An interview with Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun on his critics and why today's most popular approaches to AI won't lead to human-level intelligence (Tiernan Ray/ZDNet) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 09:41 Rating: 5

Using translation apps, dubbing software, and VPNs, some Chinese creators are getting millions of views for TikTok videos summarizing Hollywood movies and shows (Viola Zhou/Rest of World) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 04:41 Rating: 5

A look at The Follower, an art project using open-source facial recognition software to match Instagram photos with EarthCam video footage of people taking them (Kashmir Hill/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

A profile of YMTC, China's top memory chip maker that could end up in the crosshairs of US sanctions; YMTC had 1% share of the global memory chip market in 2020 (Che Pan/South China Morning Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Paris-based Zenchef, which offers restaurants tools to enhance customer experience and optimize front-of-house operations, has raised €50M+ from PSG Equity (Patricia Allen/EU-Startups) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

A look at Kyiv-based Respeecher, which uses performers' archival voice recordings and AI to create new dialogue, including for Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi (Anthony Breznican/Vanity Fair) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

The US Treasury updates its guidance to let US tech companies expand their internet services in Iran, after the country took most of its ~83M citizens offline (Voice of America) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Governor Newsom vetoes a crypto regulation bill that required licenses to facilitate transactions; the bill was passed by the California Assembly last month (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Center for Countering Digital Hate: the largest "incel" forum is becoming more violent; Google, YouTube, Cloudflare, Twitter, and Discord facilitate its growth (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson's blockchain technology startup Lamina1 releases a whitepaper on building an open metaverse, dubbed Theee Metaverse (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5