Joby Aviation $125-Million Blade Air Mobility
Joby Aviation just made a big move, as the California-based company, known for its electric air taxis designed to zip people through urban skies, is buying the passenger transportation arm of Blade Air Mobility. This deal is worth up to $125 million and by folding in Blade’s network as well as expertise, Joby is getting a head start on its air taxi service, especially as it prepares to launch its first passenger flights in Dubai next year.

Hubble Tarantula Nebula
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is a painting of a distant dream. This Hubble Picture of the Week shows a corner of the Tarantula Nebula, a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy 160,000 light-years away. The nebula’s name alone is mysterious and the image delivers on that promise, with a riot of cosmic clouds and glowing stars that seem to come alive.

Nucleo Reverb Nuclear Power Plant Guitar Pedal
Paul Davids, a Dutch guitarist, walked into the vast halls of Austria’s Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant three years ago. The plant was built in the 70s, but never operational. However, it had an acoustic wonder: a reverb so big it felt like the notes went on forever. Davids captured this with guitar in hand, and the result was a sound akin to playing in a concrete and steel cathedral. Fast forward to 2025 and that experience has been transformed into the Nucleo Reverb, a pedal made by Italian boutique maker Cornerstone Music Gear.

Apple 14.2" MacBook Pro M4
This $1,499 MacBook Pro’s M4 chip feels like a cheat code. How so? The 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU devour video editing, coding and graphic design like it’s nothing. Apps launch instantly and heavy workloads like 4K video rendering run smoothly where older PCs would stutter or crash. Geekbench scores are 3,925 single-core and 22,669 multi-core beating the M3 Max.