Instagram says it is shutting down its standalone mobile messaging app Threads by December 31 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

TikTok releases commissioned research into harmful challenges and hoaxes, which often go viral on TikTok, and adds a Safety Center section about such content (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

Spotify expands Podcast Subscriptions globally and now includes 20 price points from $0.50 to $150 and a way for creators to download subscribers' contact info (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

A group of Activision Blizzard shareholders calls for CEO Bobby Kotick and two of its longest serving board members to resign (Shannon Liao/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

How do Belkin's earbuds stack up against Apple's? - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:11 Rating: 5

Microsoft shifts Windows 10 from two major updates per year to one, and announces that only Windows 11 will support emulating x64 apps on ARM devices (Sean Endicott/Windows Central) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

AnyDesk, a maker of remote desktop software that averages 900M sessions per month, raises a $70M Series C led by General Atlantic at a $660M+ valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Singapore-based hotel booking site RedDoorz suffers a data breach affecting 5.9M customers, mostly from Indonesia, and Singapore's PDPC levies a $74K fine (Kenny Chee/The Straits Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Here's how to get these two mythical Pokémon in the Gen 4 remakes! - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:11 Rating: 5

Upgrade, a digital bank focused on personal loans and credit cards, raises a $280M Series F at a $6B pre-money valuation after hitting a $3.3B valuation in Aug. (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5