Nintendo Switch Becomes Best-Selling Console, Waymo Raises $16 Billion, and Other Tech News
Nintendo's Switch surpassed the DS to become the company's best-selling console of all time, while Waymo secured a $16 billion investment to expand its robotaxi business globally. In other news, China implemented new safety rules banning hidden car door handles, Adobe announced the discontinuation of Adobe Animate, and two Stanford students launched a $2 million startup accelerator.
The Nintendo Switch reached 155.37 million units sold as of December 31, 2025, overtaking the DS handheld's 154.02 million units, according to Nintendo's latest earnings release. The Switch, launched in 2017, achieved this milestone 12 years after the DS was discontinued, according to The Verge.
Waymo announced a $16 billion investment round to expand its robotaxi business to more US cities and overseas markets. The funding round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, according to The Verge. Waymo's co-CEOs stated in a blog post that they would use some of the money to buy more vehicles to grow its fleets.
In China, new safety rules published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will require all cars sold in the country to have mechanical releases on their door handles. The new rules, set to take effect on January 1, 2027, will prohibit the hidden, electronically actuated door handles popularized by Tesla and now found on numerous other electric vehicles in China, according to TechCrunch. Each door (excluding the tailgate) must be equipped with a mechanically released external door handle, and vehicles must also have a mechanical release on the interior of the vehicle.
Adobe announced it would discontinue its 2D animation software, Adobe Animate, on March 1, 2026, as the company focuses on AI. The company issued an update to its support site and sent emails to existing customers, according to TechCrunch. Enterprise customers can continue to receive technical support through March 1, 2029, to ease the transition, while other customers will have support through March of next year. The decision has been met with disappointment and anger among Adobe Animate users, who are concerned about the lack of alternatives that mirror Animate's functionality.
Two Stanford students announced they had raised $2 million for an accelerator program called Breakthrough Ventures, which aims to fund businesses founded by college students and recent graduates nationwide. Roman Scott and Itbaan Nafi began building the accelerator program after hosting a series of popular Demo Days at Stanford starting in 2024 and decided to expand it after students were achieving success, according to TechCrunch. "This fundraise turns Breakthrough from just being a seasonal accelerator into a lifelong partnership with our founders," Nafi, who is still a masters candidate at Stanford, told TechCrunch.
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