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More US states are rolling out subsidies for satellite connectivity in rural areas, including some that have funded programs that exclusively subsidize Starlink (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

Texas enacts an online child-safety bill requiring app stores verify users' ages and secure parental approval before minors can get most apps or make IAPs (Bloomberg)

Techmeme

N64 games get exclusive Switch 2 features to up the nostalgia

Polygon - All

This Escaped New Orleans Inmate's Grandmother Might've Just Become the Most Unexpected Accomplice, Here's Why

The Root

‘Real talk…No’: Tekken 8 players still livid after Fahkumram gameplay, Armor King reveal

Polygon - All

If algorithms radicalize a mass shooter, are companies to blame?

The Verge - All Posts

Sources: Neuralink raised $600M at a $9B pre-money valuation; PitchBook: the company was valued at $3.5B in late 2023 (Liz Hoffman/Semafor)

Techmeme

Diddy's Ex-Employee Breaks Down the Horrifying Details That Led to His Federal Kidnapping Charge

The Root

A Qualcomm-funded report says Android phones with Qualcomm modems priced similarly to the iPhone 16e with a C1 modem downloaded 5G data up to 35% faster in NYC (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Switch 2 packaging is probably going to confuse people, retail workers say

Polygon - All

Remakes of the first two Dragon Quest games launch in October

The Verge - All Posts

Davy x Jones looks like Doom with pirates, in a good way

Polygon - All

Meet Tiffanie Barriere: The Drinking Coach Making History at the NYSE

The Root

The best Memorial Day deals you can still grab

The Verge - All Posts

Nintendo partners with third-party websites to stop Switch 2 scalpers

The Verge - All Posts

‘You On The Apps?’ Heralds Beginning Of World’s Bleakest Conversation

The Onion

Mistral launches an API for agents, which can run code, make images, access docs, search the web, and "hand off" to other agents, similar to OpenAI's offerings (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

Techmeme

Memo: Meta reorganizes its AI teams into an AI products team and AGI Foundations; FAIR remains separate but one specific FAIR team is moving to AGI Foundations (Ina Fried/Axios)

Techmeme

What time does Black Ops 6 season 4 release?

Polygon - All

Checkers Employee Accused of Killing a Drive Thru Customer, His Reason Will Make You Clutch Your Forehead

The Root