Nintendo Co. sold 3.5 million-plus units of the Switch 2 in just four days, a record-breaking start for the company’s first new console in eight years.The numbers, released by the company Wednesday, bode well for its target to sell 15 million units by March next year. They also reinforce analysts’ projections that Nintendo may be able to sell far more if it can pump up supply.Catching up with runaway demand is the first major challenge Nintendo now faces. President Shuntaro Furukawa has apologized after customers came away from lotteries for the Switch 2 empty-handed. The Kyoto-based company has asked its…
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The old saying, “if you wait long enough, everything comes back into style eventually,” is usually attributed to the fashion industry, but it seems to apply to pretty much anything, especially mobile phone interface design.So, while my younger colleagues are getting all hot and bothered about Apple’s new Liquid Glass design for its operating systems, like iOS, macOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, forgive me if I can’t help but be a little less enthusiastic, because I’ve seen all this before.The crux of the new Liquid Glass design is that the “material” (an odd choice of words from Apple to describe something…
OpenAI is reportedly planning to use Google Cloud’s services to fuel its computational requirements. As per the report, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm and the Mountain View-based tech giant have been discussing this partnership for several months. With this move, OpenAI could shift some of the server requirements for ChatGPT and Sora to Google. Currently, the financial details of this deal are not known, although it is likely that the Gemini-maker is getting its fair share of remuneration.Google Cloud to Reportedly Carry OpenAI’s Compute BurdenAccording to a Reuters reportthe ChatGPT maker has struck a deal to use Google…
Xreal detailed Project Aura at AWE 2025It will have a massive 70-degree field of viewIt will also be tethered to a spatial computing puck running Android XRWhile we’d suspected that Android XR would be a key component of Google I/O 2025, we couldn’t have predicted some of the partners Google announced that it would be working with, which include the gadget makers at the top of our best smart glasses list: Xreal.As promised by Xreal at I/O, it has taken to the Augmented World Expo 2025 stage in Long Beach California to provide us with new details on its Project…
Average mortgage refinance rates have been volleying between 6.5% and 7% as fears of both higher inflation and an economic slowdown play tug-of-war with financial markets. Overall, rates are too high for most homeowners to save money from refinancing. After three interest rate cuts last year, the Federal Reserve has left rates unchanged in 2025 to assess the economic fallout from President Trump’s policies on trade, immigration and government spending. While the Fed is expected to resume lowering interest rates this summer, a major refinancing boom is unlikely if average rates stay above 6% — which most economists and housing…
The Indian crewed mission Axiom-4 was postponed because of a leak in the forward stage of the Falcon booster in the course of testing. The mission was to launch Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station, possibly making him the country’s first spaceflier. It was set to launch on June 11, 2025. Alongside him were mission commander Peggy Whitson (USA), Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski (Poland), and Tibor Kapu (Hungary), with a plush swan toy named Joy as their symbolic zero-gravity indicator.Axiom-4 Launch Delayed by Falcon 9 Leak, India’s First Spacecraft Pilot Awaits Historic LiftoffAs per ISRO Chairman V Narayanan, during the test,…
Billions of Android users may have been unknowingly tracked by Meta and Russian tech giant Yandex via a novel method that monitors fixed local ports on their devices, according to a new academic report. The technique, uncovered by cybersecurity researcher Günes Acar of Radboud University, allegedly allowed popular apps like Facebook and Instagram to silently listen for hidden tracking data. The situation raises concerns about user privacy and Android’s security architecture. “This web-to-app ID sharing method bypasses typical privacy protections such as clearing cookies, Incognito Mode and Android’s permission controls,” Acar wrote in a blog post. “Worse, it opens the…
Vivo X Fold 5 will be announced soon. While the official launch date of the phone is still under wraps, a company executive has posted a new teaser on Weibo, revealing the design and a few specifications of the upcoming foldable. The Vivo X Fold 5 is confirmed to use LTPO 8T panels on both outer and inner displays. The panels are said to reach 4,500 nits peak brightness. The foldable is also claimed to meet IP5X and IPX9+ resistance against dust and water ingress.Han Boxiao, Vivo’s Product Manager, posted a teaser on Weibo showcasing the inner display of Vivo X Fold…
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Microsoft on Sunday announced two new handheld gaming PCs at Xbox Games Showcase. Developed in collaboration with Asus, the new ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X become the first Xbox-branded handheld devices from the company. Built for gaming on-the-go, the former is powered by a Ryzen Z2 A processor while the latter has the more powerful AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chipset. Both models sport 7-inch 120Hz LCD screens and come with a new grip design that resembles an Xbox Wireless Controller.ROG Xbox Ally, ROG Xbox Ally X AvailabilityMicrosoft says its new ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally…