Wed. 04/02 – The Nintendo Switch 2
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🗓️ 2 April 2025
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All the details from the big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal this morning. Wikimedia says AI bots are increasing its costs by 50%. North Korean IT workers allegedy continue to go after remote IT jobs worldwide. Meta is reading its more ambitious, more expensive smartglasses for maybe later this year. And maybe the CoreWeave IPO wasn’t a bust?
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Links:
- Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S. (NYTimes)
- Everything announced at Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct (Polygon)
- AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50% (TechCrunch)
- North Korean IT worker army expands operations in Europe (BleepingComputer)
- How Meta’s Upcoming $1,000+ Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Work (Bloomberg)
- Stablecoin issuer Circle files for IPO as public markets open to crypto (CNBC)
- CoreWeave shares rip nearly 42% higher, rising above IPO price (CNBC)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the TechMean right home for Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. |
| 0:07.6 | I'm Brian McCullough today. |
| 0:09.0 | All the details from the big Nintendo Switch reveal this morning. |
| 0:11.9 | Wikimedia says AI bots are increasing its cost by 50%. |
| 0:15.6 | North Korean IT workers allegedly continue to go after remote IT jobs worldwide. |
| 0:20.7 | Meta is reading its more ambitious, more expensive smart glasses for maybe later this year, |
| 0:25.2 | and I just caught this. |
| 0:26.6 | Amazon made a bid for TikTok. |
| 0:28.7 | Here's what you missed today in the world of tech. |
| 0:34.3 | Breaking, breaking news. |
| 0:36.2 | Sources are telling the times that Amazon has put in a bid to acquire all of TikTok ahead of the April 5th deadline. |
| 0:42.8 | But various parties involved don't seem to be taking the bid seriously. |
| 0:46.5 | I have to say this would make a ton of sense for Amazon because they don't have a social network. |
| 0:51.0 | And you know how TikTok has been moving toward doing commerce on the platform? |
| 0:55.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:55.9 | Quote, the bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President J.D. Vance and Howard |
| 1:01.0 | Lutnik, the Commerce Secretary, according to a person briefed on the matter. |
| 1:04.4 | Amazon's bid highlights the 11th hour maneuvering in Washington over TikTok's ownership. |
| 1:08.5 | Policymakers in both parties have expressed deep national security |
| 1:11.2 | concerns over the app's Chinese ownership and passed a law last year to force a sale of TikTok that |
| 1:15.6 | was set to take effect in January. Mr. Trump is slated to meet with top White House officials |
| 1:20.0 | Wednesday to discuss TikTok's fate. People familiar with the talks have outlined a potential deal |
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