Nintendo has started inviting customers in Japan to preorder the Switch 2 from its online store, but it seems scammers are trying to ruin the fun. In a machine-translated post on X, Nintendo confirmed “phishing emails disguised as the results” of the Switch preorder lottery.
“If there is a URL for reservations or purchases, it was not sent by our company,” Nintendo writes. “Please be careful.”
As part of Comcast’s Q1 2025 earnings report released on Thursday, the company revealed that Peacock subscribers increased from 36 million to 41 million over the past few months. The service is also gradually getting closer to becoming profitable, as its losses narrowed to $215 million compared to $639 million at the same time last year.
Disclosure: Comcast is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.
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During Semafor’s World Economy Summit, Sarandos said the company still has “enormous room to grow:”
In the previous five years, we’ve doubled our revenue, we grew profits 10 times, and we grew our market cap three times. So there is a path to it, obviously, but it all is incredibly dependent on executing well.
Google has finally revealed the lineup for next month’s event, which will include keynotes with updates across Gemini, Android, Chrome, and more. You can check out the full schedule of live sessions and keynotes from the Google I/O website.
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper is required to send 1,600 internet satellites into space by next summer under its FCC license, but sources tell Bloomberg that Project Kuiper is falling behind. The company has reportedly produced only “a few dozen” satellites so far, which means Amazon may need to ask for an extension from the FCC.
Project Kuiper’s first launch is now scheduled for April 28th after its initial attempt was scrubbed.
Ahead of Skype’s May 5th shutdown, Rest of World put together a list of stories from readers who recount how the service kept them connected with friends and family members across the globe. Some readers even recorded their blurb, complete with Skype’s iconic ringtone.
[restofworld.org]
Just months after we saw the E ink gaming handheld from developer Dana Puch, now maker Pedro Porras Luraschi has come up with Figment: a Switch-like gaming handheld with a 7.5-inch E ink display, as reported earlier by Android Authority.
The device is still just a concept, but it’s designed to let you create and play choose-your-own adventure stories, featuring an AI co-author that “fills the gaps the main writer didn’t write.” You can sign up for updates about Figment from the device’s website.
