Fan tokens issued by Manchester City and other soccer clubs have proven to be a disappointment for hopeful fans, with prices quickly losing steam within days (Ignacio Olivera Doll/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 02:41 Rating: 5

India-based UrbanPiper, which helps restaurants manage multiple food delivery services, raises a $24M Series B from Swiggy, Zomato, and others (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

Spotify's recent Podsights and Chartable acquisitions are raising concerns over the availability of third-party podcast metrics for advertisers and publishers (Alyssa Meyers/Morning Brew) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Virtual classroom startup Class is testing Intel's "emotion AI" tech that claims to detect bored, distracted, or confused students, raising privacy questions (Kate Kaye/Protocol) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

iPad needs a "pro" mode when it is connected to a keyboard and trackpad, with Mac-like multitasking, a proper desktop, and more to serve its advanced users (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Social media platforms have weakened major forces that bind democracies together, especially after 2009 when the virality of social media started to intensify (Jonathan Haidt/The Atlantic) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

Twitter should not only open source its algorithm but also create a marketplace where anyone can build their own algorithms, and use the ones created by others (Nathan Baschez/Every) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

A look at Lumafield, which designs CT scanners for consumer products companies like L'Oreal, OXO, and Trek Bicycle, and has raised $32.5M (Amy Feldman/Forbes) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Workers at Apple's flagship Grand Central Terminal store in Manhattan have begun to formally collect signatures to form a union (Reed Albergotti/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

A profile of Anna Fang, CEO of China-based ZhenFund, who has backed 30+ seed-stage startups that became unicorns and 90+ startups that had a successful exit (Rebecca Szkutak/Forbes) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5