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Here’s how Nintendo Switch 2 preorders will work

After years of rumors, Nintendo has finally announced a release date for the Switch 2. The long-awaited successor to the Switch will be available on June 5th for $449.99, bringing a handful of games and accessories along with it. Nintendo initially announced the Switch 2 would be available for preorder in the US as both […]

OpenAI says its new o3 and o4-mini AI models hallucinate more often than its previous reasoning and traditional models, and the company doesn't know why (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says its new o3 and o4-mini AI models hallucinate more often than its previous reasoning and traditional models, and the company doesn't know why  —  OpenAI's recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects.  However, the new models still hallucinate …

Captain America: Brave New World, Companion, The Room Next Door on Netflix, and every movie new to streaming this weekend

Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week, Captain America: Brave New World, the latest Marvel superhero movie starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford, soars onto video on demand following its theatrical […]

Tesla’s Cybertruck is getting deeper discounts and production cuts

Tesla has plenty of Cybertrucks listed on its website, and they’ve got some hefty discounts, including many for about $10,000 off, Electrek reports. Many are from the 2024 model year and include limited “Foundation Series” Cybertrucks that ended production in October, plus some lightly used “demo” ones we saw that have racked up around 300 […]

E.U. Delayed Fines for Apple and Meta Just Before Trade Talks With U.S. Started

Kim Mackrael and Sam Schechner, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (News+ link):

The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, had initially planned to announce cease-and-desist orders targeting the tech giants on Tuesday and had informed at least one of the companies of that timing, people familiar with the matter said. Both companies could have also been slapped with fines.

The decision to postpone the announcement was made shortly before EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič met with U.S. officials in Washington on Monday, for his first in-person talks since President Trump announced a 90-day pause on some tariffs. In addition, this week Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Trump, who said he would have “very little problem” making a trade deal with the EU.

The rulings are still expected to go ahead, and it isn’t immediately clear how long the delay might last.

Pretty much what I thought happened to these fines.