Valve raised the Steam Deck’s price by more than $200 for both models last week, and other platform holders have already lifted costs: the Switch 2 faces a small hike later this year, Xbox prices have risen multiple times in the U.S., and PS5s have climbed globally. Those

Waymo and B2U Storage Solutions have a strategic supply agreement that will let used batteries from Waymo’s autonomous robotaxi fleet be repurposed as stationary energy storage for local power grids in California and Texas. B2U installs retired electric-vehicle batteries in large storage projects that capture excess renewable power during

Neon Odyssey, the latest project from popular actual play group Avantris Entertainment, raised more than $3 million on its first day and surpassed $15.2 million in 30 days, becoming the most-funded TTRPG Kickstarter ever. Rather than pitch "D&D with lasers," the team built a full

United is set to roll out its newest long-haul jet, the Airbus A321XLR, which recently departed the planemaker's Hamburg factory and landed in Tampa. The carrier is marketing the plane as ultra-premium and says it will deliver a 'wide-body experience on a narrow-body jet,' opening international

Alex Ruber and Parth Chopra met through Y Combinator's Co-founder Matching Program in January 2024. Both were full-time engineers when they built an AI-powered shopping tool and joined Y Combinator's fall 2024 batch, but the app ran at a loss. After roughly five months in the

Uber is cutting back on recruiting drivers in cities where autonomous taxis are operating, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview with Fast Company. Khosrowshahi said having fewer new entrants in those markets helps "that the drivers who are [already] in-market, who are experienced, and who've been

Ray Dalio warned that betting on artificial intelligence as a technology is not the same as betting on AI stocks. "People bet on the technology, which, I'll bet on the technology, but they think that buying the stocks is betting on the technology, which is a different

Takeaways, supermarkets and bakeries across Japan are running short of plastic bags, trays and food-service gloves as shortages of naphtha widen amid the Middle East crisis. The food sector uses nearly one-third of Japan's more than 8m tonnes of annual plastic, and rising prices and scarcities are spreading

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has rescinded a long-standing policy that prevented it from accepting a settlement if the defendant denied the agency’s allegations. The policy, first adopted in 1998, was dropped because it “may have created an incorrect impression that the Commission is trying to shield itself

Meta’s broader metaverse effort faltered, but one VR app stood out: Supernatural, a fitness game that made working out feel fun and accessible. Users can now rejoice — Supernatural will not be shutting down. Meta fought an eight-month antitrust battle to acquire Within, the studio behind Supernatural, in 2023, in

For the last five years Valve has been at the center of a class action lawsuit in which developers allege the company holds a monopoly and penalizes partners that undercut Steam prices elsewhere. The suit began in the U.S. in 2021, was originally filed by Humble Bundle and Wolfire

SpaceX filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering, proposing 555,555,555 shares of common stock at $135 per share. That offering would be more than twice the size of the prior IPO record, Aramco's $29 billion debut.

007 First Light opened strongly: IO Interactive said the young Bond game sold 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours, reaching that milestone faster than any of the studio’s Hitman titles. IO Interactive self-published First Light. Jeff Gattis, GM of gaming at Amazon, said sequels will be

Forbes estimates Taylor Swift's net worth at $2 billion as of June 2026, making her the richest female musician in history. Her career includes 14 Grammys—including four album-of-the-year wins—a vast discography and a devoted global fan base. The bulk of her fortune came from the 21-month,

US stocks fell and bond yields climbed as renewed fighting involving the US and Iran refocused investors on inflation risks. Kuwait said its army was confronting missile and drone attacks, and US Central Command said it defeated several missile and drone attacks and carried out "self-defense strikes" on

Just over six months after its early access debut, PlayerUnknown Productions is halting work on Prologue: Go Wayback! and laying off staff. The studio said it hopes to return to the game "at a future point in time," but for now "we will be unable to complete

GTA 5 continues to move millions of copies more than a decade after its release. Alinea's latest estimate puts PlayStation sales at 387,000 last month, bringing total PS5 sales to 1.8 million units for 2026. That figure aligns with Take-Two's financial reports, which regularly

A viral video shows an apparent Target manager ripping open brand-new boxes of Pokémon trading cards before they were put on shelves. The man tells customers the measure is meant to curb scalpers and says the directive came from corporate, adding it is being handled on a store-by-store basis. Another

Moving some money out of standard savings and into the stock market can offer better long-term returns, though it carries risks. You do not need to be wealthy or very young to start; even £50 a month can be worthwhile. For most people, pooled funds are preferable to buying individual

Counterpoint Research's latest report puts Q1 2026 NAND flash revenues at $46 billion — roughly 3.5 times the level a year earlier. The surge has been driven largely by demand for enterprise‑grade SSDs destined for AI data centres. Enterprise SSDs now account for about 40% of the

I began noticing ringing in my ears at 21 and soon after experienced slight hearing loss in my left ear. I knew I should wear earplugs at music festivals but didn’t because the options were ugly, uncomfortable, and deadened the music I wanted to enjoy. That gap felt like

The Enterprise Service and Analysis Division (ESAD), led by Division Director Geoffrey Sage, supports procurement across the Office of Procurement through three offices: the E-Business Systems Office (EBSO), the Enterprise Pricing Office (EPO), and the Procurement Management Review (PMR) Office. ESAD also supports special acquisition initiatives directed by the Chief

It was late January when Bill Law and his wife offered $300,000 above the $1.3 million asking price on a Sunset District home — and still lost to a winning bid of $1.86 million. In recent months some houses in San Francisco have traded for millions above asking,

To celebrate my 60th birthday we used an inheritance to book flights from Glasgow to Mexico City via Heathrow, where our son was to join us. Worried that the 90-minute transfer might be tight after storms that week, my husband, daughter and I took a train to London the night

Simone Steele, a board-certified physician's assistant at a Houston plastic surgery office, launched Queen Aesthetics Wellness and Beauty Clinic after a laser treatment at another clinic left her with burns and lasting pigmentation. She built the business as a haven where practitioners would feel confident treating all skin