ChatGPT is again available in Italy, after OpenAI met data watchdog's demands, including a form for EU users to object to having their data used for training (Kelvin Chan/Associated Press) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

The New York City MTA ends its Twitter service alerts, saying the platform is "no longer reliable"; MTA: Twitter demanded $50K per month for API access (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:43 Rating: 5

Canada's Online Streaming Act passes final hurdle in Parliament; it requires streamers to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power over them (Mickey Djuric/Canadian Press) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Toronto-based Practice Better, which makes client management software for health and wellness professionals, raised $27M led by Five Elms Capital (Meagan Simpson/BetaKit) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Pinterest Q1: revenue up 5% YoY to $603M, vs. $594M est., global MAUs up 7% YoY to 463M, vs. 454.6M est., and Q2 growth forecast below estimates; PINS down 8%+ (Emily Bary/MarketWatch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5

Washington becomes the first US state to adopt sweeping safeguards for consumer health data, including location records that could reveal abortion clinic visits (Andrea Vittorio/Bloomberg Law) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:43 Rating: 5

Google says it plans to add E2EE to Google Authenticator "down the line", after researchers warned that its new feature to sync 2FA codes is not E2E encrypted (Abner Li/9to5Google) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Meta says time spent on Instagram grew 24%+ since Reels launched thanks to AI recommendations, and expects Reels to be revenue-neutral by year end or early 2024 (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:42 Rating: 5

Mark Zuckerberg disputes the narrative that Meta is moving its focus away from a metaverse vision and sees AI tech working in tandem with the metaverse (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

A Brazilian court orders a temporary ban on Telegram in the country after the company refused to share information about neo-Nazi groups with the federal police (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5