Reports: 50+ Twitter staff were laid off on Saturday, including Twitter's product lead Esther Crawford, and Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper (Emma Roth/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Source: Esther Crawford, who became one of the most influential executives at Twitter after Musk's takeover, is out as Director of Product Management (Zoë Schiffer/@zoeschiffer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Boston-based Electra Vehicles, which provides AI-based cloud and onboard software for EV battery systems optimization, raised $21M led by United Ventures (Silicon Canals) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

As AI tools and CGI creations get better at pretending to be human, some creators say they are often being asked to prove that they're human (Kate Lindsay/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Q&A with sci-fi author Neal Stephenson about inventing the metaverse concept, his blockchain startup Lamina1, not using ChatGPT to help write novels, and more (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Report: 69,190 semiconductor patents were filed globally in 2022, up 9% YoY; China accounted for 55% of filings, the US accounted for 26%, and UK for 0.26% (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Sequoia resigned from Citizen's board, after the startup offered a "pay to play" deal obliging existing investors to participate in a new funding round (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Experts caution the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles is driving militaries in Ukraine and beyond toward automation, creating a dangerous slippery slope (Morgan Meaker/Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

The skirmishes over generative AI show how tech companies have become political lightning rods, as even efforts to steer AI away from politics can appear biased (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

Amazon plans to integrate its logistics network and SaaS tools with India's Open Network for Digital Commerce, after Paytm and others committed to joining ONDC (Moneycontrol) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5