Sensor Tower: Twitter's top 50 advertisers spent a combined $83M over the past two months, down from $102M YoY; Mars, AT&T, and Volkswagen haven't returned (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

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Sensor Tower: Twitter's top 50 advertisers spent a combined $83M over the past two months, down from $102M YoY; Mars, AT&T, and Volkswagen haven't returned  —  Twitter-owner Elon Musk has said advertisers are returning to the social media platform, but statements from several companies …

AMD Radeon Pro W7000 series GPUs announced: RDNA 3, Radeon ProRender, and more

AMD has introduced the Radeon Pro W7000 series GPUs. These cards are based on the RDNA 3 architecture. The series is well-suited for Professionals who require powerful graphics and computing applications to work with complex models and realistic images. https://ift.tt/Sxd6Vhe

Parlement Technologies agrees to sell right-wing social network Parler to Starboard, which will take temporarily shut down Parler ahead of a planned relaunch (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)

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Parlement Technologies agrees to sell right-wing social network Parler to Starboard, which will take temporarily shut down Parler ahead of a planned relaunch  —  Social network popular with conservatives will be sold for an undisclosed amount and overhauled for a relaunch

Apple is continuously expanding their operations in India: Piyush Goyal

Apple will next week open its first retail store in India, in signs of importance the iPhone manufacturer attaches to the world's fastest growing smartphone market. https://ift.tt/qHmP9kD

A look at the impact of TerraUSD and FTX's collapse on the South Korean crypto industry, as Korean media reports the TerraUSD project had ~200,000 local victims (Emily Parker/CoinDesk)

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A look at the impact of TerraUSD and FTX's collapse on the South Korean crypto industry, as Korean media reports the TerraUSD project had ~200,000 local victims  —  The collapse of Terra continues to reverberate in Do Kwon's homeland, but there are signs of progress, CoinDesk's Emily Parker reports.

How to register and set up MPIN for AIS for Taxpayer app

The Income Tax Department has launched a new AIS for Taxpayer mobile app available for both Android and iOS devices that enables taxpayers to view their Annual Information Statement/Taxpayer Information Summary with its various details about TDS/TCS, share transactions, tax payments, refunds, GST data, foreign remittance, etc. https://ift.tt/Ahsu1qD

Discord says it is cooperating with US law enforcement's investigation into the classified material breach (Raphael Satter/Reuters)

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Discord says it is cooperating with US law enforcement's investigation into the classified material breach  —  Instant messaging platform Discord said on Wednesday it was cooperating with U.S. law enforcement's investigation into a leak of secret U.S. documents that has grabbed attention around the world.

Hong Kong woos mainland China crypto firms in push to bolster finance hub status

After years of bankers quitting Hong Kong amid a China security crackdown and tight Covid curbs, the city is rolling out the red carpet to a finance sector tarnished by events elsewhere in a bid to bolster its status as a finance hub - cryptocurrencies. https://ift.tt/AJnX35z

How the US is making arrests and seizing crypto funds, like James Zhong's 50K+ bitcoin, using Chainalysis and other tools to identify criminals via transactions (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

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How the US is making arrests and seizing crypto funds, like James Zhong's 50K+ bitcoin, using Chainalysis and other tools to identify criminals via transactions  —  Federal authorities are making arrests and seizing funds with the help of new tools to identify criminals through cryptocurrency transactions

Microsoft is planning to bring ChatGPT to Windows desktop via PowerToys

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Sources: ByteDance is offering to pay developers who made VR apps for Meta to bring them to its Pico headsets, paying between $15K and $25K per title (Wall Street Journal)

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Sources: ByteDance is offering to pay developers who made VR apps for Meta to bring them to its Pico headsets, paying between $15K and $25K per title  —  ByteDance offers to pay software makers to bring apps to its VR device, while Meta sees friction over its app-store approvals

Microsoft Teams get a redesign and new features: What all the update offers

Microsoft's collaboration tool Teams has got an update which brings it a redesigned look and a slew of features. The latest version features a sleek and straightforward interface, an integrated Microsoft Loop, upgraded meeting experiences, and flexible customisation options, rendering it an indispensable tool for any project. https://ift.tt/ljh0pJZ

PitchBook: global VC funding for crypto startups fell to $2.4B in Q1 2023, down 80% from an all-time high of $12.3B in Q1 2022 and the lowest level since 2020 (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)

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PitchBook: global VC funding for crypto startups fell to $2.4B in Q1 2023, down 80% from an all-time high of $12.3B in Q1 2022 and the lowest level since 2020  —  Venture capitalists are continuing to pull back from crypto, an industry that's been plagued by scandals, a market downturn and regulatory uncertainty.

Here's what Elon Musk has to say on owning Twitter, BBC documentary ban in India

Musk told the BBC that running Twitter has been "quite painful" and a "rollercoaster" for him. He said he would sell the company if the right person came along. Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October last year. He mentioned that he still felt that buying the company was the right thing to do. https://ift.tt/I4SMpeE

Labor consultants say US companies, responding to labor shortages and rising wages, are outsourcing jobs overseas, expanding on pandemic remote work policies (Konrad Putzier/Wall Street Journal)

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Labor consultants say US companies, responding to labor shortages and rising wages, are outsourcing jobs overseas, expanding on pandemic remote work policies  —  Companies respond to labor shortages and rising wages by moving some positions abroad, labor consultants say