Despite YouTube suspending hundreds of Kremlin-linked channels, Russia has yet to ban the service, some argue because the Kremlin views it as too big to block (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5

As Congress prepares for its August recess, the bipartisan antitrust bill targeting US tech giants remains in limbo; Schumer plans a vote after recess (Ryan Tracy/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 04:42 Rating: 5

A look at potential Ethereum forks, led by some miners, after the shift to a proof-of-stake model, called the Merge, expected as early as September (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 02:41 Rating: 5

After the draft ruling reversing Roe, location data company Tapestri says two companies asked to buy device data revealing users who visited abortion clinics (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 01:41 Rating: 5

SoftBank Vision Fund posts a $17.23B loss in the April-June quarter as value of its tech portfolio including SenseTime Group and Uber fell (Sam Nussey/Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

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