Category: Consumer Assistance
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Analysts: the original Switch’s huge success has given Nintendo a high mountain to climb, and the Switch 2 is a massive bet that fans want more of the same (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Analysts: the original Switch’s huge success has given Nintendo a high mountain to climb, and the Switch 2 is a massive bet that fans want more of the same — The new console carries the hopes of a company and a sector, but has already been thrust into a gathering trade war
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Interviews with 40 sources describe concerns about Helsing, Europe’s most valuable defense tech startup, including whether it can live up to its €5B valuation (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Interviews with 40 sources describe concerns about Helsing, Europe’s most valuable defense tech startup, including whether it can live up to its €5B valuation — Europe’s biggest defense tech company is facing allegations of overpriced drones and glitchy software. The firm stands by its products.
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Meta rolls out Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger, automatically enrolling young users and adding built-in protections, in the US, the UK, and others (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta rolls out Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger, automatically enrolling young users and adding built-in protections, in the US, the UK, and others — Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users into an app experience …
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Turkish startup Sipay, which bills itself as “Stripe for emerging markets”, raised a $78M Series B at an $875M valuation to expand outside of Turkey (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Turkish startup Sipay, which bills itself as “Stripe for emerging markets”, raised a $78M Series B at an $875M valuation to expand outside of Turkey — Billing itself as “Stripe for emerging markets,” Turkish Fintech Sipay has raised a $78 million Series B funding round, claiming a valuation of $875 million…
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Samsung reports Q1 revenue up ~10% YoY to ~$53.4B and operating profit flat YoY at ~$4.5B, above ~$3.8B est., boosted by Galaxy S25 and legacy DRAM sales (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Samsung reports Q1 revenue up ~10% YoY to ~$53.4B and operating profit flat YoY at ~$4.5B, above ~$3.8B est., boosted by Galaxy S25 and legacy DRAM sales — Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality — Beats’ newest exercise headphones are improved, but they face stiffer…
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Sources: Beijing opposes fast-fashion giant Shein’s plans to move some production out of China, as it seeks to stave off a manufacturing exodus after US tariffs (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Beijing opposes fast-fashion giant Shein’s plans to move some production out of China, as it seeks to stave off a manufacturing exodus after US tariffs — Fast-fashion giant Shein’s plans to shift some production out of China have met with opposition from the Chinese government …
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Nintendo says the Switch 2’s new Game-Key cards, which trigger a game download when loaded, are not tied to a user’s account and can be borrowed or resold (Darryn Bonthuys/GameSpot)
Darryn Bonthuys / GameSpot: Nintendo says the Switch 2’s new Game-Key cards, which trigger a game download when loaded, are not tied to a user’s account and can be borrowed or resold — Nintendo’s new Game-Key cards will work in any Switch 2 console they’re inserted into. — With the Switch 2 generation …
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A look at Inkitt, a publishing platform that uses AI to create sequels and spinoffs of authors’ original work with minimal human input, raising quality concerns (Vauhini Vara/Bloomberg)
Vauhini Vara / Bloomberg: A look at Inkitt, a publishing platform that uses AI to create sequels and spinoffs of authors’ original work with minimal human input, raising quality concerns — Manjari Sharma hadn’t written much when she decided to start a novel. She’d graduated from university during the Covid-19 pandemic …
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A look at the state of AI in 2025 across training and inference costs, carbon footprint, investment activity, bills proposed in the US, and more (Eliza Strickland/IEEE Spectrum)
Eliza Strickland / IEEE Spectrum: A look at the state of AI in 2025 across training and inference costs, carbon footprint, investment activity, bills proposed in the US, and more — Stanford’s AI Index tracks performance, investment, public opinion, and more — If you read the news about AI, you may feel bombarded with conflicting…
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IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, built for 250+ AI use cases and can perform 450B daily inferences, 50% more than z16, available on June 8 (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, built for 250+ AI use cases and can perform 450B daily inferences, 50% more than z16, available on June 8 — IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption.
