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A succession of women have come forward to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment since former aide Lindsey Boylan brought allegations against him in February.

Mark Wilson / Fast Company : Interviews with more than a dozen designers on Jeff Bezos's design philosophy, and why the retail infrastructure, not industrial design, is Amazon's true legacy   —  Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box.  —  Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped …

Meghan Markle has been accused of wearing "blood money" earrings gifted by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s "rage & vindictiveness" have made former staffers "fearful to speak" about him as more accusations of sexual misconduct piled up against the Democrat, a reporter claimed Saturday night.

Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios : States are increasingly granting small delivery robots generous access to city sidewalks; in PA, they are classified as “pedestrians” and can drive up to 12 mph   —  As small robots proliferate on sidewalks and city streets, so does legislation that grants them generous access rights …

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch : Postscript, which helps Shopify merchants stay in touch with customers via SMS, announces $35M Series B led by Greylock, with participation from YC and others   —  Postscript helps Shopify stores stay in touch with customers via SMS, with a focus on keeping everything opt-in, legally compliant, and spam free.

Notice of a British newspaper's loss in a court case involving Meghan Markle must appear on its front page -- and be posted on its website for a full week, a U.K. judge has ruled, according to a report.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, along with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), on Saturday launched ‘Operation Lone Star,’ a program that will work to combat the smuggling of drugs and people across the southern border. 

Bart Meijer / Reuters : Sources: a Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies targeted the European Medicines Agency last year; they had access to EMA systems for over a month   —  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies were behind cyberattacks on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) …

A fourth woman alleged sexual misconduct against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Saturday.

Austin’s Democratic Mayor Steve Adler blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to lift the statewide mask mandate, but said that President Biden’s “Neanderthal” comment was “not a word that I would have used.” 

Actress Edie Falco will play Hillary Clinton in the third installment of FX's American Crime Story series, which will explore the sex scandal that scarred Bill Clinton's presidency and led to his impeachment, according to Hollywood Reporter. 

The White House fired the Trump-appointed General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Friday evening, following her refusal to step down.

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Sources: four consortia, comprised of companies like Reliance, Paytm, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Visa, are preparing bids to operate India's digital payments   —  - Big tech, credit-card giants to compete for payment licenses  — India's digital transactions set to reach $1 trillion in 2023

Leading podcast company Cadence13 has partnered with the original "Unsolved Mysteries" co-creator and executive producer Terry Dunn Meurer.

President Biden cheered the passage Saturday of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill in the Senate and said the massive stimulus is the key to ending the suffering caused by the yearlong pandemic. 

The Senate on Saturday narrowly passed President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan following a marathon overnight session in a key vote that puts new stimulus checks and expanded unemployment checks one step closer to the pockets of the American public.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Friday posted a video of himself reading Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham," after the famous children's author-illustrator came under fire this week.

A final vote on the Senate’s massive coronavirus stimulus package was appearing unlikely early Saturday – and the outlook for later in the day or even Sunday was appearing grim as well.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly requested that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office preserve any documentation that could be relevant to her sexual harassment investigation of the Democrat.

After nearly 12 hours, the U.S. Senate voted Friday night against an effort to add a $15 minimum wage provision to a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.

The Biden administration is considering rebranding the facilities it is setting up to house an influx of child migrants and families as “reception centers,” according to a report. 

Former congressman Patrick Kennedy responded Friday to a Bloomberg report that the U.S. marijuana lobby is trying to prevent him from becoming the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a position commonly known as the "drug czar".

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order Friday allowing many businesses to reopen at 100% capacity if they meet certain requirements, joining other states that eased restrictions amid declining case totals and progress in vaccination efforts.

In an unexpected show of support Friday night, Donald Trump endorsed three Republican officials running for public office.

Shara Tibken / CNET : Interview with Qualcomm's incoming CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, why it won't build its own fabs, and opposition to the Nvidia-Arm deal   —  Cristiano Amon, incoming CEO of chipmaker Qualcomm, warns in an interview with CNET that the shortage may not end until late 2021.

Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero  : Q&A: WhatsApp's Will Cathcart on the Facebook-Apple feud, WhatsApp's new privacy policy, competing apps, and the debate over message “traceability” in India   —  'If you're talking about break encryption, it's really hard for me to imagine being comfortable with it'

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Apple confirms it'll discontinue iMac Pro after supplies end, says 27" iMac introduced in August is the preferred choice for the vast majority of pro iMac users   —  Apple on late Friday evening added a “while supplies last” notice to its iMac Pro product page worldwide …

Wall Street Journal : Profile of Tencent, China's most valuable company at ~$900B, with a powerful ecosystem including WeChat, and local and overseas startup investments worth ~$259B   —  The tech giant has investments worth an estimated $259 billion in Chinese and overseas startups

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : Apple has removed all build-to-order configurations of iMac Pro from its store, signaling discontinuation; only base model is available “while supplies last”   —  The iMac Pro does not seem to be long for this world as the Apple Store on Friday removed all build-to-order configurations for the product.

Will Oremus / OneZero  : Q&A with Twitter's senior director of curation Joanna Geary on how her team decides which trends to summarize and how to contextualize them, more   —  ‘Twitter description guy’ isn't a guy.  It's Twitter's curation team, and I talked to the woman who runs it.

Annabelle Williams / Insider : Report: 96.9% of Bay Area tech startups remained in the region in 2020; of those that moved, 21% moved to New York, 21% to other parts of CA, and 12% to TX   —  - A survey from Telstra Ventures shows that the majority of startups stayed in San Francisco in 2020.

Abhay Venkatesh / Neowin : A slide from Ignite session video shows that Microsoft is working to move Edge to a common codebase for the desktop, Android, and iOS versions later this year   —  Microsoft has been adding a bunch of useful features to its Chromium-based Edge browser, with the latest round of updates bumping …

Dave Gershgorn / OneZero  : Facebook's AI model SEER was designed to exclude Instagram images from the EU in its dataset, likely to avoid GDPR violations   —  The team purposely excluded Instagram images from the European Union, likely because of GDPR  —  OneZero's General Intelligence is a roundup …

Jay Peters / The Verge : @jack has listed his original tweet, “just setting up my twttr”, as an NFT on auction site Valuables   —  Apparently you can actually sell your tweets as NFT  —  Jack Dorsey, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Twitter, a man who stans bitcoin right on his Twitter bio …