Meta reports $727M Reality Labs revenue in Q4, vs. $715.1M est., a $4.28B operating loss, vs. $4.36B est., a $13.72B loss in 2022, and expects a wider 2023 loss (CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5

Decentralized social network app Damus debuts on the App Store with E2EE for DMs; the app uses the Nostr protocol, which Jack Dorsey backed in 2022 with ~14 BTC (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:43 Rating: 5

Netlify, a cloud service for automating web development projects, acquires its competitor Gatsby, which had raised $46.8M to date, for an undisclosed price (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Samsung is working with Google and Qualcomm to produce "extended reality" products and experiences running on a special version of Android (Chris Velazco/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:43 Rating: 5

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, a pilot plan with access during peak times, faster response times, and priority access to new features, in the US for $20/month (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:43 Rating: 5

Livestream of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event (Samsung on YouTube) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:42 Rating: 5

Sources: as Apple launches MLS Season Pass, the company is shopping ad packages for up to ~$4M per season, without guaranteeing advertisers viewership numbers (Gerry Smith/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

PayPal says it will lay off around 2,000 employees, about 7% of its workforce, "over the coming weeks" (CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

A look at US cases that may define the bounds of free speech online, including Gonzalez v. Google, Twitter v. Taamneh, and a fight over CA's kid safety law (Lauren Feiner/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

A National Labor Relations Board judge rules Amazon violated US federal labor laws as part of its efforts to resist unionization at two New York City facilities (Robert Iafolla/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:46 Rating: 5