Sony Interactive Entertainment announces it is buying Bungie, which makes Destiny and other games, for $3.6B; Bungie will become an independent subsidiary (Brendan Sinclair/GamesIndustry.biz) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:42 Rating: 5

A profile of Celsius Network, which has been valued at $3B+ and promises up to 18% annual interest on cryptocurrency deposits, as it attracts SEC scrutiny (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:42 Rating: 5

Gartner: global chip sales rose 25% YoY in 2021 to a record $583.5B and are projected to grow by 9% this year; capital expenditures grew to at least $146B (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:42 Rating: 5

SNL’s Alex Moffat joins Vince Vaughn for Apple TV+ series 'Bad Monkey' - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:11 Rating: 5

Spotify publishes its long-standing Platform Rules and says it is working to add a content advisory to podcast episodes that include a discussion about COVID-19 (Daniel Ek/Spotify) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

NFT marketplace LooksRare, which launched on Jan. 10, had $9.5B+ in trading volume, $8.3B+ of which seems to be users "wash trading" between their own wallets (Andrew Hayward/Decrypt) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

iMore Show 781: Big Money, Big Betas - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:11 Rating: 5

Filings and interviews with decision makers and legal experts reveal bureaucracy with competing mandates at the FAA and FCC caused the 5G launch blowup (Brian Fung/CNN) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

FCC announces $1.2B in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand broadband services across 32 states, provided by 23 telecom companies (Emma Roth/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Haven't played all Nintendo Switch Pokémon games? What are you waiting for? - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:11 Rating: 5