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Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Epic's new motion asks a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US App Store, calling Apple's continued refusal contempt of court  —  As reported by Mark Gurman, Epic's petition reads: … In the document, Epic also makes a point to mention Tim Cook's testimony at trial, in which he said:
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Epic Games says that Apple rejected its latest Fortnite submission to the US App Store and the game on iOS will be “offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it”
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.
Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters:
Jensen Huang says Nvidia's next chip for China will not be from the Hopper series following US restrictions on Hopper H20 chip sales to China  —  Nvidia is evaluating how to address the China market after the U.S. government placed limits on sales of its Hopper H20 chip there but will not put …
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Sources: White House and lawmakers are scrutinizing Apple's plan to use Alibaba's AI on iPhones in China, over concerns about data sharing, censorship, and more  —  The Trump administration and congressional officials have raised concerns about a deal to put a Chinese company's artificial intelligence on iPhones.
Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal:
MIT says it no longer stands behind a widely circulated research paper by its student that claimed an AI tool boosted discoveries in a materials science lab  —  The university says it has no confidence in a widely circulated paper by an economics graduate student
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.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
What to expect at Google I/O 2025: an updated Gemini Ultra model, updates for Android 16, Project Astra AI assistant, and Project Mariner AI agents, and more  —  Google I/O, Google's biggest developer conference of the year, is nearly upon us.  —  Scheduled for May 20 to 21 …
Bloomberg:
Deep dive on the evolution of Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI, from its $1B investment in 2019 through Copilot rollouts and ChatGPT's launch to present day  —  Nervous customers and a volatile partnership with OpenAI are complicating things for Satya Nadella and the world's most valuable company.
Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine:
A look at AI companies' lobbying push, as well as the GOP's pitch, for the amendment to ban state-level AI regulation, added to the budget reconciliation bill  —  Inside the effort to de-democratize AI  —  Today, we dive deep into the GOP's radical campaign to ban US states from passing any laws that govern AI.
Washington Post:
Big Tech companies are firing staff who organize protests and rejecting petitions, even as a poor job market discourages worker activism, once ubiquitous in SV  —  A tighter labor market and lower corporate tolerance have stifled once boisterous employee input on controversies over company policy, AI safety and the Israel-Gaza war.

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CNN:
CNN employees and viewers have serious concerns about whether Ellison will uphold CNN's editorial independence amid severe political pressure

Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Equalpride, parent company of LGBTQ+ outlets like Out and The Advocate, cuts staff, including the EICs of Pride.com and The Advocate

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Audiobook Charts in the US and the UK, which will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre

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