I'm alive and so is this newsletter 📰

It's been a month and a long time away

Hi all,

We’re finally in 2023, and apologies as I have been away for a while. I’m sure many of you can relate, but I’ve usually been someone who continues working overseas even on holidays so this time, I wanted to entirely switch off and commit to a no-work policy to relax and flip my switch off.

I enjoyed a great few weeks in Korea and Japan. If you’re interested, here’s part 1 of a series of videos I’ll be making for the trip below.

Otherwise, let’s swing back into the first edition of 2023 of tech reads!

📰 This week’s reads

• Huge layoffs across big tech companies, including Microsoft, which recently laid off 10K employees and Google with 12K. Here are more details about the layoffs. Read more here.

• Twitter bans 3rd party clients with more API rules to come. Read here.

• Remember the old self-driving videos Tesla postedin 2016? Well, apparantely they were all staged. Read more about it here.

• CES 2023 occurred recently (Consumer Electronics Show) - here are some new technologies to check out from the show! Read more here.

• Startup of the week: No startup of the week this week. A lot of acquisitions and layoffs right now. Feel free to email me if you’d like me to look at a startup.

🚀Other content to check out 😊

• Video: Got to stay at the Park Royal Collection in Marina Bay. Check out my review of it. Check it out here

• Excellent Tool of the Week: I still recommend, Blinkist, which is a tool that summarises 5000+ books into 15 minutes of key takeaways. Join millions of other riders with 25% off your premium subscription! Check it out here.

Thanks again for tuning in again and hope you had a great new years start!