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Nintendo has had plenty of highs over its few decades in the video game industry. Popularizing home consoles with the NES, introducing new audiences to games through the Wii's motion controls, and the touchscreen Trojan horse that was the Nintendo DS , to name a few. But often these successes were followed by missteps; the Wii sold 100 million units, while its follow-up, the Wii U, couldn't even manage a quarter of that. But that precarity looks to change. The Switch is now Nintendo's best-selling console ever , surpassing the DS with 155 million units sold since its debut in 2017. And over that span Nintendo has transformed itself into a comp … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/games/873098/nintendo-switch-era-best-selling-console

Anthropic's Claude AI models experienced a major outage today, impacting products like Claude Code. Developers were seeing a 500 error when trying to use Claude Code, and Anthropic said that it was seeing elevated error rates on its APIs "across all Claude models." Anthropic quickly identified the root cause and implemented a fix within around 20 minutes, but developers that rely on the tool were left staring at their screens waiting for the service to come back online. Claude Opus 4.5 also experienced some errors yesterday, and earlier this week Anthropic had to fix purchasing issues for its AI credits system. It's unusual to see Claude C … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/news/873093/claude-code-down-outage-anthropic

Dyson’s new lightweight vacuum has no handle and maneuvers more like a Swiffer than a vacuum. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge As The Verge 's resident robot vacuum reviewer , I don't have a lot of time (or space) in my life for stick vacs, and frankly, the ones I have used have largely disappointed me. Top-heavy, bulky, always getting clogged or running out of battery - they're so… manual . But then I met PencilVac Fluffycones , Dyson's new $599 cordless stick vacuum, and it was love at first lift. The name PencilVac Fluffycones perfectly describes this delightfully overengineered broom. If more vacuums had such whimsical names, my life would be much fuller. It's very thin and light, like a pencil, and it has fluffy, cone-shaped rollers that glide across floors as if … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/872981/dyson-pencilvac-fluffycones-vacuum-hands-on-review

Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, introduces a new tablet computer and Windows 8 software to the media in Shanghai on October 23, 2012. US computing giant Microsoft on October 23, gave an early peek to the key Chinese market of its new tablet computer and Windows 8 software, promising a "fast and fluid" operating system. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP / AFP) (Photo by AFP/AFP via Getty Images) | Photo: AFP via Getty Images Emails between former Windows boss Steven Sinofsky and Jeffrey Epstein, published by the Justice Department on Friday, appear to show that Sinofsky constantly sought Epstein's advice as he negotiated his surprise exit from Microsoft in November 2012, forwarding emails to him in nearly real time as talks progressed. Sinofsky also appears to have paid Epstein for his help at the end of the process, and turned to him for assistance finding a new job with Apple or Samsung, according to the emails. One chain appears to s...

Abxylute, the company behind the M4 magnetic mobile gamepad , has announced a new pair of controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2 designed to replace the stock Joy-Cons while playing in handheld mode. Both are "launching soon" on Kickstarter and feature a design where the Switch 2 docks to the controllers so they can connect to and draw power from the console's bottom USB-C port. The Abxylute N6 is similar to existing accessories like the CRKD Nitro Deck , but the N9C looks like someone sliced a GameCube controller in half and stuck either side to the console. Pricing details aren't known for either controller, but the N9C will feature capaciti … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/872223/abxylute-nintendo-switch-2-controller-n6-n9c-gamecube-retro

It’s rare for Sony’s flagship headphones, even slightly outdated models, to receive a big discount. However, the  WH-1000XM5  in black or silver is selling at its lowest-ever price today at  Adorama  when you enter the code  JHCE9834  at checkout (it’s the last step before placing the order). Originally $399, they’re $204.56 — practically half price. According to historic pricing data from CamelCamelCamel, this handily beats the previous best-ever price of $248 near the end of 2025. Sony WH-1000XM5 Where to Buy: $399.99 $248 at Amazon (with WF-C700N) $399.99 $248 at Best Buy $399.99 $249.99 at Target The XM5s are worth considering if you’re curious about the newer XM6 from 2025, but are reluctant to drop $398 on the latest over-ear headphones model. The XM5s sound incredible, are comfortable to wear for long periods, and their active noise cancellation remains among the best currently available. The XM6s add a little extra in each of those c...