Microsoft has laid off the entire teams behind the virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which will shut down in March, and the Mixed Reality Tool Kit framework (Jez Corden/Windows Central) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:43 Rating: 5

Q&A with Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos about shared leadership, what role Reed Hastings may play, adding FAST channels, the ad tier, and more (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

A look at Amazon's fledgling drone delivery unit, which has struggled due to safety concerns and now faces layoffs and other cost-cutting measures (Annie Palmer/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:42 Rating: 5

Internal records: Twitter lost about 80% of staff since Elon Musk took over and now has around 1,300 employees, including fewer than 550 full-time engineers (Lora Kolodny/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5

In a staff call, CNET and Red Ventures execs said they were pausing AI-generated content on CNET and other sites and offered details on their proprietary tool (Mia Sato/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5

Waterloo-based Magnet Forensics, which develops digital investigation software, agrees to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for CA$1.8B (Josh Scott/BetaKit) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

How Dutch privacy negotiators, empowered by GDPR, have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft, Zoom, and others, as the Netherlands punches above its weight (Natasha Singer/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:43 Rating: 5

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