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Tech / The Verge ·
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said during the company's latest earnings call that it's "not considering additional changes" to the Switch 2's price, Reuters reports. The Switch 2 got a $50 price hike earlier this year, bringing its starting price up to $499. Nintendo said in Thursday's…
Tech / The Verge ·
It's the year 2026 and the Federal Aviation Administration is still running critical pieces of American airspace on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks. But those technology artifacts could be headed for the dustbin after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an effort to ditch floppy disks in…
Tech / The Next Web ·
The AI industry’s biggest bet on a competitive general election race lost on Tuesday. Two super PACs linked to Leading the Future spent $4.8M backing Republican Darline Graham in South Carolina’s Senate race. She lost to Democrat Annie Andrews, who had called her “Data Center Darline”. Most…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Numica, a New York start-up that buys small accounting firms from owners close to retirement, has raised $21M to buy more of them. The capital, a mix of equity and debt, comes from Roosh X and Flashpoint Capital, the company said. Once a deal closes, Numica moves the firm’s clients, staff and…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
US leader in deploying humanoid robots goes public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
It's more compelling than ever, but also more expensive.
Tech / The Verge ·
Microsoft is unveiling a new Xbox PC app that launches "up to 60 percent faster" than before, with an overhauled design to match new updates to Xbox Cloud Gaming on the web and smart TVs. Xbox Insiders will be able to start testing the updated Xbox PC app today, and the updated Xbox Cloud Gaming […]
Tech / Wired ·
Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will take the hassle out of refueling your phone, wireless earbuds, and watch.
Tech / Wired ·
Denise Herzing, the founder and director of the Wild Dolphin Project, is using AI to help understand audio and video footage of the marine mammals.
Tech / The Verge ·
While I wasn't expecting Microsoft to announce Windows 12 during its RTX Spark launch event last month, more than a few people were hoping to see something truly new. Between the growing frustration with Windows 11 and the muted response to Copilot Plus PCs, it's starting to feel like Microsoft…
Tech / The Next Web ·
US voters sided against AI data centres in all but one of 41 local ballot measures on Tuesday. Democrats who campaigned against the build-out also won the governor’s races in Texas, Ohio and Georgia. The measures were spread across 10 states, according to Ballotpedia figures and results gathered…
Tech / Wired ·
OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXSI have all reached out to Husk, an influencer who regularly goes viral by exposing the shortcomings of chatbots.
Tech / Wired ·
Nintendo has prepped its classic game for a rerelease with a slew of aesthetic upgrades—none more extreme than the protagonist’s curled-eyelash, glossed-lip glow-up.
Tech / The Verge ·
Many of my childhood summer afternoons were spent riding around my hometown on my Huffy bike or, in later years, taking the bus into Harvard Square to walk around and hang out at The Garage. My Sony Walkman was always in my jacket pocket, and a pair of headphones were always on my head. For […]
Tech / The Verge ·
After introducing new color options for its screen-free CS-8 video camera last month, Camp Snap announced a miniature version today that's less than half the size of the original. The new CS-8 Mini carries forward the retro design of the larger version that was inspired by Canon and Kodak Super…
Tech / The Next Web ·
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has warned MEPs against relying on AI to write laws, telling them that responsibility for every decision stays with elected members. She spoke on Wednesday at an event in the Parliament on how AI is used in its work, Politico Europe reported. According…
Tech / Wired ·
An extremely rare matter-decay event opens up new possibilities for researching the physical world on scales 100 billion times smaller than an atom.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Generative AI is a game changer for e-commerce. Product photos, videos, social posts and entire ad campaigns used to take time, budget and a team. Now they can be made in minutes. For the price of a monthly subscription. At the same time, everything else is getting more expensive. Advertising…
Tech / Wired ·
Turns out, your finger is prime real estate for health tracking. Here are the smart rings that impressed me the most.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Mindmax, a London start-up founded by the team behind the language app Memrise, has raised $3.3m (£2.5m) in pre-seed funding to build an AI tutor. The company announced the round today, and its first product is designed to help people pass professional exams and learn new skills for work. Concept…
Tech / The Verge ·
Instagram's standalone video editing app is now available on macOS, where you can plug in your AI agent of choice to assemble your videos. Instagram's Matthew Simari, head of product management for Edits, said in an interview with The Verge, "One of the things we're releasing with Edits Desktop is a…
Tech / Wired ·
Israeli strikes on construction equipment and water infrastructure in South Lebanon have blocked recovery efforts, keeping displaced families away from their homes.
Tech / The Verge ·
WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that allows you to invite friends and family members to events in the app - even if they don't have the messenger installed. When you create an event in WhatsApp, you can share a link with a friend or family member without the app, and they can still […]
Tech / The Next Web ·
Microsoft has turned down an option to more than double the computing power it rents from Nscale at a data centre in Barstow, Texas, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.The extra capacity could have been worth tens of billions of dollars to the London-based AI cloud company, the FT said, citing…