After layoffs at 23andMe, Ancestry says it is laying off 6%, citing slowdown across entire DNA testing category, now that most of early adopters have enrolled
- Ancestry, following 23andMe, made the decision to lay off some employees. It confirmed to CNBC that the cuts affected 6% of its workforce.
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
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Genetic testing firms including Ancestry and 23andMe pledge to be upfront when they share users' DNA data with 3rd parties, but the new guidelines are voluntary
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Parabon NanoLabs says it has loaded DNA data from ~100 crime scenes to genealogy database GEDmatch and has found matches to suspect's relatives in ~20 cases
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Ancestry.com CEO Tim Sullivan steps down and will transition into a chairman role on October 1; Ancestry's IPO is now delayed
Tim Sullivan is stepping down as CEO of geneology site Ancestry.com, which has been gearing up to go public. The company was most recently valued at $2.6 billion.
Law enforcement requesting suspects' DNA data from databases of Ancestry and 23andMe
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