Research: African tech startups raised $1.55B in 71 debt deals in 2022, up from $767M in 2021, and startup funding rose 8% YoY, compared to a 35% drop globally (Ruth Olurounbi/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:43 Rating: 5

Netflix, Apple and Amazon accounted for 19 Oscars nominations, down from 37 in 2022, and only one streaming title garnered more than one nomination (Dade Hayes/Deadline) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

The DOJ sues Google, joined by California and seven other US states, calling to break up its ad tech business over alleged monopolization of the US ad market (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:42 Rating: 5

How a system for "stealth addresses", using zero-knowledge proofs, may offer an easier, better way to improve privacy on Ethereum vs. hiding or mixing transfers (Vitalik Buterin/Vitalik Buterin's website) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Amazon partners with Bengaluru-based cargo airline QuikJet to launch Amazon Air in India, initially to deliver goods in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:42 Rating: 5

How artists Kelly McKernan, Karla Ortiz, and Sarah Andersen found each other due to their AI concerns and sued Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and DeviantArt (Pranav Dixit/BuzzFeed News) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

India gave Google until January 26 to meet its antitrust regulator's demands, like hosting third-party app stores on the Play Store and unrestricted sideloading (Ben Schoon/9to5Google) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Donald Trump does not want to renew his Truth Social exclusivity contract, expiring in June 2023, and is asking for suggestions for his first tweet (Rolling Stone) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:42 Rating: 5

Sources: activist investor Elliott Management has made a multibillion-dollar investment in Salesforce (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Researchers and ex-Twitter staff: physical attacks in the US have tracked with spikes in some hate speech on Twitter, notably anti-Semitic and anti-gay rhetoric (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5