People's Bank of China official Guo Shuqing says the government's two-year clampdown on financial units at Alibaba, Tencent, Didi, and others is winding down (Nikkei Asia) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 02:42 Rating: 5

How Telegram, TikTok, and Twitter were used to boost election fraud narratives in Brazil ahead of riots attacking congress and supreme court buildings (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments in dual-use tech like autonomous drones, rockets for satellites, and more (Aggi Cantrill/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Meta says it is weeks away from announcing its decision on reinstating Trump, who continues to harass 2020 election workers by name, as recently as last week (Naomi Nix/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

The Cyberspace Administration of China will start regulating "deep synthesis" tech like AI-powered image, audio and text-generation software starting next week (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

The number of active users on Mastodon dropped from a peak of over 2.5M in early December 2022 to about 1.8M in the first week of January 2023 (Josh Nicholas/The Guardian) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Despite a recent pledge by Chinese officials to support tech to boost growth, VCs and foreign investors remain wary after a brutal, two-year regulatory campaign (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Marseille-based Volta Medical, whose AI assistant helps surgeons in cardiac ablation procedures, raised a €36M Series B, bringing its total funding to over €70M (Callum Cyrus/Tech.eu) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Some companies are taking a liberal interpretation of CA's pay transparency law with wide pay ranges; one Netflix job posting has a pay range of $90K to $900K (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Sources: some former Twitter employees in the US finally received their official severance agreements, but offering only one month of base pay as severance (Kylie Robison/Fortune) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5