Koibanx, which wants to provide blockchain infrastructure and build payment systems for financial institutions in Central America, has raised a $22M Series A (Andrés Engler/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Crypto.com has quietly let go of hundreds more employees since announcing it was laying off around 260 employees, or 5% of its workforce, in June (James Vincent/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Collective NFT ownership service Fractional raised a $20M Series A led by Paradigm and is rebranding to Tessera (Kari McMahon/The Block) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Microsoft is rolling out widget notifications on the Windows 11 taskbar, with live updates from widgets such as weather, finance, sports, and breaking news (Tom Warren/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Cisco beats estimates with Q4 revenue flat YoY at $13.1B, vs. $12.8B est., and a fiscal year 2023 guidance of 4% to 6% revenue growth YoY, vs. 2.3% est. (Jordan Novet/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Code inside the Netflix iPhone app suggests that the ad-supported tier arriving in early 2023 won't let users download shows for offline viewing (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

iOS, iPadOS, and macOS receive updates to fix kernel and WebKit security flaws that allowed arbitrary code execution and were reportedly being exploited (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

HyperTrack, a logistics startup that offers APIs for freight order planning, assignment, and tracking, announces a $25M Series A led by WestBridge Capital (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Pomelo, an international money transfer service which lets US senders offer credit cards to recipients in the Philippines, emerges from stealth with a $20M seed (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

TrendForce: DRAM bit growth, a key barometer for chip market demand that refers to the amount of memory produced, to rise 8.3% in 2023, the weakest on record (Sam Kim/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5