Axios

The brand-new Playdate portable gaming device has more going for it than a striking yellow color scheme and a crank you can use to control some of its games.

Driving the news: Launching today, the Playdate is a mix of retro and modern with a clutch of unexpectedly pleasing games.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Monday that members of Twitter's board of directors won't be paid if he succeeds in acquiring the company.

Driving the news: Last week, Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share in cash, or about $43 billion.

Rapper T-Pain is hurt, Dallas.

Driving the news: In a TikTok clip, Masked Singer champion T-Pain explained — in not so many words — that he's perplexed by the fact that he's only sold 26% of the tickets available for his May 18 show at The Factory in Dallas.

Governments around the world have made even more extensive use of commercial spyware from Israel's NSO Group than previously known, according to new reporting in the New Yorker by Ronan Farrow.

Why it matters: Governments are simultaneously employing NSO's Pegasus software while grappling with the impact that it and similar tools can have when used against their interests.

You're not imagining it: The flood of spam calls, texts, emails and social media posts into your life is getting a lot bigger.

Why it matters: Junk messages aren't just annoying — they also open the door to more fraud, cybercrime and identity theft than ever before.