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The tech layoff wave continued through 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, 2024 saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 542 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Large companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap, and Microsoft conducted sizable layoffs in 2024, while smaller-sized startups also experienced cuts, and in some cases, shut down operations altogether. We’re continuing to track the industry’s layoffs into 2025 so you can see the trajectory of the cutbacks. Later this year, we will break out our 2024 and 2025 lists in order to make the trends easier to parse. By…
The operatives working for ELON MUSK include a system in charge of managing data on the employees of the federal government and the system in charge of paying $ 6 trillion to Americans. We have gained unprecedented access to the range. For the past two weeks, the representatives of the mask (the government's efficiency or the DOGE President Advisory Committee), despite the questions about security clearance and cyber security practices, And managed the dataset. , And the legality of the mask activity. Whether it's a feat that is completely dependent on your perspective or a coup, most of the mask…
The Italian government stated on Wednesday's press release that it was revealed by WhatsApp and that the spyware campaign conducted by Paragon Solutions was targeted for some countries in some European countries. 。 The government led by the far -right Prime Minister Georgia Meloni is a journalist who leads the fan page of the news website, Francesco Cancerat, and Luka Casalini, an activist who saves people who can save underground ginnia. He denied that he was behind the target of Luka Casarini. An organization that supports immigrants. In the release, the government has seven mobile phone users in Italy that…
For decades, the US health care system has struggled to deal with diet-related chronic diseases that affect almost half of all adults. That has changed in recent years with the discovery of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs that help people lose weight. Insurance covers these medications, but doctors frequently require patients to see a dietitian as part of their treatment plan. “We've seen a lot of people who have had a lot of trouble with their health,” said Noakotrob, co-founder and CEO of Berry Street, a nutrition counseling platform launched two years ago. Berry Street, which provides registered nutritionists with…
Ransomware payments decreased by more than one -third of 2024. In a report announced on Wednesday, Crypto ForeNSICS FIRM CHAINALYSIS states that ransomware gang leak sites posted more victims in 2024, but few victims given to hackers requests. Ta. Chain Olisis has been reported that the payment of ransom has decreased by 35 %, and Ransomwear hackers received a total of $ 814 million compared to the record high of $ 1.25 billion in 2023. 。 According to a chain analysis, the amount required by cyber gangs has increased in the larin wear attacks in the latter half of 2024,…
Stripe ended with the purchase of $ 1.1 billion in StableCoin Platform Bridge. This marks the largest acquisition and specific pushes to the cipher. In 2022, coin -based and square graduates Zack Abrams, Sean Yu, San Antonio, and bridges in Texas were jointly established. According to Pitchbook, this pair has collected $ 58 million from investors such as Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital. When he procured $ 40 million in 2024, he was evaluated as $ 200 million. With this acquisition, Stripe is obviously giving a big betting. In the post of X on February 5, Patric Collison, a co…
On Wednesday, one of the founders was implemented by the founder of the Mediterranean Sea, which is a non -profit organization in Italy, who has a mission to rescue immigrants from Africa to Europe. He stated that it was one of the recent targets of spyware campaigns. In a press release, MediterRanea told the founder Luca Casarini that it was targeted last week that it had targeted Spyware created by Israel's monitoring technology startup, Paragon Solutions. On Friday, Whatsapp stated that it used paragon spyware for about 90 people to confuse spy activities. At that time, a meta -owned company…
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As both spaces and solar interests, one startup aims to fuse two industries. By utilizing the increase in the momentum of the commercial space industry and the increase in the demand of renewable energy, Robinhood co -founder Baiju Bhatt is the mission to make the cosmic solar power generation in the latest startup, AethFlux, to make space -based solar power. Masu. Fairly today, Rebecca Bellan catches up to the bat, shifts from Fintech to Deep Tech, and is the right time to cross the sky and scatter solar power satellites. I did. Listen to the entire episode and hear the…
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