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Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk:
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy, blaming “increasingly stringent compliance obligations”  —  Bitcoin Depot, the largest bitcoin ATM operator in North America and publicly listed on Nasdaq, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Simon Sharwood / The Register:
In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds says “AI tools are great” but duplicate bug reports have made the security list “almost entirely unmanageable”  —  Multiple researchers using the same tools to find the same bugs are creating ‘unnecessary pain and pointless work’
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony is hiking the starting price of one-month and three-month PlayStation Plus subscriptions in “select regions”, blaming “ongoing market conditions”  —  One-month and three-month PlayStation Plus subscriptions are getting more expensive.
Theo Baker / New York Times:
A college senior at Stanford describes how AI has changed classes: cheating using AI “has become omnipresent” with students “fudging just about everything”  —  At Stanford University, where I am a senior, tech chief executives are something like rock stars.
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung's shares jumped as much as 6.7% after the company resumed talks with its union and a court partially granted an injunction against illegal union actions  —  Samsung Electronics Co.'s shares climbed more than 6% after its union signaled a willingness to negotiate and a local court granted …
Golnar Motevalli / Bloomberg:
Iranian media: Iran launches “Hormuz Safe”, a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies transiting the Strait of Hormuz; ~1,500 ships are trapped  —  Iran has started a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz …
John Markoff / New York Times:
Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized the industry's lax attitudes toward computer security and digital privacy, died on May 17 at the age of 93  —  For decades, he criticized the industry's lax attitudes toward both computer security and individual digital privacy.  And he developed solutions.
Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider:
Eric Schmidt faced loud boos during his University of Arizona commencement speech while discussing “rational” fears over the impact of AI and automation on jobs  —  - Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave the University of Arizona's commencement address this year.
Alessandra Ram / Wired:
How the AI industry's intense pressure to keep up and its financial rewards are creating “walls of resentment” between Silicon Valley workers and their spouses  —  Are you married to a man who's obsessed with AI?  I'm so, so sorry.  —  If i had to listen to another minute …
James Hunt / The Block:
Strategy acquired 24,869 bitcoin for ~$2.01B at an $80,985 average price from May 11 to May 17, taking its holdings to 843,738 BTC, or 4%+ of the total supply  —  Quick Take  — Strategy has purchased another 24,869 BTC for approximately $2.01 billion at an average price of $80,985 per bitcoin …
Financial Times:
Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial Stability Board on global financial system vulnerabilities found by Mythos, after a request by the FSB's Chair  —  US tech group will discuss capabilities of its new AI model with members of the Financial Stability Board
Emily Forgash / Bloomberg:
NextEra's $67B deal to buy Dominion, the largest utility merger in US history, signals a new era of utility consolidation to accommodate AI-driven power demand  —  NextEra Energy Inc. just announced the largest utility acquisition in US history, a $67 billion deal for rival Dominion Energy Inc. …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US authorities in recent months have issued multiple information requests to Kalshi and Polymarket, many tied to wagers on events in Iran and Venezuela  —  Regulators are seeking information from Kalshi and Polymarket over wagers tied to political events and military operations

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Rob Wile / NBC News:
President Trump's 2025 financial disclosures show $80M in income from settlements tied to his lawsuits against ABC, CBS, Meta, YouTube, and other companies

Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
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The Guardian:
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