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Nintendo's Switch two is showing some turbulence, with hardware sales down thirty seven percent year on year, but the company says its latest release is helping cushion that landing. President Shuntaro Furukawa told investors that Zelda Ocarina of Time is, in his words, off to a great start, though specific sales figures haven't been shared just yet.
Shifting from orbit to nostalgia, amateur radio operators in Oslo pulled off something genuinely remarkable. Working with Tanagra Space, they sent voice commands up to a European Space Agency satellite and got it to launch the nineteen ninety three game Doom. It took seven attempts across two groups, but on the final try, the satellite understood its assignment. Whether this counts as a productive use of space infrastructure is a question we'll leave open.
And back on Earth, a surge of interest in decade-old hardware is turning heads. Searches for the iPhone five C have jumped forty thousand five hundred percent in the past year, driven largely by Gen Z hunting for affordable retro camera alternatives. It's a charming trend, though security researchers are quick to note that running unsupported software in twenty twenty six carries real risks.
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