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February 6, 2024
NEWS

NPR

Meta will start labeling AI-generated images on Instagram and Facebook

Meta, which owns all three platforms, said on Tuesday that it will start labeling images created with leading artificial intelligence tools in the coming months. The move comes as tech companies — both those that build AI …

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Space.com

879 days! Russian cosmonaut breaks record for total time spent in space

The spaceflight record books have just been rewritten. Over the weekend, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko set a new mark for most total days spent off Earth, eclipsing the 878 days, 11 hours and 30 minutes of his countryman Gennady Padalka, …

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BBC News

Tesla owners told not to wear Apple virtual reality headsets while driving

Tesla owners have been reminded to keep their eyes on the road after videos of drivers wearing Apple’s virtual reality headset have gone viral. US Secretary for Transport Pete Buttigieg posted on X (formerly Twitter) to say that all current vehicles …

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Forbes

Nintendo Boosts Switch Sales Forecast—But Stays Quiet On Console’s Successor

Nintendo raised its outlook for Switch sales on Tuesday and insisted the aging console would remain its central focus heading into 2024, keeping quiet on plans for its hotly-anticipated successor after the hardware held its own against newer …

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Reuters

Nintendo hikes Switch forecast as hardware launch expectations rise

“We want to maintain the momentum of the Switch business,” Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa told an earnings briefing. Advertisement · Scroll to continue.

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ABC News

Japan game maker Nintendo reports solid profit on a jump in Super Mario sales

Nintendo has reported healthy sales and profits on the back of the hit “Super Mario Bros. ByYURI KAGEYAMA AP business writer. February 6, 2024, 3:57 AM. 1:10. FILE – A traveler walks past an advertisement featuring a Nintendo character at Narita …

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Investor’s Business Daily

Apple Vision Pro Wows Consumers, But High Price To Limit Demand

The first weekend of availability for Apple Vision Pro saw consumers lined up at Apple (AAPL) retail stores to try out the new spatial computing headset. Wall Street analysts say the innovative new device is a positive for Apple’s brand but sales are …

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The Wall Street Journal

Nintendo Raises Guidance on Stronger Sales of Switch Console, Software

The Japanese videogame maker Tuesday projected that net profit for the fiscal year ending March would climb 1.7% to Y440.00 billion ($2.96 billion), compared with its previous view of a 3.0% decrease, and revenue would increase 1.8% to Y1.630 trillion, …

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U.S. News & World Report

Nintendo Hikes Switch Forecast as Hardware Launch Expectations Rise

By Sam Nussey. TOKYO (Reuters) -Nintendo on Tuesday raised its full-year Switch sales forecast to 15.5 million units from 15 million units previously, as the company squeezed sales out of the aging console over the year-end shopping season.

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Reuters

Microsoft partners with Semafor for AI-assisted news content

Through these collaborations, Microsoft will help the organizations to identify and refine the procedures and policies to use artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly in newsgathering and business practices, the tech giant said in a blog post.

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