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Column: From playing cards to ‘Pokémon Go,’ Nintendo thrives on its 135th anniversary

Column: From playing cards to ‘Pokémon Go,’ Nintendo thrives on its 135th anniversary

Lily Cooper, new staff October 21, 2024

In 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi started designing playing cards in a small shop in Kyoto. Over the next 135 years, this business venture would grow, evolve and transform into one of the biggest gaming companies in the world: Nintendo.  The cards Yamauchi created were known as...

Column: Are Instagram teen accounts actually safer?

Column: Are Instagram teen accounts actually safer?

Sarah Pyrce, news correspondent October 16, 2024

Instagram recently updated its guidelines for users under 18, rolling out a set of changes Sept. 17 intended to limit the negative effects of social media on minors. Coined “Teen Accounts,” these changes include setting all minors’ accounts to private by default, muting...

A student examines the content preferences page in Instagram's settings. Instagram started limiting “political” and “social” content for users by default in mid-March with no announcement.

A new update to Instagram is putting politics on pause

Devyn Rudnick, news correspondent April 23, 2024

When asked how they consume the news, 16-year-old high school student Emma Israel, 22-year-old community college student Aubrianna Rin and 18-year-old Northeastern business administration major Alexis Matthews all said the same thing: Instagram. These three Gen Zers are not...

An Apple Vision Pro on display in the Apple store at 815 Boylston St. Officially for sale Feb. 2, the device marked Apple’s first new product category to launch since AirPods in 2016.

Review: I tried the Apple Vision Pro so you don’t have to

Ethan Wayne, news staff March 11, 2024

Mention “virtual reality” at an Apple Store today, and an employee may quickly correct you. Spatial computing is Apple’s newest technological venture, marking its entry into the mixed-reality industry. It is the company’s first product category to launch since Airpods...

Customers line up outside the Apple store at 815 Boylston St. This year's iPhone launch included the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Unique features, shipping concerns compel locals to snag new iPhones on launch day

Jake Guldin, lifestyle editor October 2, 2023

Dedicated Bostonians swarmed the Apple Store on Boylston Street Sept. 22, forming a lengthy line that wrapped around the building’s pristine exterior in the hopes of securing the latest iPhone on the day of its release. Unveiled Sept. 12, Apple’s 2023 phone lineup —...

The audience waits for a presentation and panel on Web3 and blockchain’s potential in creative industries. Berklee College of Music hosted the event, which was open to students and the public.

Technology experts, musicians and artists discuss transformative potential of blockchain at Berklee panel

Sundararaman Rengarajan, photo staff March 24, 2023

Berklee College of Music hosted an "All Access: Music + Web3" presentation and panel March 8, in which industry experts, musicians and blockchain developers gathered to explain the potential of blockchain technology in the music industry. Blockchain is a secure and shared digital...