Sources: Character.AI, which uses LLMs to let users chat with famous people like Shakespeare, raised between $200M and $250M led by a16z at a ~$1B valuation (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Amazon plans to close eight Go convenience stores in Seattle, New York City, and San Francisco, as it reevaluates its brick-and-mortar strategy and cuts costs (Annie Palmer/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

TikTok told Ofcom the company blocked ~180K underage UK accounts a month from April 2021 to April 2022; Snap removed ~60 and stopped thousands of new accounts (Martin Coulter/Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Internal documents detail efforts by Tether Holdings and Bitfinex to maintain access to the banking system by using shadowy intermediaries and shell companies (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Memo: CNET EIC Connie Guglielmo, who defended CNET's use of AI tools, plans to step down to become Red Ventures' SVP of AI content strategy and editor-at-large (Mia Sato/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Tel Aviv-based Hexa, which helps companies create and manage 3D models for AR/VR shopping experiences and other applications, raised a $20.5M Series A (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

HPE reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $7.8B, vs. $7.45B est., HPC & AI revenue up 34% YoY to $1.1B, and Q2 revenue guidance above estimates (Jon Swartz/MarketWatch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

A look at TikTok's viral Bold Glamour filter, which an expert says likely uses generative adversarial networks, amid fears the tool may hurt users' self-esteem (The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Ford launches Latitude AI, a subsidiary run by former Argo AI employees, to focus initially on commercializing a hands-free, eyes-off driver assistance system (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Cboe, and Gemini suspend business operations with Silvergate, which reported being "less than well-capitalized" (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5