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  Switch 2 Conservative Sales Forecast Not Affected by US Tariffs, but High Price a Factor, Says Nintendo

  Nintendo said during its latest quarterly earnings call last week that it expects to sell 15 million units of the Switch 2 when it launches next month. The company, however, has said its lower-than-expected sales volume forecast reflects the Nintendo Switch 2’s higher price tag. Nintendo has also clarified that the tariffs announced by the US las...

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  Coinbase Becomes First Crypto Firm to Enter S&P 500 Index in the US 

  Coinbase is set to enter the S&P 500 index in the US on May 19. Its entry into this elite group makes for a significant moment in Web3 history as it is the first crypto firm to become part of the index. Coinbase posted a message of gratitude, announcing the development on X. 

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  Amazfit Bip 6 India Launch Teased; Tipped to Offer Up to 15 Days of Battery Life

  Amazfit Bip 6 was introduced in the US a few weeks back. The company has now teased the launch of the smartwatch in India. The Indian variant is tipped to provide slightly longer usage time than the global version. It is expected to arrive in the country with a design similar to that of its global counterpart. 

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  Apple Said to be Considering Hiking iPhone Prices

  Apple is mulling raising prices of its upcoming iPhones in order to cushion higher costs stemming from the tariffs that have hampered global supply chains and forced the company to shift more production to India. Apple said earlier this month that tariffs were expected to add about $900 million (roughly Rs. 7,638 crore) in costs during the April-J...

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  Meta's Stablecoin Plans Likely to Face Regulatory Pushback as US Senator Warren Questions GENIUS Act 

  Over the weekend, US Senator Elizabeth Warren snubbed the idea of letting Big Tech companies dive too deep into the stablecoin sector. In an interview with CoinDesk, Warren said that Big Tech's introduction of stablecoin transactions could "choke off small businesses from the payments system."

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  Nintendo Doesn’t Rule Out Switch 2 Price Hike After Soft Outlook

  Nintendo expects shipments of the Switch 2 to reach 15 million units in the year to March, shy of the 16.8 million average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company may hike prices for the Switch 2 in the US, depending on how Trump administration tariffs work out.

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  Motorola Razr 60 Ultra India Launch Set for May 13; Colour Options, Key Specifications Teased

  Motorola Razr 60 Ultra will be introduced in India next week, the company has revealed. In addition to confirming the launch date, Motorola has teased the smartphone's colour options and key features. The clamshell foldable handset and the standard Motorola Razr 60 were also unveiled in the US in April. The upcoming Indian variant is expected to...

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  Apple Will Appeal Contempt Ruling in Epic Games Case Over App Store

  Apple in a court notice said it will ask the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to review the April 30 ruling, which found the company in contempt of an earlier order in a 2020 antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games. Apple's appeal notice did include its planned legal arguments.

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  US Seeks Breakup of Google's Ad-Tech Products After Judge Finds Illegal Monopoly

  The US DoJ has proposed that Alphabet's Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP. Google has said the company supported behavioural remedies such as making real-time bids available to competitors, but that prosecutors cannot legally pursue a bid to force it to sell parts of its business.

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  Apple to Source Billions of US-Made Chips in Supply Chain Shift

  Apple to source more than 19 billion chips from the US this year. Company CEO Tim Cook affirmed expectations that Apple will in future make the vast majority of its US-bound iPhones in India — reducing output from China as the Donald Trump administration threatens to slap punitive tariffs on its Asian rival.

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  Spotify Submits App Update to Apple with External Link for Purchases in US

  Spotify claims to have submitted an app update to Apple with an external link to buy subscriptions. Both Spotify and Apple have been engaged in a longstanding and contentious rivalry, centered around the Cupertino, California-based company's App Store policies and their impact on the streaming company's business operations.

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  Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Launch Date Teased; May Debut With Same Main Camera as Galaxy S25 Ultra

  Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge’s arrival was first teased at Galaxy Unpacked in January and although the company gave us a glimpse of it at the MWC 2025, the phone is yet to see the light of day. But , that may soon change. As per a tipster’s claims, the upcoming handset could be launched this month. In a separate development, a report suggests that t...

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  Facing Trump, Microsoft Vows To Protect Europeans' Data

  Microsoft on Wednesday committed to boosting its presence in Europe and protecting European citizens' data against a backdrop of rising "geopolitical volatility".

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  US Nail Salon Worker Earned Over Rs 8 Crore With 13 Remote IT Jobs. How He Got Caught

  Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong earned over $970,000 in salaries for software development work, which authorities claim was performed by North Korean operatives based in Shenyang.

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  Google DeepMind UK Workers To Unionise Over AI Sales To Israeli Defence Groups: Report

  DeepMind has come under strain from its parent company, Google, in recent months to find commercial uses for its powerful AI.