The US House approved a budget amendment in July requiring the DoD to disclose smartphone or web browsing data purchases; Senate still needs to approve it (Dell Cameron/Gizmodo) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Keen Technologies, an artificial general intelligence startup from ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack, raised $20M led by ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross (TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Elon Musk approached brain-computer interface developer Synchron about a potential investment, after expressing frustration with Neuralink's progress (Rachael Levy/Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Zuckerberg responds to the mockery of the Horizon Worlds selfie, saying it was taken quickly to celebrate a launch and promises major updates to avatar graphics (Patricia Hernandez/Kotaku) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

KeyCare, which is developing a telehealth service that works with medical records provider Epic Systems, has raised a $24M Series A (Annie Burky/Fierce Healthcare) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

FDIC issues cease-and-desist letters to FTX US and four other crypto firms over making "false representations" that their crypto products might be FDIC-insured (Michael McSweeney/The Block) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Israel-based Agora, which helps real estate investment companies automate back-office processes, has raised a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners (Philip Russo/Commercial Observer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

TikTok introduces "Shopping Ads", letting brands place shoppable videos on the For You page, promote catalog listings, and direct users to live shopping events (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 review: an iterative upgrade with excellent performance, improved but not great battery life, and a slightly more useful cover screen (Ben Schoon/9to5Google) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

A look at Watch Duty, a free, nonprofit, unofficial service and app run by volunteers that lets anyone track active wildfires throughout California (Boone Ashworth/Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5