Replika and Character.AI, who offer AI companions, are no longer allowing adult content, angering some users who have become deeply involved with their chatbots (Anna Tong/Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

A look back at PLATO, an educational computer system released in 1960 that some consider a precursor to graphics, touchscreens, messaging apps, games, and more (Cameron Kaiser/Ars Technica) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

A group of librarians argue the Internet Archive is a library, saying that the four major publishers' lawsuit threatens the development of digital collections (Inside Higher Ed) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Some investors are concerned SVB's collapse and its rescue by the US government, after Silicon Valley investors' lobbying, could lead to tougher tech regulation (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

The FBI arrested a New York man who allegedly ran BreachForums, a dark web site that hosted stolen databases of ~1K companies, under the alias "pompompurin" (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

A look at YouTube and TikTok "hustle gurus" claiming to teach followers how to earn passive income through dropshipping, crypto schemes, AI companies, and more (Rebecca Jennings/Vox) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

How tech from Synthesia, an AI startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and GV, is being used to make deepfake news videos promoted by Venezuela's government (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

HR software startup Rippling raised a $500M Series E at an $11.25B valuation, same as Series D, when SVB froze its deposits, taking its total funding to $1.2B (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Source: TikTok is paying dozens of creators to visit DC next week and lobby lawmakers against a forced sale, ahead of CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony on March 23 (Hailey Fuchs/Politico) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Google's Project Zero finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities, including four top-severity flaws, affecting some Samsung phones and other devices with Exynos chipsets (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5