Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Microsoft launches new OpenAI-powered AI agents, Researcher and Analyst, designed to function as digital colleagues, available via its Agent Store  —  Microsoft announced today a major expansion of its artificial intelligence tools with the “Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release,” …

Nintendo’s president Shuntaro Furukawa has apologized in advance for the company’s failure to meet demand for the Switch 2 in Japan after 2.2 million people applied for the My Nintendo Store pre-order lottery alone. In a post on X (translated by VGC), Furukawa said that this “astonishing” number “far exceeded our prior expectations and greatly […]

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune:
Chainguard, which helps companies secure software supply chains, raised a $356M Series D led by Kleiner and IVP at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.12B in 2024  —  Dan Lorenc, CEO and cofounder of Chainguard.  —  Chainguard  —  Seated at his desk in his Rhode Island home, Dan Lorenc is surrounded by things he's built.

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
On the 20th birthday of its first video, YouTube says it has had 20T+ uploads, including 20M+ daily now, and unveils app and TV updates, including new Multiview  —  YouTube is celebrating its 20th birthday with a number of stats, while previewing new features that are coming this year.

Looking back, the original idea behind YouTube seems almost quaint. The mythic founding story goes like this: in January of 2005, two PayPal employees, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, were at a party. People were taking photos and videos on their digital cameras. Sharing photos was easy, sharing video was anything but. “People have different […]