Google rolls out a Chrome security update to patch a zero-day exploited in the wild, a high-severity type confusion weakness in the V8 JavaScript engine (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

The US military, which uses Twitch and Discord for recruitment, struggles with the risks posed by Gen Z service members who live much of their lives online (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Q&A with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on Digg's collapse, Reddit going public after 17 years, TikTok and regulation as its biggest threats, its longevity, and more (Robert Leedham/British GQ) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Musk plans a new startup to rival OpenAI, is talking to Tesla and SpaceX investors, may use Twitter for training data and Tesla for computing resources (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

VC funding for cybersecurity startups fell to $2.7B in Q1 2023, down 58% from $6.5B in Q1 2022; the number of announced deals dropped 45% YoY to 149 (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Hacker advocacy group Hacking Policy Council launches to support security researchers' work; founding members include HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Google, and Intel (Tonya Riley/CyberScoop) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Twitter adds support for tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, with italic and bold text formatting, for Blue subscribers (@twitterwrite) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Spotify brings its "broadcast-to-podcast" tech, which it acquired from Whooshkaa in 2021, to Megaphone, letting publishers convert radio shows into podcasts (J. Clara Chan/The Hollywood Reporter) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

NYC-based NetBox Labs, whose open-source software helps manage and automate networks, raised a $20M Series A after spinning out of NS1, which IBM agreed to buy (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

WhatsApp rolls out a handful of new verification and protection features, including defenses against SIM jacking and social engineering attacks (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5