BlockFi debuts a digital assets interest product for US accredited investors, after shutting down a yield-paying crypto product the SEC said was illegal (Tomio Geron/Protocol) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Q&A with Mastodon's German-born founder and lead dev Eugen Rochko, on how a federated approach to social media mitigates hateful speech, why he built it, more (Billy Perrigo/TIME) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Elon Musk tweets that "any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying 'parody' will be permanently suspended" without warning (Richard Lawler/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Apple says it expects iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max shipments to be lower than anticipated due to COVID-19 restrictions at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Meta plans to lay off thousands of employees this week, with an announcement expected as soon as Wednesday, the first broad layoffs in its history (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Twitter is asking dozens of laid-off staff to return, after realizing some are needed for building prioritized features and some were sacked by mistake (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

An investigation details India's "hack-for-hire" industry that helps global corporate intelligence clients target businesses, journalists, and politicians (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

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