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May 8, 2026, 4:10 PM
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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 …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q4 revenue of ~$2.60B, below ~$2.75B est., net profit of ~$416M, above ~$403.68M est., and forecasts a decline in FY 2027 Switch 2 unit sales  —  Nintendo will hike the retail price of the Switch 2 after forecasting a decline in sales for its flagship console as the memory chip crunch hits the Japanese gaming giant.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Instructure says its Canvas edtech platform has been restored after disabling it 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 at school districts …
Associated Press:
A hack of Instructure's Canvas locked out students at schools and universities across the US in the middle of finals period; some US colleges postponed exams
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple and Intel have reached a formal deal in recent months for Intel to manufacture some chips for Apple devices; INTC jumps 15%+  —  The iPhone maker and U.S. silicon giant will work together on chips for Apple devices.  The Trump administration pushed for the deal.
Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC:
Sony reports Q4 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$19.4B, above ~$18.4B est., ~$1.06B operating profit, below ~$1.7B est., and forecasts FY 2027 net profit up 13% to ~$7.4B  —  Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Friday said it expects annual profit to rise as revenue from some business segments …
Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
Sony reports a $765M impairment loss due to Marathon developer Bungie's underperformance during its FY ending March 31, 2026; Sony acquired Bungie in early 2022  —  Extracting value.  —  Sony has reported a $765 million impairment loss due to underperformance of Marathon developer Bungie during its last financial year.
Sam Nussey / Reuters:
Sony reports 1.5M PS5 unit sales in Q4, down 46% YoY, and forecasts annual sales at its gaming business to fall 6% YoY to ~$28B, amid a memory chip price surge
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.
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 …
Bloomberg:
Sony and TSMC announce a joint venture to build next-gen robot and car image sensors, 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 …
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 …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Cerebras plans to raise its IPO price range from $115-$125 per share to $125-$135 after drawing orders for more than 20x the number of shares available  —  Cerebras Systems Inc. is set to increase the price range of its initial public offering as soon as Monday …
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.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise $2B+ led by Thrive Capital  —  Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Alphabet Inc.'s Google DeepMind, is in advanced discussions to raise …
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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 …
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 …

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Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
Sources: the EU is set to approve Paramount's $111B WBD takeover provided the company accepts certain remedies, the details of which are still being worked out

Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sony Pictures Entertainment invests $100M in Cosm, a startup specializing in immersive, large-screen theaters, which has partnerships with NBCUniversal and WBD

Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Court docs: Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino spoke with President Trump in the weeks before the company settled with the DOJ in its monopoly lawsuit

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Sam Sabin / Axios:
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.5-Cyber, a security-focused GPT-5.5, in limited preview to vetted cybersecurity teams “responsible for securing critical infrastructure”
Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg:
Block reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $6.1B, vs. $5.9B est., a $309M net loss, and raises its 2026 gross profit forecast to $12.3B, above $12.1B est.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Nvidia and data center operator IREN announce a deal to deploy up to 5 GW of AI infrastructure; Nvidia has the right to invest $2.1B into IREN; IREN jumps 5%+
Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg:
Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $639.8M and plans to cut 1,100+ jobs globally as it architects its company “for the agentic AI era”; NET drops 15%+
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
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