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 Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday. - Hackers were able to gain access to people's Microsoft emails accounts by abusing a weakness in the help portal. Microsoft told TechCrunch the hackers could not read users' emails, but Motherboard reports otherwise.
- Facebook's activist shareholders are making another dramatic bid to oust Mark Zuckerberg and abolish the firm's share structure. Investors will vote on two proposals to overhaul Facebook's governance at the social network's annual shareholder meeting on May 30.
- Facebook went down for the third time this year. Facebook and Instagram both went down for several hours on Sunday.
- A New York Times investigation showed how facial recognition technology is being used to surveil China's Muslim minority. Last year activists said 1 million Uighurs had been imprisoned in detention centers.
- Apple is spending hundreds of millions securing games for its upcoming game-streaming service Arcade, the Financial Times reports. Apple unveiled its gaming plans last month along with new its TV-streaming and news services.
- Julian Assange is being held in the UK's most notorious prison that was once known as "Britain's Guantanamo Bay." Belmarsh gained notoriety in the wake of the 9/11 attacks when foreigners were detained in the prison without being formally charged.
- Apple's App Store downloads went into decline possibly for the first time ever, according to research by Morgan Stanley. Analysts are expressing doubts about the power of Apple's mythic "installed base."
- Lyft-owned Citi Bike is pulling its electric bikes off the streets after brake complaints, continuing a tough week for the company. DC's Capital Bikeshare and San Francisco's Ford GoBike, which are also both owned by Lyft, also pulled their electronic bikes, citing similar reasons.
- A huge new "Star Wars" game where you play as a Jedi is coming out this November. "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order" is being made by Respawn Entertainment, the same studio that created "Titanfall" and "Apex Legends."
- Activists say Alphabet's planned neighborhood in Toronto shows all the warning signs of an Amazon HQ2-style breakup. Local residents concerned about the company's plan to collect data in public spaces have waged an opposition campaign called Block Sidewalk, which is calling for an end to the project.
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