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Justin Timberlake’s 2024 DWI Bodycam Is Finally Out, and It’s Hilarious

The Root

Crimson Desert's Steam player count is big, but not the biggest this year

Polygon - All

5 burning Project Hail Mary questions answered by Andy Weir's book

Polygon - All

Minecraft Dungeons 2 announced, plus a Minecraft theme park in the UK

Polygon - All

London-based luxury ride-hailing app Wheely launches in NYC, aiming to compete with Uber Elite; Wheely reports ~1,250 corporate accounts and ~100K active riders (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Trump Wakes From Beautiful Dream Kissing Underage Girl To Find Face Being Licked By St. Bernard

The Onion

How gas prices might drive more people to switch to an EV

Vox - All

Suspect Waits Patiently While Cop Sounds Out Miranda Rights

The Onion

Sources: OpenAI is offering private equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% and early access to new models to secure JVs, beating Anthropic's terms (Reuters)

Techmeme

Sources: EA is selling a $15B debt package to fund its $55B take-private deal led by Saudi Arabia's PIF, including nearly $700M in projected annual cost savings (Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Leonid Radvinsky, the reclusive billionaire owner of OnlyFans parent company Fenix, died at 43 from cancer; he acquired a majority stake in OnlyFans in 2018 (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

‘Sinners’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

The Root

OpenAI hires Dave Dugan, a former top ad executive at Meta, to lead ad sales, reporting to COO Brad Lightcap; Dugan stepped down as a Meta VP earlier in March (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

You Won’t Believe This Black Chicago Mom’s Real-Life Goldilocks Nightmare

The Root

AI chip company Kandou AI raised $225M from SoftBank, Synopsys, and others at a $400M valuation after pivoting from consumer hardware to AI infrastructure (Nino Paoli/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

Allegro Non Troppo is a raunchy Fantasia parody — and a an excellent animated film on its own merits

Polygon - All

Every bulb on Govee’s new outdoor string lights can display multicolor effects

The Verge - All Posts

Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduce bipartisan legislation to ban sports betting on CFTC-regulated prediction markets, such as Kalshi and Polymarket (Krystal Hur/Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

Luke Gygax is bringing more Greyhawk to D&D with official collaboration

Polygon - All

Crimson Desert patch adds item storage and reduces boss difficulty again

Polygon - All