Adtech experts explain how GDPR has proven ineffective thanks to the ingenuity of adtech firms, which have managed to effectively skirt its consent requirement (Shoshana Wodinsky/Gizmodo) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

Google Cloud debuts Virtual Machine Threat Detection in public preview, an opt-in feature that scans VMs for threats including cryptomining malware (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

Unpacking Meta's "regulatory headwinds" warning, as the adtech industry faces a privacy reckoning and Belgium upends IAB Europe's GDPR compliance framework (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 03:41 Rating: 5

Australian court dismissed Meta's claim that it neither conducts business nor collects personal information in the country in suit over Cambridge Analytica data (Christopher Knaus/The Guardian) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 01:41 Rating: 5

Toshiba plans to split into two companies instead of three after activist shareholder criticism, sell non-core assets, and keep its infrastructure operations (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

Spotify CEO addresses Rogan controversy in email to staff, commits $100M to licensing, development, marketing of content from historically marginalized groups (J. Clara Chan/The Hollywood Reporter) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Crypto faces a backlash from gamers because NFTs are often a way for game developers to extract more money, whereas music fans treat NFTs more like souvenirs (Casey Newton/Platformer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:42 Rating: 5

Twitter tests adding a DM icon to tweets on iOS to help "start a conversation"; some say the shortcut could make users even more susceptible to harassment (Emma Roth/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Got a new Apple Watch Series 6? Get a screen protector. - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:11 Rating: 5

Koho, a challenger bank that lets Canadian users access up to 50% of their paycheck every day, raises a CAD$210M Series D in equity and debt led by Eldridge (Douglas Soltys/BetaKit) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5