Profile of Kim Choong-Ki, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, who is revered as the godfather of South Korea's chip industry (Dong-Won Kim/IEEE Spectrum) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Mobile commerce, one-click checkouts, and short-form video have enabled "drops" to spread beyond the fashion world, turning product launches into marquee events (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

Tribune Publishing says disabling Google's AMP led to very little impact on mobile search referrals, as year-long drops mostly aligned to broader search trends (Kurt Gessler) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

Dell says it ceased all Russian operations after closing its offices in mid-August; it had suspended sales in Russia, Belarus, and parts of Ukraine in February (Reuters) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 19:41 Rating: 5

Ahead of launch of passkeys, which requires users to have two-factor authentication, Apple says 95%+ of active iCloud users have 2FA enabled on their accounts (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:46 Rating: 5

Tether, which has promised an audit since at least 2017, says one is "likely months" away; former SEC exec: it needs an audit "akin to a corporate colonoscopy" (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:55 Rating: 5

Google launches Cross device SDK to let developers build experiences across Android phones and tablets, coming later to other Android and non-Android devices (Abner Li/9to5Google) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:45 Rating: 5

TikTok has cut jobs in its US advertising department as part of a restructuring, offering affected employees the chance to find roles in other units (Sylvia Varnham O'Regan/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:54 Rating: 5

US and China announce a deal to share audits of US-listed Chinese companies like Alibaba; US says it is preparing to begin audits in Hong Kong by mid-September (New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:57 Rating: 5

Some Google staff say they are getting a lot of COVID-19 exposure notifications after returning to office; unvaccinated staff ask Google to drop vaccine mandate (Jennifer Elias/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5