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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. … Nintendo has finally shared many of the key specs about the Nintendo Switch 2 as part of its Switch 2-focused Direct.
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| Nintendo of America on YouTube: |
A recording of Nintendo's Switch 2 event — Join us on April 2nd at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET for a closer look at Nintendo Switch 2! The Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 - 4.2.2025 livestream will be ap...
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Forums: r/NintendoSwitch2, r/nintendo, and r/NintendoSwitch
| 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; North America pre-orders open on April 9 — Nintendo is finally sharing some real details about its next console. … After a reveal that was light on details …
More: Engadget, T3, Video Games Chronicle, Gameranx, The Shortcut, and Polygon
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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| The Verge: |
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
More: New York Times, GamingBolt, TechRaptor, Polygon, Destructoid, GameSpot, Al Jazeera, and Screen Rant
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| 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, and TechCrunch
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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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| 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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| 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 … | 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) …
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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
| 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: TechCrunch, Roblox Corporate, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Engadget, BBC, and Mashable
| 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
| Financial Times: |
Sources: a16z is in talks to join the Oracle-led frontrunner bid for TikTok US, after being approached along with Blackstone and other large asset managers — Venture capital group could join last-gasp bid by allies of Donald Trump to take control of video app owned by ByteDance
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| 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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| 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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Threads: @thestockmarketnerd, @markgurman, and @jw
X: @dylanmcd8, @heaney555, and @markgurman
Forums: r/OculusQuest and r/augmentedreality
| 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
| 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.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: AI coding startup Replit is in talks with investors to raise funding at a $3B valuation, almost triple its prior valuation; source: it's a ~$200M round — The new funding round would bring in about $200 million, one of the people said. — Replit did not respond to requests for comment.| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
Researchers detail a new AI-powered Probability of Fire model, which they say could outperform the conventional danger forecasts used by wildfire trackers — New model takes into account weather forecasts as well as other factors such as levels of flammable vegetation and human activity| Adrian Zmudzinski / Cointelegraph: |
Bybit shuts down its NFT marketplace, following a similar decision by NFT marketplace X2Y2; Token Terminal: daily NFT trading volume is down 70% YoY to $5.34M — Bybit is shutting down its NFT and inscription marketplaces on April 8, 2025, as part of a broader strategy to streamline its offerings amid declining market interest.| 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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