On April 2, 2025, Nintendo announced the Nintendo Switch 2 will launch on June 5, 2025, with a starting price of $449.99 and a bundle including Mario Kart World for $499.99. The console features a 7.9-inch 1080p 120Hz screen, 4K upscaling, enhanced Joy-Con controllers, and 256GB storage, with preorders starting April 8th/9th, and a lineup of new games and enhanced editions.

On April 2, 2025, it was noted that the Switch 2 features a new 7.9-inch 1080p screen, highlighting its 120Hz panel with variable refresh rate (VRR) and wider HDR color, although it is not an OLED.

On April 2, 2025, it was mentioned that the new Joy-Cons for the Switch 2 are bigger, attach via magnets, and can be used like a mouse, with a question raised about potential stick drift.

On April 2, 2025, a CNET survey revealed that gamers are largely anticipating the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, but their primary concern is the device's price.

On April 2, 2025, it was noted that Nintendo’s official wireless GameCube controller for the Switch 2 has rechargeable batteries but a small ZL button.

On April 2, 2025, Nintendo announced several games for the Nintendo Switch 2, including a new Donkey Kong, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Hollow Knight: Silksong for 2025, and The Duskbloods from FromSoftware in 2026.

On April 2, 2025, Nintendo announced significant upgrades to the Nintendo Switch 2 online services, including a new Discord-like system called GameChat (available in open access until March 31, 2026), a redesigned Nintendo Switch App, and the addition of GameCube games to the premium Expansion Pack tier.

On April 2, 2025, space solar startup Aetherflux announced it raised $50 million in a Series A round to launch its first low Earth orbit demonstration in 2026, aiming to collect and transmit solar energy to Earth.

On April 2, 2025, DeepMind published a paper predicting AGI could emerge by 2030, potentially leading to severe harm, and discussed its approach to mitigating risks associated with AGI, contrasting it with other AI labs.

On April 2, 2025, it was announced that MediaTek's next chip will empower Chromebooks to be AI Agent Ready.

On April 2, 2025, Actively AI announced it raised $22.5M in funding to offer sales 'superintelligence,' using a combination of in-house models and popular reasoning models from OpenAI and Anthropic.

As of April 2, 2025, Taxo, a YC-backed startup, had raised $5 million claiming it had built a "reasoning engine" for slashing paperwork in healthcare and said it had passed $1 million ARR in six months.

On April 2, 2025, Parasail, a startup founded in 2023, officially launched its on-demand GPU platform, having already secured $10 million in seed funding and partnered with clients like Elicit, Weights & Biases, and Rasa.

Published on April 2, 2025, the article discusses the impact of AI on software development, noting that while AI tools increase code production, they also lead to more errors and less code refactoring.

On April 2, 2025, an article discusses the performance of electric vehicles in cold weather, based on testing in the Arctic.