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 New Intel Arrow Lake leak alleges no Thunderbolt 5 support for Z890 motherboards
During India's general election, some Indian politicians and parties are using deepfake videos and audios of popular, deceased politicians in their campaigns (Barkha Dutt/Rest of World)
 World's largest HDD company wants to launch massive 60TB SSD in 2024 — WD CEO spills beans on solid state roadmap as he divulges that enterprise customers want much bigger capacities, fast
A probe finds a black market for Facebook accounts that have received approval to run political ads during India's general election, raising interference fears (Tech Transparency Project)
 NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, May 6 (game #64)
 4 movies new to Hulu with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
Jack Dorsey replies "no" to an X user who asked if he was still on the Bluesky board; it's not clear when he left, as Bluesky's FAQ still lists him as a member (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots (Jessica Lucas/The Verge)
Crypto startups embrace open-ended, rolling funding rounds that quickly lift valuations, as crypto funds seek to deploy unspent cash raised in 2021 and 2022 (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg)
US Air Force plans a fleet of 1,000+ AI-controlled jets, the first of them operating by 2028; some AI versions already beat human pilots in air-to-air combat (Tara Copp/Associated Press)
Meta launches quote post controls for all Threads users, who can allow quotes from everyone on Threads, only the people they follow, or disable quote posts (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
 This sinister Omen gaming PC build just might keep you up at night
In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen (Christina A. Cassidy/Associated Press)