Dominic Preston

Nintendo is discontinuing its My Nintendo Gold Points loyalty scheme, which rewards players for purchasing Switch games, perhaps in preparation for a new rewards program for the Switch 2. New digital purchases will stop earning Gold Points from March 25th, though it will still be possible to claim points from preorders made before that date, or physical purchases of previously released titles.

Lenovo is about to release a folding laptop called the ThinkBook Flip, according to leaker Evan Blass. And yes, we know every laptop folds, but this one does it twice: once at the regular hinge, and then again halfway down the display, which folds outwards when the laptop shuts.

He’s playing Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s new take on The Odyssey, seemingly putting to bed speculation that Tom Holland is playing the lead in the film. It’s Damon’s first time as a Nolan lead, after smaller roles in Oppenheimer and Interstellar.

Honor has announced its keynote event at the MWC trade show, where it will launch a “new corporate vision.” It doesn’t look like it’s going to be a subtle one, with a statement claiming that the name represents “exceptional performance” that goes beyond the “steady market-following returns” of lowly beta companies.

The Chinese AI app is no longer available on local app stores after acknowledging it had failed to meet Korea’s data protection laws. The web version is still accessible, and the app will return if and when it complies with the rules.

Free users can upload files to be analyzed, a feature previously limited to the paid tier. Reddit users report the feature is rolling out gradually. Gemini accepts various text, spreadsheet, and code file formats, or Android and web users can import files directly from Google Drive. You can upload multiple files simultaneously, though you can’t share an image and file in the same prompt.

Apple Intelligence is to be powered primarily by Alibaba, with a few features — including Visual Intelligence — handled by Baidu, according to Bloomberg. Apple’s own software will handle on-device processing, with Alibaba and Baidu stepping in for server-side tasks, including censorship.