Meta conducts yet another round of layoffs

May 24, 2023

Meta is waging its latest round of layoffs on Wednesday, estimated to impact about 6,000 people. These cuts are part of the company’s so-called “Year of Efficiency,” in which Meta is being massively restructured to save money and flatten the organization structure. Employees knew the layoffs were coming. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced […]

Meta conducts yet another round of layoffs by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Don’t miss your last chance to pitch on the TC Disrupt stage

May 24, 2023

Early-stage startup founders, listen up! We’re on the Startup Battlefield 200 (SB 200) homestretch. You have just one week left to hunker down and show us why we should pick you to join our elite cohort for a free VIP experience and the chance to pitch on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage in San Francisco on […]

Don’t miss your last chance to pitch on the TC Disrupt stage by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: alternative aviation fuels, and drone-delivered bubble tea

May 24, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Everything you need to know about the wild world of alternative jet fuels  The aviation industry is responsible for about 3% of all human-caused global warming. One way it hopes to reduce that…

Post 6/1 Stock Trading Plan

May 24, 2023
The 6/1 debt deal deadline seems to loom large for the stock market (SPY). Yet that is nothing more than a side show and distraction from what really matters. 40…

Finance Gifts for the Financial Geek In Your Life

May 24, 2023
Shopping for financial geeks can be particularly challenging. Finance geeks are notorious for being hard to please due to their heart for value and their brains for constant cost-benefit analyses….

DataOps.live gets $17.5M from Snowflake, others for DevOps-style tools aimed at data experts

May 24, 2023

DevOps has changed the game for how developers build, deploy, update and monitor applications across their network. Now, an eponymous startup called DataOps.live — which has built a DataOps platform based on the learnings of DevOps, but targeted at the world of data science — is announcing a round of funding on the heels of […]

DataOps.live gets $17.5M from Snowflake, others for DevOps-style tools aimed at data experts by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

SoundCloud lays off 8% of staff as it aims to reach profitability this year

May 24, 2023

Music streaming platform SoundCloud has laid off 8% of its staff according to multiple reports. The fresh round of job cuts comes after the company laid off 20% of its employees last August. In a memo sent to staff — seen by Variety — CEO Eliah Seton said that SoundCloud is reducing headcount to get […]

SoundCloud lays off 8% of staff as it aims to reach profitability this year by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

I ordered a bubble tea by drone in Shenzhen

May 24, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Last week, I told you about my adventure at Tencent’s customer service center. But the quest to get my QQ account back wasn’t the only reason I went to Shenzhen. While I was in China,…