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US Mint You can purchase the $1 Innovation coin featuring Apple’s Steve Jobs from the US Mint, starting today, May 12 at 12PM Eastern time. The US Mint has been releasing specialty coins every year since 2018 to honor American innovation and the “pioneering efforts of individuals or

We love when astronomers share the images they capture with the James Webb Space Telescope because they are so dang beautiful and cool. But of course, science is about more than just pretty pictures. A research team has used the telescope to map out the cosmic web, a collection

Whoop Starting this summer, Whoop users in the US will have access to on-demand video consultations with licensed clinicians from within the fitness tracker’s app. Along with that, the wearables company also announced on Friday that it is adding support for Electronic Health Record (EHR) syncing, so

Sam Rutherford for Engadget The idea of installing a software update on your fridge already feels kind of weird, let alone one centered around improving its AI capabilities. But that’s exactly what’s happening to Samsung’s line of Bespoke refrigerators this week, and to my surprise this patch

Lime, the micromobility company known for its electric scooters and bicycles which are dumped across city streets, has filed for an initial public offering. The rental startup, which is officially known as Neutron Holdings, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, after teasing ambitions of going public back

NASA Following the success of its Artemis II crewed mission, NASA is now turning its focus to the next milestones in its plan to put astronauts back on the moon. The space agency has been eyeing a moon landing in 2028, and it’s tapped Blue Origin and

Double Fine Double Fine, the first-party Xbox game developer behind Psychonauts, is forming a union. As Aftermath reports, the studio has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on May 7 to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) involving all 42 regular part-time

Primakov/Shutterstock Discord is recovering following a brief outage that saw some users unable to use the popular chat app. At 3:08PM ET, the company said it had begun investigating an issue with its API systems. Shortly thereafter, at 3:24PM ET, Discord said it had identified the problem,

Google Google I/O hasn’t even started yet, but the company is getting ahead of things with its recently teased wearable strap. The Fitbit Air is a screenless device that you can put in a wristband or a chest strap. If you’re deep into fitness wearables, you’ll notice it

iam8bit Iam8bit’s in-house music group, the Blueshift Big Band, has put together another franchise-specific record with the Persona 30th Anniversary Jazz Album, and pre-orders are live now through June 1. The Persona 30th Anniversary Jazz Album comes in three flavors: a Translucent Purple vinyl exclusive to FYE, or

Ryu Ga Gotoku Ryu Ga Gotoko will release Stranger Than Heaven sometime this winter, the studio has announced at the game’s Xbox showcase. It has also released a new trailer and shared more details about the game, including actors involved in the project. Stranger Than Heaven will revolve around Makoto

Energizer Coin batteries don’t make headlines all that often, but today shifts that trend with a smart new development. Energizer has released a new Ultimate Child Shield version of its 20mm coin lithium batteries. As the name implies, the tech is aimed at reducing the number of

Nuro Uber-backed Nuro has received an updated permit to test its Lucid Gravity robotaxis on California streets, according to recent DMV documents. It’s a key step in Uber’s plan to deploy 100,000 driverless vehicles in the US, including up to 35,000 powered by Nuro’s self-driving technology. The companies

Sam Rutherford for Engadget The Steam Controller has been a hot topic for the PC gaming world for the past few weeks, and a new tidbit could keep the conversation going: Valve released the CAD files for the gamepad’s shell. They’re free to download under a Creative

Apple has reportedly approached Samsung and Intel about building “main device chips” in a bid to reduce its dependence on TSMC, Bloomberg has reported. The iPhone maker is said to have had early-stage talks with Intel and recently visited a Samsung chip plant currently under development in Texas. No orders have been placed so far

Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after a years-long dispute with the regulator over the timing of his disclosure that he had acquired a significant stake in Twitter. Musk agreed to pay a $1.5 million fee without

Stefano Chiacchiarini ’74/Shutterstock It doesn’t look like GameStop’s wild ride is stopping anytime soon, after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is about to make an offer to acquire eBay. While an official offer hasn’t been submitted yet, WSJ said that GameStop could make a buyout

Nwz/Shutterstock If you bought a digital game on the PlayStation Store between April 2019 and December 2023, you may soon receive some store credit in your account. A federal judge in San Francisco granted preliminary approval of a proposed $7.85 million settlement for a class action lawsuit