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FIRST ON FOX: Border Patrol agents are seeing significant increases in migrant traffic all along the southern border, with one Arizona sector seeing a massive 579% increase over the last fiscal year.

An Arizona sheriff says he is “very concerned” about the Biden administration’s move to end the use of the Title 42 public health order to expel migrants at the border.

Elton John credits teenage AIDS victim Ryan White and his family with saving his life.

Attorney General Merrick Garland says that he will not be pushed into a rushed or politicized decision on the Capitol riots.

Neil Cybart / Above Avalon : Apple's hardware categories are now gaining record new users after a 2017/2018 strategy change that let product groups independently update major product lines   —  During Apple's “Peek Performance” event held last month, the company announced not only a brand new Mac category with the Mac Studio …

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden celebrated the formal commissioning of the USS Delaware, the U.S. Navy's newest fast attack submarine, at a ceremony Saturday in the Bidens' home state of Delaware.

The Razzie Awards rescinded a worst-performance award it gave to Bruce Willis after the actor’s family said he suffers from aphasia.

Special Report’s Bret Baier sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview airing Friday evening and asked the leader of the war-torn country about the current status of the war with Russia as well as the negotiations underway to potentially end it.

Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters : Experts say chipmakers lack the ability to track where many of their lower-end products end up, which could stymie the enforcement of new sanctions on Russia   —  When Silicon Valley chipmaker Marvell learned that one of its chips was found in a Russian surveillance drone recovered in 2016, it set out to investigate how that came to be.

A person can conceal aphasia for only so long, as Mr. Willis and his family seem to understand.

Republicans see the Biden administration's rescinding of Trump-era pandemic restrictions along the U.S.-Mexico border as fresh ammunition to use in the midterm elections

Jessica Toonkel / The Information : Sources: at a recent employee town hall and a management offsite meeting, Netflix executives cautioned employees to be more careful about spending and hiring   —  Netflix is tightening its belt.  —  In two separate meetings over the past few weeks, Netflix executives cautioned employees …

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer : Twitch stops its Boost Train test, which let users boost a channel by purchasing subscriptions and bits, after it was used to push porn to the site's front page   —  It was bound to happen.  —  Audio player loading...  In October 2021, Twitch began testing a new feature that enabled viewers …

Dan Primack / Axios : Bond Capital, the growth equity firm co-founded by Mary Meeker, raises $2.5B for its third fund   —  Bond Capital, the growth equity firm co-founded by Mary Meeker, has raised $2.5 billion for its third fund, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Many growth equity investors …

The fashion industry is mourning the loss of French photographer Patrick Demarchelier, who snapped iconic spreads of A-list stars over his decades-long career, including Princess Diana.

It appears the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is standing behind its statement that Will Smith was “asked to leave the ceremony and refused” after the actor slapped presenter Chris Rock, a source tells Fox News. Reports have swirled on Thursday claiming that the actor wasn't directly asked to leave, instead, it was “suggested."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stopped short of calling for the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Alex Heath / The Verge : Internal report: a Facebook bug led to a “massive ranking failure” that elevated harmful content for six months, spiking views about 30% before a March 11 fix   —  A group of Facebook engineers identified a “massive ranking failure” that exposed as much as half of all News Feed views to …

Kyiv continues to be pummeled by Russian airstrikes despite claims from Moscow that it would divert troops from the capital city amid peace talks with Ukraine, a senior defense official said Thursday.

Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft renames Your Phone, its Android phone linking app for Windows announced in May 2018, to Phone Link and updates the app to match Windows 11's design   —  Phone Link now has a matching Windows 11 design  —  Microsoft is rebranding its Your Phone app to Phone Link and updating it with a Windows 11 design overhaul.

William Turton / Bloomberg : Sources say Apple and Meta divulged customer data to hackers in response to forged Emergency Data Requests, after Discord confirmed fulfilling a forged EDR   —  Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials …

Wanda Sykes called out the Academy for allowing Will Smith to accept his Oscar after he slapped Chris Rock in the face. The actress said "it was gross" of the Academy not to escort Smith from the room.

White House chief of staff Ron Klain announced the administration’s pandemic resources website launch on Wednesday in a tweet.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple is planning to expand its financial services by adding payment processing, lending risk assessment, credit checks, fraud analysis, and more   —  Apple Inc. is developing its own payment processing technology and infrastructure for future financial products …

Tom Parker of the band The Wanted has died. He was 33. Parker's wife, Kelsey Hardwick Parker, confirmed the news on her Instagram account on Wednesday.

President Biden said the United States will continue to provide the Ukrainian military with “the capacity to defend themselves” and will monitor whether Russia will “follow through” on its claims early Tuesday that they are beginning to withdraw forces from Ukraine’s Kyiv region.

Shannon Liao / Washington Post : Judge approves an $18M settlement between Activision Blizzard and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ending the federal sexual harassment lawsuit   —  A judge approved an $18 million settlement between Activision Blizzard and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tuesday …

April Roach / Bloomberg : Meta halts plans to build a large data center in the Netherlands, amid rising opposition from the government over environmental concerns   —  Meta Platforms Inc. has paused plans to build a large data center in the Netherlands after the tech giant faced increasing opposition from the government.

Hilaria and Alec Baldwin are expanding their family. The pair announced the baby news on Tuesday on their social media accounts.

Republicans will use Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's comments on the definition of a woman and other social issues to attack Democrats in the midterms.

Ron Miller / TechCrunch : Pinecone, which offers a serverless vector database designed specifically for the needs of data scientists, raises a $28M Series A led by Menlo Ventures   —  When Pinecone launched last year, the company's message was around building a serverless vector database designed specifically for the needs of data scientists.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stated Monday that if any U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials face "adverse action" over claims that they "whipped" Haitian migrants trying to illegally enter the United States, he would offer them jobs.

Ben Thompson / Stratechery : Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on integrating hardware and software, the company's full-stack approach, ML opportunities, attempting to buy Arm, and more   —  It took a few moments to realize what was striking about the opening video for Nvidia's GTC conference: the complete absence of humans.

The 2022 Oscars saw an uptick in ratings from last year, but still trailed far below previous years. Before 2021, the awards show didn't have less than 20 million viewers.

The Biden administration is seeking new COVID money. The White House says without it, there are no funds to distribute a potential fourth booster, or for free tests, therapeutics and vaccines.

New poll indicates that Andrew Cuomo would be competitive with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul if he runs to win back his old job as governor.

United States District Court Judge David Carter said in a Monday ruling that former President Donald Trump likely committed federal offenses by attempting to prevent the counting of electoral votes during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.

Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post : Sources detail NHTSA's difficulties regulating Tesla as it rolls out self-driving features, resorting to threats and flattery in exchanges with Elon Musk   —  SAN FRANCISCO — The first time Washington regulators tried to investigate Tesla's Autopilot software, CEO Elon Musk was irate.

Miley Cyrus got emotional during a tribute performance for her late friend, Taylor Hawkins, at Lollapalooza Brazil on Saturday.

Federal investigators have reportedly issued subpoenas to the New York Senate and former campaign advisers of New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, trying to determine whether he had a hand in funneling fraudulent donations to his failed 2021 campaign.

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors : Kuo: camera bump on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max smartphones will increase about five percent in each dimension due to a larger 48MP sensor   —  The increased size of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max's rear camera array is due to all-new 48-megapixel Wide camera systems, according to reputable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg : An analysis of 19.3M NFTs across ~8,400 collections: one in three have little or no trading activity, and another third trade below their original minting cost   —  For every Bored Ape and CryptoPunk there is a Baby Baller, one of the thousands of NFT projects that have faltered not long after celebrated debuts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice as his country fights to stave off Russia’s invading troops, making an exasperated plea for fighter jets and tanks to sustain a defense as the war ground into a battle of attrition.