🏠 Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer
Plus: Streaming Services Deal With Growing Number of Subscribers Who 'Watch, Cancel and Go', Snap says Snapchat+ now has 1 million subscribers, and more…
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Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer. Adam Neumann, the founder of WeWork, whose spectacular rise and fall has been chronicled in books, documentaries and a scripted television series, has a new venture — and a surprising backer. Neumann's new company Flow wants to transform the… (Andrew Ross Sorkin / The New York Times)
Streaming Services Deal With Growing Number of Subscribers Who 'Watch, Cancel and Go'. Streaming Services Deal With Growing Number of Subscribers Who ‘Watch, Cancel and Go’ Nearly one-fifth of subscribers to premium services such as Netflix, Hulu and HBO Max canceled three or more subscriptions in the two years up to June, new data show. (Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal)
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Snap says Snapchat+ now has 1 million subscribers, introduces new features. Snap said today that the company's paid subscription plan Snapchat+, which launched in June, now has more than 1 million users across the globe. The firm also introduced new features like priority replies to celebrities, new post view emoji… (Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch)
Apple Lays Off Recruiters as Part of Its Slowdown in Hiring. Apple Inc. laid off many of its contract-based recruiters in the past week, part of a push to rein in the tech giant's hiring and spending, according to people with knowledge of the matter. About 100 contract workers were let go in a rare move for… (Mark Gurman / Bloomberg)
Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach. End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal says attackers accessed the phone numbers and SMS verification codes for almost 2,000 users as part of the breach at communications giant Twilio last week. Twilio, which provides phone number verification… (Carly Page / TechCrunch)
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