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Live Shopping Startup Firework Lays Off 10% of Staff
By Erin Woo · Nov. 30, 2022 3:16 PM PST
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Firework, a startup building technology to enable livestream shopping, has laid off 10% of its staff just months after SoftBank led its $150 million Series B round at a $750 million valuation, according to an email sent to employees on Tuesday, which was viewed by The Information. The layoffs come as more tech companies introduce live shopping, to mixed success. YouTube has been hosting...
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TikTok’s CEO Pushes Back at Concerns About Data Security
By Maria Heeter · Nov. 30, 2022
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By Kevin McLaughlin · Nov. 30, 2022
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‘I’m Licking My Chops. I Know It’s Going Down’: The Pissed-Off Crypto Traders Who Predicted—and Profited From—the FTX Implosion
By Margaux MacColl
Ishan Bhaidani had been patient for over a month, waiting for blood in the water. Now was his moment.
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Where Google Has Grown
By Jon Victor
Alphabet has doubled the headcount in its Google Cloud unit since early 2019, according to data obtained by The Information, outstripping Alphabet’s overall hiring growth.
Art by Clark Miller.
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The Information’s Top Tech-Adjacent Gifts for 2022
By The Information Staff
After the roller-coaster ride of the past month, everyone needs a little retail therapy. So, in honor of Black Friday and the upcoming holiday season, we’ve put together our annual gift guide, asking The Information’s staffers to share their favorite tech and tech-adjacent purchases of the last year.
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A Former Amazonian Hits Bumps in Push to Make Microsoft More Secure
By Kevin McLaughlin
When Microsoft last year recruited Charlie Bell, a top product engineering executive at Amazon Web Services, it was a major coup for the software giant.
From left to right: Mysten's founders, Sam Bankman-Fried, Aptos's founders.
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Aptos, Mysten Valuations Look Sky-High With FTX Out of the Picture
By Aidan Ryan
Before it spiraled into bankruptcy, FTX spent hundreds of millions of dollars splashing out on investments in crypto startups.
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Employees Aren’t the Only Ones Suffering From Burnout
By Arianna Huffington
We’re living in a split-screen world when it comes to burnout and the employee experience. On one side are all the investments CEOs and human resources executives have been making in recent years—and especially since the pandemic began—to support employee well-being and mental health.