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Hidden Car Door Handles Are Officially Being Banned In China (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-3 China

Nintendo says the Switch 1 sold 155.37M units as of December 31, 2025 since its 2017 launch, topping the DS at 154.02M, becoming its best-selling console ever (www.theverge.com)
2026-2-3 Nintendo

Nintendo reports Q3 revenue of $5.2B vs. $5.45B est., a net profit of $1.03B vs. $950M est., and maintains its 19M Switch 2 sales forecast for fiscal 2026 (www.cnbc.com)
2026-2-3 Nintendo

Sources: China's top memory chipmakers, CXMT and YMTC, plan their biggest expansions yet as a global supply crunch lets them close the gap with market leaders (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-2-3 China

Sources: Telefónica and Liberty Global, co-owners of Virgin Media O2, are set to lead a ~£2B acquisition of UK's fourth-largest broadband network, Netomnia (t.co)
2026-2-3

A Century of Hair Samples Proves Leaded Gas Ban Worked (science.slashdot.org)
2026-2-3 Ban

SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25 Trillion All-Stock Deal (slashdot.org)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

A look at WhatsApp's E2E encryption and whether it protects from metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users' private data (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
2026-2-3 WhatsApp

If assumptions hold, SpaceX-xAI could own a full stack of capabilities, from launch to orbital bandwidth to frontier AI models, and offer AI on demand anywhere (arstechnica.com)
2026-2-3 AI SpaceX

Leaked email: as part of the xAI-SpaceX deal, xAI shares will be converted into 0.1433 shares of SpaceX stock, and employees will have the option to cash out (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

In a memo to employees, xAI said both companies will maintain their separate branding and the joint venture is continuing to prepare for a possible IPO in 2026 (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-2-3 IPO

Crunchyroll is raising its US prices by $2 per month; the cheapest tier gets its first price increase since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device (www.polygon.com)
2026-2-3

The SpaceX-xAI merger further intermingles Musk's companies, creates the most valuable private company in the world, and provides a financial lifeline to xAI (www.nytimes.com)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

Leica Camera's Owners Weigh $1.2 Billion Sale of Controlling Stake (slashdot.org)
2026-2-3

Trump unveils a $12B critical minerals stockpile, called Project Vault, to minimize reliance on China, with participation from 12+ companies, including Google (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-3 Trump China Google

Adobe plans to discontinue its 2D animation software Animate on March 1; enterprise customers can receive support until March 2029, and others until March 2027 (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-3 Adobe

Oracle says the Nvidia-OpenAI deal has “zero impact” on its financial relationship with OpenAI and it is “highly confident in OpenAI's ability to raise funds” (x.com)
2026-2-3 Oracle Nvidia

Source: SpaceX acquired xAI for $250B; the announcement about the acquisition focuses on SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space (www.theinformation.com)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

Feds Skipping Infosec Industry's Biggest Conference This Year (news.slashdot.org)
2026-2-3

New GlassWorm attack targets macOS via compromised OpenVSX extensions (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-3

Waymo raised $16B led by Sequoia, DST Global, and Dragoneer at a $126B valuation and plans a rapid expansion across the US and into the UK this year (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-3

10 Modern Marriage Rituals Born from Corporate Branding (listverse.com)
2026-2-3

Sources: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia's AI chips used for inference and has sought alternatives since last year, including from Cerebras and Groq (www.reuters.com)
2026-2-3 AI Nvidia

Palantir reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $1.41B, vs. $1.33B est., and forecasts FY 2026 and Q1 revenue above estimates; PLTR jumps 6%+ after hours (www.cnbc.com)
2026-2-3 4Q

Sources: SpaceX plans to merge with xAI ahead of an IPO; the combined company is expected to price shares at ~$527 each and would have a valuation of $1.25T (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-3 IPO SpaceX

Russian hackers exploit recently patched Microsoft Office bug in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-3 Russia Microsoft

Finland To Introduce 'Green Wave' Automated System For Emergency Vehicles (news.slashdot.org)
2026-2-3 Finland

Newly-released emails between tech industry notables and Jeffrey Epstein kick off a renewed flurry of acrimonious social posts and lurid news coverage (www.forbes.com)
2026-2-3

Microsoft Weighs Retreat From Windows 11 AI Push, Reviews Copilot Integrations and Recall (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-3 Microsoft AI

Malicious MoltBot skills used to push password-stealing malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-3

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