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VanMoof’s co-founders have a new e-bike coming from Raleigh

The Verge - All Posts

The Midas Project and The Tech Oversight Project release The OpenAI Files, a 50+ page analysis of OpenAI's governance, leadership, and organizational culture (Hayden Field/The Verge)

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An upcoming slasher will use mocap from a ballerina for combat

Polygon - All

Leica is launching its own 35mm film

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The ‘OpenAI Files’ will help you understand how Sam Altman’s company works

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Nintendo shows off Donkey Kong Bananza’s destructive gameplay

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Black Big Box CEO Admits These Types of Jobs Are Safe From an AI Takeover

The Root

The Weird Connection Between Rapper Lil Baby and This Atlanta Mother’s Shooting Death

The Root

Latest in the Tragic Saga of a Brain-dead Pregnant Georgia Woman Forced to Stay Alive to Give Birth

The Root

Xreal One Pro review: the impressive $649 AR glasses resemble normal spectacles from a distance and excel as a virtual, HD external display for PCs and phones (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

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Passengers At Gate Saddened By Poor Frightened Plane Loose Inside Airport

The Onion

Malin Rourke

The Onion

Yours, In Exchange For One Night With Your Wife

The Onion

Watch the new Nintendo Direct all about Donkey Kong Bananza

Polygon - All

At Cannes, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube will integrate Veo 3 into Shorts later this summer and that AI tech "will push the limits of human creativity" (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Pusha T Came for Travis Scott in Scathing Diss, and Here’s EXACTLY Why He Did It

The Root

London- and Paris-based Animaj, a kids' media company that uses generative AI production tools to automate animation pipelines, raised $85M led by HarbourView (Elsa Keslassy/Variety)

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The one thing the Trump administration got very right

Vox - All

Lies of P: Overture’s story elevates an already great game

Polygon - All

NYC-based Tennr, which uses AI document parsing and workflow automation to cut patient waiting times, raised a $101M Series C led by IVP at a $605M valuation (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

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