Daily Crunch: Meta to pay $725M settlement in Cambridge Analytica data access case techcrunch.com Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package....

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal bbc.com Trading Bitcoin and other crypto-currenices is a criminal activity, China's central bank says....

He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World. nytimes.com Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?...

Why AR, not VR, will be the heart of the metaverse venturebeat.com Virtual worlds will become increasingly popular, but the true metaverse will be a future of augmented reality and it will be everywhere....

Musk has owned Twitter under a week and big names are already leaving the platform, complaining about a hate surge, and calling for tighter regulation msn.com Elon Musk already faces pushback from celebrities, lawmakers, and advertisers worried about Twitter’s changes....

Opinion | Biden Wants America to Lead the World. It Shouldn’t. nytimes.com U.S. “leadership” is a favorite trope of the foreign policy establishment. It’s outdated and dangerous....