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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
The FCC is saving Amazon’s Eero and Leo routers from its ban, too.

The FCC is giving Amazon conditional approval to import future routers into the US, following its decision to grant Netgear conditional approval earlier this month.

”We remain committed to delivering innovative, reliable products our customers can depend on,” Eero says.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Baldur’s Gate 3 books are coming soon.

The main highlight is a prequel novel, Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion, by T. Kingfisher, coming September 29th, plus a notebook, coloring book, and a cookbook, which are all coming out this year.

Publisher Random House Worlds says it plans for the initiative to continue with more titles next year.

The cover of Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion.
Image: Random House Worlds
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
The Trump administration is ending its investigation into Jerome Powell.

The criminal inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Powell is widely perceived as retaliatory. The DOJ’s decision to end the investigation is also potentially politically motivated, as Senator Thom Tillis was blocking a vote on Trump’s choice to succeed Powell, Kevin Warsh, unless it was dropped.

CNN, NYT and CNBC have more.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Behind the scenes of Apple’s MacBook Neo introduction video.

Super cool to see how Apple’s videos come together. Here’s the actual introduction video from March, if you want to compare.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google is investing billions in Anthropic.

Initially, Google will invest $10 billion, but could pour up to $30 billion more into Anthropic if it meets certain performance targets, according to Bloomberg.

Amazon, which had already invested $8 billion in Anthropic before this week, also announced new investments into the company. It invested $5 billion on Monday and could commit “up to an additional $20 billion in the future.”

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
“I want to make the right decision, not the fastest decision.”

That’s new Xbox boss Asha Sharma to Game File’s Stephen Totilo, when asked if there is a timeline for making a decision about how Xbox might change its approach to exclusivity.

Totilo interviewed Sharma and chief content officer Matt Booty following their “We Are Xbox” memo published on Thursday.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Spotify is finally bringing playlist folders to its mobile apps.

Organizing playlists into folders was introduced in 2010, but only available on the desktop app. Now it’s reportedly rolling out to mobile users. Tap the + icon in your library, and you should see a new “folder” option. You can even play an entire folder of playlists, or shuffle them.

Screenshots of the Spotify iOS app showing the ability to organize playlists using folders.
Screenshot: FN-1708 via Reddit
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Norway could be the next nation to ban kids from social media.

As Reuters reports, Norwegian Prime ​Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced plans for a bill barring teens from social media until “January 1st the year a child turns 16,” similar to Australia’s.

“I can now confirm that we are planning to submit a bill to the Parliament before the end of the year. We are introducing this legislation because we want a childhood where children get to be children. Play, friendships, and everyday life must not be taken over by algorithms and screens.”

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Anker is renaming its Soundcore brand that now includes projectors.

After moving its Nebula projector lineup under its audio brand last year, Anker has announced through its Chinese social media channels that it’s renaming Soundcore to Anker Audio-Visual, according to Notebookcheck and ITHome. It’s not yet known if this change is limited to China or if there will be a different name as part of a broader global rebranding.

A person carrying an Anker Soundcore Nebula projector outside using a built-in strap.
Photo: Thomas Ricker / The Verge
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Google is bringing back I/O’s Android Show.

Android Headlines spotted an unlisted promo video for the I/O pre-show’s second year, since removed from the Android YouTube channel. Apparently the show will stream at 1PM ET on May 12th, a week before I/O on May 19th, and will tee up “one of the biggest years for Android yet.”