Sources: Facebook has approached experts about forming an advisory body for how it handles global election matters, such as political ads, misinfo, and more (New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Report: Microsoft to quadruple cybersecurity spending to $20B over five years, spend $150M to help federal, state, and local governments improve security (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

GAO: 19 of 24 US government agencies surveyed use facial recognition in some capacity; DoD and DHS both have in-house systems, while 4 had used Clearview AI (Russell Brandom/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Biden meets with CEOs from Apple, IBM, Alphabet, Amazon, and others to discuss cybersecurity, and says private sector must do more to protect infrastructure (Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Canalys: US PC sales in Q2 2021 up 17% YoY, with 36.8M total units sold, notebooks up 27%, desktops up 23%, tablets down 1%; HP leads with 21.9% of market share (Ron Miller/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Western Digital is in advanced talks to merge with Kioxia, the chipmaker spun out of Toshiba in 2018, in a deal that could be valued at more than $20B (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Investigation finds underage users can easily evade age limits on ~80 apps on Apple's App Store, such as dating, sex, and gambling apps restricted to ages 17+ (Tech Transparency Project) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

We're patiently waiting for these retro games to come to Nintendo Switch - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:12 Rating: 5

BTS to release remix of chart-topping single ‘Butter’ with rapper Megan Thee Stallion on August 27 - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:54 Rating: 5

Post Bhoot Police Pawan Kripalani’s next to feature Sara Ali Khan and Vikrant Massey? - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:54 Rating: 5