federal government. The minute it leaked online, lawyers and policymakers began to scour every sentence of it. There was a lot about it that seemed political... View Source

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses the fall in Nvidia shares following reports that Meta is in talks to spend billions on Google’s AI chips. Plus, Chinese leader Xi Jinping revived the topic of China's sovereignty over Taiwan in a phone call with President Donald Trump. And Apple eliminates sales roles in a rare layoff to streamline the way it offers products to businesses and governments. (Sourc... View Source

Fubo has issued a statement on its latest row with NBCUniversal over a carriage dispute involving NBC's most popular channels. This past Friday, NBCU networks went dark on Fubo across both live and on-demand services. Fubo subscribers trying to watch NBC content were met with a message that read, “We are working hard to bring this channel back. We are currently negotiating with NBCUniversal a... View Source

Skipping meals before a big holiday feast probably isn’t the best idea for gut health, experts say. Here’s how to prevent overeating on an empty stomach—and tips for if you do... View Source

STARZ is the home to the Borderlands movie as well as some Marvel hits and is now just $2.99 a month in this Black Friday streaming deal as a Hulu add-on... View Source

Warner Music Group has struck a licensing deal with the AI music creation platform Suno. Under the agreement, WMG will allow users to create AI-generated music on Suno using the voices, names, likenesses, images, and compositions of artists who opt in to the program. WMG, which owns record labels that have signed musicians like Ed Sheeran, Twenty One Pilots, Dua Lipa, and Charlie XCX, says partici... View Source

Games Done Quick has wrapped up its 2025 events, but a new year of speedrunning for charity is on the horizon. The organization released the schedule for Back to Black 2026 on Tuesday. You can watch the action from February 5 to 8.As its name suggests, the event celebrates the Black community through the joy of gaming. Organized by Black in a Flash, the event will showcase all-Black speed runs of... View Source

You can save 70% on a year of HBO Max when you get it as an add-on to Hulu and stream the Dune movies and TV show, along with the Alien and Predator franchises... View Source

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is just one of many shows available on Paramount Plus. | Image: Marni Grossman / Paramount Plus In case you missed it, Paramount Plus is raising prices by $1 a month starting on January 15th, 2026, taking the ad-supported Essential plan from $7.99 to $8.99 and the ad-free Premium plan from $12.99 to $13.99. Thankfully, Paramount’s Black Friday promo has arrived just i... View Source

Warner Music Group Corp. and Suno, a generative-artificial intelligence music startup, settled their copyright lawsuit and agreed on a new partnership for creating music... View Source

OpenAI has announced that it's changing how ChatGPT's Voice mode works on the web and inside the company's app. As part of an update, you can interact with ChatGPT Voice directly within your ongoing chat, letting you see a transcript of your conversation with OpenAI's AI model, along with visuals that demonstrate whatever ChatGPT is talking about.You can start a voice chat just... View Source

NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has made another set of critical strides toward launch. This fall, the outer portion passed two tests — a shake test and an intense sound blast — to ensure its successful launch. The inner portion of the observatory underwent a major 65-day thermal vacuum test, showing that it will function properly in space. As NASA’s next flagship space te... View Source

A new federal initiative aims to accelerate scientific discovery by uniting artificial intelligence with large federal datasets... View Source

The Canon EOS R5 Mark II is a powerhouse of a camera, capable of capturing gorgeous images of the night skies and everything beneath them. And, with this Amazon-beating Black Friday deal, it's $450 off... View Source

Microsoft is previewing default game profiles on its ROG Xbox Ally gaming handheld. The new profiles will automatically optimize frame rates and power consumption for 40 games, including Fortnite, Gears of War: Reloaded, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Forza Horizon 5, Minecraft, and others, saving you from manually tweaking game settings. The ROG Xbox Ally will automatically apply “per-game” profiles to... View Source

Bank of America is sounding the alarm over the explosive growth of prediction markets and sports gambling, warning it could lead consumers to take on too much debt and default on loans... View Source

Paramount+ has launched its latest streaming offer, giving new subscribers two months of access for $6 total through December 2 for Black Friday. With prices rising across other platforms, this short-term deal offers a chance to explore either the Essential or Premium plan and see which fits your viewing habits best. Yes, you can pick either plan and get the $3-per-month deal — of course, that mak... View Source

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.'... View Source

Perplexity is ramping up its AI shopping experience going into the holiday season, just like OpenAI and Google, with a free AI-powered shopping feature that is available now to US users. Its AI assistant looks similar to what we’ve seen from ChatGPT’s shopping research, as users type in what they’re looking for and refine the results with follow-up questions. The recommended products show up as ca... View Source

SAP SE was sued by supply-chain artificial intelligence firm o9 Solutions Inc., which claimed three of its former executives stole trade secrets for the European software giant... View Source

Google is making The Thinking Game, a 2024 Tribeca Festival selection about DeepMind, available for free. The nearly 90-minute documentary offers a glimpse into the AI team's background and breakthroughs.The film, from the same team as the 2017 AlphaGo doc (also on YouTube), was shot over five years. It chronicles Nobel winner Demis Hassabis' beginnings as a chess prodigy and how that sh... View Source

CHAPEA mission 2 crew members (from left) Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer pose in front of the door to the simulated Martian landscape for their first photo inside the CHAPEA habitat after their mission began in October 2025. Credits: NASA/CHAPEA Crew A crew of four research volunteers stepped inside NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) habit... View Source

Wyze’s Window Cam keeps an eye on your property from the comfort of indoors. | Image: Wyze Wyze has announced an unorthodox approach to outdoor security cameras with its new Window Cam that monitors your yard and property from inside your home. This Rear Window approach to security means the camera doesn’t need batteries, Wi-Fi range extenders, access to an exterior power outlet, or weatherp... View Source

ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology) Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured never-before-seen details of the Red Spider Nebula, a planetary nebula, in this image released on Oct. 26, 2025. NIRCam is Webb’s primary near-infrared imager, providing high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy for a wide variety of i... View Source

This quiz dives into satellites and explores what is orbiting Earth... View Source

Bose’s last-gen QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are $130 off in the run-up to Black Friday. There’s no better time to save on headphones and earbuds than Black Friday. We’ve been covering deals on audio gear all year, and right now we’re seeing some fantastic discounts on new and old releases, including models from Apple, Sony, Bose, Sonos, and more. For example, we’re currently seeing the best pric... View Source

Since the launch of ChatGPT three years ago, analysts and technologists — even a Google engineer and the company’s former chief executive — have declared Google behind in the high-stakes race to develop artificial intelligence... View Source

Last year, the Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against software company RealPage, accusing it of manipulating the rental housing market and driving up prices. Now, the DoJ has announced a proposed settlement that would put limits on RealPage's ability to collect and use sensitive information gathered from landlords. Under the terms, though, RealPage would pay no damages and admi... View Source

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured images of the Moon’s surface on Oct 16, 2022, after flying by the Earth for its first of three gravity assists. Crater rims are vital landmarks for planetary science and navigation. Yet detecting them in real imagery is tough, with shadows, lighting shifts, and broken edges obscuring their shape. This project invites you to develop methods that can reliably fit elli... View Source

Human brains go through five distinct phases of life, each defined by its own set of characteristics, according to a new study... View Source

When last year's solar superstorm Gannon slammed into Earth, it not only painted the sky with beautiful auroras, but also shrunk one of the planet's protective layers to just one-fifth its usual size... View Source

A month of Apple TV costs $12.99, which is a good value if you’re into its blend of sci-fi, sports, kids content, and a staggering number of shows and movies that start with “S.” It’s the only major streaming service that doesn’t have ads, and it’ll be the exclusive home to F1 starting in 2026. Oh, and Pluribus rules so far. Foundation and Slow Horses are some of the best TV shows available, too... View Source

Apple Inc. will retake its crown as the world’s largest smartphone maker for the first time in more than a decade, lifted by the successful debut of a new iPhone series and a rush of consumers upgrading devices, according to Counterpoint Research... View Source

Disney has unveiled a new animatronic in the form of Olaf, the carrot-nosed snowman from the Frozen series of films. The robotic character will roam the streets of the upcoming World of Frozen (coming soon to Adventure World at Disneyland Paris) and make "limited-time special appearances at World of Frozen at the Hong Kong Disneyland resort," Disney wrote on its parks blog.  Olaf, s... View Source

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this view of Mars’ south polar ice cap Feb. 25, 2015. Three years later, the spacecraft detected a signal from the area to the right of the ice cap that scientists interpreted as an underground lake.ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Results from an enhanced rad... View Source

High above a storm, a mysterious red ring appeared for a split second. Here's how one photographer captured the elusive "elve."... View Source

The ongoing discount saves you a cool $60. It was only just a couple of weeks ago that Apple’s AirPods 4 dropped to a new low price; however, if you missed out on the former deal, you now have a chance to snag the excellent entry-level earbuds for even less. Right now, the AirPods 4 are on sale for around $69 ($60 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Target in the lead-up to Black Friday, which is nearly... View Source

Algunos usuarios están perdiendo la noción de la realidad durante sesiones maratónicas con ChatGPT y otros bots... View Source

Microsoft just released a spate of software updates for ASUS ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X handheld consoles. Perhaps the most notable feature is the introduction of default game profiles, which are available in a beta mode starting today. These are performance profiles tailored to specific games so they run perfectly on the handhelds. Once enabled, the software will automatically balance the frame rat... View Source

The AstroLab is very difficult to play in this position. Last year, Arturia launched its first stage keyboard, AstroLab. Unlike a synthesizer, stage keyboards are more focused on delivering performance-ready presets than sound design. They're geared towards touring and performing musicians who need access to a range of sounds with minimal fuss, rather than bedroom tinkerers. But, while the first e... View Source

Telefónica SA, Spain’s largest telecommunications company by revenue, plans to eliminate 6,088 jobs in the country as part of a sweeping cost-cutting drive... View Source

IKEA has teamed up with Swedish designer Tekla Evelina Severin on a new line of products dubbed the Teklan collection. The collaboration includes three new standalone Bluetooth speakers and two lamp speakers, each clad in Severin's distinctive colorful style. The company originally announced this family of products at the start of the year with an expected launch in early 2026, so it seems th... View Source

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China's uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 25), giving the three astronauts living there a safe way to get home... View Source

The origins of table tennis have often obscured its influence - it was literally designed to be the diminutive form of tennis, after all. But the idea of "spin" first originated with ping pong; politically, it would become the thing that opened up negotiations between the US and China under Nixon. There are gestures to this in Marty Supreme, but the new film from Josh Safdie is more interested in... View Source

Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures... View Source

The number of video game franchises not being adapted for TV must surely now be nearing the single-figure mark, and we’ve known for a little while that a Far Cry show is on the way too. Ubisoft has now confirmed previous leaks that Alien: Earth’s Noah Hawley and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob Mac will helm an anthology show based on its long-running FPS series. FX is making it and i... View Source

Wondering what to do with your Thanksgiving downtime? These Nikon Prostaff P3 8x42 binoculars are brilliant for everything from stargazing to nature-watching, and they're 40% off for Black Friday... View Source

The Snapic A1 launches next month in ivory white and rhino gray color options. | Image: Reto Reto, a Hong Kong-based camera maker that licenses the Kodak brand, has announced a new 35mm film camera called the Snapic A1 that ships next week. Although its design, with either a rhino gray or ivory white plastic housing, gives off disposable camera vibes, for $99 the Snapic A1 should be a capable shoo... View Source

Peloton Interactive Inc. has so far seen sluggish sales for its new artificial intelligence-powered exercise equipment, billed as the catalyst for a long-promised turnaround... View Source

Apparently misleading protest videos are welcome to stay on Facebook now. Meta's Oversight Board has ruled that the company was right to leave up a manipulated video that made footage of a Serbian protest look like it took place in Holland and was in support of Rodrigo Duterte, former president of the Philippines. A user reshared it within days of Duterte's March 2025 extradition to the... View Source

Thanksgiving is an interesting holiday. Some celebrate it as an American tradition. Others look at it as simply an excuse to get together with family to watch some football. And still others just enjoy getting an extra day off from work or try to ignore it altogether. But however you regard it, there are often two areas in which many of us can use help: preparing the traditional Thanksgiving meal... View Source

For as long as Nvidia Corp. has dominated the market for artificial intelligence chips, customers have made clear they’d like to see more competition. It turns out one of the most formidable alternatives may have been hiding in plain sight... View Source

The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft that China launched on November 25 has already reached the Tiangong space station, according to SpaceNews and Chinese state media. Now that it’s docked with the station, the astronauts onboard are no longer left without a vehicle that they can use to head home in case of emergencies. The astronauts part of the Shenzhou-21 mission haven’t had a lifeboat since November 11,... View Source

Scientific American asked experts which type of Thanksgiving pie spikes blood sugar the most—and how to eat healthier while still enjoying the holidays... View Source

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as a speedy solar wind is set to spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight... View Source

One thing we talk a lot about on The Vergecast is how to engage with technology without losing your mind. One version of that discussion has to do with fitness, and the so-called quantified self: what does it take to make use of the tools and trackers available to you, without letting exercise take over your life? It's a fun, complex topic, and one we come back to often. There is, however, another... View Source

TikTok is moving into luxury retail, part of an effort to expand its TikTok Shop marketplace into a high-end shopping destination for purses and watches that can fetch thousands of dollars... View Source

Apple has laid off dozens of employees across its sales team to streamline the organization and eliminate overlapping roles., according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. “To connect with even more customers, we are making some changes in our sales team that affect a small number of roles,” the company told Gurman, though it didn’t say how many people were affected. Apple also said that it’s hiring for n... View Source

NASA's historic first flight of the X-59 last month was captured on video, showing the quiet supersonic jet soaring over the Mojave Desert... View Source

Three movies in, Knives Out is really showing its range. After starting out with a mystery on a cozy New England estate, followed by a sequel set on a Greek island owned by an Elon Musk-style tech bro, the series gets much darker with Wake Up Dead Man. This time, director Rian Johnson crafted a locked-door mystery set inside of a small-town church, with a story that explores issues of faith and th... View Source

Barclays Plc has a strong pipeline of deals across its investment and private-banking businesses in Africa as cross-border deal flow picks up and the continent’s largest economy shows signs of recovery, the head of its South African unit said... View Source

If I didn't already have this heater and fan (and others, we'll get to that), this would be a Black Friday deal I snap up immediately. My beloved Dyson AM09 heater and fan is back on sale for $300 right now thanks to Black Friday. We last saw it drop this low during October Prime Day; before that, the last time it was so cheap was in March.  My love for the AM09 is well documented... View Source

As AI slips into kitchens, conversations and memories, Thanksgiving has become a test of how much we’re willing to outsource... View Source

The first Chinese-made car Omar Rana ever drove was a gas-powered SUV that he rented while on a trip overseas in 2015. To say it didn't leave much of an impression would be an understatement. "It sucked really bad," Rana, aka OmarDrives, tells me. "A horrible experience." Flash forward nearly a decade to last year, when Rana received a DM from a company he'd never heard of called DCar Studio invit... View Source

Poland is drafting legislation to tax online platforms, seeking to level the playing field for local firms whose foreign competitors aren’t subject to levies in the east European country... View Source

So you want to give someone a gift but you don’t have a ton of cash to spare. Don’t fret because first, you’re not alone, and second, there are tons of options to choose from. Especially if you’re looking in the tech space, it can feel especially daunting to find a gadget that’s affordable but also worth gifting — in other words, not a piece of junk that will eventually take up residence at the bo... View Source

Chilean astrophotographer Osvaldo Castillo captured this breathtaking view... View Source

We know a little more about Google’s long-gestating plans to combine the best parts of Android and ChromeOS into a single OS thanks to a job listing for a product manager to work on “Aluminium OS.” The job ad describes it as “a new operating system built with Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the core.” Android Authority first reported on the job listing, which is two months old, but wasn’t spotted... View Source

Alphabet Inc. shares are poised to shake up the ranking of the world’s most valuable companies, amid signs the search giant is making headway in efforts to rival Nvidia Corp.’s bestselling AI accelerator... View Source

An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and is changing the story of how plants took root on land... View Source

"Developing superintelligence is now in sight," says Mark Zuckerberg, heralding the "creation and discovery of new things that aren't imaginable today." Powerful AI "may come as soon as 2026 [and will be] smarter than a Nobel Prize winner across most relevant fields," says Dario Amodei, offering the doubling of human lifespans or even "escape velocity" from death itself. "We are now confident we k... View Source

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Vlad Savov checks in from Hong Kong with a look at what’s top of mind for China’s biggest AI companies... View Source

Yes, it’s Tuesday, but the Black Friday sale bonanza continues to start earlier (wielded by even more retailers) each year. Our team was, is and will be curating the best Black Friday tech deals for this year’s retail push and with less than a week to go, plenty of the best offers are already live. One surprise: PlayStation 5 discounts, with $100 off all the versions of the console . That bri... View Source

The screen uses dual-layer OLED tech to achieve the effect. Huawei has just launched its Mate 80 series in China, and the top-spec 80 Pro Max stands out for a dual-layer OLED display that Huawei says can hit an unmatched 8,000 nits of peak brightness. The Mate 80 phones are joined by a new Mate X7 foldable with IP59 dustproofing. There are four Mate 80 phones, but the Pro Max is definitely the mos... View Source

Three years ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT, setting off a mania on Wall Street for all things artificial intelligence. And the stock market hasn’t been the same since... View Source

Ant Group Co.’s quarterly profit grew 10% after the Chinese digital payments giant bolstered its artificial intelligence capacity via AI models, humanoid robots and health care... View Source

Fortunately, we live in a time when most information can be recovered from another device or the cloud. Now, iPhone users can add another app to that list. Signal has announced that secure backups are now available for iOS devices. It follows a similar launch for Android devices in early September. The company shared the news on X and linked to the previous Android blog post for all additional inf... View Source

You can save over 60% on this Disney Plus Black Friday deal as the Disney Plus and Hulu bundle is reduced to just $4.99 a month: Great value for sci-fi fans... View Source

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue growth, riding China’s AI development boom... View Source

Want to explore the world from above, or capture stunning aerial action shots? This beginner-friendly DJI Mini 4K camera drone is just what you need, and it's 20% off in Amazon's Black Friday sale... View Source

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. says it filed a lawsuit against a former executive who joined Intel Corp... View Source

The Disney+ and Hulu (with ads) bundle is officially on sale for $5 per month for one year (for a total of $60) through December 1, giving new and returning subscribers a full year of both streaming platforms for less than the cost of a few movie tickets. The bundle includes Disney+ and Hulu’s basic plans with ads, so if you’ve been waiting for a sign to catch up on Only Murders in the Building or... View Source