Month: February 2020
So much for pessimism
Whatever lesson WeWork was supposed to teach, it doesn’t appear to have made much impact Alex Wilhelm 8 hours After WeWork exploded there was — at least supposedly — a change in sentiment among investors and founders alike. Gone were the days of easy nine-figure rounds, expensive growth, negative unit…
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Apple will miss revenue forecast as coronavirus impacts its manufacturing, sales
Today Apple announced that its prior financial forecast, provided during its January earnings cycle, is no longer valid. In a letter to investors today, the technology giant said that it “do[es] not expect to meet the revenue guidance we provided for the March quarter” due to impacts stemming from the…
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Apple warns revenue will be lower than expected because of coronavirus impact
In a rare investor update on Monday, Apple said the global effects of the coronavirus outbreak are having have a material impact on the company bottom line. The company does not expect to meet its own revenue guidance for the second quarter due to the impact of the virus, and…
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Rippling starts billboard battle with Gusto
Remember when Zenefits imploded, and kicked out CEO Parker Conrad. Well, Conrad launched a new employee onboarding startup called Rippling, and now he’s going after another HR company called Gusto with a new billboard, “Outgrowing Gusto? Presto change-o.” The problem is, Gusto got it taken down by issuing a cease…
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PhotoSquared data leak puts thousands of users at risk
Researchers have discovered that a popular photo app leaked the personal data and images of thousands of customers as a result of an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage bucket. The discovery was made by vpnMentor whose researchers found that a misconfigured S3 database belonging to the company PhotoSquared, which…
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A playable build of the never-released StarCraft: Ghost has apparently leaked online
Over the weekend, a video and screenshots that appeared to come from a playable Xbox build of the never-released StarCraft: Ghost leaked online. It’s a fascinating piece of gaming history. StarCraft: Ghost was a third-person shooter set in the Blizzard’ StarCraft universe that was supposed to be released on the…
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