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Nintendo’s Switch 2 doubles first-month sales of the original

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nintendo’s financial year is off to a bumper start thanks to explosive sales of its Switch 2 console. Following its launch in June, the Switch 2 console has now sold 5.82 million units according to Nintendo’s Q1 earnings report, more than double the 2.7 million unit sales achieved by the original Switch in its first month. “Currently, demand for Nintendo Switch 2 is exceeding supply in many countries, and w

PHP-ORT: Machine Learning Inference for the Web

The Problem The Solution Technical Details Addressing Critics The Future The Inevitable Transformation Software is changing faster than we've seen in 25 years. Machine learning isn't just becoming important, it's becoming essential. Every application, every website, every digital interaction will soon expect intelligent features as standard. For millions of PHP developers who power the web, this creates an existential challenge: stay relevant in an AI-first world or risk obsolescence. The St

Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones

Apple has shipped its three billionth iPhone, Tim Cook has revealed during a call for the company's third quarter earnings. The company released the first iPhone in 2007 and sold its billionth iPhone in 2016. It is believed to have shipped its two billionth sometime in 2021, and now only four years later, it has reached the new milestone. Apple's CEO said the iPhone enjoyed a double digit growth in the third quarter and that the company earned $94 billion in revenue, up 10 percent year over year

Still Using Windows 10? Here’s How to Get Another Year of Updates for Free

Officially, Microsoft will stop providing new security updates for Windows 10 PCs after October 14, 2025, a little over a decade after its initial release. It's a stick that Microsoft is using to push upgrades to the newer Windows 11, whether you install it on a PC you already have or buy a brand-new PC to meet Windows 11's system requirements. But if you can't or don't want to upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft has made it reasonably simple to get an extra year of Extended Security Updates (ESUs

Facing questions on AI strategy, Tim Cook says Apple is 'very open' to acquisitions

Tim Cook arrives for the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. Apple's AI strategy and investment was on the mind of analysts on an earnings call after the company reported third-quarter earnings that showed overall revenue grew by 10% year over year. While Apple was never going to announce major acquisitions or initiatives on an earnings call, CEO Tim Cook's remarks on Thursday confirm that the company i

Reddit shares jump as much as 20% on second-quarter sales and guidance beat

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2024. Reddit shares jumped as much as 20% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat on sales and guidance. Here's how the company did compared with LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected Revenue: $500 million vs. $426 million expected Reddit's revenue grew 78% year-over-year in the second qu

Figma's top VCs are sitting on $24 billion worth of stock after massive IPO pop

Figma Inc. signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. You can almost smell the bubbly wafting across Silicon Valley. Following Figma's blockbuster market debut on Thursday, four of the most iconic names in venture capital — Index Ventures, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia — are collectively sitting on roughly $24 billion worth of the design software vendor's stock. Until recently, there's b

Apple shipped its 3 billionth iPhone

is a reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Apple has been the target of a fair amount of criticism over the past year, from its AI missteps to a strong distaste for its new design ethos. But the numbers don’t lie, and if Apple knows how to do anything it’s sell iPhones. Specifically, three billion of them, as CEO Tim Cook announced on the company’s earnings call tod

Figma’s stock soared in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hit $45B

Figma began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after a long delay. It soared so quickly that trading was halted for a short time due to market volatility. Within a minute of trading, its market cap hit $45 billion but the price spent the day bouncing between $101 and as high as $124. It closed at $115.50 and a $47 billion market cap, Yahoo Finance reports. The company and existing investors sold shares at the IPO price of $33 per share. Quite the pop. And after-market trading i

Reddit revenue soars as it bets on AI and advertising

Reddit reported its second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and it’s clear that the company’s focus on AI has ramped up considerably. One significant area of investment is growing its advertising business, supported by its AI-powered marketing tools. The results revealed that the majority of Reddit’s revenue continues to come from ads, which brought in $465 million, representing 93% of the company’s total revenue. Last month, Reddit launched two new features for advertisers: Reddit Insights, a to

Tim Cook: Apple just sold its three-billionth iPhone

Apple reported its fiscal Q3 2025 earnings today, beating analyst expectations in key categories like revenue, earnings per share, iPhone revenue, and more. During a call with analysts today, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has just crossed another major milestone: shipping its three-billionth iPhone since its launch in 2007. For those keeping track at home, Apple shipped its one-billionth iPhone back in July 2016, nine years after the release of the first iPhone. At the time, Cook tout

Apple says tariffs added $800M in costs last quarter, expects over $1B hit in Q4

As part of the ongoing Q3 2025 earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave an update on how the U.S. tariff war is affecting the company’s business, and detailed what to expect during the next fiscal quarter if nothing changes. On the conference call, Cook said: “For the June quarter, we incurred approximately $800 million of tariff-related costs. For the September quarter, assuming the current global tariff rates, policies, and applications the balance of the quarter, and no new tariffs are adde

Programmers aren’t so humble anymore, maybe because nobody codes in Perl

Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It processed massive amounts of text—mechanisms for doing this powerfully and easily were part of the language—and it was even used in bioinformatics, munging and churning through genetic data. Based on one list, the companies that used Perl ranged widely: Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Deutsche Bank, Akamai, Citibank, Comcast, M

New James Bond Movie Will Be Written by Creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’

The director came first, and now it’s the screenwriter. MGM just announced that Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders, has been hired to write the next James Bond movie, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. News of Knight’s hiring was first reported by Deadline before being confirmed by the official 007 account. According to the trade, since Villeneuve’s hiring, producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman (who are shepherding the franchise) have been focusing on finding the right writer

Reddit wants to be a search engine now

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Reddit knows that it has valuable data from actual people — it’s already reached deals with big AI companies like OpenAI and Google to share its data with them. But Reddit is also investing in improving its own search capabilities, and in its latest note to investors, CEO Steve Huffman says that the company is “concentrating our resources on the areas that will drive results f

Apple has now sold 3 billion iPhones

Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones since the product was launched in 2007, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. It took Apple nine years to sell the billionth iPhone, a milestone the company reached in 2016. This implies that Apple sold 2 billion between 2016 and now — also a nine-year period — marking the product’s growing popularity. While Apple celebrates 3 billion iPhones sold, the company has struggled a bit in the stock market this year, as the

Roblox stock soars 10% after revenue beat, strong user growth

Roblox stock soared 10% on Thursday after the company reported second-quarter revenue that beat expectations amid strong user growth. The gaming platform saw $1.44 billion in net bookings, up 51% over the year prior. Analysts polled by LSEG expected $1.24 billion in net bookings for the quarter. User and engagement numbers were also strong for the company, with daily active users at 111.8 million, up 41% year over year, and hours engaged at 27.4 billion, up 58%. StreetAccount expected 106 mil

Amazon's gloomy earnings forecast overshadows better-than-expected results

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle on Oct. 5, 2021. Amazon shares slid more than 3% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported second-quarter results that exceeded expectations, but it gave light operating income guidance for the current period. Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.68 vs. $1.33 estimated $1.68 vs. $1.33 estimated Revenue: $167.7 billion vs. $162.09 billion esti

Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the world premiere of "F1" at Times Square in New York on June 16, 2025. Apple reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that topped Wall Street expectations for profit and revenue. iPhone sales grew 13% year-over-year and overall revenue grew 10% — Apple's largest quarterly revenue growth since December 2021. Apple shares were up about 3% in after-hours trading on Thursday. Here's how Apple did versus consensus estimates for the quarter ending June 28: Earnings

Reddit shares jump 20% on second-quarter sales and guidance beat

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2024. Reddit shares jumped as much as 20% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat on sales and guidance. Here's how the company did compared with LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected Revenue: $500 million vs. $426 million expected Reddit's sales grew 78% year-over-year in the second quar

Amazon's cloud business records 18% growth in second quarter

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman speaks at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 4, 2024. Amazon's cloud group grew recorded revenue growth of 18% in the second quarter, slightly ahead of analysts' estimates. Amazon Web Services continues to lead the cloud infrastructure market, but is facing intensifying pressure from Microsoft and Google , as all three companies ramp up investments in artificial intelligence to take advantage of booming demand. Microsoft and Google reported b

Coinbase shares tumble as second-quarter revenue disappoints

Coinbase shares fell Thursday as second-quarter revenue fell shy of analysts' estimates. Gains in the cryptocurrency exchange's subscription revenue failed to offset weaker trading volumes. In the quarter ended June 30, Coinbase net income rose to $1.43 billion, or $5.14 per share, from $36.13 million, or 14 cents per share, a year ago. Earnings in the latest period benefited from a gain $1.5 billion related its Circle investment and $362 million from its crypto investment portfolio. On an adj

There's a Very Basic Flaw in Mark Zuckerberg's Plan for Superintelligent AI

This week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision for the future of AI, a "personal intelligence" that can help you "achieve your goals, create what you want to see in the world, experience any adventure, be a better friend to those you care about, and grow to become the person you aspire to be." The hazy announcement — which lacked virtually any degree of detail and smacked of the uninspired output of an AI chatbot — painted a rosy picture of a future where everybody uses our "newfound pro

Programmers Aren't So Humble Anymore–Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl

Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It processed massive amounts of text—mechanisms for doing this powerfully and easily were part of the language—and it was even used in bioinformatics, munging and churning through genetic data. Based on one list, the companies that used Perl ranged widely: Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Deutsche Bank, Akamai, Citibank, Comcast, M

The Legacy of ‘Scavengers Reign’ Lives on Through Video Games

It’s been little over a year since Scavengers Reign was canceled. Co-created by animator-producers Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner, Scavengers Reign garnered a modest yet passionate fanbase and went on to earn an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. Despite this, however, HBO Max—and by extension Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO Max’s parent company—chose not to renew the show for a second season, effectively canceling the series. Set in the distant future, the animated sci-fi drama

Amazon set to report earnings: AI and tariffs are key to the second quarter

Amazon will report second-quarter results after the market close Thursday. Here's what analysts surveyed by LSEG are expecting: Earnings per share: $1.33 $1.33 Revenue: $162.09 billion Wall Street is also looking at other key revenue metrics: Amazon Web Services: $30.8 billion, according to StreetAccount $30.8 billion, according to StreetAccount Advertising: $14.99 billion, according to StreetAccount The company spooked investors in May when it warned in its earnings report that "tariff a

August's Full Sturgeon Moon Lines Up With Perseids, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter

As long as you're looking at the night sky, August has a ton of cool stuff going on this year. Among those is the full moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon. It's the last full moon of the summer, and it's coming on Aug. 9. Per The Farmer's Almanac, the full moon will reach its peak brightness at 3:55 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 9. Thus, if you want to see the moon at its brightest, you'll want to look up the evening of Aug. 8 and on into the next morning. It's not a big deal if you miss it, as t

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A Haunted House Comes With a Body Count in This Free Found Footage Flick

Summerween is here, and horror fans are already queuing up their favorite horror films ahead of Halloween season. While blockbuster movies are always fun to rewatch, checking out lesser known cult classics can deliver solid scares, even without a massive budget. Found footage movies are especially adept at this, and there are some amazing options that won't cost a penny to watch. Hell House LLC is a found footage horror movie shot in a documentary format, and it's currently streaming for free o

Figma more than triples in NYSE debut after selling shares at $33

Figma 's stock more than tripled in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, a day after the design software company sold shares at $33 in its IPO. The big opening pop is the latest indication that the tech IPO market has reopened following a multi-year lull that began in early 2022, when inflation was soaring and interest rates were on the rise. So far this year, online bank Chime , stablecoin issuer Circle and artificial intelligence infrastructure provider CoreWeave have hit the market

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