Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Microsoft reports Q1 gaming revenue down 2% YoY to $5.51B, Xbox hardware revenue down 29%, and Xbox content and services revenue up 1% — Microsoft reported its latest quarterly earnings results Wednesday, re…
Teenage cricketer in Australia dies after being hit with cricket ball in Melbourne’s east
Ferntree Gully cricket club confirms death of 17-year-old Ben Austin after incident in cricket nets on TuesdayA Melbourne teenager has died after reportedly being struck in the neck with a ball during cricket practice earlier this week.Emergency servic…
Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election – The New York Times
Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom Loses Seats in Dutch Election The New York TimesThe Dutch choose optimism over anti-immigrant populism The EconomistGeert Wilders convinced Dutch voters the far right could run the country. What i…
US Army Corps of Engineers approves Enbridge plan to encase aging Great Lakes oil pipeline
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved energy company Enbridge’s plan to encase a segment of an aging oil pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel.
Hackers Use NFC Relay Malware to Clone Tap-to-Pay Android Transactions
A new investigation from mobile security firm Zimperium has revealed a fast-growing cybersecurity threat targeting Android users through…
‘Xi Jinping sees Donald Trump as a gift that keeps on giving’, expert says
Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Robert Manning, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Centre’s Global Foresight Hub and China Programme, says that Chinese leader Xi Jinping sees US President Donald Trump as ‘a gift that keeps on giving’, as Tr…
Trump approves nuclear submarine for South Korea
It’s unclear how involved the U.S. would be or what the timeline for such a project would be.
UN condemns US economic embargo on Cuba for 33rd year
This year, countries including Argentina, Ukraine and Hungary also opposed the measure
Hurricane Melissa Leaves Trail of Destruction
Hurricane Melissa swept through the Caribbean, leaving at least 20 dead in Haiti and three in Jamaica as it moved toward the Bahamas. Officials are still searching for survivors in the deadly aftermath.
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150M DAUs, up from 100M+ in December 2024, and Meta has rolled out ads globally in the Threads feed with plans to add video ads (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150M DAUs, up from 100M+ in December 2024, and Meta has rolled out ads globally in the Threads feed with plans to add video ads — Ads in the Threads feed have rolled out glob…