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StubHub shares stumble for third day as post-IPO slump deepens

Ticket reseller StubHub signage on display at the New York Stock Exchange for the company's IPO on Sept. 17, 2025. After a long wait to get public, StubHub has had a rough start to life on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of the online ticket vendor dropped more than 7% on Friday, falling for a third straight day since debuting on Wednesday. At $19, the stock is now down 18% from its IPO price of $23.50. StubHub, trading under ticker symbol "STUB," has lagged behind fellow market newcomers

Microsoft raises Xbox prices in U.S. due to economic environment

Microsoft said on Friday that it will increase the recommended retail price of several Xbox consoles in the U.S. starting in October because of "changes in the macroeconomic environment." The company said it would not increase prices for accessories such as controllers and headsets, and that prices in other countries would stay the same. While Microsoft didn't explicitly attribute the increase to the Trump administration's tariffs, many consumer companies have been warning for months that high

iPhone Air is here, and I already can’t imagine going back

iPhone Air has arrived, and our full, in-depth review is here. But I’ve only had Apple’s ultra-thin model for half a day now, and my first impressions are clear: this feels like the new normal. iPhone Air first impressions: the new normal I picked up Apple’s new ultra-thin iPhone early this morning. After only half a day of use, I don’t know what the battery life will be like. And I haven’t yet felt the pain of missing the Telephoto and Ultra Wide cameras. Yet already, I can’t imagine going

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Elon Musk's Neuralink plans a brain speech trial in October

Neuralink plans to begin another US clinical trial in October, using the implant to translate thoughts into text. The study will be held through an FDA investigational device exemption. "If you're imagining saying something, we would be able to pick that up," Neuralink president DJ Seo said this week. The idea is to help people with speech impairments communicate through thought. Neuralink is among the companies testing implants that help patients control a computer with their minds. That can i

Microsoft is making Xbox consoles even more expensive in the US

Starting on October 3, Microsoft says Xbox consoles will be getting yet another price bump, this time ranging anywhere from a $20 increase on the company's entry-level model to $70 for a special edition model with 2TB of storage. If all of this sounds familiar, there's a good reason, the last time xbox prices were raised was only a few months ago in May. The price increases breakdown as follows: Xbox Series S (512GB): $400, up $20 from $380 Xbox Series S (1TB): $450 up $20 from $430 Xbox Ser

Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

After more than 27,000 people signed our open letter to Oracle about the “JavaScript” trademark, we filed a formal Cancellation Petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Ten months in, we’re finally reaching the crucial discovery phase. Deno initiated this petition since we have legal standing as a JavaScript runtime, but it’s really on behalf of all developers. If we win, “JavaScript” becomes public domain – free for all developers, conferences, book authors, and companies to use witho

Elon Musk’s xAI Is Becoming a Leaky Ship

In recent weeks, a series of leaks has plagued Elon Musk’s xAI. Indeed, a slow, steady drip of stories from major news outlets has found, as its basis, a healthy helping of anonymous sources and internal company messages that said sources seem more than willing to share. The portrait of the company that’s being painted is one of a tumultuous startup, where change is rapid and much of the staff has been moved around or let go. The most recent leaks were reported in a New York Times piece on Frid

Scientists Find a Tattoo–Cancer Link—But It’s Not What You’d Expect

You may have heard lately that tattoos can potentially raise your risk of skin cancer. Recent research might complicate that narrative, however, suggesting that tattoos aren’t as harmful to our skin as assumed. Scientists at the University of Utah led the study, published last month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Contrary to their expectations, they found that people who had multiple tattoos actually had a lower associated risk of melanoma. That said, the findings don’t provid

Microsoft Is Torpedoing Xbox With Yet Another Price Hike

Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles… again. The previous price hike shifted expectations for both the Xbox Series S and Series X. The new pricing structure demands so much money from consumer wallets it seems nobody in their right mind would buy an Xbox in this day and age. The new pricing structure begins Oct. 3. In a post to its support page, Microsoft blamed today’s “macroeconomic environment,” which is a longer way to say “Trump tariffs.” All consoles are demanding at least $50 mor

Two of the Kremlin’s most active hack groups are collaborating, ESET says

Two of the Kremlin’s most active hacking units recently were spotted collaborating in malware attacks that compromise high-value devices located in Ukraine, security researchers said Friday. One of the groups is Turla, which is easily one of the world’s most sophisticated advanced persistent threats (well-organized and well-funded hacking groups, many backed by nation states, that target specific adversaries for years at a time). Researchers from multiple security firms largely agree that Turla

Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is raising the prices of its Xbox Series S / X consoles in the US next month. The Xbox Series X will be priced at $649.99 in the US starting October 3rd, up from its existing $599.99 price. The Xbox Series S will move to $399.99, up from $379.99. Microsoft blames the price hikes

Best Apple Watch apps for boosting your productivity

The Apple Watch helps people track their health and fitness, but it can also be a great tool to help people stay productive and get work done. This is especially true for people who get easily distracted by their phone. Although the Apple Watch comes with simple built-in productivity apps like Reminders and Calendar, it’s worth exploring some third-party apps that are designed to boost productivity by offering additional functionality. Todoist Image Credits:Todoist Todoist is a great app for

HomeKit Weekly: SwitchBot Hub 3 shows the kind of device Apple should build

I love being able to control my smart home from the Home app, Control Center (my most used right now), or by asking Siri via a HomePod, but sometimes you just can’t beat a physical product for things. For my Matter enabled shades, I use the remote as much as I control them with the Home app. There are moments when pressing a button or turning a dial is easier than pulling out your iPhone. That’s exactly why the SwitchBot Hub 3 is an awesome product, and it’s something I want Apple to copy with t

Apple boosts iPhone 17 production targets following strong pre-order demand

As it does in most years, Apple is taking a cue from the pre-order week to align its production orders with actual iPhone demand across the lineup. Here are the details. As reported by The Information, Apple is increasing iPhone 17 production, following a strong week of pre-orders in which the device may have done better than expected. From the report: “Earlier this week, Apple asked Luxshare Precision, one of the two main iPhone assemblers in China—in addition to Foxconn—to raise daily produc

Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft has begun rolling out the beta version of its AI-powered Gaming Copilot to Windows 11 systems for users aged 18 or older, excluding those in mainland China. Tagged as a "personal gaming sidekick," Gaming Copilot will also be pushed to Xbox mobile app users on Apple and Android devices starting next month. To start using Gaming Copilot in the Game Bar, Windows users must install the Xbox PC app on their PC and use the Windows logo key + G keyboard shortcut to open the Game Bar. Next,

Microsoft Copilot is taking over Teams. Here's how AI will shape your daily workflow

Thomas Trutschel/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft announces more Copilot features within Teams. AI agents will assist in Teams meetings and messaging channels. These features solidify companies adopting agentic AI tools to increase employee productivity. Productivity-centered AI tools for enterprises are becoming commonplace -- a recent study hailed Microsoft as one of the most dominant sources of AI-powered productivity too

Trevor Milton's Nikola case dropped by SEC following Trump pardon

The US Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC) has dropped its fraud case against Nikola‘s founder and former CEO Trevor Milton, after Trump’s pardon six months ago. Trevor Milton, who had been convicted of securities fraud, received a pardon from the US President Donald Trump in March, a month after the Phoenix-based electric and hydrogen truck maker Nikola filed for bankrupcy. The full and unconditional presidential pardon overturned a four-year prison sentence, imposed in December 2023, for

Safepoints and Fil-C

Safepoints and Fil-C Safepointing is an underappreciated aspect of modern multithreaded VM/GC tech. It forms the foundation of Fil-C's accurate stack scanning, safe signal handling, and safe forking. It also forms the foundation of accurate GC, debugging, and profiling in modern lots of other virtual machines (JVMs in particular). Perhaps most crucially: Safepointing is the reason why multiple threads can race on the heap in Fil-C using non-atomic unordered instructions, under any widely used

See How ‘First Steps’ Brought Herbie to Life in a Suitably Fantastic Manner

After stretching across movie screens this summer, Fantastic Four: First Steps is coming home next week. To celebrate, io9 has your first look at one of the behind-the-scenes featurettes being included—and it’s all about the unsung hero of the movie, the little robot that could, Herbie. The fifth member of a team that famously has the word “four” in its name, Herbie was the breakout star of First Steps. The adorable little ‘bot operated as the team’s jack-of-all-trades ally, from assisting Ben

This ‘Grue Jay’ Hybrid Looks Cool as Hell—but It’s a Warning Sign

Meet the “grue jay,” a rare offspring of a blue jay and a green jay—two common species whose evolutionary separation took place 7 million years ago. The resulting bird’s feathers are a muted, fashionable blue. But the marvelous discovery belies the fact that its existence may be the product of climate change’s threat to bird life. In a recent Ecology and Evolution paper, biologists at the University of Texas at Austin describe the odd jay in more detail, explaining how the blue and green jays’

'Superman' Has Landed on Streaming. Here's How to Watch

Superman is now streaming. James Gunn's comic book blockbuster, which is also the first big-screen release since DC Studios rebranded, gives the titular Kryptonian a new coat of paint. And honestly, I can't wait to watch it again. Gunn wrote and directed the movie -- which is an achievement in and of itself when you consider that he was also writing every episode of Peacemaker season 2 -- and took inspiration mostly from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's celebrated All-Star Superman comic. It'

In new level of stupid, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisors axe MMRV recommendation

The panel of vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to change the federal vaccine recommendations for children, removing safe, well-established vaccine doses from current schedules and realizing Kennedy's anti-vaccine agenda to erode federal vaccine policy and sow distrust. Specifically, the panel—the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—voted to remove the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's previous recommendatio

Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report

Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was going to reject the work it had done back in 2009, when it first determined that greenhouse gas emissions posed a threat to the US public. While it laid out a number of reasons for revisiting its earlier work, one of those focused on the science: The EPA's original decision was over 15 years old, and it claimed our understanding of climate change had itself changed since then. The National Academies of Science (NAS) de

So… is there a TikTok deal or not?

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. China and the US have “made progress” on granting permission for ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American consortium, fulfilling a nine-months-overdue legal requirement. After saying a tentative deal had been reached Monday and that approval woul

It’s new iPhone day, so grab some screen protectors for just $4.49

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Happy iPhone Day! If you’re picking up the new iPhone 17 or iPhone Air and want to avoid scratches or cracks on its front glass, we spotted a great deal on a two-pack of amFilm’s OneTouch screen protectors over at Slickdeals. Designed specifically to fit the front of the new 6.3-inch iPhone 17, you can buy a pack on sale starting at a new low price of just $4.49 ($7.50 off) when you apply the promo code EUZW

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TechCrunch’s Equity podcast is on video, starting today

We get it, it seems like every single podcast you love is now on video. And guess what…so is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast Equity. The team just launched its first video episode today, with many more to come. As we enter the lead-up to Disrupt, there’s no better time to dust off your feed, resubscribe, or just embrace the trend and see what you think of the video version of our longest-running podcast. For those not in the know, Equity is our twice-weekly podcast that alternates between two for

Trump says Xi approves of TikTok deal as leaders plan South Korea meeting

Trump says Xi approves of TikTok deal as leaders plan South Korea meeting TikTok, which is run by Chinese firm Bytedance, was previously told it had to sell its US operations or risk being shut down. Trump wrote on Truth Social the call was "productive" and he "appreciated" Xi's approval of deal, which would reportedly see TikTok's US business sold to a group of US investors. The president announced he will meet Xi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea next month, add

Elon Musk's xAI raising $10 billion at $200 billion valuation: sources

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has raised $10 billion from investors that puts the company's post-money valuation at $200 billion, sources told CNBC's David Faber. The valuation for Musk's AI company is the latest example of skyrocketing valuations for companies that develop foundational AI models. Earlier this month, Anthropic raised $13 billion at a $183 billion valuation. OpenAI, the largest company in the industry, held a secondary share sale that valued it at $500 billion. The fundraising c

If You're Looking for a Job Right Now, AI Is Extremely Bad News

For anybody who's looking for a job or afraid that AI will take away their livelihood, the news from a tech summit convened by The Wall Street Journal should depress you: expect even more restructuring due to AI. Several tech leaders at the Tuesday conference in New York City also talked about "reimagining workforces around skills and capabilities rather than mere head count," according to the WSJ. There may be fewer middle managers, and tech and human resources departments may even merge toget

Your Google TV home screen might finally be about to get a long-overdue refresh

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google TV is testing a refreshed home screen layout with new navigation bubbles. The redesign renames “For You” as “Home” and adds more shortcuts to the profile menu. Only a small number of devices seem to have the update so far. Google TV hasn’t been having the best luck in the crowded smart TV market recently. With relatively low adoption in the US and advertisers favoring YouTube instead, Google seems to be rethinking parts of the TV platform, sta