Sources: TikTok's Internal Audit team that spied on journalists had wide investigative powers with little oversight; ByteDance says it's restructuring the team (Louise Matsakis/Semafor) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Some local legislators and residents in Northern Virginia, home to ~275 data centers with dozens more planned, complain of land use, cooling fan noise, and more (Antonio Olivo/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Pathmatics estimates the monthly revenue from Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers fell 60%+ from around $127M in October 2022 to just over $48M by January 25, 2023 (Clare Duffy/CNN) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

An advertising joint venture by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone to rival Meta and Google wins unconditional EU antitrust approval (Charlotte Van Campenhout/Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

The City of Oakland confirms reports of a ransomware attack on its networks but says 911, financial data, and fire and emergency resources were not impacted (Jonathan Greig/The Record) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

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