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Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg : Austin has been a top destination for tech workers leaving CA during Covid, and residents are concerned about how the new wave is affecting city's culture   —  Matthew Congrove got the first offer on his house one month into the pandemic.  Now, says Congrove, who lives in an eclectic neighborhood …

Sylvester Stallone is one of the newest members of Donald Trump’s private club, Mar-a-Lago, area insiders say.

Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy, has died. He was 93.

Maryland lawmakers passed legislation Saturday, becoming the first state to end its police Bill of Rights after the Democrat-controlled Legislature voted to override three of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s vetoes.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson teased his interest in running for president on social media Saturday after Americans showed their support for it in an online poll.

Wall Street Journal : Erroneously unredacted court docs reveal Google ran a secret program called “Project Bernanke” that used past bid data to boost its win rate in ad auctions   —  Program used past bid data to boost tech giant's win rate in advertising auctions, according to court filing

In the wake of President Biden's executive order studying Supreme Court reform, the Washington Post editorial board called for justices to have 18-year term limits.

A former California mayor was arrested Saturday morning on six charges, including suspected sex with a child aged 14 or 15.

CyberNews : Report: data of 1.3M Clubhouse profiles, including names, social media handles, and more, apparently posted on a hacker forum; Clubhouse has not confirmed   —  So far, it seems like it's been the worst week of the year for social media platforms in terms of data leaks, with Clubhouse seemingly joining the fray.

Prince Philp, Duke of Edinburgh's funeral arrangements will have to be altered to comply with coronavirus restrictions.

Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Researchers say Facebook has known for years about exploits similar to the one that used its “contact importer”, enabling the scraping of 533M users' data   —  Software makers can't catch every bug every time, but Facebook had ample warning about the privacy problems with its “contact import” feature.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher refueled his disdain towards cancel culture on Friday night, yearning for the good ol' days when an apology was enough to move on from a mistake. 

The U.S. Supreme Court in a divided decision late Friday ruled in favor of lifting restrictions on in-home religious gatherings, overturning a lower court ruling that upheld Gov. Gavin Newsom’s limits on people from different homes.

Ben Patterson / TechHive : Logitech to stop making its Harmony line of universal remotes effective immediately, says software and app support will be available for the foreseeable future   —  Well, the other shoe finally dropped.  After years of speculation about the fate of its Harmony line of universal remotes …

"Real Time" host Bill Maher called Portland a "cautionary tale" as riots and violence continue to plague the Oregon city. 

Todd Feathers / VICE : Analysis finds that an OpenCV-based facial recognition model used by exam monitoring software Proctorio fails to recognize Black faces more than 50% of the time   —  A student researcher has reverse-engineered the controversial exam software—and discovered a tool infamous for failing to recognize non-white faces.

Zoe Schiffer / The Verge : 1,200+ Alphabet employees have signed a letter asking the company to stop protecting harassers, following a NYT op-ed by an ex-employee who alleged harassment   —  Organizers say the demands of the Google Walkout still haven't been met  —  More than 500 Alphabet employees have signed …

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday called for school sports to halt games for two weeks -- but the head of the state’s high school sports association says the games will go on.

Sean Endicott / Windows Central : The White House has asked Congress to approve $150M to fund two new manufacturing plans, including one targeting domestic semiconductor manufacturing   —  President Biden called for funding to fight the semiconductor shortage in the White House's first budget proposal to Congress today.

Stephen Miller and Mark Brnovich sounded off on "Hannity" Friday, criticizing the Biden administration for "[shutting] down ICE," and creating a "disaster" at the southern border. 

Raymond Zhong / New York Times : China says it is imposing a record $2.8B fine on Alibaba for monopolistic business practices; Alibaba says it will accept the penalty “sincerely”   —  The penalty is Beijing's toughest action to date in its campaign to tighten supervision of the country's internet Goliaths.

Don McLaughlin, mayor of Uvalde, Texas, joined "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to share his town's experience with the influx of migrants at the southern border, saying the situation is a "madhouse."  

Embattled Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz vowed to fight the allegations of sex trafficking he is being investigated for, promising attendees at a conservative women’s event on Friday night that he is not “going anywhere.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris Friday demanding the Biden administration shut down a child migrant housing facility, following accusations of child abuse.

Upon the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, "Fox News Primetime" guest host Mark Steyn remarked he would hold back from speaking at length about the British Royal Family.

Brian Barrett / Wired : The FBI arrested a far-right extremist who allegedly plotted to destroy AWS data centers in Virginia with C-4; FBI was tipped off by posts following Jan. 6 riot   —  The FBI arrested the suspect in Texas after he purchased explosives from an undercover agent.

Queen Elizabeth II was at peace with the ever-increasing possibility of losing her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip following years of health troubles.

Pieter Arntz / Malwarebytes Labs : At Pwn2Own, two Dutch researchers discovered a vulnerability in Zoom that could allow hackers to execute an RCE attack; Zoom says it is working on a fix   —  Two Dutch white-hat security specialists entered the annual computer hacking contest Pwn2Own, managed to find a Remote Code Execution …

Bloomberg : Sources: Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the SEC for an IPO that could value it at $70B-$100B, and is raising $1.5B in debt financing from banks   —  Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering …

Reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie spoke out on Friday regarding the controversy surrounding her revoking the Mrs. Sri Lanka title from Pushpika De Silva, a contestant who is separated from her husband. The statement comes after Jurie was arrested.

The actress and fashion designer appeared to be poking fun at the use of social media filters which has become common practice.

A podcaster said he was "harassed" by two police officers at his home in California and accused of threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Twitter -- a claim he calls outrageous and provably false.

Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg : Tencent-backed Linklogis, which develops fintech for supply chain industry, rises $11% in Hong Kong debut after pricing its $1.02B IPO at HK$17.58 per share   —  - Linklogis priced $1 billion offering near midpoint of range  — Too early to say city's IPO sentiment is recovering: UOB

"Purple Rain" musician Prince's estate will release a new album, "Welcome 2 America," in July.

"America's Got Talent" judge Heidi Klum's 16-year-old daughter Leni posed for the cover of Glamour Germany.

Casey Newton / Platformer : Amid a mental health crisis because of COVID-19, Stanford researchers found that most tech platforms have no policies related to discussions of self-harm   —  Exclusive: Amid a rising mental health crisis, Stanford researchers find many companies ignoring posts about self-harm