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Booking and Priceline chief Glenn Fogel wants you to yell at AI chatbots, not humans

The head of online hotel and flight giant Booking Holdings on how competition, regulation, and AI are changing travel.

Nilay Patel
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Nintendo bides time until Switch 2.

With no big movies or The Legend of Zelda games this quarter, Nintendo’s gross profits have fallen by 45 percent compared to the same period last year.

Sales of Nintendo Switch hardware, now in its eighth year since launch, have also “decreased significantly year-on-year” — and we may not see a notable improvement until the company announces its highly anticipated next-gen console sometime in 2025.

A screengrab taken of Nintendo’s Q1 2025 earnings.
This slide from Nintendo’s latest quarterly earnings report highlights low, yet stable, hardware and game sales.
Image: Nintendo