Technology News for Thursday 5th June 2025

1. No Man's Sky Beacon update offers massive free Switch 2 edition upgrade - Are we getting multiplayer?

Hello Games has announced a free Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade for No Man's Sky, set to launch alongside the console on June 5. Existing Switch owners will receive enhanced graphics, higher frame rates, and new features at no extra cost.

2. Go Virtual with Porygon2 in Mass Outbreaks and 7-Star Tera Raid Battles

Experience the cutting edge of Pokémon science as Porygon2 arrives in a mass outbreak event and a Tera Raid Battle event, both running concurrently from 5 June 2025 at 00:00 UTC to 15 June 2025 at 23:59 UTC.

3. Nintendo Switch 2 launch, after an 8 year wait, draws big lines

TOKYO -- Eager customers lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance in Tokyo on Thursday to collect their pre-ordered Nintendo Switch 2 video game consoles. The much anticipated Switch2 is an upgrade to its eight-year-old predecessor with new ...

4. OnePlus Pad 3 announced with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 12140 mAh battery

OnePlus Pad 3 comes with a 13.2 inches display with a 3.4k resolution, 12-bit colour depth and pixel density of 315 PPI, and 7:5 aspect ratio. It has an all-metal unibody design.

5. No Man's Sky – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition

Multiplayer - Meet other Travellers and discover, build, and fight together. Enhanced visuals - Explore a more beautiful, higher-resolution universe. Settlements - Become Overseer of growing planetary settlements.

6. Keep your family's experiences fun and safe with the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app

Set gaming restrictions right from the app, check out what games they're playing (and for how long), and access more options to support your parenting style. You can also use the app to manage GameChat**—a brand-new communication feature that's exclusive ...

7. AI just found the best ingredients for green concrete

We use around 30 billion tonnes of concrete every year. That gigantic number bears an equally gigantic carbon footprint. Producing cement, the glue that holds concrete together, is responsible for more than 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

8. CD Projekt launches Cyberpunk 2077 game on Nintendo Switch 2

"We expect that this could be one of the most popular 3rd party games at the launch of the new console", Trigon DM analyst Grzegorz Balcerski said in a note to clients. The price ...

9. CORRECTING and REPLACING Power Up Your Play With Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World Launching Today

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser sells the very first Nintendo Switch 2 system to an eager fan following the midnight system launch at Nintendo NEW YORK in Rockefeller Plaza. Nintendo Switch 2, the ...

10. Hundreds stand in line for hours at Best Buy in Cary for midnight launch of Nintendo Switch 2

Eager gamers and nostalgic fans lined up outside the Best Buy in Cary, some waiting over 14 hours, to be among the first to snag the newly launched Nintendo Switch 2 and exclusive Mario Kart World game.

11. Physicists observe a new form of magnetism for the first time

Spiral magnetic order (light blue arrows) on the triangular lattice of NiI2 (black spheres represent Ni atoms) enables electrically switchable (white jagged lines) p-wave magnetism. Spin-up (orange dots) ...

12. What the Tech: Strengths of each AI tool

Our Consumer Technology Reporter Jamey Tucker takes a deep dive into the world of AI to see which tool does what best. Facebook · Twitter · WhatsApp · SMS · Email; Print; Copy article link; Save. Watch 2 News ...

13. How to Watch a Japanese Company Try to Land on the Moon's Surface

When is the moon landing, and how can I watch it? Resilience, also known as the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander, is scheduled to land at 3:17 p.m. Eastern time Thursday ...

14. Researchers uncover possible iPhone spyware campaign inside US

Researchers published new findings that they fear could be the first evidence of an active spyware campaign targeting iPhones in the U.S. and the European Union. Why it matters: iPhones tied to people in an EU member state's government, U.S. political ...

15. Alo Yoga store targeted by burglars on Chicago's Mag Mile

Police are investigating a burglary at the Alo store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile early Thursday morning. Around 4:30 a.m., the Chicago Police Department said four men broke the side door of the business, leaving glass shattered on the sidewalk in the ...

16. Nintendo lovers wait in long lines ahead of Switch 2 release

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — While you were sleeping, die-hard gamers stuck it out in the rain, waiting hours to get their hands on the hottest new toy. Some people literally lined up for days for a Nintendo Switch Two. The craze has taken over the globe ...

17. A private company wants to build a city on the moon. But it has to land a probe first

ispace will make its second attempt at an uncrewed moon landing Thursday. ... Crucial step toward building moon colonyA private space exploration company based in Japan, ispace, wants to see people living on the moon by 2040.

18. Scientists create 'world's smallest violin'

A diagram indicating the size of the violin through a microscope · A black line demonstrating a human hair, with a small white speck showing the size · Prof Kelly Morrison (left) with Dr Naëmi Leo, in front of the Loughborough ...

19. Utah Student Robotics win NASA's Aretemis Grand Prize

Each year, NASA hosts the Lunabotics Challenge, tasking college teams with building a prototype lunar rover and piloting it on a simulated mission. The goal is to engage students in the next phase of human space exploration, supporting the Artemis ...

20. See Nintendo fans across the globe nab the Switch 2 during the midnight release

Musicians play at a Fnac Darty store during a launch event of the Nintendo Switch 2 game console as Nintendo starts selling the new consoles globally, in Paris, France June 5, 2025. Benoit Tessier, ...

21. The Nintendo Switch 2 launches today. Here's what to know

A man buys a Nintendo Switch 2 gaming device as Nintendo starts selling the new consoles globally, at an electronics store in Tokyo, Japan, on June 5. Issei Kato/Reuters.

22. Ultrafast tunable photonic-integrated extended-DBR Pockels laser

Frequency-agile lasers that can simultaneously feature low noise characteristics and fast mode-hop-free frequency tuning are keystone components for applications ranging from LiDAR and distributed sensing to communication and quantum information ...

23. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Arrives on Nintendo Switch™ 2 Today!

CD PROJEKT RED proudly announces Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is available now on Nintendo Switch 2, bringing the game to Nintendo players for the first time with exciting new ways to play — including motion and mouse controls, gyro aiming, ...

24. Your 5 most burning questions about the new Nintendo Switch 2, answered

A man purchases a gaming console. Darrell Zimmer purchases a Nintendo Switch 2 console at a midnight opening of a Best Buy in Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images).

25. Google's CEO Is Spending His Free Time 'Vibe Coding' a Webpage with AI: 'I've Just Been Messing Around'

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is "vibe coding" his way to a website, using AI coding tools to build a custom webpage. Pichai said that he had "partially" completed the webpage, and that coding had "come a long way" from its early days.