Interviews with journalists at The Wire, sources at Meta, and knowledgeable outside observers describe the messy fight between Meta and The Wire (Platformer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

May 2022 survey of non-professional creators in nine regions: 48% monetize content, including 53% in the US; 77% of those who monetize started in the past year (Todd Spangler/Variety) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on October 17; source: less than 1,000 jobs were cut across various levels, teams, and parts of the world (Ina Fried/Axios) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Netflix rolls out a feature globally to let users transfer all their personalized viewing data to a new account, ahead of a crackdown on account sharing in 2023 (Janko Roettgers/Protocol) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Visa and Mastercard's security tokens restrict debit-card routing competition on online payments (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Byju's raised $250M in new funding as the market downturn delays its IPO; a source says the valuation was $22B, the same as when it raised $800M in March 2022 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 02:41 Rating: 5

The Mexican attorney general's office says it is investigating a ~$23M purchase of Pegasus by the prior administration and whether the NSO sold it legally (Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 01:41 Rating: 5

How Ukraine uses memes, jokes, and funny videos in its social media war with Russia, which helped the defense ministry's Twitter account grow to 1.5M followers (Paul Adams/BBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

Many big US property managers use RealPage's YieldStar software to set rent prices, raising questions about potential collusion in violation of federal law (ProPublica) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

By Oct. 14, 51% of the blocks produced for Ethereum's blockchain adhered to the US Treasury's OFAC compliance recommendations that ban Tornado Cash transactions (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5