Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO but plans to stay on as executive chair; the company promotes COO Greg Peters to co-CEO with Ted Sarandos (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:42 Rating: 5

Vannevar Labs, which makes software for government agencies to process security data, raised a $75M Series B led by Felicis, bringing its total funding to $90M+ (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:42 Rating: 5

PayPal says hackers accessed sensitive data of ~35K users, including addresses and social security numbers, in a credential stuffing attack in December 2022 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:43 Rating: 5

On Friday, SCOTUS may discuss whether to hear two cases challenging social media laws in Texas and Florida and plans to hear two Section 230 cases in February (David McCabe/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

Sony announces the PlayStation VR2's full launch game lineup, including Tetris Effect and 12 other new titles; the PSVR 2 will not be backwards compatible (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:43 Rating: 5

Similarweb: Twitter referral traffic to 12 major news outlets fell 12% on average from November 2022 to December 2022; only traffic to NY Post and Fox News grew (Digiday) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:43 Rating: 5

Sources: Apple is working on an iPad-based smart display with smart home controls, video, and FaceTime and on a new Apple TV for H1 2024 with a faster processor (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:45 Rating: 5

Cloudian, a hybrid cloud data management and storage tech vendor, raised $60M from Digital Alpha, Intel Capital, and others, bringing its total funding to $233M (Joseph F. Kovar/CRN) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Cybersecurity firm Sophos plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, and sources say ~450 employees were let go; Thoma Bravo acquired Sophos for $3.9B in March 2020 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

Brazil's antitrust watchdog Cade opened a probe into Apple on January 12 for alleged abuse of a dominant position, after MercadoLibre filed a complaint (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5