Warren Buffett asked Tim Cook to take a bow in a surprise speech at Berkshire meeting - Business Insider

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Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash Surges in Abel’s First Quarter as CEO - Bloomberg.com

GameStop is preparing offer for eBay, WSJ reports - Yahoo Finance

The Drama Before the Dress Code: A Met Gala Curtain Raiser - The Hollywood Reporter

Yemen introduced the world to coffee. Now, its coffeehouse culture is booming in the US - AP News

New Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel begins leading first annual meeting without Warren Buffett on stage - Yahoo Finance

Google is now a glorified venture-capital fund thanks to its SpaceX and Anthropic stakes - MarketWatch

Walmart officially calls end to self-checkouts at store as it plans to remodel 650 locations - the-sun.com

Mortgage rates erased 9 months of gains, but buyers haven’t blinked - thestreet.com

Thermos Recalls 8.2M Containers After 3 People Go Blind - Newser

Apple's iPhone sales lift stock, but global memory shortage and supply constraints to hit margins - Yahoo Finance

Berkshire cash pile climbs to $380bn as stock sales streak hits 14th quarter - Financial Times

Powerball confirms player patterns led to 91 tickets winning $1M+ - Detroit Free Press

The 'K-shaped' spending trend is real — but it's been here since 2023: New York Fed - Yahoo Finance

JP Morgan sex scandal inverts the #MeToo stereotype - UnHerd

The Cannabis Industry’s New Best Friend? President Trump - The New York Times

Musk testimony dominated first week Musk v. Altman. 'You can't just steal a charity' - CNBC

Anthropic's most powerful AI model just exposed a crisis in corporate governance. Here's the framework every CEO needs. - Fortune

Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Aims to Transform the Central Bank -- and the Biggest Loser May Be Wall Street - The Motley Fool

Toothbrush on dish rack, roaches in cabinets: Jefferson County’s worst April health scores - AL.com

Poll: Job losses, China threats split GOP on Trump’s AI agenda - Politico

'The final frontier': China just showed off its world-beating EV battery tech — as CATL, BYD and Sunwoda battle to take charging times down to only five minutes to remove the last barrier to electric adoption - TechRadar

Mark Zuckerberg sends startling message to Meta employees - thestreet.com

The UAE Quit OPEC Because Its Sovereign Wealth Now Dwarfs Oil - Forbes

I got a behind-the-scenes look at Walmart's new digital price tags that are sparking controversy - Business Insider

Top economist Gary Shilling says a recession and a deep stock-market plunge are likely by year-end - Business Insider

Can a Second-Home Tax Work in New York? The Numbers Don’t Add Up Yet. - The New York Times

Two harsh realities are keeping lower earners stuck while the wealthy pull ahead - Business Insider

Chinese Court Rules Firms Can’t Lay Off Workers on AI Grounds - Bloomberg.com

Nvidia, Microsoft, AWS Expanding Classified Military AI Use - Bloomberg.com

Tracking the K-Shaped Economy: Who’s Driving Spending? - Liberty Street Economics

Top AI companies agree to work with Pentagon on secret data - The Washington Post

I was in the courthouse when Elon Musk testified in his case against OpenAI. Here is what it was like. - Business Insider

Passenger robot delays Southwest flight out of Oakland - NBC Bay Area

Robot dances at the airport gate, then delays Southwest flight from Oakland to San Diego - Los Angeles Times

GameStop is preparing offer for eBay, WSJ reports - Reuters

Delta passenger kicked off flight and arrested after she’s accused of refusing to end phone call - The Independent

GameStop preparing an offer to buy eBay in effort to boost market value: report - New York Post

US military reaches deals with 7 tech companies to use their AI on classified systems - AP News

Why is gas so high in Illinois? Gas prices today increased amid Iran war, after BP Whiting, Indiana refinery power loss - ABC7 Chicago

FDA approves 1st non-antipsychotic medication for agitation in Alzheimer's disease - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Thermos Recalls 8.2 Million Jars and Bottles After Customers Are Injured - The New York Times

Atrium Health + WakeMed propose $2B merger, many jobs in major NC healthcare move - Charlotte Observer

K-shaped economy is real, per New York Fed research - Axios

The $20 AI subscription era has become untenable - PCWorld

Apple could be forced by FCC to phase out recent U.S. iPhone models after 2 years - PhoneArena

Charlotte-based Atrium Health targets WakeMed in proposed combination - North Carolina Health News

Shareholders approved the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, but what's next? - AV Club

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Hosting Met Gala Pre-Party (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety