A look at digital pets site Neopets, which had 25M users in the mid-2000s, as owner JumpStart Games says 30%-40% of former users returned since March 2020 (Madeleine Morley/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

ACNH: How to customize furniture, items, and food with Cyrus - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:11 Rating: 5

FOI request reveals US Treasury acquired data feeds enabling government use of sensitive data from smartphone apps not subject to due process restrictions (Sam Biddle/The Intercept) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

NCB officer Sameer Wankhede to not investigate drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:54 Rating: 5

Gather, which builds metaverse-like environments for offices, virtual events, and conferences, raises a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures (FinSMEs) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

Plate IQ, which develops invoice and payments software for the restaurant and hospitality industry, raises a $160M Series B from FTV Capital (PYMNTS.com) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Kareo, a medical records and billing software provider, merges with health care IT company PatientPop, to form Tebra, source says at a $1B valuation (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Bitcoin Cash briefly spiked 4.6% on Friday after a fake PR Newswire press release, which also appeared on Kroger.com, claimed Kroger will begin accepting it (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Bird closes its first day on the NYSE flat at $8.40 per share, after going public via a SPAC merger which valued it ~$2.3B (Harrison Weber/dot.LA) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Berlin-based Moonfare, which offers a digital private equity investment service, raises a $125M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing total raised to $185M (Vishal Singh/Silicon Canals) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5