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Microsoft reportedly eliminated more than 1,000 jobs in the past week, affecting customer service and sales units the most. The company has been investing heavily in AI in recent months.

Video-sharing app TikTok has rolled out beta testing for its music streaming service in three more countries after previously launching the service in Brazil and Indonesia. The move could allow the ByteDance-owned company to compete with Spotify and other dominant players in the industry.

There are so many potential uses for AI in the BPO industry such as enhancing the workflow and eliminating repetitive tasks among BPO workers. Will the benefits outweigh fears regarding potential human job losses?

Prime Trust, which was supposed to be acquired by BitGo, has been placed into receivership following a petition by Nevada's financial regulator over alleged shortages of customer funds at the crypto custody firm.

Australia's financial regulator has finally canceled FTX Australia's license after suspending it in November. The company still has to compensate its clients.

Celebrity greeting app Cameo is cutting its staff again after laying off employees last year. The company admitted to hiring too fast during the pandemic and is now looking to operate with a "more streamlined" workforce.

The Philippines' OSG said the ICC decision will not prevent the government from pursuing its own investigation into allegations regarding the Duterte administration's drug war.

China, which obtains a huge portion of its grains from Ukraine, is under international pressure to convince Russia to rejoin the Black Sea grain deal that plays a major role in ensuring exports to food insecure countries.

Elon Musk and other Tesla board directors have agreed to return $735 million to the company over claims they were overpaid between 2017 and 2020, which the directors have denied.

Another Russian commander has reportedly been dismissed, and this could mean a pattern of insubordination has built up within the Russian military command as criticism among the army's leaders seem to mount.

BlackRock's Larry Fink believes cryptocurrencies have the ability to someday "transcend" all traditional currencies, about six years after he criticized digital assets, saying they could be used for money laundering activities.

Binance's legal troubles are mounting, and recent reports suggest the company is reducing its workforce in the thousands days after a string of executive exits.

A large portion of the northern states are under air quality alerts due to the smoke from Canadian wildfires. Some states are expected to experience poor air quality through late Monday as more than 580 fires are still "out of control" in Canada.

Indonesia is fast-becoming a star in Southeast Asia's digital economy, and while its local digital stars are making a name in the global stage, issues such as accessibility and inclusivity may be holding the country's flight back.

The FTC wants OpenAI to "describe in detail" multiple aspects of its business, including how it trains each LLM and collects data to train chatbots and also details of its risk management practices.

Another Indian edtech startup seems to have fallen victim to a funding crunch that has been biting the industry since the educational system started reverting back to offline learning as Skill-Lync reportedly cut around 200 jobs.

Early opposition to a NATO office in Japan thwarts the idea that security in Europe and Asia is indivisible, a notion that "crystallized" when Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, said Patrick M. Cronin, chair for Asia-Pacific Security at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Hudson Institute.

China slammed the United States for forcing it to accept a 2016 arbitral ruling that dismissed Beijing's claim to much of the South China Sea. The same day, Taiwan – which also has the U.S. as its ally, like the Philippines – said Beijing sent navy ships and a huge group of warplanes around the island nation for a span of two days.

Digital superintelligence may arrive within six years, Elon Musk told two lawmakers Wednesday, warning that the world should "worry" about how such technology may affect humanity in the future.

The heat wave that has been affecting southern U.S. states in the past few weeks is expanding to the west, as California and Nevada are now also experiencing extreme temperatures.

The Philippines is celebrating seven years of winning an arbitration case against China over the latter's South China Sea claims, but the commemoration seems to be overshadowed by controversy surrounding a map depicted in the "Barbie" movie that Vietnam recently banned.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, even if he staged a failed coup last month, won't be jailed by the Kremlin since Vladimir Putin needs his forces, a retired U.S. general said. The Wagner chief's exact whereabouts are still unknown a few weeks after his failed coup.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has not been in good terms with some Freedom Caucus members, including Rep. Boebert, and her close ties with House Speaker McCarthy have drawn criticism from some members of the group.

Two software companies have implemented workforce cuts this week as the software sector continues to experience the brunt of a wider tech reckoning.

Sen. Tolentino expressed disappointment over the Philippine film and TV regulator's decision to allow the release of "Barbie" in the country.

There was a time when Japan was the world's largest semiconductor but in the past decades, the country's chip industry declined. With the government propping Rapidus up, will Japan finally make a comeback in the global stage?

Win it Back, which is tied to Club for Growth, seems to be painting Donald Trump as an unelectable candidate, especially with the "many distractions" the ex-president has faced in recent months.

FrontRow offered courses from a host of Indian influential people, including cricket player Suresh Raina and playback singer Neha Kakkar. The edtech startup raised over $17 million across two funding rounds.

Microsoft has had earlier mass layoffs, and Evernote also cut more than 100 workers in February, just months after the company was acquired by Bending Spoons.