2026-08-06

Nintendo beat earnings expectations even as Switch 2 hardware sales slumped

Operating profit more than doubled year-over-year, helped by a tariff refund of roughly $300 million and a hit Super Mario movie [...]

2026-08-06

Sydney Towle, who documented her cancer journey for 1.1 million TikTok followers, dies at 26

Sydney Towle has died at 26. The TikTok creator documented life with cholangiocarcinoma and built a community of 1.1 million followers. [...]

2026-08-06

Figma grew 48% and raised its outlook. The stock fell 16% because of AI costs

Figma did almost everything a young public company is asked to do. Revenue rose 48% to $370.1m, beating estimates, its third straight quarter of speeding growth. It raised its full-year forecast. The stock fell about 16% after hours anyway. The reason sits a few lines down the income statement. Building and running AI is expensive, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-06

Etsy is cutting 12% of its staff. It just beat forecasts and launched a $2bn buyback

Etsy beat Wall Street on revenue, raised its outlook, and told investors it would buy back $2bn of its own shares. Then it said it was cutting 12% of its staff. The craft marketplace announced a restructuring on Wednesday that removes roughly 220 roles, most of them in product and engineering, CNBC reported. That leaves […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-06

HeyGears G1 Series: See the first desktop full-color 3D & UV printer that can do it all

The HeyGears G1 Series combines features from industrial printers that would normally cost a small fortune into a desktop-sized machine that costs a fraction of the price. [...]

2026-08-06

Google Blogger locks out thousands of users after malware false positive

Google is aware of the situation and is working on a fix, it confirms as hundreds of bloggers report issues with their websites. [...]

2026-08-06

OpenAI says it stopped an Asian scam campaign hijacking ChatGPT to lure in victims

Multiple ChatGPT accounts were banned for being used in scam campaigns. [...]

2026-08-06

Security's AI advantage will go to the organizations already built for accountability

Enterprises racing to deploy AI should prioritize audit trails and governance over raw speed. [...]

2026-08-06

I've been using the Galaxy Z Fold 8 for two weeks - these two accessories perfect the experience

With the Galaxy Z Fold 8 as my main driver, these two accessories are must-haves (and one isn't even made by Samsung). [...]