Meta Says It Has Fired 20 Employees For Leaking Information: ‘We Expect There Will Be More’
Meta has a strict no-leaks policy, but internal memos and meeting recordings have still made their way outside the company.
Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation
Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. Flock makes computer vision-enabled video surveillance technology used by law enforcement as well as businesses, property management companies, and so on. It’s best known for its automatic license plate recognition […]
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I’ve Made Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars With a Fun Side Hustle — And You Might Have Seen Me Doing It on TV
Phil Schraeder, CEO at GumGum Advertising, turned a childhood passion into a lucrative side gig.
How Businesses Can Capitalize on Emerging Domain Name Trends
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MrBeast’s Holding Company Could Be Worth $5 Billion After Its Latest Fundraising Round
The YouTube creator is reportedly in talks to raise funds for a holding company for his various businesses, including his snack brand, Lunchly.
How to Build a Company Culture That Values Individuality and Belonging
When employees feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work, they’re more engaged, creative and connected.
Snowflake grows startup accelerator with $200M in new capital
Snowflake plans to expand its startup accelerator with $200 million in additional commitments, the tech giant that specializes in cloud-based data storage said Thursday. The new injection of capital follows a string of activity by Snowflake over the past several months that illustrates that company’s growth ambitions. The Snowflake Startup Accelerator, formerly known as the […]
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An AI companion site is hosting sexually charged conversations with underage celebrity bots
Botify AI, a site for chatting with AI companions that’s backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosts bots resembling real actors that state their age as under 18, engage in sexually charged conversations, offer “hot photos,” and in some instances describe age-of-consent laws as “arbitrary” and “meant to be broken.” When MIT Technology…
I Was Promoted 5 Times in 6.5 Years at LinkedIn. The Secret to My Success Was This 3-Step Meeting Prep Strategy.
Making the most of one-on-one meetings gives your leaders more visibility into all the work you’re doing.
Meta fires around 20 employees for leaking confidential information
Meta has fired “roughly” 20 employees for leaking confidential information, The Verge reports. “We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak internal information, no matter the intent,” Meta told the publication. “We recently conducted an investigation that resulted in roughly 20 employees […]
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Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year
Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The 200,000-weekly trips milestone is notable for a company that was providing only 10,000 rides a […]
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