Q&A with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and EVP Sax Persson on an open metaverse, walled gardens, user-generated content, a metaverse programming language, and more (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

UK's CMA drops a probe into Apple's dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming after Apple successfully argued the CMA waited too long to launch the probe (Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex shuts down its US operations, saying funds should be withdrawn by April 30, but will continue to operate Bittrex Global (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

A profile of Sam Altman, whose social-minded capitalism may make him the ideal CEO for OpenAI as some say he's too commercially minded to lead a tech revolution (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Twitter open sources a portion of its code on GitHub, including its algorithm for recommending tweets in For You but excluding its ad recommendation algorithm (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

env0, which develops Infrastructure as Code workflow automation and management software, raised $18.1M led by Venture Guides, bringing Series A total to $35.1M (Meir Orbach/CTech) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Memo: Block says 44M of its 51M+ Cash App MAUs were verified via its IDV program as of December 2022, after Hindenburg claimed Block overstated user numbers (Manya Saini/Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

E3 2023 has reportedly been canceled (The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Document: Twitter plans to exempt its top 500 advertisers and 10K most-followed orgs that have been previously verified from paying $1K/month for a checkmark (New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turned out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal (Chloe Xiang/VICE) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5