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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Nintendo shares Switch 2 details: a 7.9", 120fps, 1080p display, larger Joy-Con controllers, 256GB of storage, 4K at 60fps when docked, and a new Pro Controller — Finally, some specs. … The device has a 7.9-inch screen, but it's still 13.99mm thick, like the first Switch.
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Forums: r/technology and r/gadgets
| The Verge: |
Nintendo says the Switch 2 will cost $450 for the console or $500 for a Mario Kart World bundle on its June 5 launch; preorders in North America open on April 9 — Nintendo is finally sharing some real details about its next console. … After a reveal that was light on details …
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| Nintendo of America on YouTube: |
A recording of Nintendo's Switch 2 event — Join us for a closer look at Nintendo Switch 2 in the Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 - 4.2.2025 presentation.
More: Game Developer, VideoCardz.com, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, MobileSyrup, PC Gamer, Forbes, Tech4Gamers, Cosmic Book News, Bleeding Cool News, Creative Bloq, The Verge on YouTube, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, NBC Bay Area, Comic Book, Gameranx, GamesRadar, Digital Trends, Wccftech, Press Start, BGR, VideoGamer, The Shortcut, Tom's Guide, Neowin, Video Games Chronicle, 9to5Toys, TechSpot, The Shortcut, and GoNintendo
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nintendo says it will add Nintendo GameCube games to the library of titles playable on the Switch 2, including The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker from 2002 — Nintendo announced that it will add playable Nintendo GameCube games to the library of titles playable on the Switch 2.
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Nintendo unveils GameShare, which will enable local multiplayer on multiple Switch consoles with just one copy of a title, set to launch alongside the Switch 2 — GameShare offers local multiplayer with just one cartridge. — If there's one thing Nintendo has always understood …
More: Tom's Guide, New York Times, GamingBolt, TechRaptor, Polygon, Destructoid, Press Start, GameSpot, Al Jazeera, and Creative Bloq
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
More: Nintendo of America on YouTube, CNN, Engadget, Engadget, The Verge, How-To Geek, IGN, TheGamer, Mashable, Video Games Chronicle, Comic Book, Game Informer, GB News, Destructoid, Pocket-lint, BGR, Kotaku, Polygon, Nintendo World Report Updates, KitGuru, Stevivor, GoNintendo, Associated Press, and Tech Xplore
| Wikimedia: |
The Wikimedia Foundation says the base bandwidth demand for downloading Wikimedia Commons multimedia content is up 50% since January 2024, driven by AI crawlers — Since the beginning of 2024, the demand for the content created by the Wikimedia volunteer community - especially for the 144 million images …
More: Platformer, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Constellation Research
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| John Hudson / Washington Post: |
Sources and docs: White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and other NSC members have conducted government business via their personal Gmail accounts — Trump's national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team's operational security are piling up in the inbox.
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| Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider: |
X users are asking Grok to fact-check posts by tagging @grok, often during political or historical arguments, as a new passive aggressive way to dunk on others — - People are replying to posts on X — asking Grok: “Is this true?” — It's a new form of dunking on someone on X … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google researchers say DPRK's IT workers are fraudulently securing remote roles at companies in Germany, Portugal, and the UK, after facing sanctions in the US — North Korea's IT workers have expanded operations beyond the United States and are now increasingly targeting organizations across Europe.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Elon Musk's X and xAI all-stock merger broke Wall Street's rulebook by having the same advisers, Morgan Stanley and Sullivan & Cromwell, working on both sides — The tech titan can follow his own rules when he is combining two companies he owns, but the merger is still raising dealmaker eyebrows
More: The Information, Sherwood News, WinBuzzer, and TheStreet
| Reuters: |
Sources: Arm has decided not to pursue a deal after recently seeking to acquire Alphawave, a UK-listed supplier of semiconductor IP that is exploring a sale — SoftBank-owned chip tech provider Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F) recently sought to acquire UK-based Alphawave (AWE.L) …
More: The Register, Silicon Republic, The Information, Neowin, and UKTN
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox rolls out new parental controls, including to let parents block and report people on their child's friends list, building on changes it made in 2024 — They'll be able to block specific experiences, too. … Roblox is introducing new parental controls that give parents more tools …
More: Roblox Corporate, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Engadget, Mashable, and BBC
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first glasses with a display, codenamed Hypernova, which it could debut as early as the end of 2025 for $1,000 to $1,400 — The company intends to introduce its first glasses with a screen as early as the end of this year — a product it sees …
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Forums: r/OculusQuest and r/augmentedreality
| CNBC: |
Circle files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under CRCL; Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly seeking a $4B to $5B valuation — Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has filed for an initial public offering and plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft says it used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in open-source bootloaders GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox — Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
In a paper, media mogul Tim O'Reilly and economist Ilan Strauss say OpenAI likely trained GPT-4o on paywalled O'Reilly Media books without a licensing agreement — OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission.
More: AI Disclosures Project, Beyond Search, Social Science Research …, Asimov's Addendum, and AI News. Forums: Slashdot
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese companies placed $16B+ in orders for Nvidia's H20 chips in Q1 2025, ahead of a potential US sales ban — Chinese companies including ByteDance, Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings have placed at least $16 billion in orders … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Qualcomm acquires Hanoi-based AI research startup VinAI's generative AI division, following the acquisition of AI and IoT startup Edge Impulse in early March — Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI division of VinAI, an AI research company headquartered in Hanoi, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Monday.
More: KrASIA, Qualcomm, DealStreetAsia, Forbes, Tech in Asia, Yahoo Finance, Maginative, and Android Headlines. X: @qualcomm
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Documents: the NLRB froze Janneke Parrish's and Cher Scarlett's cases against Apple, pending a review after Trump nominated an Apple attorney as general counsel — National Labor Relations Board freezes pair of disputes after Crystal Carey nominated as agency's general counsel| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
The UFC signs a multimillion-dollar, multiyear sponsorship deal with Meta spanning Meta AI, Meta Glasses, Meta Quest, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads — TKO Group's UFC has struck a multimillion-dollar, multiple-year partnership deal with Meta that will bring the mixed martial arts league closer … | Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Patreon says it now has 6.7M+ paid podcast subscriptions, generating $472M+ in 2024 revenue, up 35% YoY, and signs podcasting deals with Sony Music and Wondery — Podcasters made more than $472 million on the platform last year — Patreon Inc., a subscription platform for online creators …
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