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Nintendo Co. has asked suppliers to produce as many as 25 million units of the Switch 2 by the end of March 2026, setting the company up for record first-year sales of a console that’s already reached high-water marks for the global gaming sector. The Japanese company is asking its manufacturing partners to ramp up output, counting on demand to …

As fervor around stablecoins grows from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, one of the most high-profile new crypto projects has drummed up a massive coffer of funds to back its ambitious plans. Tempo, a payments-focused blockchain developed by the fintech giant Stripe and the blockchain venture firm Paradigm, has raised $500 million in fresh funding in a Series A round …

Nintendo has asked suppliers to build 25 million Switch 2 console by the end of March 2026, Bloomberg reported. According to people familiar with the matter, the company has requested the boost because it believes the console will continue its torrid sales pace through the holiday season. Nintendo could easily exceed its own forecast of 15 million Switch 2 units …

It’s hard to deny what Taylor Swift’s impact has done for local economies. Now let’s discuss what the megastar is doing for sea otters. When she wrote a lyric about friendship bracelets, bead box kits sold out as Swifties rushed to make their own one-of-a-kind designs to trade at Swift’s concerts. When the Eras Tour made its way across the country, small shops …

The United States Grand Prix takes place this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, and this morning, Formula 1 used the occasion to announce a new broadcast deal for the sport in the US. Starting next year, F1 will no longer be broadcast on ESPN—it’s moving to Apple TV in a five-year, $750 million deal. Apple boss …

Universal and Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2 dialed up $2.6 million in previews Thursday at 2,900 theaters from showtimes that began at 2 p.m. That’s just under the $3M the original 2021 movie pulled in before bowing to $23.6M. Black Phone 2 previews are in line with that of Paramount’s Smile 2, which opened in the same weekend a year ago …

The Tigers and superstar pitcher Tarik Skubal have a lot of work to do if they’re going to bridge quite possibly the biggest gap in MLB negotiating history: an estimated quarter of a billion dollars. Yep, that’s not a misprint. It’s close to $250 million. Word is, a year ago the Tigers offered Skubal well less than the $170M deal …

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Curt Cignetti’s new deal shows Indiana isn’t content with being known as just a basketball school. Indiana announced a new eight-year contract with its football coach worth at least $92.8 million on Thursday, rewarding him for pushing the Hoosiers into national championship contention in just two seasons. The school said the average annual compensation for Cignetti …

After months of negotiations over a rights deal, Apple and Formula 1 have finally waved the checkered flag. Apple and Formula 1 announced a five-year agreement under which all F1 races will be available exclusively on Apple TV in the U.S. beginning in 2026. According to Apple, it will deliver the Formula 1 programming with a “more dynamic and elevated …

A US governor took home $1.4m (£1m) in a gambling windfall last year, a copy of his recent tax filing shows. JB Pritzker is reported to have won the sum while playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas while on holiday with his wife and friends. The two-term Democrat already has a net worth of $3.9bn (£2.9bn), according to …