Nintendo says Switch 2 preorders will start in the US on April 24, with the price staying at the initially announced $450; prices of accessories will go up
The company delayed its original preorder date in the US. … Nintendo has announced a new date for when Switch 2 preorders will kick off in the US; April 24th.
Apple Intelligence features, such as Writing Tools, are no longer available in Meta's iOS apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads
Apple Intelligence was announced with iOS 18 and has been available since last October, when Apple released iOS 18.1 to the public.
Sources: the CFPB terminated more than 1,400 workers, leaving about 200 employees and effectively gutting the agency that Elon Musk previously said to “delete”
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,400 of the agency's 1,700 employees …
ChatGPT users are figuring out the location of photos using o3's image-analyzing capabilities paired with its web search functionality, raising privacy concerns
There's a somewhat concerning new trend going viral: people are using ChatGPT to figure out the location shown in pictures.
Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview, with support for Canvas for working on text or code; developers can disable thinking or set a token limit for it
Google's Gemini AI may have had a slow start, but it has been anything but in 2025. Barely a week goes by that another model …
Ted Sarandos says Netflix talent uses “AI tools to do set references, pre-vis, VFX sequence prep, shot planning” and AI can make movies “10% better”
Citing recent comments by James Cameron, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he hopes AI can make films “10% better,” not just “50% cheaper.”
US consumers are flocking to Chinese shopping apps DHgate and Taobao, which let them buy direct from manufacturers, as Shein and Temu prices rise amid tariffs
The Chinese e-commerce marketplace app DHgate, which is now the No. 2 free iPhone app in the U.S., isn't the only one that's oddly benefiting …
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis
April 17, 2025 Fellow shareholders, ● We are off to a good start in 2025. Annika Masrani / TipRanks Financial : Netflix Stock (NFLX) Pops as Earnings Beat but Tariffs Threaten Growth Dan Gallagher / W...
China's Q1 2025 smartphone shipments grew 3.3% YoY to 71.6M units; Xiaomi led with 18.6% market share, Apple was the only foreign brand in top 5 with 13.7%
Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China's smartphone market shipped 71.6 million units in 1Q25, a 3.3% year-on-year (YoY) increase.
A look at Google's efforts to improve Search with AI; sources: its leaders have struggled to articulate a vision for how they want Search features to evolve
Next week, a federal judge will start the process of determining how to fix Google's search engine, which he ruled last summer was an illegal monopoly.
Sources: the EU planned to penalize Meta and Apple on Tuesday but delayed the announcement, avoiding a conflict with the Trump administration before trade talks
Officials postponed an announcement initially planned for this week — The European Union recently delayed penalizing Apple …
Memo: CEO Lip-Bu Tan flattens Intel's leadership team, with important semiconductor groups reporting directly to him, and names Sachin Katti as CTO and AI chief
Intel's (INTC.O) new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is flattening the semiconductor giant's leadership team, with important chip groups reporting directly …
Filing: Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters saw total compensation of about $61.9M and $60.3M in 2024, up from $49.8M and $40.1M in 2023, respectively
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Framework Laptop 13 review: it's modular and customizable, has a great keyboard and improved thermals, but it's pricey and the screen's brightness can be better
The new AMD HX370 option in the Framework 13 is a good step forward in performance for developers. Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Framework Laptop 13 (2025) review: getting better with age Matt...
In her ruling, Judge Brinkema says Google did not meet the monopoly definition for tools used to buy display ads, but did for ad exchanges and website ad tools
www.theverge.com/news/650665/ ... Cori Crider / @coricrider.com : BREAKING: Google loses the adtech case, has unlawful monopoly over advertising tech. — HUGE deal - it is the source of their monopol...
Google is offering its Google One AI Premium plan for free to US college students until spring 2026; students have until June 30, 2025, to sign up
and 2 TB storage — for free Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica : Google is gifting a year of Gemini Advanced to every college student in the US Jibin Joseph / PCMag : College Students Can Grab a Google One A...
A Nevada judge rules that “tower dumps”, the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers, is unconstitutional
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Forums: r/technology Forums: r/technology : Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cel...
Sources: Amazon plans to release its first TV streaming device with its Vega OS, used in some Echo devices, in 2025 and is courting publishers to add their apps
but the company did change a few of them after I reached out for this story www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-veg... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Amazon To Launch First Vega OS-powered TV Streaming Device This Y...
Exaforce, which lets cybersecurity teams work with AI agents to cut false positives and busywork, raised a $75M Series A led by Khosla, Mayfield, and Thomvest
Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News :
Sources: Meta asked Microsoft, Amazon, and others over the past year to fund Llama training costs in exchange for incentives, as part of a “Llama Consortium”
spending money on something they would eventually get for free w @KalleyHuang 🤝 https://www.theinformation.com/ ... @borrowed_ideas : The sooner $AMZN and $MSFT both understand that it is indeed an ex...
LMArena says it's starting a company, whose corporate name will be Arena Intelligence, with plans to raise money, and releases a new beta version of its website
fixing errors/bugs, improving our UI layout, and more. To keep supporting the development and continual improvement of this platform, we're also forming a company. Future improvements will continue ...
Former YC President Geoff Ralston launches Safe AI Fund, or SAIF, providing initial funding of $100K with a $10M cap to startups that “enhance AI safety”
The future will be dominated by AI, and that future is rapidly approaching. Chris McKay / Maginative : Former YC President, Geoff Ralston, Launches Fund for “Safe AI” Startups X: Geoff Ralston / @gral...
OpenAI launches Flex processing in beta, an API option halving o3 and o4-mini prices in exchange for slower responses and “occasional resource unavailability”
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
A look at ways AI is being used to cut carbon emissions: calculating fuel-efficient driving patterns, monitoring grid infrastructure, and more
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Insiders, including tech execs, say President Trump's trade war may hinder the US computing industry by raising costs for building chip fabs and AI data centers
Tariffs and threat of new duties on chips and computing infrastructure could frustrate American ambitions to lead artificial intelligence race
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