China's Baidu secures permits for a fully driverless commercial robotaxi service in Chongqing and Wuhan that will operate largely in zones with revamped roads (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Fitbit will end desktop syncing for PC and macOS in October, moving file transfers to its smartphone app, and local music and playlists to Deezer and Pandora (Abner Li/9to5Google) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Illinois-based Sibel Health, which offers wearable sensors, AI-enabled data analytics, and cloud software for remote patient monitoring, raised a $33M Series B (Sean Whooley/MassDevice) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Tom Alberg, an early Amazon investor and Madrona Venture Group co-founder, who was a key figure in shaping the Pacific Northwest's tech economy, dies at 82 (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:42 Rating: 5

A look at Netflix scrambling to build an ad business and revive its subscriber growth; sources: Reed Hastings expects Netflix could charge ~$80 per 1,000 views (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Podcast SEO: Rank Your Podcasts Like A Pro #wanitaxigo Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:32 Rating: 5

[Thread] How Apple's App Tracking Transparency blew up the digital ad ecosystem, bolstering Apple's ads business while positioning it as a privacy champion (Eric Seufert/@eric_seufert) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Inside the cottage industry around "YouTube automation" that is dubiously persuading people to spend thousands of dollars to create video businesses on YouTube (Nico Grant/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Kuo: Foxconn will begin production of at least one iPhone 14 model "almost simultaneously" in India and China, the first time this will happen for a new iPhone (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 00:41 Rating: 5

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao claims it doesn't own Indian crypto exchange WazirX despite disclosing the acquisition in 2019; WazirX founder disputes Zhao's claims (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5