Google fires engineer Blake Lemoine, who believed Google's LaMDA conversational technology was sentient, citing employment and data security policy violations (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

T-Mobile agrees to pay $350M to settle a class action lawsuit over a cyberattack in 2021 that impacted 76M+ customers and pledges $150M in security investments (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Entrust, an ID management company used by US Treasury, DHS, and others, confirms it was breached by a ransomware gang in June which stole internal data (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

FTX plans to let customers of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager create new accounts on FTX, funded by an early distribution of a part of their bankruptcy claims (Cameron Thompson/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

An interview with 3AC founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, who may be hiding in the UAE, on its "regrettable" collapse, leverage, Luna, risk management, and more (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta, who stepped down as CEO in 2021, says he'll step down as executive chairman and leave the board once the company goes public (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Snap plans to "substantially reduce" hiring, authorizes a stock repurchase program of up to $500M, and locks in CEO and CTO roles until at least January 1, 2027 (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Snap Q2: revenue up 13% YoY to $1.11B, vs. $1.14B est., DAUs up 18% to 347M, vs. 344.2M est., net loss of $422M, up from $152M YoY; stock falls 25%+ after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Twitch rolls out new moderator tools, including letting channels swap ban lists with up to 30 other channels to collaborate on locking disruptive users out (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

SEC lists nine crypto tokens as securities in the insider trading complaint against an ex-Coinbase staffer; Coinbase calls for certainty in classifying tokens (Tim Copeland/The Block) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5