Ana Faguy / BBC:
Bill Gates is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee on June 10 about his Epstein ties; he says he's “looking forward” to answering the questions  —  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is set to testify before the US congress in June about his interactions …

Janko Roettgers / Fast Company:
Niantic Spatial launches Scaniverse, a platform that lets companies and individuals create robot-ready 3D maps using phone, 360-degree camera, and drone data  —  The company behind ‘Pokémon Go’ is now creating an AI- and robot-ready 3D model of everything around us.  —  [Animation: Niantic]

Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Letter: ICE officials confirm they are using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickers  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of the agency's efforts …

President Donald Trump’s fast pivot on Iran — from “a whole civilization will die tonight” to a benign return to negotiations — has a whipsawed world scratching their heads. What was he up to? One possibility: Many Western analysts believe that Russian nuclear doctrine includes a concept called “escalate to de-escalate,” in which Moscow would […]

Bloomberg:
A pro-Iranian cybercrime group claims responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime and Pinterest that knocked the websites of both companies offline this month  —  A pro-Iranian cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime Financial Inc. and Pinterest Inc. that knocked the websites of both companies offline.