Danish startup Pleo, which offers smart company cards that automate expense reports, raises $150M Series C at a $1.7B valuation (Ryan Browne/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:44 Rating: 5

Pine Labs, a payments company and SaaS provider for merchants in India and SE Asia, raises $600M at a $3B valuation, says it plans to IPO in the next 18 months (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:44 Rating: 5

SoftBank-owned Z Holdings has agreed to pay ~$1.6B to Verizon Media for perpetual use of the Yahoo brand and related tech in Japan in place of regular royalties (Danny Crichton/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:44 Rating: 5

Trade group representing Apple, Google, Facebook, others warns that the companies could stop their services in Hong Kong if planned anti-doxxing rules go ahead (Paul Mozur/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:44 Rating: 5

Hands-on with Microsoft Store on Windows 11: UI overhaul and speed improvements are nice; addition of much-needed apps like Zoom and WinZip is a promising start (Tom Warren/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:44 Rating: 5

After a two-year break, Allen & Co.'s annual Sun Valley conference starts Tuesday with CEOs from Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix attending (Joe Pompeo/Vanity Fair) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:44 Rating: 5

ManoMano, which operates an e-commerce site for DIY, home improvement, and gardening products, raises $355M Series F led by Dragoneer at a $2.6B valuation (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:44 Rating: 5

Sources: weeks before Didi's US IPO, the Chinese regulator that eventually ordered Didi's app banned had suggested to the company that it delay the listing (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:44 Rating: 5

Cure your boredom with some iOS board games - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:12 Rating: 5

Katy Perry to offer NFTs via Theta Labs, a blockchain-based P2P video streaming network with 1M MAUs that gives out rewards in exchange for unused bandwidth (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:44 Rating: 5