Yes, Apple's new iPad ad is ugly and crushing, but art can't be flattened The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point. Linda Holmes
Should commercial space companies contribute to the FAA the way airlines do? There's a fund that commercial airlines pay into for things such as safety inspections, but commercial space companies don't pay into that fund. (Story aired on All Things Considered on May 9, 2024.) Darian Woods
California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices Service charges; resort fees; "surcharge" add-ons: A new state law requiring price transparency is set to take effect in July. Until now, no one knew how it would apply to restaurants. Bill Chappell
Should commercial space companies contribute to the FAA the way airlines do? There's this fund that all commercial airlines pay into for things like safety inspections. But there's a growing user of FAA resources that doesn't pay into that fund: Commercial space companies. Wailin Wong
New line of Swiss Army Knives will come without the knife Victorinox, the company behind the Swiss army knife, is making a multi-tool without a blade. The CEO said increased regulation of knives in certain countries was behind the decision. Noah Caldwell
Does mining for batteries erase the climate benefits of EVs? No, and here's why NPR listeners wrote to ask whether the environmental harm from building EVs "cancels out" the cars' climate benefits. Experts say the answer is clear. Camila Domonoske
FTX says it will return money to most of its customers FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that. The Associated Press
ChatGPT maker OpenAI exploring how to 'responsibly' make AI erotica The San Francisco-based AI juggernaut says it is re-evaluating its policies around "NSFW" content. Bobby Allyn
A drug company will stop selling lucrative medicine to keep a promise to ALS patients A drug company will voluntarily stop selling a medicine that was bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars, keeping a promise the business made years earlier to people with the fatal condition ALS. Jon Hamilton
Checking in on fast food workers and franchise owners after a month of wage increase A month after fast food workers in California started earning at least $20 an hour, how is the financial picture for them and franchise owners shaping up? Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED