The FTC sues to block Microsoft's $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, charging that the deal would allow Microsoft to suppress its competitors in gaming (Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:49 Rating: 5

Some Twitch streamers are migrating to other services, burned out by earnings coupled to hours streamed, parasocial pressure from subscribers, and more (Fadeke Adegbuyi/Every) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:49 Rating: 5

Plaid lays off approximately 260 employees, or 20% of its workforce, citing macroeconomic conditions; the company was valued at ~$13.4B in April 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:46 Rating: 5

Texas bans the use of TikTok on government-issued devices, becoming the fourth GOP-led state to do so, following South Dakota, South Carolina, and Maryland (Shawna Chen/Axios) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:57 Rating: 5

Snap says it has over 300,000 developers building AR products for Snap and that it is working with creators to build lenses that include buyable digital goods (David Pierce/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:45 Rating: 5

Indiana's AG sues TikTok for deceiving users about China's access to data and for exposing kids to mature content, in the first US state lawsuits against TikTok (Cecilia Kang/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:45 Rating: 5

Apple announces an iMessage feature for users to verify they are messaging only with the people they intend, plus Apple ID support for hardware security keys (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:44 Rating: 5

Apple plans to launch Advanced Data Protection, offering E2EE on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos, and more, in the US in 2022 and globally including China in 2023 (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:43 Rating: 5

How, in two years, JioMart grew to fulfill 600K grocery deliveries per day in 260 Indian cities, via WhatsApp integration and using Dunzo for last-mile delivery (Nilesh Christopher/Rest of World) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:44 Rating: 5

GameOn, which develops the AI chatbot ChatOS, used by major sports brands to connect with fans, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M (Jason McMaster/VentureBeat) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:53 Rating: 5