Tokyo-based taxi-hailing app Go says it raised ~$72M from Goldman Sachs at a ~$1B valuation and commands 70% of the Japanese market, outpacing Uber and Didi (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:42 Rating: 5

Samsung demos multiple OLED panels, including a long rollable display and one that measures heart rate, blood pressure, and stress levels from a user's finger (Jon Porter/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Elliptic: some Chinese chemical suppliers accept cryptocurrency for fentanyl ingredients and the majority use "three specific exchanges" based outside of China (Andy Greenberg/Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Windows 11 adds native support for rar, 7-zip, gz, and other archive formats (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Review of Final Cut Pro for iPad: touch-friendly design and accessible pricing but limited Mac interoperability and lacks the blade tool, stabilization, more (Vjeran Pavic/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

Sources: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to launch his presidential bid on Twitter Spaces on May 24, in a conversation with Elon Musk moderated by David Sacks (NBC News) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

India-based Chalo, which offers online payments and commute tracking for bus operators, raised a $45M Series D led by Avataar Ventures and $12M in debt (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:42 Rating: 5

Google expands its AI-based flood forecasting service Flood Hub to 80 countries, up from 20, offering forecasts up to 7 days in advance to 460 million people (Yossi Matias/The Keyword) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:42 Rating: 5

Leaked responses from 20 countries to an EU proposal show most of them support some form of scanning encrypted messages, with Spain wanting an E2EE ban (Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

TikTok sues Montana over its new law banning the app, citing the First Amendment, the state's lack of authority on national security issues, and more (Bobby Allyn/NPR) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:42 Rating: 5

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, President Greg Brockman, and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever say we'll likely need an international regulatory body for superintelligence (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

Some users say Twitter is restoring tweets and retweets that they had deleted, in what appears to be a new bug (James Vincent/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:44 Rating: 5

Analysts expect a Q2 sales decline at seven out of the nine top chip equipment makers, including Applied Materials and Lam Research, amid a memory demand slump (Kentaro Tsutsumi/Nikkei Asia) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

A researcher says crypto mixer Tornado Cash was taken over by hackers on Saturday through a malicious governance proposal that gave them a majority of votes (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:42 Rating: 5

A rise in memecoins and NFTs on the Bitcoin blockchain, thanks to the Ordinals protocol, has spurred record transactions and an ensuing fee windfall for miners (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Researchers reveal many low-cost Android phones and smart TVs from lesser-known brands, sold in the US and owned by millions, come with malware preinstalled (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:42 Rating: 5

Service robots like Moxi, which delivers medicines in hospitals, and Jesper, which serves food in restaurants, are in high demand despite job loss concerns (Peter Funt/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Hands-on with Google's Duet AI writing aid: a stiff style, inaccurate information, inconsistent Docs and Gmail behavior, great at drafting complaints, and more (Paresh Dave/Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

Sources: Meta and Magic Leap are in talks for a multiyear deal in which Magic Leap could provide IP licensing and contract manufacturing for Meta's AR products (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

The US could be on the cusp of a chipmaking boom, with 50+ projects announced since the CHIPS Act, but officials worry the industry could face a worker shortage (Madeleine Ngo/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5