23andMe files for bankruptcy to “maximize the value of its business”, and co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki steps down; 23andMe was valued at $3.5B in June 2021
Most corporations are not going to look out for your privacy. And we now have a federal government intent on using your data for bad purposes. Frank Figliuzzi / @frankfigliuzzi : 23andMe is declaring...
Sources: Matt Mullenweg offered another buyout offer to Automattic staff; Mullenweg appears to have redirected staff's Blind sign-up emails to himself
🍿🍿 🍿 🍿 — https://www.404media.co/... @noellemitchell@mstdn.social : “Instead of Blind, employees have been posting on Anonymattic, an anonymous message board set up on WordPress's own systems that a...
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apologizes for how he handled firing ~900 employees, 9% of his workforce, over Zoom, as a report says Better.com is delaying its SPAC
Three Executives Quit Joshua Bote / SFGATE : Startup valued at $7B lays off hundreds on Zoom before holidays Niket Nishant / The Economic Times : Better.com CEO apologises after laying off 900 employe...
Interview with Sam Lessin and YouTuber Marina Mogilko about a $1.7M investment in her, in exchange for 5% of her creator-related earnings for the next 30 years
which attaches a number to a human and locks them into a three-decade contract—brings up a host of potential legal, ethical, and moral issues, which Lessin didn't shy away from when I asked him about ...
Amazon is quietly transitioning its US warehouse workers to 10-hour graveyard shifts; labor experts say the move is to cut costs and pay for fewer benefits
The company has been quietly transitioning warehouse workers at Amazon warehouses nationwide to a 10-hour graveyard shift, known as the “megacycle.” Tweets: @josephfcox , @josephfcox , @selenalarson ,...
TikTok stars, many of them young and holding down other jobs, are struggling to make money, despite millions of views, due to a lack of monetization tools
This story is part of the VICE guide to 2030. Reach more here. — Keondra is 20 years old, lives in St. Paul, Minnesota … Tweets: @laurenkgurley and @jason_koebler Tweets: Lauren Kaori Gurley / @lau...
Sources: the CEO and CSO of Alphabet's Chronicle, which is to be merged with Google, have left, with the CTO leaving soon as the cybersecurity startup implodes
more like a ship than a sports car https://www.vice.com/... pic.twitter.com/03mXkZ1oJx Karl Bode / @karlbode : Speaking of Google promises that completely fell apart, anybody heard from Google Fiber ...
In an email to staff, Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan denies retaliating against employees for union organizing, but says union framework is “inherently adversarial”
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE : Tweets: @itsmeagentv , @_grendan , @gmgunion , @mariskreizman , @hamiltonnolan , @alexhern , @jason_koebler , and @laurenkgurley Tweets: Rook / @itsmeagentv : Kickstarter...
In an email to staff, Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan denies retaliating against employees for union organizing, but says union framework is “inherently adversarial”
The CEO Aziz Hasan denied retaliating against employees for union organizing, but said that a “union framework is inherently adversarial.” Tweets: @alexhern , @jason_koebler , and @laurenkgurley Tweet...
Interview with Jony Ive on why he is leaving Apple, continuing to work with the company with his new firm LoveFrom, whose name was inspired by Steve Jobs, more
and most lasting—great design for Apple Seth Fiegerman / CNN : Jony Ive's departure marks the end of an era for Apple Chris Matyszczyk / ZDNet : Jony Ive just worked (until he didn't): The end of Appl...