Twitter names Vinay Prakash as its grievance officer for India and publishes a compliance report, meeting two key requirements under India's new IT rules (The Economic Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 00:44 Rating: 5

Evelyn Sharma and husband Tushaan Bhindi expecting their first child  - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:58 Rating: 5

Inside Simulation City, Waymo's latest virtual world in which it trains, tests, and validates its "Waymo driver" software in preparation for the open road (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:44 Rating: 5

Jack Cable of Krebs Stamos Group launches Ransomwhere, a crowdsourced ransomware payment tracker; the site is already tracking $32M+ in ransom payments for 2021 (Carly Page/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:44 Rating: 5

Analysis: in H1 2021, private funding for cybersecurity companies reached $9B, up more than 2x from H1 2020 and eclipsing record total of $7.8B for all of 2020 (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:44 Rating: 5

NYC's new biometrics privacy law takes effect, barring businesses from selling customer data and requiring posted notices at their doors about data collection (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:44 Rating: 5

OnBoard, which provides cloud-based software to help companies digitize boardroom management, has raised a $100M growth investment from PE firm JMI Equity (Indianapolis Business Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:44 Rating: 5

A look at startups like WellSaid Labs and VocaliD, which are building custom AI voice actors for digital assistants, video game characters, and corporate videos (Karen Hao/MIT Technology Review) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:44 Rating: 5

How digital pharmacies like Alto, Capsule, and Medly, which together have raised $650M+ since Jan. 2020, are trying to disrupt incumbents like CVS and Walgreens (Angelica LaVito/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:44 Rating: 5

Pinterest courts creators via its stories-like permanent Idea Pins, sophisticated analytics and monetization tools, and promoting kinder, friendlier engagement (David Pierce/Protocol) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:44 Rating: 5