Yesterday's Top Technology News

1. Enhanced efficacy of ipilimumab plus nivolumab in angiogenic subtypes of metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

In metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (mccRCC), choosing between immuno-oncology (IO) combinations and IO plus anti-VEGF therapies is uncertain. The BIONIKK trial revealed that ipilimumab plus nivolumab (Ipi/Nivo) achieved a 70% objective ...

2. Nintendo predicts 15mn Switch 2 sales in tariff-hit first year

Nintendo said on Thursday it expected to sell 15mn units of its new Switch 2 console in its current fiscal year, undercutting market expectations as the Japanese video game company warned that US tariffs could wipe “tens of billions of yen ...

3. TransField: Improving transformer efficiency and performance through conditional random fields

By enhancing the ability to capture semantic nuances in sentences, the TransField encoder was evaluated across five tasks: masked language modeling, machine translation, text classification, named entity recognition, and automatic speech recognition. The ...

4. Nintendo Expects Higher Annual Profit on Switch 2 Sales

The Japanese videogame maker behind Super Mario and Pokémon games said Thursday that net profit declined 43% to 278.81 billion yen, equivalent to $1.94 billion, for the fiscal year ended March. Advertisement.

5. Instacart CEO Fidji Simo to join OpenAI in new leadership role

i'll remain ceo of openai, but in this new configuration i'll be able to increase my focus on research, compute, and safety. these are critical as we approach superintelligence,” posted Altman on X on Thursday (May 8, 2025).

6. AI Is Draining Water From Areas That Need It Most

Bloomberg News found that about two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress. While these facilities are popping up all over the country, five states alone account for ...

7. Apple Eyes Adding AI Search to Replace Google, Ending Tech Giant Partnership

Apple is “actively looking at” revamping its Safari web browser to concentrate on artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engines and shift away from Google search, potentially creating a colossal shift in the mobile browser landscape.

8. Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge launch scheduled next week in India, to sport 200 MP camera

With the Galaxy S25 Edge, the South Korean electronics major aims to push for a portable and lightweight design phone infused with gen AI capabilities.

9. Whoop launches two new wearables with 14-day battery life

Whoop on Thursday announced two new wearable devices, called Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG. · The company is offering three membership tiers: Whoop One at $199, Whoop Peak at $239 and Whoop Life at $359.

10. Move over trees. Engineers turn manure into high-grade cellulose.

Poor cows. They get smeared with blame for causing an unseemly amount of climate-warming methane emissions. The waste they create is a growing pollution problem too. Farms produce more manure than they can use as fertilizer, and the biological matter ...

11. Google is using AI to identify scammy websites on Chrome when you click on them

Almost anyone who has used the internet has probably experienced that alarming moment when a window pops up claiming your device has a virus, encouraging you to click for tech support or download security software. It's a common online scam, ...

12. Forza Motorsport introduces public meetups in update

One quartet will become available every week, with the first leg consisting of Fujimi Kaido, Maple Valley, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and Sunset Peninsula Raceway.

13. WATCH: The drivers react to finding out their 'F1 25' game ratings

Think a Grand Prix is tense? Try waiting to see what rating you've been given on EA Sports' upcoming F1 25 game. Now that's tense! That's the ordeal the F1 drivers were put through recently as Chief Ratings Officer Ariana Bravo analysed whether the ...

14. National Academies Proposes NASA Contrail Research Agenda

In a wide-ranging report, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has laid out a set of research priorities for NASA to help achieve its goal of reducing aviation-induced cloudiness and persistent contrails.

15. The Way of the iPod: Apple's Eddy Cue Says the iPhone May Be Gone in 10 Years

The Apple SVP says the company needs to stay nimble as new technologies like AI may ultimately kill its most profitable products. ... One of Apple's most senior execs has suggested its most popular product may be obsolete within a decade.

16. You have less than 60 days to potentially cash in on Apple's $95 million Siri settlement. Here's what to do.

The lawsuit accused Apple of obtaining private communications via Siri without user consent. The settlement confirmed a July 2 deadline to submit claims. Attention, US-based residents of the Apple ecosystem ...

17. Dark sky tour guide on the best night sky locations

Scientists estimate that 80% of the world's population lives under a light-polluted sky, and a third can't even see the Milky Way. A desire to experience the kind of night sky I get to see at Mum and Dad's is driving a new kind of travel experience ...

18. Google AI chatbot, Gemini, to be available to Aussie kids under 13 within months

Experts were alarmed, with some calling for a ban on AI chatbots for children, similar to the teen social media ban passed into law last year. abc.net ...

19. Microsoft debuts lower-end Surface devices to push AI tools

Microsoft is rolling out two lower-end versions of its main Surface devices in a bid to drum up interest in computers that can take advantage of the company's artificial intelligence tools and better compete with Apple's range of slim devices.

20. NYT Strands May 8 answers, spangram and hints: Full guide to today's “Well, fancy that!” puzzle #431

Whether you're a daily solver or just curious, this breakdown includes clues, hints, and starter words to help you solve the entire board. This guide covers everything you need to crack Strands #431 with ease. Dive in and get ahead of the game with our ...