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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Snap Plans Latest Round of Layoffs

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Yandex sells its Russian assets. And SoftBank-backed Invitae prepares to file for bankruptcy. Alex Ossola hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your TnB Tech Minute for Monday, February 5th.

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I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.

0:42.0

Snapshot Parent Company Snap says it plans to reduce its workforce by about 10% to trim costs

0:48.3

as it grapples with the soft advertising market.

0:51.2

It's the latest round of layoffs for the social media company which cut 20% of staff in

0:55.5

22.

0:57.1

Shares of snap ended the day down 1.8%.

1:00.5

Yandex, often referred to as Russia's Google, has agreed to sell its Russian assets to a group of local

1:06.0

investors for $5.2 billion.

1:09.0

The company, which is listed on Nasdac and based in the Netherlands, says it will retain some of its assets outside of Russia,

1:15.2

including cloud computing and artificial intelligence businesses, and plans to rebrand under a new name.

1:21.2

It's the largest corporate exit from the country since Moscow's

1:23.9

invasion of Ukraine and a sign of Russia's increasing isolation from the West.

1:28.1

And we exclusively report that Medical Genetics Company Invitae is preparing to file for bankruptcy

1:35.2

within weeks.

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