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Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 globally, rising to $500 from $450 in the US; the price of the original Switch will increase 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: |
| 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.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Instructure disables its Canvas edtech platform, used by thousands of schools and universities, 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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| 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: @desireefixler, @wholemars, and @c_s_skeptic
| 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.
More: Cloudflare, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Register, cloudflare.net, Motley Fool, Capacity, ITPro, Los Angeles Times, Benzinga, Business Today, Moneycontrol, Entrackr, New York Post, The Straits Times, The Information, Dow Jones Newswires, San Francisco Business Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Barron's Online, and The Stack
X: @banteg, @andrewyang, @jamesqquick, @buccocapital, @sigkitten, @mpawlo, @krishnanrohit, @gregkamradt, @championswimmer, @krishnanrohit, @eastdakota, and @buccocapital. LinkedIn: Jared A.. Bluesky: @dbushell.com. Mastodon: @cwebber@social.coop
Forums: Hacker News, r/programare, r/BetterOffline, r/technology, r/CloudFlare, and r/webdev
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic weighs raising as much as $50B at a ~$900B pre-money valuation, likely closing within two months; its annualized revenue is nearing $45B — Start-up behind Claude tool is fielding inbound investment offers that could lead to it surpassing rival OpenAI in value
More: Telegraph, New York Times, and Tech in Asia
| 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 … | 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
| 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 … | Wired: |
Musk v. Altman docs: Microsoft execs had reservations about funding OpenAI in 2018 but worried that withholding 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.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: White House unease over Mythos has left some administration officials fearful that the change 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 … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: AirPods with cameras reached an advanced testing stage; the cameras 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 for what will likely …
More: Thurrott, The Verge, Engadget, MacRumors, Spyglass, 9to5Mac, What Hi-Fi?, GSMArena.com, PetaPixel, Fortune, The Mac Observer, Gizchina, Seoul Economic Daily, TechEBlog, Phandroid, Digit, Tech Times, Digital Trends, Mashable, Cult of Mac, and Android Authority
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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, crypto.news, Bloomberg, and CoinGeek
| 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
| 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, RedState, and ABC News
| 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 … | 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| 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: CoreWeave, Silicon UK, Media Play News, Blockonomi, SiliconANGLE, The Information, MarketWatch, and Benzinga
Forums: r/CRWV and r/wallstreetbets
| 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
| 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
| 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, Barron's Online, Proactive, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Airbnb
| 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
| 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: Help Net Security, Moneycontrol, OpenAI, Neowin, CNBC, and Politico
X: @fouadmatin, @deredleritt3r, @sama, and @derrickcchoi
LinkedIn: Mac Huffman, Zach Estiva, Josh H., and Eric Doerr
| 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, Google Help Center, TechCrunch, The Keyword, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, and Tech Times
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, Fossbytes, Business Standard, Mobile World Live, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Moneycontrol, Ghacks, GMA News Online, The Indian Express, Business Today, Tech Times, Digit, DigiTimes, Bloomberg, PYMNTS, Ars Technica, 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
LinkedIn: Noah Presler, Emmanuel Abolarin, and Sandeep Waraich
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
More: Business Standard, Digital Trends, Android Authority, and TechRadar
| 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 … | 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 .| Kelly Cloonan / Wall Street Journal: |
Lyft reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.65B, vs. $1.63B est., gross bookings up 19% to $4.95B, vs. $4.91B est., and rides up 8.5% to 236.9M, vs. 241.2M est. — The company's revenue climbed 14% to $1.65 billion in the first quarter — Lyft logged higher revenue in its latest quarter as rides grew …
More: Lyft, Yahoo Finance, and Barron's Online
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Datadog closed up 31%+ after reporting Q1 revenue up 32% YoY to $1B and raising its FY revenue forecast, an outlier in the software industry amid the AI boom — Shares of Datadog Inc. popped after the application monitoring software firm crushed Wall Street's expectations …
More: Yahoo Finance, Datadog, CNBC, Proactive, The Information, Dow Jones Newswires, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Substack says paid subscriptions to creators in the UK, its second-largest market, hit 500K+; global paid subs hit 5M+, with 50+ creators earning $1M+ annually — Charli XCX and Jamie Oliver are among the high-profile Brits currently using Substack, as the platform reveals exclusive new data … Sponsor Posts
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