Unable to turn a profit amid a fall in views, some US esports organizations are laying off staff, ending player contracts, or even selling their teams at a loss (Kellen Browning/New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

Inside the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, attended by 12K+ people, down from 25K+ in 2022, which had a subdued yet positive mood, and no talks of moonshots (Vildana Hajric/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

China approves Microsoft's $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, bringing the total to 37 countries, including the EU and Japan (Rebekah Valentine/IGN) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:42 Rating: 5

After Niantic's latest AR game Peridot got negative app store reviews and few downloads, a look at the company's metaverse games struggling to find an audience (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

A look at the proliferation of fake LinkedIn profiles; LinkedIn's transparency report says the company blocked 58M+ accounts in H2 2022, up from 22M in H1 (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Apollo Global and Fortress Investment are each spending ~$50M to back competing groups that aim to restart Celsius under new management (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Revolut is locked in a fight with top shareholder SoftBank after UK regulators told the company it must simplify its ownership to win a banking license (Financial Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:42 Rating: 5

A group of five TikTok creators sue to overturn Montana's law that is set to ban the app starting January 1, 2024, citing the First Amendment and more (New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Nvidia debuts the $299 GeForce RTX 4060, its cheapest 40-series card, and $499 RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, available in July; the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB ships on May 24 for $399 (Tom Warren/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

In a letter to Satya Nadella, Twitter accuses Microsoft of violating an agreement over the use of Twitter's data and declining to pay for that usage (New York Times) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5