Alphabet's life sciences unit Verily lays off about 15% of its staff, or more than 200 employees, and discontinues work on several products (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:42 Rating: 5

Sources: Apple promises investors to disclose details about its app removals, including the number of removal requests by country and the legal basis for them (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:42 Rating: 5

Sources: Apple is working on Macs with a touchscreen; the first model may be a MacBook Pro with an OLED display supporting gestures, set to be released in 2025 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:42 Rating: 5

Sources: GroupM clients cut Twitter ad spend by 40%-50% since Elon Musk took over; Standard Media Index is seeing fewer January and February ad bookings in 2023 (Sahil Patel/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:42 Rating: 5

Twitter says that the company's investigation found "no evidence" that its users' data sold online was obtained by exploiting vulnerabilities in its systems (Todd Spangler/Variety) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:42 Rating: 5

Supply chain software startup Flexport lays off 20% of its global workforce, or roughly 640 employees; the company was valued at $8B in February 2022 (Riley de León/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Equity management service Carta cuts 10% of its staff, possibly impacting ~200 workers, as it sues a former CTO; the company was valued at $7.4B in August 2021 (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Memo: Microsoft to give US salaried staff unlimited "Discretionary Time Off", plus 10 corporate holidays, leaves of absence, mental health time off, and more (Tom Warren/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Cloud Software Group, the parent company of Citrix and Tibco, begin layoffs impacting thousands of employees (Wade Tyler Millward/CRN) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Nothing Phone (1) rolls out in the US via a $299 "beta membership" offered through June 2023, but the company says the phone "may not work with all US carriers" (Ben Schoon/9to5Google) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5