Topic: Art Festival

At the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Robert De Niro received an honorary Palme d'Or and used his acceptance speech to attack President Trump. De Niro criticized the administration for cutting arts funding and proposing a 100% tariff on foreign-produced films. Supporters of the tariff argue it is a necessary measure to keep film production jobs within the United States.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak issue a correction regarding a previous story about a "holographic" child image used for traffic safety. They clarify that the image is actually a 2D chalk drawing using forced perspective, similar to street art seen at festivals in Palo Alto. They admit to being duped by news articles that incorrectly labeled the optical illusion as a hologram.