Jack Dorsey apologizes for growing Twitter "too quickly", amid mass layoffs; Twitter's headcount grew from ~2,000 to 7,500+ between June 2013 and December 2021 (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

The most efficient bitcoin mining machines are selling for ~$24 per 100 terahashes, down from $106 in 2021, as unprofitable miners are forced to sell equipment (Paul Vigna/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

The US DOJ seizes internet domains for Z-Library, a repository that went viral on TikTok for offering 11M+ books, including pirated textbooks, and 84M articles (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Elon Musk says Twitter will soon add the ability to attach long-form text to tweets, followed by creator monetization for all forms of content (Elon Musk/@elonmusk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

A Twitter product lead says the new Blue subscription isn't live yet, but some users may see updates "because we are testing and pushing changes in real-time" (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Source: NSO Group, which has ~$400M in debt, cut 15% of its workforce and raised prices by ~20% after a potential sale to defense contractor L3Harris collapsed (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Twitter rolls out its new Blue subscription, which offers a blue checkmark for $8/month, on iOS and Android in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and UK (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Filing: Apple settles lawsuit against an ex-employee accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with the media; he will pay an undisclosed sum to Apple (Jay Peters/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

The DOJ charges two former MoviePass execs in a securities fraud case, claiming they sought to artificially inflate the stock price of MoviePass' parent company (Jason Guerrasio/Insider) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Apple is building an advertising network for live television as part of its deal to stream Major League Soccer games from February 2023 (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5