Nintendo likes to do things its own way. No pre-planned event with advance warning for media and fans, no glitzy presentation with excitable execs onstage and artfully shot promo films starring celebrities. No, the official reveal of the boringly named Nintendo Switch 2 was instead conducted via a teaser trailer on YouTube.
In two minutes and 21 seconds it answered a few questions, confirmed a few rumors, and left us with plenty still to learn about the follow-up to one of the best-selling consoles of all time. And you know what? That’s fine. Anticipation has its own virtues, and I’ll be eagerly awaiting more nuggets of information about the Switch 2 over the coming days and weeks.
You can expect a rather different experience at Samsung Unpacked next week. Not only is there not much left to learn about the Galaxy S25 series – which we can be fairly confident will be revealed on Wednesday – but you can also be sure that the launch will be everything the Switch unveiling was not.
TikTok users will also have been anticipating news this week – albeit with trepidation rather than excitement – from the US Supreme Court. It’s still unclear whether the social media app will indeed be banned this weekend, but at the time of writing it looks likely – follow our live blog linked below for the very latest.
Still, if it is banned you can console yourself by spending some extra time with that older form of entertainment, TV. I’ll be devouring the first episode of Severance season 2 on Apple TV Plus tonight, then rewatching Twin Peaks for the 11th time in honor of the late, great David Lynch. That’s a better way to spend your time than on TikTok anyway, trust me.
The long-rumored Nintendo Switch 2 has finally been officially unveiled, more than eight years after the original model was announced – though Nintendo has yet to reveal a detailed list of specs for the console, or (crucially) how much it will cost.
TikTok could shut down as soon as this Sunday in the US, after the Supreme Court upheld a ban on the app: follow the latest developments at our live blog, and find out everything you need to know about the looming ban in the articles linked below.
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, has been sharing some predictions about the way AI is heading – and he reckons the next-level breakthrough known as artificial general intelligence, or superintelligence, could arrive before the end of this year.
Samsung will take the wrappers off the Galaxy S25 series next week, and we're expecting a lot of new AI features at the same time – with fresh leaks pointing to an improved Sketch to Image tool, smarter notification summaries, better video capture, and more.
Need something to queue up on your favorite streaming service this weekend? We've got options across all of the big streaming platforms, including a return to the mystery basements of Lumon Industries in Severance season 2 on Apple TV Plus.
