BusinessTechCrunchGoogle lays off workers, Tesla cans its Supercharger team and UnitedHealthcare reveals security lapses
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch's regular newsletter that recaps the week that was in tech. A total of 200 people were let go across Google’s “Core” teams, which included those working on app platforms and other engineering roles. Elsewhere, Tesla CEO Elon Musk gutted the company's team responsible for overseeing its Supercharger network in a new round of layoffs -- despite recently winning over major automakers like Ford and General Motors.
BusinessTechCrunchHuman composting and timber marketplaces: talking “industrial” VC with investor Dayna Grayson
While the venture world is abuzz over generative AI, Dayna Grayson, a longtime venture capitalist who five years ago co-founded her own firm, Construct Capital, has been focused on comparatively boring software that can transform industrial sectors. All that said, they’re barreling toward the future and – seemingly successfully – dragging some staid industrial businesses along with them.
BusinessEngadgetThreads now lets you control who can quote your posts
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced the update this weekend, saying he hopes it will “help keep Threads a more positive place.” Users can choose to turn off quotes entirely or limit them only to people they follow.
