Boston Fed officials and MIT researchers, who have been developing prototypes for a digital dollar platform, plan to unveil their research as soon as July (Joe Light/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:44 Rating: 5

Apple's VR headset could weigh half as much as competitors, says Kuo - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:12 Rating: 5

Sources: Microsoft is in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B; one source says Discord is more likely to go public than sell itself (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:44 Rating: 5

In a first, China defines the "necessary" info that apps can collect from users, closing a "bundled consent" loophole and limiting unauthorized data collection (Xinmei Shen/South China Morning Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:44 Rating: 5

Apple Downtown Nashville is opening on March 29 - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:12 Rating: 5

Billie Eilish answers questions about her documentary in new video - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:12 Rating: 5

Game controller emulation is coming to macOS Big Sur 11.3 - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:12 Rating: 5

Niantic announces a new partnership with Nintendo to develop mobile games built on Niantic's AR tech, starting with a game based on Nintendo's Pikmin franchise (Jay Peters/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:44 Rating: 5

A new AR app centered around Pikmin is coming late 2021 - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:12 Rating: 5

SimilarWeb: in 2020, ~65% of Google searches ended without a click, up from ~50% in June '19; mobile searches are far more likely to end without a click through (Rand Fishkin/SparkToro) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:44 Rating: 5