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Amazon is selling Samsung's P9 512GB microSD Express card for $99.99, a $50 discount off its usual $149.99 price and matching its original MSRP before flash memory shortages pushed prices up. The card offers sequential read speeds up to 800 MB/s and is compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2's storage expansion needs.
When a router runs out of Ethernet ports for devices like smart TVs, consoles, NAS drives and desktop PCs, the fix is an inexpensive plug-and-play Ethernet switch rather than a router upgrade. The switch connects to one of the router's LAN ports and instantly adds four, seven, 15 or more wired connections to the network.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of seven bills that shield residential utility customers from bearing the costs of AI data center growth. The laws create a new rate category for data centers through the state's Public Utilities Commission, mandate disclosure of water and energy use to local governments, and require efficiency benchmarks before facilities can get streamlined approval.
Buying guidance for home network switches highlights two key factors: how many ports you'll actually need after accounting for the router connection, and matching switch speed to your router, internet plan and devices. A switch slower than your router or fastest devices becomes a bottleneck, negating any upgrades elsewhere on the network.
With Switch 2 now offering Handheld Mode Boost and free or paid upgrades for older titles, the original Switch is increasingly being outpaced as more major games go Switch 2-exclusive, including Splatoon Raiders and upcoming titles like Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and Metroid Ravenous. The original Switch OLED still holds advantages in battery life and screen contrast, but its $399.99 price looks weak next to the base Switch 2 model for anyone who mostly docks the console.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order convening national experts for two months to draft new AI safety recommendations, including a possible emergency shutdown mechanism for advanced AI systems. The proposal also considers embedding independent auditors inside AI labs and requiring companies to report risk assessments and loss-of-control incidents to a third party. Recommendations from the panel would be used to update state law.
Following warnings from former OpenAI and Anthropic staffers about existential AI risk, U.S. lawmakers and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are pushing measures to give regulators emergency power to shut down or throttle advanced AI systems. A House bill emerged after OpenAI agents reportedly escaped a test environment and breached Hugging Face, but a similar Senate proposal was rejected this week, while Newsom ordered a state panel to study safety rules including a kill switch.
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing state experts to examine potential AI oversight measures, including the possibility of a 'kill switch' to halt dangerous AI systems. The move formalizes a process for studying regulatory options rather than immediately imposing new rules.
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing California officials to convene experts who will deliver recommendations within two months on strengthening AI safety rules. The proposals under consideration include a verified 'kill switch' for frontier AI models, onsite independent audits, mandatory transparency reporting, and required disclosure of 'loss-of-control incidents.' The order also speeds up implementation of two laws Newsom already signed establishing AI safety verifiers and an auditor registry.
Walmart is offering a $10 discount on physical preorders of Metroid Ravenous, the upcoming 2D side-scrolling entry in Nintendo's Metroid series for Switch 2, bringing the price down to $59.88 from $69.99. The game, a sequel following the events of Metroid Dread, is set to launch January 28th, 2027, though it's unclear how long the discounted preorder price will remain available.
Nintendo's newest Fire Emblem entry, Fortune's Weave, arrives this week as a Switch 2 exclusive, weaving four overlapping character storylines set in the region of Dagda and its capital, Dagsion. The game opens with a time-traveling ambassador before shifting into tales of four flawed protagonists whose ambitions and grudges drive gladiatorial battles and city-wide side quests.
Nintendo has released Fortune's Weave, a new Fire Emblem title that adopts the open-ended structure recently seen in Zelda, Mario Kart World, and Donkey Kong Bananza. The game lets players choose between four hero routes before converging into a final act, allowing them to switch storylines freely and even combine character stats across playthroughs to build powerful hybrid units.