Mercury Research: x86 CPU shipments from Intel, AMD, and others fell 34% YoY and 19% QoQ in Q4, the biggest drops in 30 years; 374M units were shipped in 2022 (Michael Kan/PCMag) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: powerful 200MP camera, awesome display, excellent battery life, and fast processor, but expensive and no charging speed upgrade (Mark Spoonauer/Tom's Guide) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their ~20% investment in an Asia-Europe subsea cable project after US firm SubCom was chosen to build the line (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Source: PayPal is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators increase their scrutiny of cryptocurrencies and its key partner Paxos faces a probe in New York (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Source: Microsoft shut its Industrial Metaverse Core team, formed four months ago to build tools for industrial settings, and laid off the team's 100 employees (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Some under-resourced academic and civil-society researchers say Twitter's API paywall will jeopardize the study of influence campaigns and platform manipulation (Brian Fung/CNN) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

PayPal reports Q4 revenue up 7% YoY to $7.38B, vs. $7.39B est., payments volume up 5% YoY to $357.4B, vs. $360.3B est., and net income of $921M (Emily Bary/MarketWatch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 21% YoY to $1.2B, a net loss of $588.1M vs. $283.2M YoY, and active riders up 8.7% YoY to 20.4M; stock is down 20%+ on weak guidance (Kathryn Hardison/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

The FCC approves Amazon's plan to mitigate its Kuiper satellite internet system's orbital debris; SpaceX asked for stricter conditions on Kuiper's deployment (Michael Kan/PCMag) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Microsoft's GitHub cuts 10% of its staff, or an estimated 300+; GitLab cuts 7%, or an estimated 114; report: GitHub will close offices and shift to remote work (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5