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Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
How Apple's extraordinary measures to keep its App Store commissions after the Epic v. Apple trial led to a civil contempt ruling and weakened its credibility  —  Court documents show the company commissioned a sham report and lied on the stand to justify its actions, which will cast a shadow over future lawsuits.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Epic Games says it has submitted Fortnite to the US App Store for review  —  Update: Epic Games says it has submitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store for review.  The ball is now in Apple's court to approve the app submission.  —  If Fortnite does return to the U.S. App Store this week, it won't be before Friday.
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Whoop launches Whoop 5.0, its latest screenless wearable, including a medical grade version with Healthspan, showing users how they are aging physiologically  —  It's appealing to non-athletes with more affordable subscriptions and more advanced health features like EKGs.
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Whoop sparks a backlash after asking its subscribers to pay to upgrade to 5.0, despite earlier promises of free hardware upgrades after six months of membership  —  Whoop promised members who'd been around at least six months would get free next-gen hardware.  Now, you'll have to pay.
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
Source: US DOL ended its probe into Scale AI's Fair Labor Standards Act compliance, after announcing a friendlier approach to classifying workers as contractors  —  The U.S. Department of Labor has dropped its investigation into Scale AI's compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act …
More: Reuters
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Rippling raised a $450M Series G at a $16.8B valuation, up from $13.4B during its $200M Series F in 2024; it is also conducting a $200M tender offer  —  HR tech startup Rippling has raised a $450 million Series G round at a $16.8 billion valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
MK Manoylov / The Block:
Coinbase Derivatives, the company's CFTC-regulated derivatives arm, launches 24/7 Bitcoin and Ethereum futures trading for retail and institutional users  —  - Coinbase Derivatives, the firm's CFTC-regulated derivatives arm, will provide round-the-clock futures contracts trading for retail and institutional users starting today.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Appfigures estimates Apple made $10.1B in revenue from US App Store commissions in 2024, up from $4.8B in 2020, $6.7B in 2021, $7.4B in 2022, and $8.8B in 2023  —  Over $10 billion — that's how much revenue Apple's U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures.
David K. Li / NBC News:
A US judged sentenced an Arizona man to the maximum 10.5 years in prison after his deceased victim gave the court an impact statement via an AI-generated video  —  The defendant got the maximum of 10½ years for the 2021 murder.  His attorney called the presentation “inflammatory,” providing grounds for appeal.
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Tech companies warn they may pull back from US investment pledges if Congress doesn't fully reinstate the R&D tax deduction pared back in Trump's 2017 tax bill  —  Major tech companies lobbying to salvage a tax deduction for research and development are warning they may pull …
Forums: Slashdot
Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Sources: Snowflake challenger ClickHouse is in talks to raise hundreds of millions led by Khosla Ventures at a $6B valuation, triple its valuation from 2021  —  Investors have reaped billions of dollars in gains from backing database software firms Snowflake and Databricks.

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CNBC:
James Cameron blasts Netflix's proposed acquisition of WBD, in a letter to Senator Mike Lee, calling it “disastrous for the theatrical motion picture business”

James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
After a backlash, AMC opts out of screening an AI short film during its pre-show, programmed by ad company Screenvision, before feature films

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Substack announces new tools to help writers use Polymarket data and adds Polymarket to its sponsorship pilot, prompting questions from some journalists

More News

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Huawei teases its first laptop running HarmonyOS 5, after its Windows license for PCs expired in March 2025, and plans a full reveal on May 19
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
Broadcom is sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, to push them to buy VMware product bundles
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta brings its Account Status feature to Threads, letting users see when the company has removed or demoted their posts or handed out other account penalties
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique that allows LLMs to develop advanced search capabilities via simulation, claiming it cuts costs by up to 88%
More: The Decoder, WinBuzzer, arXiv.org, and The Drum
Bluesky: @soodoku.  Mastodon: @koen_hufkens@mastodon.social.  X: @_akhaliq.  LinkedIn: Derrick Mwiti.  Forums: r/baba and Slashdot
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling it “racist” and “totally unconstitutional”

Earlier Picks

Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily:
Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $479.1M, vs. $469.3M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue of $500M to $501M, vs. $500.4M est.; NET jumps 5%+
Washington Post:
Senate hearing: Sam Altman says that requiring government approval to release AI would be “disastrous” for the US' lead in AI, a reversal from his 2023 comments
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Senate Democrats block the Genius Act for stablecoins after Republicans rebuffed barring Trump and others from profiting off of crypto ventures while in office
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out AI-powered defenses to help combat scams on Chrome, including by using Gemini Nano, its on-device LLM, in Enhanced Protection mode on desktop
Victoria Kennedy / Eurogamer.net:
Palworld developer Pocketpair says a 2024 update was due to “ongoing litigation” and a new update is “yet another compromise”, as it disputes Nintendo's claims
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