Michael Wetter, the VP of corporate development at Microsoft, “We’ve recognized $9.5B of total revenue life to date” as of 9/8/2025. He notes there’s context: a $13B investment with OpenAI and Azure compute.
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It may seem gimmicky, but according to Retro Dodo and Russ Crandall, Anbernic’s RG Rotate is an excellent handheld emulator with a unique design and more processing power than it needs. It’s now available through Anbernic’s online store for $87.99 for the black plastic version and $107.99 for the metal silver one, but both are temporarily discounted to $82.99 and $99.99, respectively.
Dbrand’s new $20 Joy-Lock is simple, but great. I typically don’t ever want to use my Switch 2 Joy-Con, but that’s changed a bit since this holder lets them spread out for added comfort. The Joy-Lock looks and feels best when used with the company’s $20 grips (also included with the Killswitch), but they aren’t required.
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The reader, which already lets you track things like RSS feeds and podcasts, can now serve as a hub to track your Bluesky/AT Proto and Mastodon feeds, too. Over the second half of this month, the team is working on adding features like a shared composer to make posts across networks.
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“I can’t get my head around why [Musk lawyer] Mr. Molo told me this was not a focus of the trial,” YGR says. “That’s what my ruling is based on.”
Last week, an expert witness testified about the 2025 recapitalization of OpenAI. OpenAI has said they’d like to include the AG’s conclusions, since the removal of the profit cap was mentioned. YGR is annoyed; she told Musk’s team not to go into detail, and OpenAI didn’t object at the time. “We’re in mud,” she just said. The problem is that Musk’s team is treating it as the crux of the “breach” Musk is alleging.
Bandai has given its new Science Saru-produced The Ghost in the Shell reimagining a July 7th premiere date on Amazon Prime Video.
While Gloria Caulfield’s invocation of AI at a commencement fell flat, over the weekend, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang received an honorary Doctor of Science and Technology degree and a few ovations while delivering a nearly 20-minute speech about AI and robotics.
After joking that, “CMU students, like robots, take instruction one at a time,” he exhorted them to “help create a future more abundant, more capable, and more hopeful than the world you inherited.”



The journalist and author of I Am Not a Robot on her year living with AI and starting a new media company.










