Source: Twitter laid off ~40 data scientists and engineers working on ad optimization, as it targets the ads products and other areas considered to be failing (Erin Woo/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

HTC unveils $1,099 Vive XR Elite headset with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chip, 110-degree field of view, and two 90HZ 2k LCD displays, available in February (Scott Stein/CNET) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

Lenovo announces the $1,349 ThinkBook 16p laptop, offering additional modular accessories, including a 4K wireless webcam and an LTE module, available in May (Emma Roth/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

The New York City Department of Education, the US' largest school system, bans access to OpenAI's ChatGPT on school devices and networks, amid cheating concerns (Michael Elsen-Rooney/Chalkbeat New York) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Asus unveils its Vivobook Pro 16X and ProArt Studiobook 16 laptops with 3.2K, 120Hz glasses-free 3D OLED 16-inch displays (Monica Chin/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

US officials say the DOJ seized or is in the process of seizing assets potentially tied to FTX, like ~$450M in Robinhood shares whose ownership is under dispute (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Almost twenty car manufacturers and services contained API flaws that could have allowed hackers to access customers' data and unlock, start, and track cars (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

CoinShares: inflows to crypto asset funds fell from $9.1B in 2021 to $433M in 2022, down 95% YoY, the worst year since 2018, when inflows totaled $233M (Adam Morgan McCarthy/The Block) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Sirius XM and Amazon are slowing podcast deals, Spotify is freezing US budget for new podcasts; all three seek to keep 50% of ad revenue vs. 20% before (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Microsoft is planning to launch a version of Bing that uses OpenAI's tech behind ChatGPT to answer some search queries; the tool could debut in Q1 2023 (Aaron Holmes/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:42 Rating: 5