Nintendo Sets a Console Record – DTNSB 5038

And why the venerable Le Monde newspaper is embracing AI not just fighting it.

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Show Notes

Nintendo Switch 2 Sets Sales Record in Boon for Games Sector – Bloomberg

Nintendo sets record with 3.5 million Switch 2 units sold in four days – Engadget

Nintendo provides solution to incorrect Switch 2 battery display – Eurogamer

US video game retailer sales drop as digital shift hits hard – Tech in Asia

Tariffs live updates: US-China trade framework set as Trump says deal ‘done’ – Yahoo Finance

Android 16 is here, but the cool stuff is coming later – Ars Technica

Google Releases the Android 16 OS Months Earlier Than Expected – CNET

Huawei Pura 80 Pro and Pro+ pack 1 ”50MP cams and 48MP periscopes, Pura 80 tags along – GSMArena

Huawei’s new flagships might have the best cameras in the segment – PhoneArena

OpenAI releases o3-pro, a souped-up version of its o3 AI reasoning model – TechCrunch

OpenAI cuts o3 model prices by 80% and launches o3-pro today – The Decoder

OpenAI’s open model is delayed – TechCrunch

Sam Altman thinks AI will have ‘novel insights’ next year – TechCrunch

Sam Altman claims an average ChatGPT query uses ‘roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon’ of water – The Verge

Nvidia CEO Sees Tenfold Boost to Europe’s AI Computing Power – Bloomberg

Nvidia to build first industrial AI cloud in Germany – Reuters

Fears Over U.S. AI Dominance Boost Business for France’s Mistral – WSJ

HP just turned Google Beam’s hologram calls into reality – ZDNET

The Browser Company launches its AI-first browser, Dia, in beta – TechCrunch

WhatsApp backs Apple in its legal row with the UK over user data – BBC

Meta and TikTok challenge tech fees in second highest EU court – Reuters

Apple Execs Defend Apple Intelligence, Smarter Siri Delays, and Its AI Strategy – WSJ

Apple executives say new AI-powered Siri wasn’t ‘demoware,’ it just wasn’t ready to ship – TechCrunch