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  • Influencer marketers are moving away from campaigns with micro influencers and back to big stars.
  • A new survey from Linqia found a drop in marketing work among creators with fewer than 500,000 fans.
  • Instead, celebrities and creators with millions of fans were getting more deals, Linqia found.

A few years ago, influencer marketers were ditching their plans



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Viktor Bout was released in a prisoner swap in 2022, having spent a decade in US custody.
  • Viktor Bout is brokering weapons sales to Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, per The Wall Street Journal.
  • Bout was released in a prisoner swap for Brittney Griner after a decade in US custody.
  • Houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea since last year.

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It doesn’t simply take a village to raise a startup. It takes a whole ecosystem, driven by the collaboration between governments, corporates, ecosystem builders — and of course, visionary founders. Startup ecosystems have naturally emerged as the foundation of technological innovation and as key drivers for business growth and regional development. But there isn’t a single recipe for success. What



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At yesterday's Halo World Championships, developer 343 Industries announced that it was officially changing its name to Halo Studios. The company also revealed that it has multiple new games in the pipeline and is switching all future Halo development from its proprietary Slipspace Engine to Unreal Engine 5

In a YouTube video (below) the new studio showed elements from the "Project Foundry"



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Playing Phoenix Springs feels like being trapped in a gorgeous dream that’s steadily becoming a nightmare. It’s a point-and-click mystery set in a bleak futuristic world of dramatic shadows and muted primary colors, its scenes connected by streams of anxious static. The game stars Iris Dormer, a technology reporter who’s searching for her estranged brother, Leo. Her hunt takes her from the



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In Phoenix Springs, it’s not so much the ravishing hand-drawn visuals that first grab the attention, but the voice of narrator and protagonist Iris. Befitting her name, she behaves like a roving eye, investigating and describing her surroundings with a clinical, almost robotic detachment. Yet Iris is no blank slate: you quickly come to learn that she



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  • I'm a professional declutterer. I help clients let go of things they don't need.
  • Ideally, you'd declutter before you start packing for a move.
  • Give away things you haven't used in a while for free.

I'm a professional declutterer and often get asked by clients when they should start decluttering while planning a move. Ideally, you



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Last November, I was reeling from the sudden back-to-back disintegration of my two most recent employers. My lingering self-respect, along with a glance at the all-time low wages now being offered by the driving and delivery apps that once kept me afloat during the gaps in my freelance writing career, stopped me from revisiting those abusive relationships, but things were getting undeniably grim.