Semiconductor firms received more than $12B from equity investors in 2020, up 8x since 2016, as the industry sees a spike in new startups and ideas (Don Clark/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:44 Rating: 5

Prescient, a North Carolina-based startup that makes architectural software, raises $190M from JE Dunn and Eldridge, bringing its total raised to around $295M (Zachery Eanes/Raleigh News & Observer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:44 Rating: 5

Kangana Ranaut tests positive for COVID-19; calls it a small time flu which got too much press - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:58 Rating: 5

BREAKING: Radhe - Your Most Wanted Bhai makers voluntarily make 21 cuts and modifications after getting censor certificate - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:58 Rating: 5

Using PayPal for Twitter's Tip Jar could reveal tipper's address to the recipient and possibly recipient's email to the tipper; Twitter says it will add a label (Brian Barrett/Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:44 Rating: 5

Sources: India has held up approvals for import of WiFi modules from China for months, causing companies like Dell and Xiaomi to delay product launches in India (Sankalp Phartiyal/Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:44 Rating: 5

Rohit Shetty donates a significant amount to a COVID care facility, reveals Manjinder Singh Sirsa - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:58 Rating: 5

Anupam Kher reacts to rumours of wife Kirron Kher's demise - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:58 Rating: 5

US endorses Christchurch Call, an effort to stop the spread of extremist content online, which Big Tech signed on to in 2019 and Trump's White House rejected (Anna Leask/NZ Herald) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:44 Rating: 5

Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving AI, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last week, the first time AI managed to outscore human solvers at the national event (Ben Zimmer/Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:44 Rating: 5