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Essentially the most learn story on the location this week was, as soon as once more, sadly, about layoffs — this time at Microsoft. Whereas the corporate plans to develop its headcount within the months forward, for now it’s chopping “lower than 1%” of its 180,000-person workforce because it focuses on “realigning enterprise teams and roles.” “Lower than 1%” could not sound big, however 1% of 180,000 continues to be almost 2,000 jobs…
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Lofi Lady will get taken down: YouTube nonetheless hasn’t discovered its points with false DMCA takedowns. This week, the ridiculously chill YouTube music stream Lofi Lady bought hit with a false DMCA declare. The channel is a favourite amongst college students/programmers/anybody searching for some mellow beats to focus to, so the complaints had been loud and in all places. YouTube acknowledged and reversed the screwup, however not earlier than the channel’s two-year streaming streak was damaged.
TikTok is consuming…what?: After years of unbelievable progress, you’d in all probability anticipate that TikTok has taken loads of person exercise from competing social networks — the Facebooks, the Snapchats, and many others. However would you wager that it was impacting…say, Google Maps? A senior VP at Google says that’s the case.
Airlift shuts down: Airlift, one of many high startups in Pakistan, shut down instantly this week. Staff had been instructed on Tuesday that operations of the on-demand supply service would stop the next day after an important fundraising spherical fell aside.
DoorDash desires greater orders: Use DoorDash’s “DashPass” service a lot? Dangerous information. The “subtotal minimal” in your orders — principally, the quantity it’s a must to order earlier than DashPass actually does something — will possible go up within the weeks forward. Beforehand onerous set at $12 for meals or $35 for grocery orders, the corporate says the brand new minimal will “differ by retailer, metropolis, and time of day.” In different phrases: algorithmssss.
Tesla loses a high AI exec: When it was introduced again in March that Tesla’s director of AI, Andrej Karpathy, was happening a short lived sabbatical, the rumor was that it was simply step one towards his extra official exit from the corporate. Certain sufficient: Karpathy introduced on Wednesday that he’s out. Karpathy says he has “no concrete plans” for what’s subsequent.
Nothing official: A number of years in the past, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei left the corporate to start out a brand new {hardware} enterprise referred to as Nothing. This week, after months of teasing/rumors/hype, the corporate introduced its first telephone — the aptly named Telephone (1). Brian Heater spent a while with the telephone and shares his ideas on it — and the wild LED setup on the again — proper right here.
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- On the Fairness podcast, Alex/Natasha/Mary Ann talked about how the reversal of Roe v. Wade might affect how/the place firms are constructed.
- On Chain Response, Lucas and Anita mentioned the newest twists and spins on the roller-coaster experience that’s crypto, together with GameStop launching an NFT market.
- Bowery Farming founder Irving Fain joined Darrell and Jordan on the Discovered podcast to interrupt down what vertical farming is and why it issues.
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Your startup’s pricing technique: Product pricing could make or break an organization — however the suitable worth at present isn’t essentially the suitable worth tomorrow. How do you adapt costs “with out showing parasitic”? How do you set the worth for one thing in a “fully new class”? Michael Perez, director of progress for early-stage VC agency M13, goes deep on all this and extra.
Right here’s learn how to defend your fairness if you happen to get laid off: If you happen to get laid off…what occurs to that fairness you bought as a part of your compensation bundle? The reply is, sadly, not at all times very clear — however Compound’s Adam Keesling has a breakdown of what it’s essential to take into consideration to be sure you maintain what you’ve earned.
