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He's really cute! We have a couple of things in the works.

If you want to know what our listening personality are, you are in good hands. You can see the picture below. The end of November and the last month of the year are greetings from Christine and Haje.

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• #SpotifyWrapped: If you were like most of us TechCrunchers today, you were finding out what Spotify had to say about your year-long listening trends. Sarah writes that in addition to the list of your most listened-to songs, Spotify Wrapped 2022 attempted to guess your mood: Christine is “The Maverick” and Haje is “The Time Traveler,” in case you wanted to know.
• More layoffs: Food delivery companies continue to have a rough go of it. DoorDash is the latest to announce it will lay off 1,250 employees in efforts to reduce operating expenses, Aisha reports.
• It turns out you can have nice things: We enjoyed Mary Ann’s well-done story on ResortPass, a company that gives people a chance to lay out by the pool of a five-star resort without having to stay there. The company’s recent $26 million cash infusion includes celebrity backers, and most likely five-star pool loungers, Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Startups and VC

The exchange let go of 1,100 employees. Alex reports that the announcement was made on a company website. It's not a surprise that Kraken is cutting staff, given the gloomy macroeconomic climate and the fact that it's a digital currency. According to Sarah, the plan to trademark "Web5" was killed by Jack Dorsey's project. The creator of Magic: The Gathering talked about why he put a paper game on the block chain.

Christine reports that New Fare Partners is the latest female-led VC to close a fund, and Catherine has a story about Iterative launching its second fund.

Native Americans are the most impoverished group in the United States. In an interview with Mike, Danielle Forward, CEO and co-founder of Natives Rising, said that they are being hit the hardest by inflation. She is trying to change it. Tech jobs are still one of the most economically empowering, in-demand job opportunities of the future, even though the tech industry is slowing down.

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The startup was accepted into the winter cohort of a top accelerator.

My co-founder with an H-1B was laid off from Big Tech, but his immigration lawyer is going to file a change of status to B-1 within 60 days. I don't have a B-1/B-2 visitor visa so I'm worried.

What can I do to get a visa? I don't know what questions will be asked. I don't know how to prepare.

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Dear Sophie: How should I prepare for my visa interview?

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It is now playing the role of a real estate agent. Ivan writes that the vacation home rental giant is helping people find an apartment so they can rent it out. It's kind of interesting that in the past, Airbnb and its hosts have gotten into trouble for listing properties without permission from landlords.

San Francisco police can now userobots to kill. He writes that the proposal was passed by the city's board of supervisors.

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