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Kinling Lo / Rest of World : Chinese startups are highlighting their roots instead of downplaying them as they grow overseas, fueled by the success of Chinese social media apps and DeepSeek   —  Following DeepSeek's rise, more Chinese companies are highlighting their roots as they expand overseas.

Logan Plant / IGN : Q&A with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser on Switch 2 pricing backlash, physical games' importance to its business despite Game-Key cards, and more   —  We also asked Bowser about Switch 2 Game-Key Cards, if Nintendo can meet demand in the U.S., and a lot more.

Bloomberg : How rapid advances in AI are helping Harvard's Galileo Project and other UFO research efforts process huge amounts of data in real time from multiple sources   —  Harvard's Galileo Project has brought high-end academic research to a once-fringe pursuit, and the Pentagon is watching.

Alana Yzola / Wired : A look at EA's attempts to shut down “anti-DEI” mods for The Sims 4, including one that changes LGBT and Black NPCs to straight and white   —  The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight.  And it's just the beginning.

The Kennedy Center is seeking to revamp its family-focused programming, including through offering more explicitly faith-based content that has often been left off the center's agenda. To kick off the new focus, the Kennedy Center will be holding a free family screening of the new Angel Studios animated movie "The King of Kings," which journeys through the life of Jesus from the viewpoint of a young boy who, throughout the movie, discovers the transformative power of faith. It is the first Jesus-centric show there since 2022.  The "King of Kings" screening, which will be held on Sunday, June 1, marks a shift to providing more pro-Christian content at the Kennedy Center.  According to the center, the only recent modern production that could be considered "Christian" was a 2022 showing of "Jesus Christ Superstar," a musical from the early 1970s that some critics (at least initially, such as the late Rev. Billy Graham) considered sacrilegiou...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : SEC filing: Los Angeles-based Moonvalley, which is developing AI tools for video creation, raised $53M, bringing its total funding to about $124M, per PitchBook   —  Roughly a month after Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based startup developing AI tools for video creation, said it secured $43 million …

President Donald Trump weighed in on the birthright citizenship case being argued in front of the Supreme Court Thursday, insisting the law originally was intended to benefit the descendants of slaves, not illegal immigrants.  "Birthright Citizenship was not meant for people taking vacations to become permanent Citizens of the United States of America, and bringing their families with them, all the time laughing at the ‘SUCKERS’ that we are!" Trump wrote in a post Thursday morning on his Truth Social platform as the arguments were being heard. "The United States of America is the only Country in the World that does this, for what reason, nobody knows – But the drug cartels love it!" Trump added that birthright citizenship, which was adopted as a constitutional amendment in 1868, was primarily intended to benefit the babies of slaves. SUPREME COURT TAKES ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: JUSTICES APPEAR OPEN TO CONSERVING STATUS QUO "It had nothing to do with Il...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Pinterest apologizes for a recent wave of mass account bans, saying “an internal error led to over-enforcement”   —  Pinterest has now publicly apologized for the wave of moderation issues that have swept across the social network over the past few weeks, leading to account bans …

Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell warned Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem that he has a "bullsh--- detector" during a heated exchange about a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran citizen who the Trump administration deported. Swalwell was grilling Noem about a photo of Abrego Garcia’s hand that shows alleged MS-13 tattoos during a Homeland Security budget hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. "I want you to have credibility and I want you to be taken seriously. Is this doctored or is it not?" Swalwell asked, referring to the photo that President Donald Trump shared on social media. Swalwell was asserting that the letters "M," "S" and the numbers "1" and "3" above the tattoos were edited onto the photo. Noem tried to respond, saying that the deportation of Abrego Garcia was based off an investigation, not a photo, but was interrupted by Swalwell. TRUMP'S REMARKS COULD COME BACK TO BITE...

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : Sources: Microsoft is set to stave off a possible hefty EU antitrust fine, after it unbundled Teams from Office in 2023, following a complaint by Slack in 2020   —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) is set to stave off a possible hefty antitrust fine as EU regulators are likely to accept an offer on its Office …

Bloomberg : Sources: Trump's admin mulls a deal to let UAE import 500K of the most advanced AI chips each year until 2027; one-fifth would go to G42, the others to US firms   —  - G42 would get 100,000 of best chips annually through 2027  — China hawks in Washington have raised security concerns

Ateev Bhandari / Reuters : American Bitcoin, a bitcoin miner backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, said it will list on the Nasdaq via an all-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining   —  American Bitcoin, a new bitcoin miner backed by U.S. President Donald Trump's two eldest sons, said on Monday it will list …

President Donald Trump announced he plans to sign an executive order on Monday that will reduce the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals "almost immediately, by 30% to 80%." Trump made the announcement on Truth Social Sunday. "For many years the World has wondered why Prescription Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the United States States of America were SO MUCH HIGHER IN PRICE THAN THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER NATION, SOMETIMES BEING FIVE TO TEN TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SAME DRUG, MANUFACTURED IN THE EXACT SAME LABORATORY OR PLANT, BY THE SAME COMPANY???" Trump wrote. "It was always difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or rightful answer.  MAHA CAUCUS MEMBER PLEDGES HEARINGS INTO ‘CORRUPTION’ OF A PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR ‘CAPTURED BY BIG PHARMA’ "The Pharmaceutical/Drug Companies would say, for years, that it was Research and Development Costs, and that all of these costs were, and would be, for no reason...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said a Worcester, Massachusetts city council member "incited chaos" when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a violent criminal illegal alien on Thursday. "District Councilor for the City of Worcester [Etel] Haxhiaj pulled a political stunt and incited chaos by trying to obstruct law enforcement. ICE officers and local police regained control of the situation and ICE arrested Ferreira de Oliveira," DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. "The previous administration’s open border policies allowed this criminal to illegally enter our country in August of 2022. Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem this criminal is off our streets." DHS went on to describe Oliveira as a "violent criminal alien." The agency said she was arrested by local police for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a pregnant woman. Tense video emerged over t...

Jo Constantz / Bloomberg : A look at “AI-native” startups, which integrate AI into their workflows and team structures, allowing them to operate with fewer employees and consolidate tasks   —  Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy is now trying to tame the bureaucracy this created, arguing the company needs …

Will Knight / Wired : Singapore unveils a blueprint for global collaboration on AI safety, developed in consensus with researchers and experts from the US, China, and other countries   —  In a rare moment of global consensus, AI researchers from the US, Europe, and Asia came together in Singapore to form a plan for researching AI risks.