Sonos responds to criticism of its app redesign, saying it takes “courage to rebuild” a product from the ground up and it plans to reintroduce missing features (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge:
Sonos responds to criticism of its app redesign, saying it takes “courage to rebuild” a product from the ground up and it plans to reintroduce missing features  —  In the days since, customers have complained about missing features like sleep timers, broken local music library management …

Roblox reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $801M, bookings up 19% YoY to $923M, DAUs up 17% YoY to 77.7M, and cuts its full-year bookings forecast; RBLX drops 30% (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Roblox reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $801M, bookings up 19% YoY to $923M, DAUs up 17% YoY to 77.7M, and cuts its full-year bookings forecast; RBLX drops 30%  —  Roblox (RBLX.N) cut its annual bookings forecast on Thursday, in a sign that people were dialing back on spending within …

A survey of 1,423 US teens: 85% play video games, including 41% daily, 72% say gaming is a way to spend time with others, and 80% think bullying in an issue (Pew Research Center)

Pew Research Center:
A survey of 1,423 US teens: 85% play video games, including 41% daily, 72% say gaming is a way to spend time with others, and 80% think bullying in an issue  —  85% of U.S. teens say they play video games, and about four-in-ten do so daily.  Teens see both positive and negative sides of video games …

An interview with Sundar Pichai on playing the long game on AI, how Gemini image generation “got it wrong”, AI search, the US DOJ lawsuits, layoffs, and more (Emily Chang/Bloomberg)

Emily Chang / Bloomberg:
An interview with Sundar Pichai on playing the long game on AI, how Gemini image generation “got it wrong”, AI search, the US DOJ lawsuits, layoffs, and more  —  In this episode of The Circuit with Emily Chang, the Alphabet CEO explains how he’s in it for the long haul—and won’t dance to anyone else’s tune.

Duolingo drops 10%+ after reporting DAUs up 55% YoY to 31.4M, above 31.1M est., gaining users at the slowest rate since Q3 2022, and revenue up 45% YoY to $168M (Gabriel Sanchez/Bloomberg)

Gabriel Sanchez / Bloomberg:
Duolingo drops 10%+ after reporting DAUs up 55% YoY to 31.4M, above 31.1M est., gaining users at the slowest rate since Q3 2022, and revenue up 45% YoY to $168M  —  – Shares fell as much as 16% after user growth failed to impress  — Higher-priced subscription tier, new family plan drive sales

Hands-on with LinkedIn’s new games Pinpoint, Crossclimb, and Queens: shamelessly following the NYT’s formula, all three take ~10 minutes, and they are very fun (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge:
Hands-on with LinkedIn’s new games Pinpoint, Crossclimb, and Queens: shamelessly following the NYT’s formula, all three take ~10 minutes, and they are very fun  —  I almost didn’t get Pinpoint this morning. … I’m kidding!  But I have to admit something: I’ve been going on LinkedIn every day recently, and I’m having a great time.