EnCharge AI, which builds semiconductor hardware and software stack for AI at the edge, emerges from stealth with a $21.7M Series A led by Anzu Partners (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:43 Rating: 5

Cambridge, UK-based semiconductor company Pragmatic raised a $35M Series C extension, bringing the round's total to $125M (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:50 Rating: 5

PayPal launches an integration with MetaMask that allows users to purchase and transfer ETH, rolling out to all US customers in the coming weeks (Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez/Fortune) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:44 Rating: 5

Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to sign malware, but that no network breach has been detected (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:46 Rating: 5

During a recent all-hands, Google's AI chief said the company is moving "more conservatively than a small startup" on AI-chat tech due to reputational risks (Jennifer Elias/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:44 Rating: 5

TikTok is testing a new horizontal full screen mode with select users globally (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:44 Rating: 5

Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party app stores and other changes on iOS and iPadOS in the EU, spurred by EU requirements coming in 2024 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:51 Rating: 5

A reporter tries Lensa, but unlike her male peers whose avatars were astronauts, warriors, and the like, many of hers were "pornified", with 16 of 100 topless (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:53 Rating: 5

Sources: on December 11, Twitter briefly blocked traffic from ~30 mobile carriers, mainly in the Asia-Pacific region, in an attempt to rid Twitter of spam (Platformer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:43 Rating: 5

Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 18% YoY to $12.28B, vs. $12.05B est., cloud services revenue up 14% YoY to $8.6B, and health data provider Cerner revenue of $1.5B (Jordan Novet/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:42 Rating: 5