North Carolina-based Zift Solutions, whose ZiftOne tool helps companies manage channel marketing, sales, and operations, raised $70M led by Investcorp (Edward Gately/Channel Futures) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:42 Rating: 5

Nick Clegg says Meta will reinstate Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts "in the coming weeks", following a two-year suspension (Axios) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:43 Rating: 5

London-based crypto exchange Luno, owned by DCG, lays off 35% of its global workforce, citing market "turbulence"; Luno has a headcount of ~960 per LinkedIn (Ryan Browne/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:44 Rating: 5

Sources: Elon Musk's team has been exploring selling up to $3B in new Twitter shares to help repay some of the $13B in debt that backed his takeover (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:41 Rating: 5

SoundHound raised $25M after reportedly laying off half of its staff and says it will pay former staff severance, which was allegedly contingent on the funding (Mack DeGeurin/Gizmodo) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:42 Rating: 5

The new 256GB Mac mini with M2 and 512GB 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro have slower SSD speeds than previous M1 models because they have fewer NAND chips (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:42 Rating: 5

Twitter updates its web version to default to the timeline a user had open last, rather than reverting to the algorithmic feed; coming to iOS and Android "soon" (Mitchell Clark/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:43 Rating: 5

Research: African tech startups raised $1.55B in 71 debt deals in 2022, up from $767M in 2021, and startup funding rose 8% YoY, compared to a 35% drop globally (Ruth Olurounbi/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:43 Rating: 5

Netflix, Apple and Amazon accounted for 19 Oscars nominations, down from 37 in 2022, and only one streaming title garnered more than one nomination (Dade Hayes/Deadline) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:42 Rating: 5

The DOJ sues Google, joined by California and seven other US states, calling to break up its ad tech business over alleged monopolization of the US ad market (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 10:42 Rating: 5