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| Bloomberg: |
Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 globally on September 1, from $450 to $500 in the US, and the price of the original Switch in Japan — Nintendo Co. said it will increase the price of its Switch 2 console to $500 from $450, acknowledging pressure on profitability …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Instructure disables its Canvas edtech platform, used by thousands of schools, universities, and companies, amid a data extortion attack claimed by ShinyHunters — An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework …
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X: @anecdotal. LinkedIn: Mark Orlando. Bluesky: @linkletter.org. Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange. Forums: r/news, r/JJRaeSnark, and r/Anu
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says Anthropic's Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify and ship 423 Firefox security bug fixes in April, compared to 31 a year earlier — When Anthropic unveiled its new Mythos model in April, it also delivered a stern warning to anyone developing software.
More: Mozilla Hacks, The Guardian, Lawfare, Ars Technica, The Decoder, The Register, Implicator.ai, Cyber Security News, and Digit
X: @boazbaraktcs, @binarybits, @deredleritt3r, @alexalbert__, @firstadopter, @dkthomp, @emollick, @pinboard, @hlntnr, @alexpalcuie, and @noahpinion
LinkedIn: Anthony Enzor-DeMeo and John Solomon
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
French prosecutors escalate an investigation into Elon Musk and X, focused on alleged algorithmic manipulation and sexual deepfakes, to a criminal probe — French cybercrime authorities have escalated an investigation of Elon Musk and his social network X to a criminal probe, the Paris prosecutor's office said Thursday.
More: Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Gizmodo, and Yahoo News
X: @wholemars, @c_s_skeptic, and @desireefixler
| Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg: |
Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $639.8M, plans to cut 1,100+ jobs as it shifts to an “agentic AI-first operating model”; NET drops 13%+ after hours — Cloudflare Inc. plans to cut more than 1,100 jobs globally as it accelerates its shift to an agentic AI-first operating model.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/programare, r/BetterOffline, r/technology, r/CloudFlare, and r/webdev
| Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q4 revenue of $19.4B, above ~$18.4B est., operating profit of ~$1.06B, below ~$1.7B est., and forecasts FY 2027 net profit to rise 13% to ~$7.4B — Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Friday said it expects annual profit to rise as revenue from some business segments …
More: Sony Group, Variety, Reuters, IGN, Yahoo Finance, Kyodo News, Associated Press, and Nikkei Asia
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
More: Associated Press, Hürriyet Daily News, GamingBolt, RTÉ, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, Financial Times, and GamingBolt
X: @zhugeex, @genki_jpn, @jayworks13, @eldonchorizo_, and @getonthestiix
Forums: r/Marathon, r/DestinyTheGame, r/gaming, and r/technology
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic weighs raising up to $50B at a ~$900B pre-money valuation, likely closing within two months, as its annualized revenue is set to cross $45B — Start-up behind Claude tool is fielding inbound investment offers that could lead to it surpassing rival OpenAI in value
More: Telegraph and New York Times
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: White House unease over Mythos has left some Trump officials and congressional aides fearful that it represents a reversal of its hands-off AI policy — Administration's effort to be involved in rollout of new models marks shift — WASHINGTON—On a recent call with the heads … | Wired: |
Musk v. Altman docs: Microsoft executives had reservations about funding OpenAI in 2018 but worried that not giving support could push OpenAI into Amazon's arms — Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to evidence revealed during the Musk v. Altman trial.| Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg: |
Block reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $6.1B, vs. $5.9B est., and raises its 2026 gross profit forecast above estimates; XYZ jumps 7%+ after hours — Block Inc. offered a sunnier outlook for profits and growth on Thursday after orchestrating a severe round of job cuts related to artificial intelligence …
More: Block, Blockonomi, Investing.com, Barron's Online, Reuters, Blockchain.News, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, PYMNTS, SiliconANGLE, and The Block
| Reuters: |
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde expressed skepticism over the need for euro-pegged stablecoins, saying they could hamper the ECB's work — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde expressed scepticism on Friday over the need for stablecoins pegged to the euro …
More: European Central Bank, The Block, Cointelegraph, Blockonomi, crypto.news, CoinGeek, and Bloomberg
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has reached advanced testing of its AirPods with cameras, which will feed data to Siri to help answer questions, rather than take photos or video — Apple Inc. has reached the late stages of development for new AirPods with built-in cameras, a significant milestone …
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X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Sony and TSMC announce a new JV to build next-gen image sensors for robots and cars, as Sony moves from in-house manufacturing to a more asset-light approach — Sony Group Corp. plans a new joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. as the first step toward what it called …
More: Taiwan Semiconductor …, Engadget, Benzinga, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Kyodo News, and DigiTimes
| Financial Times: |
Fintech app Toss, used by ~66% of South Korea's 51M people, says its FacePay service, available at 330K retail outlets, has attracted 4.8M users since September — Fintech company aims to ‘eliminate physical credit cards’ in South Korea in three years| Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg: |
A US judge blocks DOGE's termination of $100M in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, saying ChatGPT prompts used to decide the cuts were ill-defined — A US judge blasted the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency project for relying on artificial intelligence tools …
More: Washington Post, Raw Story, New York Times, and RedState
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Nvidia and data center operator IREN announce a deal to deploy up to 5 GW of AI infrastructure; Nvidia can invest $2.1B into IREN; IREN jumps 9%+ after hours — IREN shares surged in extended-trading on Thursday before giving back nearly all of the gains after the data center operator announced … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US suspects OBON, a key company behind Thailand's national AI effort, of smuggling Super Micro servers with export-controlled Nvidia chips to China — A key company behind Thailand's national AI effort is suspected of helping to smuggle billions of dollars worth …
More: The Next Web, Benzinga, Sweden Herald, Reuters, TheStreet, and Tech in Asia
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.5-Cyber, a security-focused variant of the model, in a limited preview capacity to vetted cybersecurity teams — The capabilities of the new models have sparked an urgent debate in Silicon Valley and the White House about how to keep them out of the hands of bad actors.
More: The Decoder, OpenAI, Help Net Security, Moneycontrol, Neowin, CNBC, and Politico
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LinkedIn: Mac Huffman, Zach Estiva, Josh H., and Eric Doerr
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
CoreWeave reports Q1 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.08B, vs. $1.97B est., a $99.4B revenue backlog, forecasts Q2 revenue below estimates; CRWV drops 8%+ after hours — CoreWeave shares tumbled 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the AI infrastructure provider issued light revenue guidance …
More: Benzinga, Yahoo Finance, CoreWeave, Silicon UK, Media Play News, Blockonomi, SiliconANGLE, The Information, and MarketWatch
Forums: r/CRWV and r/wallstreetbets
| CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q1 revenue down 31% YoY to $1.41B, vs. $1.52B est., and a loss of $1.49 per share, vs. a $0.27 profit est.; COIN drops 4%+ after hours — Coinbase posted lower-than-expected results for the first quarter as crypto prices fell, weighing on one of the companies' major revenue drivers — spot trading in digital assets .
More: Benzinga, Coinbase, Bloomberg, Unchained, Coinbase, Yahoo Finance, CryptoSlate, Blockonomi, Bitcoin Insider, Bitcoinist.com, Bitcoin News, Silicon UK, Reuters, PYMNTS, and CoinGape
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI launches three voice models in the API: GPT-Realtime-2 with GPT-5-class reasoning, GPT-Realtime-Whisper for transcription, and GPT-Realtime-Translate — OpenAI has just released three new realtime voice models that it says will “unlock a new class of voice apps for developers.”
More: OpenAI, The Next Web, Gizmodo, The New Stack, Digital Trends, Latent.Space, The Asia Business Daily, MarkTechPost, Digit, The Rundown AI, TestingCatalog, Armin Ronacher's Thoughts …, and TechCrunch
Forums: r/singularity, r/accelerate, and r/OpenAI
| Reuters: |
Sources: SK Hynix's big customers have been proposing a range of offers to secure memory chip supplies, including investing in dedicated chip production lines — SK Hynix (000660.KS) is being aggressively courted by big global tech firms with offers to invest in its new production lines …
More: Tom's Hardware, PC Gamer, and DigiTimes
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $2.68B, vs. $2.62B est., Nights and Seats Booked up 9% to 156.2M, vs. 155.77M est., lifts 2026 revenue growth guidance — Airbnb reported mixed first-quarter results after the bell on Thursday and warned of regional weakness spurred by the war in Iran.
More: Blockonomi, Dow Jones Newswires, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Airbnb
| The Information: |
Sources: DeepSeek seeks to raise ~$7.3B in its first-ever funding round at a $50B+ valuation, with CEO Liang Wenfeng making a personal investment of ~$2.9B — Liang Wenfeng, billionaire founder and CEO of DeepSeek, is planning to write the biggest check for the startup's first-ever funding round … | Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN: |
Sony reports a $765M impairment loss due to underperformance of Marathon developer Bungie during the financial year ending March 31, 2026 — Extracting value. — Sony has reported a $765 million impairment loss due to underperformance of Marathon developer Bungie during its last financial year.
More: Kotaku, Windows Central, The Verge, 80 Level, GamingBolt, Gameranx, Gamereactor UK, Dexerto, TheGamer, Push Square, GamesBeat, and Tech4Gamers
Forums: r/consoles and r/LastStandMedia
| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99 — The rebranded service includes Gemini-powered coaching, adaptive fitness plans, deeper sleep insights, and more. — • — TL;DR
More: The Keyword, Business Standard, Google Help Center, The Keyword, 9to5Google, Tech Times, 9to5Google, and Wired
X: @googlehealth, @mweinbach, @google, @google, @lorrainetwohill, @shimritby, @mweinbach, @nixxin, @kimmonismus, @george_, @googleforhealth, @mweinbach, @googlehealth, @googlehealth, @killedbygoogle, and @googlehealth
LinkedIn: Navine Arora, Aditi Misra, Lee Levin, Rishi Chandra, Brennan Browne, Marek Gaj, and Dimitrios Antos. Bluesky: @wowbaggert
Forums: r/GooglePixel, r/google, r/AmazfitHelioStrap, and r/Android
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
More: The Keyword, The Verge, Entrepreneur, New Atlas, Fossbytes, Business Standard, Mobile World Live, Gizmodo, Android Authority, GMA News Online, The Indian Express, Business Today, Ghacks, Tech Times, Moneycontrol, Digit, DigiTimes, Bloomberg, PYMNTS, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, PCMag, DC Rainmaker, and MobileSyrup
X: @newsfromgoogle, @morganlinton, @googlehealth, @mirandanover, @mweinbach, @rjeytech, @caro_milanesi, @willahmed, @rosterloh, @joecarlsonshow, @davidlee, @dcrainmakerblog, @mweinbach, @levelsio, @mweinbach, @newmike_io, @thisistechtoday, @alexmaxham, @jason, @joecarlsonshow, @stephencurry30, @sundarpichai, @9to5google, and @markgurman
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