I'm all right! Week in Review is a weekly newsletter where we recap the most read stories of the week. If you have had a busy few days, we want you to be able to click into this on Saturday and get a good idea of what happened this week.
Henry Pickavet will take over for me in the next two newsletters. One of the best humans I know is Henry.
One of the most read stories this week was the layoffs at the company. The company said on Tuesday that it would be laying off 18% of its workforce.
Kaiser violated the rules. An employee's email account was hacked, potentially exposing tens of thousands of patients' records. Kaiser said the data included names, dates of service and lab test results.
This week, more layoffs were disclosed by other companies. The real estate tech companies confirmed cuts of 450 employees each.
Val Kilmer underwent a tracheotomy in order to treat throat cancer. Sonantic was asked to re-create Val Kilmer's voice in the movie "Top Gun: Maverick." Sonantic is being acquired by Spotify. What's the reason? They aren't getting too specific, but it's not hard to imagine howSpotify could put realistic-yet-simulated voices to use
Dogecoin, a coin that started as a joke, exploded in value and then collapsed, causing a lawsuit to be filed. A class action lawsuit was filed in Manhattan this week that claims Musk used his position as the world's richest man to operate and manipulate the Doge coin pyramid scheme for profit.
On Wednesday of this week, employees at the company wrote an open letter to the company's internal chat system that said "Elon's behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment." At least one of the employees involved in the letter had been terminated by Friday morning.
Is it time to return to the office? Do you need something to listen to on your commute? Do you know what your favorite tech writer sounds like? It's good news. We have a radio show. There are a lot of them. Many of us have talked to each other more on podcasts than we have in real life because we are spread out all over the world.
They talked with the CEO of Box about why web3 won't work. On Chain Reaction, you can check it out.
Do you want more? We will be going a bit deeper on the topics our subscribers tell us they care about over at the aptly named TechCrunch+. This week, there are some good things.
Which visa is better for bootstrapping a startup?
Brex leaves the market. Brex is stepping out of the small to medium-sized business market with plans to cut services for smaller customers on August 15. Alex and Mary Ann looked at what this might mean for the market.
The price of cryptocurrencies continued to fall this week. What's the reason? Alex gave an overview of some of the biggest issues that are currently tripping up the web3 market.
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