Scammers are using voice-cloning AI to impersonate family members in distress, sometimes spoofing specific numbers to further the ruse, and victims fall for it (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

An interview with Ask Jeeves' co-creator Garrett Gruener, who says his original idea was similar to the chatbots Microsoft and Google are trying to build today (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Sources and docs: Binance and Binance.US have been more intertwined than disclosed, sharing staff, finances, and an affiliated entity to buy and sell crypto (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Current and former Dapper Labs staff say bullying and lavish spending by CEO Roham Gharegozlou has hurt the NFT startup amid layoffs and a prolonged bear market (RT Watson/The Block) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Investor letter: Multicoin Capital's hedge fund lost 91.4% in 2022; in November it said 10% of assets were stuck on FTX and it had exposure to FTT, SOL, and SRM (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Reports and sources: the US prepares a program that could ban US investment in some sectors in China, such as advanced semiconductors, quantum computing, and AI (Andrew Duehren/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Source: Russia is circumventing sanctions by importing advanced chips through countries such as Turkey and the UAE; shipments from China to Russia have surged (Alberto Nardelli/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Meta is good at making VR hardware but is ignoring its core gamer audience, as it's not clear the company realizes that games are driving its VR business (Alex Cranz/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Bing Chat appears to have a hidden Celebrity mode, in which the chatbot answers questions while impersonating Biden, Trump, Tom Cruise, and other famous people (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator Una Brands raised a $30M pre-Series C, following a $30M Series B in September 2022, bringing its total funding to $100M+ (Kate Park/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5