Volunteer staff of Freenode IRC, a key communication channel for FOSS developers, resign in protest over what they describe as a hostile takeover of the service (Thomas Claburn/The Register) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:44 Rating: 5

Mumbai-based Eruditus Group, which makes top tier university courses accessible globally, acquires SV-based iD Tech, which offers online coding camps, for $200M (Kaavya Chandrasekaran/The Economic Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:44 Rating: 5

Jam City, a Harry Potter mobile game publisher, files to go public via SPAC at a $1.2B valuation, buys Ludia, a Canadian mobile game publisher, for $175M (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:44 Rating: 5

Apple celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day across its services - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:12 Rating: 5

Sunbit, which helps physical and e-commerce stores offer customers the option to pay in installments, raises $130M Series D at $1.1B after money valuation (Meir Orbach/CTech) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:44 Rating: 5

Regional government of Inner Mongolia sets up hotline to report suspected crypto mining as China moves to curb energy emissions and fortify its central bank (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:44 Rating: 5

New iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K start to launch around the world - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:12 Rating: 5

Federal Reserve Chair Powell discusses the risks of cryptocurrencies and sets a timeline for a Fed discussion paper on a possible central bank digital currency (Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:44 Rating: 5

Apple launches affiliate program for Apple Podcasts Subscriptions - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:12 Rating: 5

Apple employees urge Tim Cook to voice support for the Palestinian people - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:12 Rating: 5