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Steam Deck sales are losing steam since May's price hike

KYLE ORLAND

Analysis of bestseller charts shows an 80 percent dip from 2025's sales rate.

TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe

SCHARON HARDING

"Current economic conditions" have shifted TreeSize's business model.

Tesla spins up robotaxi pilots in Orlando and Tampa ahead of Q2 earnings

SEAN O'KANE

The company didn't say how many are in each city, and has taken a far more cautious approach to scaling the network than CEO Elon Musk had promised.

Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

TIM DE CHANT

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

LUCAS ROPEK

The new leasing program is a big change for the hardware company, and comes as it looks to raise prices on many of its products.

Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Einride agreed to buy Flipturn for $38 million in stock.

This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moore’s Law With Light

JOEL KHALILI

Pat Gelsinger wants to pave the way to ever more powerful artificial intelligence using tiny beams of light.

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak

KATE TAYLOR

The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

Nintendo customers have no legal right to tariff refunds, company tells judge

JON BRODKIN

Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.

Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out

ASHLEY BELANGER

Anthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute.

Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii's final day

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

NatGeo's Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city's last 24 hours to life.

Naked mole-rat queens use a chemical signal to suppress fertility in rivals

JACEK KRYWKO

A single chemical made by mole-rat queens enforces the social order.

Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

TIM DE CHANT

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

SARAH PEREZ

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become all-purpose entertainment destinations instead.

Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents

AMANDA SILBERLING

Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.