NYC-based Via Transportation, which makes software for cities to help commuters find and use public transit, raised $110M led by 83North at a $3.5B valuation (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

A look at the torrent of deepfake porn harassment targeted at female creators as a Twitch streamer is caught and admits to buying deepfakes of fellow streamers (Samantha Cole/VICE) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

At Microsoft's demo last week, the "new Bing" incorrectly summarized a Gap financial statement and provided wrong info on pet vacuums and Mexico City nightlife (Dmitri Brereton/DKB Blog) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

A look at Andy Jassy's challenges running Amazon, down by $1T in market cap since he took over: cutting costs, layoffs, boosting Prime subscribers, and more (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 04:41 Rating: 5

Sex educators, adult stars, and sex workers complain about Instagram, saying Meta's moderation has gotten more punitive and less predictable since SESTA-FOSTA (Kat Tenbarge/NBC News) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 02:41 Rating: 5

Binance says the NYDFS ordered Paxos to stop issuing more of its Binance USD stablecoin, which has 6.2M holders; Paxos will continue redemptions (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 01:41 Rating: 5

A Stanford student using a prompt injection attack revealed the initial prompts of Bing Chat that control the service's behavior and its interactions with users (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Sources: the SEC has told crypto firm Paxos it plans to sue the company, alleging the Binance USD token, which it issues and lists, is an unregistered security (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

IDC: Pico, owned by ByteDance, gained ~15% of the global VR market share by Q3 2022, a 3x gain YoY; Meta's market share fell from 90% to ~75% in the same period (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

How a slowing digital ad market, Apple's ATT changes, tech companies' internal turmoil, weak content moderation, and more are contributing to a junk ad epidemic (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5