Big tech’s great AI power grab [The Economist]

Rahul Gandhi is on the march. But where is he heading? [1843 Magazine]

Why the Influencer Industry Needs Guardrails [Harvard Business Review]

French bakers beat world record for longest baguette [BBC]

France’s Macron Calls for Reset of Economic Ties With China [Bloomberg]

Volvo Cars April sales rise on strong EV demand [Reuters]

The surfer chef behind South Africa’s first fine dining halal restaurant [AL-Jazeera News]

What is Hope Hicks Crying About? [New Yorker] I know what she’s crying about. She was excited to make millions of dollars being a personal fellatio machine to Trump and his staff, and then she realized she was part of a mob trial, and suddenly she realized Prison is not like Orange is the New Black after all

Better Siri is coming: what Apple’s research says about its AI plans [The Verge]

The UK’s controversial Rwanda deportation plan, explained [Vox]

Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board [TechCrunch]

Three takeaways about the current state of batteries [MIT Technology Review]

Jon Stewart says Biden is so old he 'shouldn't be president' [Business Insider]

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With six months to go, the US election is more unpredictable than ever [The Guardian]

The Best Nespresso Pods You Can Buy at the Grocery Store [New York Times]

The $57 Million Congressman Standing In The Way Of A Historic Black Candidate [Huffington Post]

The Thingification of AI [The Atlantic]

The 8 Types Of Democrats And Republicans In The House [FiveThirtyEight]

Could a bibliophile learn to love books arranged by color? [The Washington Post]

Fashion finds firm footing in Marseille [Le Monde]

NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for May 5 [Mashable]

Gift Catalogue [Democracy NOW!]

Biden Says He Told Nigeria to Kill Fewer Civilians — But Nigeria Keeps Killing Lots of Civilians [The Intercept_]

8 camping cookware sets we love [National Geographic]

Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from a brief but potent storm [NPR]

Here’s what to do if you find a fawn alone in Northern California (don’t worry, it’s probably OK) [CapRadioNews]

Une belle grève de mai [Le Monde diplomatique]

The Tech Hawks Took Down TikTok. Now What? [Foreign Policy]

The Case for Progressive Realism [Foreign Affairs]

Ma Ying-jeou’s Trip to China [The Diplomat]

To Pack Spheres Tightly, Mathematicians Throw Them at Random [Quanta Magazine]

NASA Is Helping Protect Tigers, Jaguars, and Elephants. Here’s How. [NASA]

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