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5 min readNintendo has raised the price of its Switch 2 console to $500 from $450, effective September 1, citing pressures from a global memory shortage, material cost surges, U.S. tariffs, and elevated shipping costs tied to the war in Iran. The company expects these factors to impact profits by around 100 billion yen and forecasts selling 16.5 million units through next March—down from 19.9 million sold by March's end, despite the device's record-fast sales pace driven partly by tariff fears. Nintendo anticipates leaning on software sales for revenue, as hardware margins weaken; a Star Fox remake is slated for summer, but game sales haven't accelerated post-June launch. Shares have fallen 30% this year, marking the worst run in a decade, with analysts noting the conservative guidance underscores broader macro challenges.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:34) **Episode Intro** - Host Brian McCullough teases top tech stories including Nintendo price hike, Canvas hack, insecure AI apps, and Mozilla bug fixes
- 2 (01:55) **Nintendo Switch 2 Price Hike** - Nintendo raises Switch 2 price to $500 from $450 due to global memory shortages and tariffs
- 3 (03:25) **Nintendo Game Lineup Outlook** - Star Fox remake announced but broader challenges persist with GTA 6 favoring Sony PS5
- 4 (04:25) **Shiny Hunters Canvas Attack** - Cybercrime group defaces Canvas login, demands ransom for data from 275M users at 9K institutions
- 5 (07:22) **Insecure AI-Coded Web Apps** - Over 5,000 apps built with tools like Lovable, Replit, Base44 expose sensitive data due to no authentication
- 6 (11:53) **Mozilla Methos Bug Fixes** - Anthropic's Methos AI identifies 423 Firefox security fixes in April vs. 31 prior year, including decade-old bugs
- 7 (15:14) **Elon Musk X Investigation** - French probe summons Musk and Yaccarino over algorithmic manipulation and Grok-enabled deepfakes
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Show Notes
Nintendo raised the Switch 2 price to $500 amid a global memory shortage. ShinyHunters forced Canvas offline during finals season. Researchers found 5,000+ insecure vibe-coded apps, Mozilla credits Mythos for 423 Firefox bug fixes in April, and France escalates its Musk probe.
- Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 globally on September 1, from $450 to $500 in the US, and the price of the original Switch in Japan (Bloomberg)
- Instructure disables its Canvas edtech platform, used by thousands of schools, universities, and companies, amid a data extortion attack claimed by ShinyHunters (Krebs on Security)
- Researchers: 5,000+ web apps built using AI coding tools like Lovable, Base44, and Replit have little to no authentication, and ~40% exposed sensitive data (Wired)
- Mozilla says Anthropic's Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify and ship 423 Firefox security bug fixes in April, compared to 31 a year earlier (TechCrunch)
- French prosecutors escalate an investigation into Elon Musk and X, focused on alleged algorithmic manipulation and sexual deepfakes, to a criminal probe (CNBC)
Longreads
- Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explains why there's a 60%+ chance of AI systems autonomously building their successors by 2029 and the consequences of automated AI R&D (Import AI)
- How Delta SkyMiles and airline loyalty programs turned carriers into fintech companies with wings, and why most airlines couldn't survive without them (NY Mag)
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