Elon Musk faces a multi-billion dollar verdict after a California jury finds his tweets misled Twitter shareholders, raising the stakes for tech CEOs with unchecked social media influence. Plus, CBS kills its legendary radio news service while podcasting explodes, signaling a dramatic shift in how America consumes, trusts, and pays for news.<ul> 
<li>CBS News Shutters Radio Service After Nearly a Century</li> 
<li>A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace</li> 
<li>FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms</li> 
<li>The 49MB Web Page</li> 
<li>Microsoft unveils MAJOR improvements coming to Windows 11 this year — movable Taskbar, reduced RAM usage, less AI and ads, and much more CONFIRMED: "We are evolving how Windows is built behind the scenes to raise the quality bar"</li> 
<li>Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June</li> 
<li>Meta changes course on Horizon Worlds VR shut-down</li> 
<li>Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups</li> 
<li>Jury agrees that Musk's tweets during Twitter takeover misled investors</li> 
<li>After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold</li> 
<li>200,000 Devices Erased? Pro-Iran Hackers Hit US Firm With Data-Wiping Attack</li> 
<li>Japan to allow 'proactive cyber-defense' from October 1st</li> 
<li>Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web</li> 
<li>Arizona AG files criminal charges against Kalshi over 'illegal gambling'</li> 
<li>Major League Baseball Steps Into the Prediction Markets, Strikes Deal With Polymarket</li> 
<li>Polymarket is opening a bar where you can drink and watch the world unravel in real time</li> 
<li>It's been 20 years since the first tweet</li> 
<li>Project Hail Mary is movie medicine</li> 
<li>The futurist who helped define tech trend reports just killed them (literally)</li> 
<li>This new cassette player has USB-C and Bluetooth, in case you want to ditch Spotify</li></ul> 
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