In his memoir, Bono details making a deal with Steve Jobs for the U2 iPod in October 2004 and convincing Tim Cook to give away an iTunes album in September 2014 (Bono/The Guardian) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

The Wire retracts its recent stories on Meta and says it is using "independent external experts" to conduct an investigation into its Meta coverage (The Wire) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

Canalys: smartphone shipments in India fell 6% YoY to 44.6M units in Q3 2022; Xiaomi shipped 9.2M units, down 18% YoY, for a 21% share, followed by Samsung (Tracy Qu/South China Morning Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

Interpol unveils a metaverse for law enforcement worldwide, allowing users to tour the virtual version of its HQ, take training courses in VR, and more (Jessica Lyons Hardcastle/The Register) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Chicago-based Tempus, which uses AI for drug discovery, clinical trials, and diagnostics, raised $275M in equity and debt, bringing its total funding to $1.3B+ (Keerthi Vedantam/Crunchbase News) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Podcast app Pocket Casts, which WordPress parent company Automattic acquired in July 2021, releases its mobile clients on GitHub under an open-source license (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Apple will expand ads to the App Store's main Today tab and "You Might Also Like" section of individual app listings, starting October 25 globally except China (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

A profile of Stability AI founder and CEO Emad Mostaque, a British former hedge fund manager who has quickly become a polarizing figure within the AI community (Kevin Roose/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Twitch CEO Emmett Shear says the US could use legislation to create "a third option" between contractors and employees to classify creators and gig workers (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

The US government often waives its own stock trading rules, letting federal officials invest in Amazon, Apple, Meta, and others affected by their agencies' work (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5