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Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch : Tokyo-based Gitai, which develops a robotic arm and a robotic rover for in-space applications, raised a ~$30M Series B extension led by Global Brain Corporation   —  There is a groundswell of commercial space initiatives focused on the moon, with established companies and newer upstarts …

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal : A profile of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, credited with bulking up its ad and subscription businesses while seeking to crack down on dangerous and misleading videos   —  Neal Mohan goofs around with creators and woos advertisers to the platform's short videos and TV offerings

Sen. Lindsey Graham , R-S.C., vowed Monday he would do everything within his power to "undo" the bipartisan debt ceiling bill and the "disaster" he said it would be for America's defense. "I will use all powers available to me in the Senate to have amendment votes to undo this catastrophe for defense," Graham wrote on Twitter . "I support raising the debt limit for 90 days to give us a chance to correct this disaster for defense."  "Have total disgust for political leaders’ decision to make it remotely possible to gut our national security apparatus at a time of great peril. Take this absurd idea off the table," he added. REPUBLICAN WIN ON THE DEBT CEILING: HERE'S WHY HOUSE GOP SHOULD SUPPORT DEAL Earlier in the afternoon, he repeated criticism he leveled against the defense spending aspects of the deal on Sunday, calling it "welcome news to China," and suggested it ran counter to Democrats' and Republicans...

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech : Arm transitions to a comprehensive 64-bit platform with new mobile CPU core designs Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-A520, built on its Armv9.2 architecture   —  Throughout the world, if there's one universal constant in the smartphone and mobile device market, it's Arm.

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached a much-awaited budget detail, averting a potentially catastrophic U.S. default just days ahead of a June 5 deadline.  Both sides are expected to point to some victories in the bill. President Biden said Sunday the bill "represents a compromise, which means no one got everything they wanted."  The House released the 99-page text of the deal Sunday evening. READ THE TEXT HERE: The agreement would keep nondefense spending roughly flat in the 2024 fiscal year and increase it by 1% the following year, as well as provide for a 2-year debt-limit increase.  The agreement would fully fund medical care for veterans at the levels included in Biden's proposed 2024 budget blueprint, including a fund dedicated to veterans who have been exposed to toxic substances or environmental hazards. Biden sought $20.3 billion for the toxic exposure fund in his budget and Republican negotiators ensured Sunday that funding was le...

President Biden said Sunday the bipartisan budget agreement reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has taken the "threat of catastrophic default off the table."  The final agreement, reached earlier Sunday, comes with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default.   "[The deal] represents a compromise, which means no one got everything they wanted. But that’s the responsibility of governing," Biden said. "The agreement prevents the worst possible crisis and default for the first time in our nation’s history."  When asked what he had to say to members of his own party who said he needed to make concessions in the deal, Biden said: "They'll find, I didn't."  SCHUMER PRAISES BIDEN FOR MAKING DEAL WITH MCCARTHY, TELLS SENATE TO PREPARE FOR WEEKEND VOTE The days ahead will determine whether Washington is again able to narrowly avoid a default on U.S. debt, as it has done many times before, or whether the global ...

Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal : Analysts and others say Wind Information, described as a Chinese alternative to Bloomberg terminal, is limiting international users' access to some information   —  E-commerce shopping trends, satellite images are no longer available to foreign users of Wind