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Apple wins its first Oscar as CODA gets the Best Picture award, making Apple TV+ the first streaming service to win the awards' highest honor (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Researchers identify thousands of computer-generated profile pictures being used on fake LinkedIn profiles for lead generation and product promotion (Shannon Bond/NPR)

How global supply chains are morphing into "supply webs", as the pandemic, trade wars, and geopolitical conflicts force tech companies to become more resilient (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Sources detail NHTSA's difficulties regulating Tesla as it rolls out self-driving features, resorting to threats and flattery in exchanges with Elon Musk (Faiz Siddiqui/Washington Post)

Kuo: camera bump on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max smartphones will increase about five percent in each dimension due to a larger 48MP sensor (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

An analysis of 19.3M NFTs across ~8,400 collections: one in three have little or no trading activity, and another third trade below their original minting cost (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

After playing this Xbox Game Pass game, I hope no one reads my notebook

Leapsome, a Berlin-based startup helping HR teams automate employee feedback and training processes, raises a $60M Series A led by Insight Partners (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Social media platforms are hastily rewriting rules on hate and propaganda amid the war on Ukraine, setting precedents that may haunt them in the future (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

Paris-based Lucca, which provides SMBs with tools to automate HR and administrative tasks, raises €65M from One Peak Partners, after 20 years of self-financing (Megha Paul/Tech.eu)

Data Vault Holdings, which lets businesses monetize their data assets through its cloud-based exchange, raises a $30.5M Series A from undisclosed investors (FinSMEs)

Sources: health startups Cerebral and Done pressured clinicians to use looser pandemic rules and prescribe stimulants, often via 30 minute online consultations (Wall Street Journal)

Ohio-based Triple Whale, an analytics platform for Shopify customers, raises a $27.7M extended Series A led by Elephant VC (FinSMEs)