Sources: Google is pushing advertisers to work with third-party resellers directly as it seeks to reduce its overheads related to advertising services (Ronan Shields/Digiday) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

According to six employees and an internal doc, TikTok and ByteDance staff engage in "heating", or inflating video view counts, to court influencers and brands (Emily Baker-White/Forbes) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:46 Rating: 5

Twitter quietly updates its developer agreement with a clause banning third-party clients, after claiming the company was "enforcing long-standing API rules" (Karissa Bell/Engadget) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:44 Rating: 5

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