COO Vanessa Pappas told senators that TikTok is working on a final deal with CFIUS that satisfies all US national security concerns, but didn’t give a timeline (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Earnings from Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, Intel, and others signal boom times are over, as inflation, lower demand, and interest rates weigh on results  —  Tech giants embark on belt tightening to ease investor concerns over slowing growth  —  A week of Big Tech earnings has been a rout …

Dan Primack / Axios:
Sources: Google Ventures has shelved its algorithm that for years had served as a gatekeeper for new investments  —  Google Ventures has mothballed an algorithm that for years had served as a gatekeeper for new investments, Axios has learned from multiple sources.

Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Sistrix: Google’s September 2022 algorithm update affected several UK publishers, as search rankings for LADbible fell 52%, Mail Online 37%, and The Mirror 27%  —  Ten of the leading news websites in the UK saw their visibility in search rankings reduced as a result of Google’s latest core algorithm update in September.

Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal:
Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to increase scrutiny of deals that may give China and other adversaries access to critical technologies and personal data  —  A new executive order directs the panel screening foreign investment, Cfius, to look at deals in areas U.S. officials say are of interest to China

Bloomberg:
US congressional aides say TikTok representatives have largely ignored Republican lawmakers, which could have serious consequences if the GOP retakes the House  —  There may be no more American form of unwinding than attending a football game.  So when TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shouzi Chew …

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Roger Marshall (R) introduce the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, including KYC requirements for wallets and miners  —  The proposal will bring know-your-customer rules to crypto participants such as wallet providers and miners.