Just like PlayStation a few months ago and the Xbox platform last spring, Nintendo’s Twitter sharing features are disappearing as the X API lockdown tightens. (The send friend requests to social media from your Switch feature is also going away.)

The X Gaming account claims “Our partnership with Nintendo remains strong,” so we’ll see which integrations end up on the “Switch 2.”

Bloomberg reports that Cook is likely sticking around Apple for “at least another three years.”

The top of the (speculative) list to replace him has long been Apple COO Jeff Williams, but interest has apparently shifted to Apple’s hardware engineering leader, John Ternus. Ternus is a decade younger than Williams, and he could be expected to hold the role for longer.

The employees, who are represented by the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, will hold a vote this Saturday on whether or not to go on strike. The union says Apple hasn’t addressed workers’ concerns despite “persistent efforts to engage in constructive and meaningful dialogue.”

Ahead of Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings report on Thursday, Bloomberg reports that the company may announce more layoffs and raise prices on its Max streaming service, which already costs $9.99 per month with ads.

The lyrics to Hole’s Malibu, but also a fitting coda for the Chevy Malibu, that is ending production later this year. GM says it will shift resources to EVs, but you know it and I know it, it’s just another sedan sacrificed on the alter of big trucks and SUVs.

We knew one was coming, but apparently it’s coming soon. Tomorrow at 3PM ET, the company will “get hyped about new impending ROG Ally hardware” on this live YouTube stream. Here are the other teases we’ve recently seen.

Even though Apple is steering Windows users toward its new Apple Music app, it’s still pushing updates to its aging iTunes app on the operating system. The new iTunes version 12.13.2 fixes an exploit that could cause “unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution.”

Product reviews attributed to AI-generated authors have appeared on sites for the The Los Angeles Times, Us Weekly, and many other outlets, according to a new report by Futurism.

The content was produced by AdVon Commerce, a digital marketing firm that was behind the Sports Illustrated and Gannett and USA Today AI debacles, as I reported previously.

Bloomberg reports that Kerr, who has been with Apple since 1999, has informed the company that he plans on leaving. Kerr worked on the same team as designer Jony Ive and helped develop “several generations” of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Other members of Ive’s team, including hardware designer Evans Hankey, have also left Apple following Ive’s departure in 2019.

The indie rock icon, Steely Dan hater, and prolific shitposter died of a heart attack. Among the records he engineered were Nirvana’s In Utero and Pixies’ Surfer Rosa. Here’s Albini on the recording industry in 1993, and a more recent feature on his growth since then.

Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) J.D. Vance (R-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) are pushing for an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill to create more funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program. It would tighten eligibility for the subsidy, but would keep it from running out of money just yet.

The gaming handheld and mini-PC maker describes the Zune-brown and RGB dial-clad unit as a “Multifunction Graphics Dock,” but is holding details for a “Sharing Session” on May 18th at 3AM ET, as reported by VideoCardz.

Mobile graphics docks are slowly coming to market, including AMD 7600M XT-powered ones like the GPD G1 and the ONEXGPU (which can both connect with Oculink), and the RTX 4090-powered ROG XG Mobile.

Binance posted a blog in which Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng claimed Binance was approached about a “secret” payment “to make these issues go away.” Nigerian officials reject these claims in the strongest terms.

Anbernic is the biggest name in affordable emu-portables. Many mimic a Game Boy — but the RG35XXSP is first to tackle the beloved folding Game Boy Advance SP.

It’s got dual microSD slots, a headphone jack, Bluetooth 4.2 and “5G WIFI,” plus HDMI output to your TV. Transparent shells, too! No price yet, but Retro Dodo says it’s imminent.

Remember when Nintendo went through a weird-but-cool phase where it made a bunch of classic games like Super Mario Bros., Tetris, F-Zero, and Pac-Man into online battle royale multiplayer games? Well now it’s Sega’s turn with Sonic. Sonic Rumble, coming winter of this year, lets you and 31 other players compete in a race to the finish. Dodge obstacles and traps, collect coins, and be the first to cross the finish line.

The digital illustration app has a new AI Disturbance feature that applies a “noise” layer to images to prevent generative AI models from accurately interpreting their art style.

It’s similar to Glaze, one of several tools that artists are utilizing to protect their work from generative AI mimicry, but without the hassle of jumping to separate software — something that may inspire rivaling art apps.

Universal could have pulled off one of the funniest bits possible by releasing Twisters — a movie about swirling vortexes of earth, wind, and fire — on September 21st. But film’s latest trailer is a reminder that studios hate fun, and Twisters is out July 19th.