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In February, Disney CEO Bob Iger told shareholders in an earnings call that the company plans to lay off 7,000 employees as part of a significant restructuring. Today, in an internal memo to employees, which TechCrunch was able to obtain, Iger revealed that there will be three rounds of layoffs, with the first beginning this […] The first round of Disney layoffs begins this week, CEO Bob Iger shares in memo by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Douwe Osinga and Jack Amadeo were working together at Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s venture to build tech-forward cities, when they arrived at the conclusion that most spreadsheet software doesn’t scale up to today’s data challenges. Data science tools like Pandas and Jupyter Notebooks do, but they tend to be too inaccessible to the layperson — at […] Neptyne is building a Python-powered spreadsheet for data scientists by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

In December of last year, Apple announced that hover was being added to the Pencil’s bag of tricks. What might sound like a minor update to non-artists represents an important addition to workflow. While digital drawing is more forgiving in terms of correcting errors than its real-world counterpart, stopping and starting is still an extremely […] Apple discusses iPadOS 16.4’s new Pencil hover features by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s been tough to raise funds in the last few years for most sectors, and many VCs will tell you that a startup needs to have a killer product-market fit before getting that check. But Eric Tarczynski of Contrary Capital believes in investing in people over businesses, and the wisdom to this approach has been […] Why some VCs bet on people over businesses by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Among the casualties of the mass tech layoffs are people who helped get their co-workers hired in the first place. Paraform, a startup that wants to change how the recruiting industry works by taking a marketplace approach, is giving professional recruiters a new way to find work by going freelance. Today, Paraform announced that it […] Recruiting marketplace Paraform gets backing from Primer Sazze and Twitch founders by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Lucid Group issued a recall for hundreds of Air sedans over a flaw that could cause the vehicles to lose power and increase the risk of a crash, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Newark, California based automaker first filed a recall notice with NHTSA in February for 273 model […] Lucid recalls hundreds of Air sedans over risk vehicles could lose power by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Generative AI is disrupting industries — with understandable controversy. Earlier this month, Danny Postma, the founder of Headlime, an AI-powered marketing copy startup that was recently acquired by Jasper, announced Deep Agency, a platform he describes as an “AI photo studio and modeling agency.” Using art-generating AI, Deep Agency creates and offers “virtual models” for […] Deep Agency shows the perils of applying AI to the fashion industry by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Snap’s head of growth and previously longtime product head Jacob Andreou is leaving the social media company after 8 years to join Greylock as a General Partner. The exec announced his transition plans via a Twitter post noting he would be leaving Snap in May to focus on partnering with the “next generation of consumer […] Snap exec and head of growth Jacob Andreou heads to Greylock by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

YouTube TV announced today that it expanded its partnership with internet service provider Frontier to launch a single billing option, which will allow customers in the U.S. to bundle fiber internet with YouTube TV on one bill. YouTube TV teamed up with Frontier in 2021 to give customers access to fiber internet and a live […] You can now bundle Frontier internet with YouTube TV on the same bill by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple’s iOS 17 software update may include some requested features, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. It was previously believed that Apple would skip major changes with the release of iOS 17 to focus on bug fixes and optimizations. These plans seem to have changed, as Gurman notes that iOS 17 is expected to come with […] Apple’s iOS 17 may include ‘several’ requested features by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Biden administration on Monday announced a new executive order that would broadly ban U.S. federal agencies from using commercially developed spyware that poses threats to human rights and national security. The move to ban federal agencies — including law enforcement, defense and intelligence — from using commercial spyware comes as officials confirmed that dozens […] Biden executive order bans federal agencies from using commercial spyware by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season is back this week, with Opening Day beginning on Thursday, March 30. MLB Opening Day 2023 will be one to watch since all 30 teams play their first game of the regular season on the same day– the first time since 1968 when such an event occurred. With so […] Here’s how to stream Major League Baseball games in 2023 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

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On Friday, Bloomberg reported that more layoffs could be on the way at Salesforce, quoting chief operating officer Brian Millham, who indicated that the company could be adding to the ongoing job cutting at the CRM leader and in tech in general. If the layoffs happen, it would come on top of the 10% cut […] More layoff misery could be coming to Salesforce by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume; its CEO Changpeng Zhao; and Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim, are being sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, according to a filing on Monday. The company, Zhao, Lim are being sued for allegedly breaking trading and derivatives rules. The exchange has never registered with […] Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao sued by CFTC over trading and derivative violations by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Tesla is back in court this week to defend itself against allegations from a Black former worker who claimed the automaker’s Fremont factory is rife with racial discrimination and harassment. Tesla and the plaintiff, Owen Diaz, are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in San Francisco this week after jury selection begins Monday. Diaz […] Jury selection begins for Tesla racial discrimination lawsuit by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →