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My Steam Controller just screamed at me, Wilhelmingly. Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/steam-machines/valve-snuck-a-wilhelm-scream-easter-egg-into-the-new-steam-controller/

TikTok is preparing to roll out a paid, ad-free version of its app in the UK. The new subscription announced today will be available to users over 18 "over the coming months," according to TikTok's announcement and will cost £3.99 (about $5.40) per month. In exchange for that, TikTok will remove ads from the user's feed and promises to not use their data for undefined "advertising purposes." This "pay or consent" model is likely in response to the UK's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy laws that forbid companies from harvesting personal data for advertising without getting explicit consent from social media users. … Read the full story at The Verge. Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/927761/tiktok-ad-free-paid-subscription-uk

Check out this video from MSNBC: "Trump wants ‘a way out’ or Iran but only ‘one that looks like a victory’: White House reporter" Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuI8S_vjLs

American isn't the first carrier to enforce tighter restrictions on portable power in-flight. Here's what's already changed - and why. Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/american-airlines-new-battery-rules/

A new AI tool finds early hints of pancreatic cancer in CT scans that doctors would otherwise miss, an early test found. Source: https://www.livescience.com/health/cancer/new-ai-model-spots-pancreatic-cancer-up-to-3-years-earlier-than-human-doctors-in-test

WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship? A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Three people have died and medics on Monday were scrambling to evacuate two others from the MV Hondius, which set off in March from southern Argentina carrying 149 people from 23 countries. The crisis emerged late on Sunday after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was investigating a suspected outbreak. Continue reading... Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/cruise-ship-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-blocked-docking-cape-verde

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has passed on its YA drama pilot Foster Dade, from Greg Berlanti, Bash Doran, Warner Bros. Television and studio-based Berlanti Productions. The project already is being shopped to other platforms by the studio, which remains high on the pilot, sources said. Based on Nash Jenkins’ debut novel Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos, Foster […] Source: https://deadline.com/2026/05/foster-dade-pilot-dead-hulu-1236883781/

New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem solve. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/using-ai-negative-impact-thinking-problem-solving-study/

Don't ignore the Copy Fail Linux vulnerability. It's serious, but protecting yourself from it is easy. Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/critical-copy-fail-vulnerability-affecting-linux-systems-how-to-mitigate/

The president of the FIA spoke with Car and Driver about the logistics of bringing V-8 engines back to Formula 1 and how he thinks McLaren could become an engine supplier. Source: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a71199869/fia-president-mohammed-ben-sulayem-formula-one-v8-interview/