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Nintendo says Switch 2 pre-orders in Canada “will not start on April 9, 2025 in order to align with the timing of pre-orders to be determined in the US” — The pre-orders were originally set to go live on April 9 — Nintendo has confirmed that pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 …
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| Darryn Bonthuys / GameSpot: |
Nintendo says the Switch 2's Game-Key cards, which trigger a game download when loaded, are not tied to a user's account and can be resold, unlike the Switch's — Nintendo's new Game-Key cards will work in any Switch 2 console they're inserted into. — With the Switch 2 generation …
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| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Internal memo: the US DOJ disbands the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit, established by Biden in 2021, as the agency is “not a digital assets regulator” — The U.S. Department of Justice notified staff on Monday evening that the agency was disbanding a unit dedicated to crypto-related investigations.
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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
LMArena says it is updating its leaderboard policies after a Llama 4 Maverick version, which Meta said in fine print is not public, secured the number two spot — With Llama 4, Meta fudged benchmarks to appear as though its new AI model is better than the competition.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: US officials say DOGE is using AI to surveil at least one federal agency's communications for anti-Trump talk; a source says DOGE is also using Signal — Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists …
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| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google says all new Google TV devices in the US must now have a remote with a Free TV or Live TV button that opens its Freeplay library of 150+ FAST channels — Starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a big “Free TV” button on their remotes — Google has confirmed …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Micron has told US customers that it plans to impose a surcharge on some products like SSDs from April 9 to account for President Trump's new tariffs — U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology (MU.O) has told U.S. customers it plans to impose a surcharge on some products from Wednesday …
| Matthew Gault / 404 Media: |
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Gemini Live camera and screenshare features to the Pixel 9 series and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices, available in 45 languages for users 18 and up — It's also coming soon to paid Gemini Advanced users on other devices. … Google's Gemini Live camera and screenshare functions … | Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Tech CEOs who spent big on Trump's inauguration have yet to see the investment pay off; Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are down 22% since January 20 — With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta rolls out Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger, automatically enrolling users and adding built-in protections, in the US, the UK, Australia, and Canada — Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users …
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| Eliza Strickland / IEEE Spectrum: |
A look at the state of AI in 2025 across training and inference costs, carbon footprint, US vs. China, investment activity, bills proposed in the US, and more — If you read the news about AI, you may feel bombarded with conflicting messages: AI is booming. AI is a bubble.| Reuters: |
Sources: a16z seeks to raise a $20B megafund for growth-stage investments in AI companies; global LPs see it as a way to invest in US firms without restrictions — Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is seeking to raise about $20 billion in what will be the largest fund in its history … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung reports Q1 revenue up ~10% YoY to ~$53.4B and preliminary operating profit flat YoY at ~$4.5B, vs. ~$3.8B est., due to Galaxy S25 and legacy DRAM sales — Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality — Beats' newest exercise headphones are improved, but they face stiffer competition than ever.| Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: |
IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, able to process 450B daily inference operations, 50% more than the z16 released in 2022, available June 18 — IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: hackers intercepted ~100 bank regulators' emails, 150K+ in total, for over a year at the US Treasury's OCC, which disclosed a breach on February 26 — - Attackers lurked within OCC email accounts since 2023 — Chinese state hackers previously targeted Treasury files
More: BleepingComputer
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Toronto-based Tailscale, which offers an enterprise mesh VPN service, raised $160M led by Accel, a source says at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1B in May 2022 — Tailscale Inc., a security startup based in Toronto, has raised $160 million from investors — a significant haul for the Canadian company.| Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
Snap releases sponsored AI lenses, a new generative AI ad format users can interact with and that is powered by One Snap, its homegrown generative AI tech — The creative on Snapchat has evolved a lot since those puking rainbow filters. — On Tuesday, Snap released sponsored AI lenses …
More: TechCrunch
| Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
Sources: TSMC could face a $1B+ penalty to settle a US export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside Huawei's Ascend 910B chip — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2330.TW) could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a U.S. export control investigation … | Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media: |
Qualtrics founder and Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith launches a $1B fund aimed at connecting tech startups with sports and entertainment across 20 to 25 investments — Utah Jazz owner and Qualtrics cofounder Ryan Smith is teaming up with Accel pal Ryan Sweeney to launch HXCO … | Bloomberg: |
Publishers say site traffic has plummeted since Google rolled out AI Overviews; sources say Google acknowledged the drop in an October 2024 publisher meeting — In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Emergency response drone maker Brinc announced $75M in funding led by Index Ventures, bringing total raised to $157.2M; Motorola will become Brinc's distributor — Seattle-based Brinc announced $75 million in new funding and a strategic alliance with Motorola Solutions … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Rain, which offers an employer-integrated personal finance and earned wage access app, raised a $75M Series B led by Prosus at a $340M post-money valuation — Rain, a startup offering employer-integrated earned wage access (EWA) app coupled with financial-wellness features like overdraft alerts …
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