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Inside the big business of the creator economy, with the agents making it happen
We’ve got another special episode of Decoder today, recorded at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in the South of France. I’m talking with Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky, who run the Creators...
Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year
Nintendo is making a new version of the Switch 2 with a replaceable battery in Europe - but its predecessor has a very different future. As part of an updated FAQ about revisions to Nintendo...
Can Partiful keep the party going?
One hundred dollars will buy you 8 pounds of glitter; 10 Domino's pizzas; 406 miniature disco balls from Temu; or 100 cans of Coors Light. For a friend's birthday party one year, Ayla D'Silva spent...
Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma at the Bloomberg Tech conference in June 2026. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees today, and more than 30 percent of the job losses are in the...
USB4 cables: When and why it’s worth paying more
They're for more than just fast charging.
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees
Satya Nadella in February 2026. | Photo by Sven Hoppe / picture alliance via Getty Images A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new...
Bentley teases the Torcal, its first electric vehicle
Bentley has confirmed that it will finally add an electric car to its exclusive lineup.
Your Ring camera isn’t stopping crime. But it might be making you paranoid.
This class of doorbell cameras, which includes Amazon-owned Ring, Google Nest Doorbell, and SimpliSafe, is marketed as a convenient means of seeing who’s at your door, a tool to catch burglars and...
The people next door
Yoo-hoo! Anyone home? Not everyone has a community, but nearly all of us have neighbors — which is why having good relationships with the people who live near you really matters. ...
Alibaba gets a reprieve from US Chinese military ban
A judge has ruled that the Pentagon must give Alibaba a reprieve over its placement on a Chinese military list.